Pau Gasol has averaged 19 points, 9 rebounds, 2 blocks and 2 assists per game in the NBA finals. If he had played in Europe, I am sure that their average would have been something incredible, but as I'm an American, I have no idea how to calculate it.
Gasol statistics are impressive in themselves. But his contributions to database nba.com are hardly the reason the Lakers are the NBA champions. The Lakers won in large part because Gasol was able to coexist with Kobe Bryant. The preceding sentence does not sound like a great compliment. Right now I'm co-exist with my pants and not no one seems particularly excited. But Bryant is much more difficult to treat than a pair of pants. It is notorious for his bad temper, prone to selfishness and has the personality of my toothbrush. He did not hit a punch is a victory for any player.
Gasol has taken this coexistence to another level. Bryant and he (and Odom and Fisher and all those guys who are really sick of seeing on television) is congratulated each other, partly because Gasol did not let his ego get in his goal of winning a championship. Many players with his ability and pedigree would have required more shots or angry when Bryant would have missed it for 43 th consecutive time remain in place. Gasol, no. You may not do so because it was not really aware of what was happening. To be honest, this has always painted with their mouths open not just to dissuade me of that hypothesis. But it is probably smarter than their facial expressions and yes I understood what was happening. And where other players would have behaved differently, Gasol did to perfection.
course, it does not hurt that he is a near-perfect basketball player (for your height, of course, do not expect to win with Dwyane Wade in a one to one). His jump shot is good enough to make him dangerous, his ability to see the court is supernatural and footwork Kevin McHale makes me miss the days when he would not hobbled by a broken ankle.
All your gifts make it possible is their greatest contribution: that is a great teammate. And I will not say he has learned to be a good teammate because he is European, mainly because I'm tired of all the qualities attributed (and curin'm heartbroken that I have a European match in particular, so your continent and I not have a good relationship now).
Pau Gasol is a great teammate because he is a great basketball player. We should be able to say one without the other, should mean that a player is a great player because he's a great teammate. But we often lose sight of this relationship. We forget that basketball is, after all, a game where you play five, not one. Gasol understand this. And as I understand, I'll have to endure an entire year hearing how good are the Lakers.
Thank you, Pau.
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