Prime Pau vs Prime Amare

[TripleA]

Who you got.

[SouBeachTalents]

You obviously have to factor in Nash and the style of offense his team ran, but Amar'e had some monster playoff series. He dropped 29/13 against Dirk & the Mavs in '05, then absolutely shat on prime Duncan & the Spurs, AVERAGING 37 & 10 against one of the GOAT defensive players. One of the truly underrated series of the 2000's

[feyki]

Pau.

[Fire Colangelo]

In hindsight, everyone will pick Pau.

But prime Amare was a legit monster, and at the time most people will take him over Pau.

[Smoke117]

Probably Pau because he actually had fundamentals. Amare is, after all, the clown who was claiming how nobody ever taught him defense.

[IGOTGAME]

Very close. I'd go with Pau because I think I can fit him into more championship level teams as a second option. Amare never quite understood defensive rotations.

Amare was considered a better player at his peak than Pau tho. He had time as a top 5 player in the league in most people's minds

[Magic 32]

Peak vs Peak?

[WayOfWade]

Amare, just cause I like to watch dunks

[DaOldLion]

Amare pretty easily. Both were average on defense but Amare was more versatile and explosive on offense. Pau never got close to putting up the numbers Amare did. 37/10 for an entire series, 30/11 for the playoffs that went to the WCF. 25ppg seasons. etc etc, Amare was better.

[toxicxr6]

Pau easily!!!


This is exactly what is wrong with people on this forum they only think of one side of the court.
While amare has an edge on the offensive end peak to peak
You can't even compare the defense... Amare was a retard on defense one of the worst in the league.. Pau was close to an elite defensive player in his peak

Give me gasol easily

[DaOldLion]

Pau easily!!!


This is exactly what is wrong with people on this forum they only think of one side of the court.
While amare has an edge on the offensive end peak to peak
You can't even compare the defense... Amare was a retard on defense one of the worst in the league.. Pau was close to an elite defensive player in his peak

Give me gasol easily

Never made the all nba defensive team in his entire career..

[toxicxr6]

Never made the all nba defensive team in his entire career..

NBA all defensive teams are for the elite defenders

I said he was close to elite.. Which he was

So gtfo

[DaOldLion]

NBA all defensive teams are for the elite defenders

I said he was close to elite.. Which he was

So gtfo

From 08-10 he received 1 vote for the all defensive team. 1 single vote.

to put that in perspective Udonis Haslem received 3 votes in 09, which would be more than Gasol received combined - from 08-10. For somebody who was supposedly close to being elite defensively, the coaches of the NBA sure didn't notice. He was an average defender, and at best pretty good for stretches.

[Cali Syndicate]

IDK, pre-injury Amare was a scoring machine around the basket. While Pau wont average 25ppg, he is definitely far more fundamentally sound and can fit in most if not all systems dude to his high IQ.

Both are pretty soft but I'd rather take Amare. Pre-injury Amare would wreck havoc on prime Gasol.

[Smoke117]

Never made the all nba defensive team in his entire career..

So? That doesn't change the fact that with his length he was one more effective defensive players in the league. He was much better than Amare ever was that's for sure.