For the record, I do have a BA in Psychology and do plan on going to grad school after working for a few years. It's a big reason why I hold an interest in that part of Basketball. It's also why guys like LeBron and Bynum have been head cases to me at times.
wait, aren't you from texas? have you been WATCHING DA GAMES? i'm from socal. i see the lakers all the time. the games, man.
I've been streaming the games live for years. Probably watched around 70 last year, and this year about 50.
do you have any response to that? try not to go off-topic.
I think you're the one going off topic, because you still haven't answered my question(s) about Gasol's playoff decline these last two years. But sure, here's your answer.
As far as how they've used him, of course it's been a drastic change. However, Gasol has always been a solid free throw distance jump shooter. The guy shot 50% in the regular season with most of his shots being of that variety. It's just that when the playoffs start, he just starts missing for whatever reason. I don't know what it is. When Gasol ends up with an open jumper, it's because either Kobe or Bynum draw a double that leaves Gasol open after players rotate. He's gotta hit that shot. I know he can, because he's been able to in past years. He's lost his touch in that area.
People always talk about Pau needing to get aggressive, but an interesting note is that...he's taken more shots per game this year compared to any other year as a Laker. It's just one more FGA, but as the third option too? I would say that should be fine with him.
As far as the series of LA vs Mavs. You keep telling me to stay on topic, but the two questions of debate have been Pau's lack of playoff production and Bynum's value when he's on and off. The entire team as a whole stunk it up against the Mavs. MWP, Kobe, Odom, Gasol, Bynum, Fisher, etc. It's not even a point of playing the "blame game." in that cause because aside from the first three games, the fourth one was just terrible.
pretty much all your posts have been condescending/derisive/charged with emotion.
Interpretation once again. If I came off as condescending, it's because someone mistook my words and twisted them into their own.
i'd go on but it makes me sick. learn how to converse like an adult or hit the ignore list.
So I'm not allowed to take the word of professionals?
what are you arguing about again? do you just like the sound of your voice?
You say what I'm arguing about, when I've constantly been saying it over and over again.
1. Pau Gasol's production/effectiveness these past two years in the playoffs on both ends.
2. Bynum's impact on the team when he tries vs when he doesn't...and how people fail to account for when he doesn't try in their stats.
@Brown: I really don't appreciate people misreading my posts, twisting my words to support their own case let alone make me look bad. I try not to do that with others, and you shouldn't either. It's the number one way for information to become misconstrued.
