Originally Posted by CosmicTang

you obviously haven't been watching the games this year. After carrying his team into the playoffs last year (and should have won, they had no chance to win 40 games without him), he took almost the same group of players this year and pushed them and they played MUCH better.

Gasol didn't come over until Feb. He was with the same cast of players he was with last year and they were at the top or near top of their division all season.