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[GCMD]

I'm old enough to have seen Vlade play with the Lakers...I mean, YOUNG Vlade! Pau and Vlade are very similar in their approach and skill sets (except Pau seems to be the better man defender). They both have high bball IQs and the skills to play 3-5 (but not the athleticism).

Who was the better LAKER?
Who was funnier? for those who are too young, here is an old commercial to compare them:


Who is/was more skilled?
Who is/was more loved?

I know most of the responses are going to come from old heads so lets have it, Generation Rogaine!!!

Edited by GCMD, October 27, 2008 - 02:14 PM.

[popo]

Skilled scorer-Pau
Skilled passer-Divac

Funnier-Divac

Vlade was one of my favorite players, he had to go up against the most dominant centers at his time. He put up good numbers for a period of 10 years including avging over 10rpg game twice with the Lakers.

[K. Dot]

Skilled Scorer-Pau
Skilled passer-Pau

Funnie-Vlade.

Vlade was unbeliable funny. Radmonivic is pretty funny too. Can never forget Turiaf though!

[Lakersfan1211]

Pau beats Vlade on both passing and scoring, but yeah Divac is pretty funny when he gets punked.

[popo]

Vlade was a very good passing center. He is considered the 3rd best passing center after Hakem and Sabonis. I don't think you guys saw or were old enough to watch him play at his prime.

[wong63]

skilled scorer/passer - gasol
skilled flopper - divac

most loved - divac

[Icker]

Vlade was a very good passing center. He is considered the 3rd best passing center after Hakem and Sabonis. I don't think you guys saw or were old enough to watch him play at his prime.

+1, Guys who never saw him who played in his prime shoudn't comment

[allornothing]

Even with the Kings, Vlade redeemed himself by passing to Robert HOrry in the WCF. He's a Laker at heart man.

[Imadogg]

Even with the Kings, Vlade redeemed himself by passing to Robert HOrry in the WCF. He's a Laker at heart man.

LMAO

Vlade is an all-time bigman passer, Gasol isn't. Easy.

My dad has a pic with him haha, he looks like a midget next to Divac

[popo]

Vlade is an all-time bigman passer, Gasol isn't. Easy.

Exactly.

[GCMD]

Yeah...Vlade is easily the best passing big the Lakers have had in the last 20+ years. Pau is good but not that good.

Vlade was one of my favorite Lakers during his first stint with the Lakers. Funny, skilled and a player you WANTED to root for. He was one of the FIRST European SuperStars.

I'm not sure Pau is that much better as a scorer though. Vlade had many, many post moves. He had a great mid range game. And he had a GENIUS B-Ball IQ.

[fido]

Wow GCMD, you said Vlade and genius in the same sentence.

I hardly think Vlade had a genius basketball I.Q.. The guy knew how to play, the problem was he played a small forward game in a center's body. He may hve been a great guy off the court, but on it, he was mediocre at best.

I don't know if anyone here got to see his entire run, but I did. He was alright. There was honestly nothing above par with Vlade as opposed to other big men. He was soft when it mattered most, played minimal if any defense and if he did play paint D, he always backed down to his opponent. There was no toughness in Vlade's game at perhaps the position that calls for the most toughness.

I think his role on the Lakers has gotten romanticized over time, because the guy was aggravating to watch. Towards the end of his Laker tenure there was often a chorus of boos when he came onto the court or at various times during his play. He was a good passer, I'll give him that, but calling the guy a basketball genius is pretty hilarious to me.

Comparing a guy who has finished his career to a guy who is still building his, is always flawed. As of right now, nobody knows how Pau's career will end upowith the Lakers. To compare an active player to a player who has called it a day, is dicey at best.

[Kenrae]

Vlade is an all-time bigman passer, Gasol isn't. Easy.

Not as easy, both are. But I'd give the notch to Vlade. Pau is the better scorer by far, though.

[fanboyslim]

Career APG:
Vlade - 3.1
Pau - 3.1

Career PPG:
Vlade - 11.8
Pau - 18.1

Now, Vlade was absolutely funnier.

BTW, I'm old enough to remember Vlade when he played for Partizan Belgrade and Yugoslavia before jumping to the NBA.

[Kenrae]

BTW, I'm old enough to remember Vlade when he played for Partizan Belgrade and Yugoslavia before jumping to the NBA.

Me too. I always liked his game.

[kobynum]

i think Vlade and Gasol are even in passing and Pau is the better scorer. pau needs to be on a team that matters for a significant period of time to be considered "all time" anything

[gcclaker]

Divac is craftier passer than Gasol though the latter will now have the opportunity to show that skill having better teammates than what he had in Memphis. Gasol has the edge on offense since he has a variety of moves on the low block. Defensively, Divac knows how to draw the charge when he falls down. Gasol falls down for no reason sometimes. Personality wise, Divac hands down. You can't go wrong with someone who looks like Yakov Smirnoff and has the same sense of humor. LOL! I've since forgiven him for being a Sacramento King.

Edited by gcclaker, October 30, 2008 - 10:09 AM.

[Texas_Pete]

Gotta go with Pau overall. Pau is doing work against more athletic players. If Vlade was our starting 4, I'm not sure he could duplicate the same results. Besides, Vlade pissed me off as a King with all of his flopping.

BTW, that was a funny vid! :lol:

[G-Small]

Vlade was waaaaaay funnier, but Pau is light years ahead of Divac when it comes to basketball. Not even close.

[phifedogg76]

Pau is a very good and skilled bigman, his scoring and shotblocking is much much better than vlade's, but like everyone else, i think vlade's passing is better than pau's (but not by that much imo, i just think he idolized magic so much he tried to personify him on the court by trying "showtime-esque" passing), but both have very high bball iq's ..... also, the hornets MUST HAVE thought vlade was really good to give up the 13th pick in the draft, people just dont give away picks that high for nothing dont you think

but for now, vlade is the funnier one and more loved, pau is still kinda new but i think within this year he probably will surpass vlade in the "most loved" department due to our (hopefull) upcoming success

Edited by phifedogg76, October 31, 2008 - 05:22 PM.