Replace Kyrie & Wade w Gasol, How many Rings does Lebron win?

[Big164]

1, 2 or none?

[ShawkFactory]

Would we also be giving him the rest of the Lakers roster and coaching staff?

[SamuraiSWISH]

Would be redundant with Bosh considering they're same caliber of player. So none. Definitely wouldn't beat this past year's Warrior team. Not enough toughness.

[SouBeachTalents]

Give LeBron peak Shaq he might win a few

[feyki]

Zero .

[Gileraracer]

Zero.

[HurricaneKid]

Since Wade was absolutely AWFUL and non-existent in the 13 Finals, I find it hard to believe anyone could think he wouldn't have won with a peak Pau over a guy that was a -54 in a 7 game series his team won.

And if he had Pau in 09 he def would have won a title too. D12 DOMINATED the Cavs in the ECF and Pau outplayed him in the Finals by a comfortable margin.

Add in Odom, PJax, etc and I assure you he would have done just fine.

[SamuraiSWISH]

Since Wade was absolutely AWFUL and non-existent in the 13 Finals

He won them game 4 on the road. Bron stat padded after the game was decided.

[HurricaneKid]

He won them game 4 on the road. Bron stat padded after the game was decided.

Show me another Finals where the second best player on a team that won was a -54. It was conventional wisdom that he was hurting the team and the media was saying he should be coming off the bench.

[tpols]

Since Wade was absolutely AWFUL and non-existent in the 13 Finals, I find it hard to believe anyone could think he wouldn't have won with a peak Pau over a guy that was a -54 in a 7 game series his team won.

And if he had Pau in 09 he def would have won a title too. D12 DOMINATED the Cavs in the ECF and Pau outplayed him in the Finals by a comfortable margin.

Add in Odom, PJax, etc and I assure you he would have done just fine.

wade was very good in the 2013 Finals .. it was before the Finals that he wasnt playing that well but the East was a joke so it didnt matter. and Wade was better than Pau ever was in 2012 and 2011.. kyrie this year was equal to or better than Pau ever was as well, and all this is without including prime versions of Chris Bosh and Kevin Love.. lol.

Odom is also very redundant with Lebron.. they have very similar skillsets. Pau clogging the middle? that hurts Jame's game big time.. less driving lanes. We saw Bosh's game get pushed out to the 3 pt line to accomodate so no reason to think Pau wouldnt suffer a similar fate.


As for OP, out west? no titles.. chris paul esque resume.

[Smoke117]

wade was very good in the 2013 Finals .. it was before the Finals that he wasnt playing that well but the East was a joke so it didnt matter. and Wade was better than Pau ever was in 2012 and 2011.. kyrie this year was equal to or better than Pau ever was as well, and all this is without including prime versions of Chris Bosh and Kevin Love.. lol.

Odom is also very redundant with Lebron.. they have very similar skillsets. Pau clogging the middle? that hurts Jame's game big time.. less driving lanes. We saw Bosh's game get pushed out to the 3 pt line to accomodate so no reason to think Pau wouldnt suffer a similar fate.


As for OP, out west? no titles.. chris paul esque resume.

Kobe stans down playing Gasol's contributions again...he was a borderline top 10 player in 09 and 10.

[tpols]

Kobe stans down playing Gasol's contributions again...he was a borderline top 10 player in 09 and 10.

pau's great.. but he's no dwayne wade.. even you know that.

[Ramza]

Kobe agenda exposed.

[Smoke117]

pau's great.. but he's no dwayne wade.. even you know that.

Dwyane Wade wasn't Dwyane Wade after 2012. Pau in 09/10 was clearly better than an ailing Wade in 13/14 in the playoffs.

Either way, the heat were playing better teams than the lakers were in 09/10, so this whole "replace so and so with so and so" doesn't really work unless we are going to account for that.

[tpols]

Dwyane Wade wasn't Dwyane Wade after 2012. Pau in 09/10 was clearly better than an ailing Wade in 13/14 in the playoffs.

Either way, there are much better teams now than when the lakers were winning in 09/10, so this whole "replace so and so with so and so" doesn't really work unless we are going to account for that.

11-13 wade > 08-10 Pau

both guys broke down completely in their 4th year.. wade physically, pau mentally when bynum took his spot and shannon brown banged his girl