Has Gasol surpassed Dirk as the greatest european player?

[beermonsteroo]

Obviously when we are talking about individual career stats and long term NBA succes Dirk has better numbers, but that isn't exactly the questions here.
When talking about greatness you have do take more aspects into account, especially team succes.
Gasol has already won a ring and is in the finals again. And remember he was a major factor why the Lakers are back on top again. Before Gasol arrived they hardly made the playoffs at all.
He led his national team to World and European championchips as well as an olympic silver medal.
So overall I would say from an european perspective Gasol has a legit shot to be considered greater then Dirk at this stage of his career. For europeans winning a world championchip counts a lot more then leading a team to the conference finals for example.
So what about the american perspective?

[JtotheIzzo]

most accomplished yes, but Dirk is still a 1a, the best Pau has been is a 2.

[JerrySteakhouse]

Dirk > Gasol

Not even close.

[tommy3]

[Yung D-Will]

Dirk>Yao>Gasol


Mass Claim

[beermonsteroo]

Dirk>Yao>Gasol


Mass Claim

So Yao is european?

[Yung D-Will]

So Yao is european?

Lmao Mass pwnt

[creepingdeath]

Both from European and from NBA perspective, Dirk is just the greater player, by far.

Talking about international competitions like the World Cup, you must not forget to take into consideration that the German national team has always been a very low tier, sometimes mediocre team at best. Still, with that kind of team, Nowitzki managed to have major success. Pau's achievements on that level are very, very good, too, but the Spanish team is just lightyears better than the German, so his personal share in their success is not as big as Dirk's.

And if we're talking about NBA success, it's not even close.

[Collie]

It's like McHale vs Karl Malone. Sure McHale has the rings, but nobody in their right mind will put him higher than the Mailman.

[GoldMedallist]

It's like McHale vs Karl Malone. Sure McHale has the rings, but nobody in their right mind will put him higher than the Mailman.

Dirk is not THAT superior.

And you musn't have to compare Dirk and Pau, they play different positions.

Dirk is much better scorer than Gasol. Pau is much better post player than Nowitzki.

[creepingdeath]

Dirk is much better scorer than Gasol. Pau is much better post player than Nowitzki.

No... just, no...

[Foster5k]

Dirk is the king of choke. I'll take Gasol any day over Dirk.

[Batz]

I would take Pau over him anyday...

[JerrySteakhouse]

I bet you guys wont be saying that if Dirk and Gasol switched places.

[Miller Time]

ok, you guys saying you would much rather have Gasol than Dirk on your team are obviously retarded. I mean I love Gasol as much as the next guy. I loved Gasol before he played for the Lakers, when I bet many of you had never even seen him play. Gasol is a great skilled player but Dirk is so much better. If you can't see that then please stop posting on this forum.