<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (huevonkiller @ May 21 2008, 11:18 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Voodoo Child @ May 21 2008, 11:16 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Did anyone else notice Mike Miller sitting behind the Lakers bench? Showin some love for Pau I guess.
I was just thinking about what a change this has been for Pau. Sure, he went from being the first offensive option, an All-Star to an underrated second/third option, but he's in the spotlight now. He used to never be on tv, even when he was an All-Star and the Grizzlies were a 50 win team, and now he's on ABC, TNT, and ESPN almost nightly. He went from living on Poplar Avenue in Memphis in a modest two story house in the boring suburbs of Germantown to living in a huge mansion somewhere nice in L.A., like Beverly Hills or wherever the rich people in L.A. live these days. He went from playing in front of a gym that's about 20% filled with unenthusiastic fans to playing in front of a packed house of wild diehards that includes movie stars, rock stars, and icons. Most importantly, he went from playing for a bottom dweller that occassionally has a playoff season to playing for a playoff team that occassionally has a championship season.
I can see why Gasol wanted out of Memphis now.</div>
Great to see you visit like this, VC.
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Thanks man. Nice to see you're still around. I'll be back on the boards for the summer.
I was wondering who was still around, and it looks like most people still are. Should be a good summer...
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Quick! Somebody contact Mamba! He's been wanting to hear VC's thoughts on the Gasol trade for ages
Btw, great to have you back Voodoo!</div>
Haha, don't even get me started on the actual deal bro. Even casual fans know what a fuckin rip off that was for the Grizz. I can't believe the Lakers got away with it. It was like one of those dumbass trade proposals that Laker fans used to make in the Laker forum actually came true. You know the ones I'm talking about, ie: "Yao and McGrady for Mihm and Karl" Poster #1: "No way! The Lakers get screwed! Throw in a pick to even it out!" Man, I miss the whacky shit that was said in that place.