Predict Pau's performance on the Bulls this season

[navy]

You can't be serious.

He will be playing starter minutes regardless. We will need is offense and elite passing from the post.

Why are you so sure? Noah and Gibson are younger and fresher. And Thibs loves defense.

[poido123]

Why are you so sure? Noah and Gibson are younger and fresher. And Thibs loves defense.

I expect gibson and Gasol to be playing close to 30 minutes a game. I still think Gasol starts though.

This notion that thibs loves defense is true, but what makes you think that Gasol won't play starter Minutes?

Did you watch Gasol in FIBA? He didn't look like the player who has been treading water with the Lakers. He looks motivated, he was blocking lots if shots, I don't see how thibs will play Gasol any less than 28 minutes a game.

[navy]

I expect gibson and Gasol to be playing close to 30 minutes a game. I still think Gasol starts though.

This notion that thibs loves defense is true, but what makes you think that Gasol won't play starter Minutes?

Did you watch Gasol in FIBA? He didn't look like the player who has been treading water with the Lakers. He looks motivated, he was blocking lots if shots, I don't see how thibs will play Gasol any less than 28 minutes a game.

Gasol always plays well in international competition. Dude's been soft since 2011. How many times has Phil Jackson screamed at a player? Pau Gasoft.

That said he isnt done, I think. Should be a great offensive piece to pair with Noah and Gibson. Spacing and defense might be a little off though as it is a small ball league these days.

28 minutes? Meh. 25 minutes and keep him fresh for the playoffs.

[BlackWhiteGreen]

9/6. Can't play him next to Noah against a lot of teams in the East imo so Gibson will get more time

[poido123]

Gasol always plays well in international competition. Dude's been soft since 2011. How many times has Phil Jackson screamed at a player? Pau Gasoft.

That said he isnt done, I think. Should be a great offensive piece to pair with Noah and Gibson. Spacing and defense might be a little off though as it is a small ball league these days.

28 minutes? Meh. 25 minutes and keep him fresh for the playoffs.

I hope you're right.

Gasol domination in the regular season means very little.

I want to see thibs adopt pop's minutes distribution. Pop is very good at keeping his best players fresh, I hope thibs understands that.

There really isn't any excuse for over playing anybody this year. That depth should force thibs Into limiting the core players minutes.

[Droid101]

17-9, and a minimum of 6 playoff victories without Kobe

I like Pau, which is why I won't ridicule how stupid this post is.

[miles berg]

Easy 18/9. All Star for sure.

[PsychoBe]

DNP - Wife's decision

[Cocaine80s]

17/8

[Cold soul]

16/9

[Milbuck]

Less minutes because of big man depth and less offensive responsibility with so much talent should allow him to balance out his game a bit, put some more effort and intensity into defense. 13/8 on good efficiency with solid defense would be infinitely more valuable than anything Boozer gave them the past few years.

Really excited to see the passing between Pau and Jo, two of the, if not the best passers for their positions. Surround them with shooters like Snell and McBuckets, and you could run a pretty damn good secondary offense through them even forgetting Rose. Their defense will be there..but another dimension to that offense would be invaluable against teams like Cleveland and OKC that can run them out of the building with pure firepower.

[JonatanRey]

Starter.

29 mpg.

19 ppg - 9 reb - 4 asis.

+50 wins.

[chips93]

I think Pau's gonna be more motivated this season and hopefully rejuvenated enough to take on a big part of the scoring load. I only have a couple of concerns: Thibs likes to run his players into the ground, and Pau could easily lose parts of the season if they ride him too hard. Also, I know that one of Pau's complaints about last season with the Lakers was that he didn't get to bang dudes in the post due to D'antoni's style of coaching, so I'm hoping that the Bulls will get him back to doing what he does best.

I think he'll average about 15/6, but I'm definitely hoping he can consistently score 20.

they have such a deep frontcourt that this shouldnt be an issue.

gibson could have been 6th man of the year last year, and mirotic should be solid, although his defense could worry thibs.

[fiddy]

12/7

[JonatanRey]

they have such a deep frontcourt that this shouldnt be an issue.

gibson could have been 6th man of the year last year, and mirotic should be solid, although his defense could worry thibs.

I must say it: Mirotic is such an underrated defender.