Pau Gasol isn't Carmelo Anthony, but the skillful Spaniard is exactly the guy the Chicago Bulls need to take them where they want to go.
According to the big man himself, Gasol is set to join Derrick Rose, Joakim Noah, Tom Thibodeau and the whole Windy City gang after seven years and a pair of championship rings with the Los Angeles Lakers:
Before going any further, let's all acknowledge that this is a hell of a calculated career move by one of the league's most thoughtful players. Right up front, Gasol is swapping a death march through the Western Conference for a casual stroll through the East.
What's more, he'll go to a team with concepts of discipline and sacrifice deeply coded into its DNA, a terrific contrast to the competing agendas and me-first chaos he endured with the Lakers over the past two years.
With the Bulls, Gasol won't need to be a featured star. Instead, he can do the things he does well (of which there are many), limit his minutes and, ultimately, go a whole lot deeper into the postseason than he would have otherwise been able to expect. This is a masterful, unassailable win for ...
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