Pau Gasol

layers.  Yeah, I know "its not fair", but I dont care.  Its' fun.  I think Pau Gasol is like Kevin Mchale in so many ways, it's crazy.  First of all, the physical similarities are there.  They're both tall, thin, white power forwards with long arms and a wide variety of post moves, left or right handed.  Gasol can play center, but he prefers playing power forward. They're career stats mirror each other too.  Here are Kevin McHale's per game career stats:  17.9 points, 7.3 rebounds, 1.7 blocks, 55 fg%, 79.8 ft%, 7.0 fg made.  Now look how similar

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isonous attitude and public looks of disgust directed at his teammates, but again, they (especially Pau Gasol) played so poorly that I can hardly blame Kobe for being disappointed by their performance.  That being said, Kobe’s “new persona” was exposed as a sham, and the Mamba showed his true colors as a selfish basketball player who still hasn’t fully grasped how to lead a team and compel them to play at the highest level possible.

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Darryl Imhoff in the NBA’s only mugging to register higher than this year’s blockbuster Pau Gasol for Kwame Brown and Aaron McKie’s reanimated corpse that put the Lakers where they are now.  The Big Dipper was teamed with Jerry West and Elgin Baylor that year, making the Lakers the unanimous favorites to win the NBA title and finally unseat the Celtics from their near decade of dominance.

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ll was firing away instead of making the extra pass.

I fully expect the Lakers to come back hard (Pau Gasol will have a good game) in game two tomorrow, and I think that the Celtics will need to play even better than they did in game one in order to beat LA again.  Though Thursday's win was spine tingling and convincing, the Lakers are not beat, not by a long shot.  At least the Celtics still have plenty of room for improvement as well.  This wasn't their best game either, and I fully expect to see another hard-fought, emotional contest tomorrow night as well.  

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I am looking forward to it.

Advantage: Kevin Garnet

Center (Pau Gasol vs. Kendrick Perkins) Last series Perkins displayed a little consistency and hopefully he keeps it up this series because it will be an added plus. The Celtics need him to get physical.

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The Lakers, who are bringing in Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom are also built to that 1987 running team of Magic Johnson, James Worthy and Kareem Abdul-Jabaar. This 2008 NBA Finals looks

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ings up the “is KG clutch?” debate.

Drink when there is mention of how the Lakers got Pau Gasol for literally nothing.

Drink when there is mention of how Danny Ainge pulled off the KG trade and turned the franchise around in one year… and that Kevin McHale was the guy on the other end.

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This NBA Finals will be the most watched Finals in a couple years. I myself have not watched any in quite a few years since the Spurs and Pistons were so frequently in them. No offense to them but they are just not exciting teams to watch. I would much rather watch Kobe light up the Celts great D for 50 points or the Big Three of Boston. Tim Duncan is just not an exciting player to watch. Not only are the teams fun to watch but each of the matchups are interesting:

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and big men.  You are now undoubtedly protesting by saying something along the lines of "Pau Gasol is down there, and he's long, athletic and a Laker now which means no fouls get called on him!"  Right you are, but whom, I ask you, is behind

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om, Sasha Vujacic and Vladimir Radmanovic, and Chris Wallace, who was responsible for gift wrapping Pau Gasol for Los Angeles (seriously, Pau for Kwame Brown, there should be an investigation into that robbery).

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ng some A-list talent for next to nothing.  I'm not saying for sure that there will be another Pau Gasol level swindling to be had, but when a non-contender is desperate to make a move, their asking price for players with large, multi-year salaries drops significantly.  Whereas it may cost an arm and a leg now for the Blazers to get a top tier talent, next February they may just have to give up Raef LaFrentz's expiring contract and a few minor pieces to get an all star caliber player.  

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he entire Laker team, marches down the lane right to the rim and lays it in while getting fouled by Pau Gasol (in the closing minute of a 3 point game!).  Watching the play, you will realize that not even Charlton Heston playing Moses (R.I.P.) could have parted the defense quite like that or make a wider lane for Brandon Roy to drive through. 

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