NBA Executives Believe Gasol May Land In Charlotte

[panthersphan]

I don't want Gasol

[carpanfan96]

Yuck, do not want. You can't have Jefferson and Pau on the floor at the same time with their defense. It's hard enough as it is for MKG to cover the p&r plus his guy. This just wouldn't work at all.

[MichaelNewtonII]

honestly zeller will never be a star. this years draft was just horrible. move along he could be solid but i dont ever see him being a great player

[carpanfan96]

honestly zeller will never be a star. this years draft was just horrible. move along he could be solid but i dont ever see him being a great player

No he won't, but he has the athleticism and skill set to develop into a 14-16ppg and 10 rpg guy.

[Ship]

I still think zeller can end up as the best of the top guys taken last year and that's all we can ask for.

[MichaelNewtonII]

No he won't, but he has the athleticism and skill set to develop into a 14-16ppg and 10 rpg guy.

maybe 10 10 i doubt 14-16

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

It's insulting that people still criticize Big Al's defense. He has turned into a solid defender and on top of that you don't need to field an all defensive team to be successful; especially when two of the three starters you have on your team are probably top five defensive players at their position.

[carpanfan96]

It's insulting that people still criticize Big Al's defense. He has turned into a solid defender and on top of that you don't need to field an all defensive team to be successful; especially when two of the three starters you have on your team are probably top five defensive players at their position.

He's put more effort into it, but he's still completely covered defensively with Clifford's system. I however wouldn't call him solid or even decent on defense. He's now just meh or so/so, where before he was horrible. Which granted is a huge improvement for him.

[carpanfan96]

maybe 10 10 i doubt 14-16

Nah, he's got a jump shot and the ability to take Pf off the dribble, put backs and free throws. Which should allow him to get around 14 PPg on a solid team where he would be the 3rd-4th option.

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

He's put more effort into it, but he's still completely covered defensively with Clifford's system. I however wouldn't call him solid or even decent on defense. He's now just meh or so/so, where before he was horrible. Which granted is a huge improvement for him.

Watch him tonight... if you wouldn't call what he is playing decent defense then you sure have a high expectation for defense; especially at the NBA level.

[carpanfan96]

Watch him tonight... if you wouldn't call what he is playing decent defense then you sure have a high expectation for defense; especially at the NBA level.

I watch quite often, but he's completely hidden in this defense. He's allowed to just sit back and let the other four guys to take care of most of the defensive work. I praised him, his defense has improved immensely and he's doing a great job at defensive rebounding.

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

I watch quite often, but he's completely hidden in this defense. He's allowed to just sit back and let the other four guys to take care of most of the defensive work. I praised him, his defense has improved immensely and he's doing a great job at defensive rebounding.

He still has to help out on guards and then guard against post moves when opposing teams feed the paint.

It's not like he's doing nothing.

[carpanfan96]

He still has to help out on guards and then guard against post moves when opposing teams feed the paint.

It's not like he's doing nothing.

I'm not saying he does nothing, his weaknesses on defense however is pretty much completely hidden with the system that Clifford has in place. Jefferson like I've said a few times has improved a bunch on defense and is big al on offense.

However adding Gasol to the frontline with Big Al would be pretty much leave the team with two really slow foot speed defenders and have serious trouble with p&r.

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

I'm not saying he does nothing, his weaknesses on defense however is pretty much completely hidden with the system that Clifford has in place. Jefferson like I've said a few times has improved a bunch on defense and is big al on offense.

However adding Gasol to the frontline with Big Al would be pretty much leave the team with two really slow foot speed defenders and have serious trouble with p&r.

 

Sometimes you have to sacrifice a little defense for offense. As long as MKG and Henderson are starters this team probably won't sniff an Eastern Conference Championship due to the fact that we just can't keep up with high scoring teams. The old adage is indeed true, a better offense beats a better defense.

 

Points are premium in the NBA having a good defense is just a bonus.