Pau Gasol to the Blazers

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B-Roy said:
Cool. He ain't gonna play but I like the vet presence of an NBA champion.

Also, obligatory "Neil gets his guys....one way or another." I have literally no doubt in my mind that Greg Monroe will be a Blazer at least once before his career is over.
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Greg Monroe won't be this year...
 
A couple things, anytime you can bring in a former Lake....... errrrr...... a vet with championship pedigree it’s a plus.
Also, the one thing we’ve had missing since LA left, is a PF who has a back to the basket low post game. Pau is old, but he is still a threat to get a quality shot off down low, or have the skill and court vision to make a nice pass out of it. Shit put him in the high post and he’ll drop dimes to cutters all night long. Call me crazy, but besides acquiring Whiteside, and signing Hood, this is our nicest addition of the summer. He WILL help us win next season! No doubt.
And I didn’t even mention the mentoring he will bring to Nurk and Zach! Nice pick up.

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B-Roy said:
PG is not the same type of physical specimen as the other three on that list. I think Bazemore and his 7'0 wingspan will be as adequate as Harkless.

Who else on the minimum market could have filled that role? I can think of one guy, RHJ who is the type of non-shooter we're trying to move away from.

I think the answer is that Stotts is gonna have to stop being stubborn and actively double team these guys. No one can guard Bron/Kawhi/Giannis 1v1 anyways.
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RHJ got signed by Toronto a while ago.
 
Scalma said:
Portland could have signed someone cheaper so it’s nice to see a commitment, even through minor moves such as this one.
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The cost difference is minimal.
Portland only pays the difference between a rookie minimum contract vs a 2-year vet minimum contract. The league covers the rest.
 
Unlike proposed Aldridge deals, Blazers don't have to give up players or picks.
 
THE HCP said:
A couple things, anytime you can bring in a former Lake....... errrrr...... a vet with championship pedigree it’s a plus.
Also, the one thing we’ve had missing since LA left, is a PF who has a back to the basket low post game. Pau is old, but he is still a threat to get a quality shot off down low, or have the skill and court vision to make a nice pass out of it. Shit put him in the high post and he’ll drop dimes to cutters all night long. Call me crazy, but besides acquiring Whiteside, and signing Hood, this is our nicest addition of the summer. He WILL help us win next season! No doubt.
And I didn’t even mention the mentoring he will bring to Nurk and Zach! Nice pick up.

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Pau is not a PF anymore. Hes played 100% of his minutes at C over the past 4 seasons.
 
B-Roy said:
This $2.6 million minimum contract is going to cost the Blazers ~$10 million at the end of the year if they don't shed some salary at the trade deadline.
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The league covers the cost of everything over a 2-year vet.

http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm#Q22
When a player has been in the NBA for three or more seasons, and is playing under a one-year, 10-day or Rest-of-Season contract at the minimum salary, the league reimburses the team for part of his salary -- any amount above the minimum salary for a two-year veteran. For example, the minimum salary for a two-year veteran in 2017-18 is $1,471,382, so for a ten-year veteran, with a minimum salary of $2,328,652, the league would reimburse the team $857,270. Only the two-year minimum salary is included in the team salary, not the player's full salary. They do this so teams won't shy away from signing older veterans simply because they are more expensive than younger veterans.
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Only $1.5M is put on Blazers salary for this transaction... so it's closer to a ~$5M commitment.
 
calvin natt said:
A few things:

1) extremely low risk. Cheap veteran
2) leader
3) you wanted a big man coach here he is
4) always good when FA - however old or cheap with name recognition choose Portland
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Your last point is what makes this surprising.

The move from all other angles obviously makes a lot of sense.
 
Gasol can still defend. His DBPM last year was above his career average as were his block percentages. High IQ players like that will always be in the right position and see the game better than others. That can make up for a lot of what he’s lost athletically.

On a side note, it’s great to finally be able to root for Gasol. I used to hate rooting against him when he was with the Lakers. As most know, I love those euros, and to me Gasol is the best big to ever play in the NBA. Dirk was the better scorer, but Gasol did everything.
 
Scalma said:
Gasol can still defend. His DBPM last year was above his career average as were his block percentages. High IQ players like that will always be in the right position and see the game better than others. That can make up for a lot of what he’s lost athletically.

On a side note, it’s great to finally be able to root for Gasol. I used to hate rooting against him when he was with the Lakers. As most know, I love those euros, and to me Gasol is the best big to ever play in the NBA imo. Dirk was the better scorer, but Gasol did everything.
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Do you mean Gasol is the best Euro big to ever play in the NBA?
 
I think Gasol will play, but probably no more than 15 minutes. He’ll be good insurance whenever Whiteside gets in foul trouble, and fits very well with Dame as he’s excellent in the pick and roll/pop.

Mentioned all over this thread, but Collins needs to take advantage of the opportunity he has learning from this damn legend. Gasol is the ideal guy for him to model his game after.
 
Zach is the only player on the current team that follows Gasol on IG. Means nothing, but I just thought it was interesting.
 
tlongII said:
Great deal. We just need him to contribute 5 to 10 minutes for maybe 20 games or so. I think we're loaded for bear now.
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Maybe 10-15 but I agree with your point. I definitely prefer getting a vet who can be ready when needed. Not sure you can get more "vet" then him.

The question I have is do we still use Zach as the primary back up while Nurk is out and have Pau play only when foul trouble occurs, or do we start Zach at PF and use Pau every game until Nurk gets back.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
Maybe 10-15 but I agree with your point. I definitely prefer getting a vet who can be ready when needed. Not sure you can get more "vet" then him.

The question I have is do we still use Zach as the primary back up while Nurk is out and have Pau play only when foul trouble occurs, or do we start Zach at PF and use Pau every game until Nurk gets back.
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I think you have to use Zach as the primary backup. I would worry about Pau breaking down if we used him that much right off the bat.
 
illmatic99 said:
My biggest gripe is how we still don't have any guys who can guard Bron/Kawhi/PG/Giannis/etc. Harkless was damn good in the playoffs vs PG. We haven't really replaced his size/athleticism.
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Nobody going stop those guys and when you thought you stop it was because they had bad night. Yes Harkless play PG tough but still PG put up 28 on us. The key is try to contain them as you can but stop everyone around them.
 
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