Lol good point

They're seen as one of the best tandems in NBA history though

Damn that’s greatly put

Facts Pau is really underrated

@@camlop8635 they meshed immediately because kobe was no stranger to the European scene. Spent many years in Italy as a child. Also, Pau is very intelligent, and kobe liked that. They were on the same page right away, in terms of basketball IQ. I'm a Laker fan, so I remember Pau came in and immediately scored 30 points in his first Laker game after the mid season trade, and the lakers won easily. You could see kobe's excitement that he was finally back on a championship team

One way you can hate him....be a Celtics fan in 09 lol otherwise I've grown to love this guy.

Him and David Robinson are nicest nba guys ever

​@@PDillz *2010

Nobody is perfect but It would be 100% wrong hating on this man. Always a class act, respecful. Very very rare nowadays….same with Dirk 👌 majority of palyers now are arrogant, cheap act. Well, people in general, with money or less….

Facts

bruh literally forgot it's not his native while watching

He's from a very educated family. I think his parents are both doctors. Very tall doctors

His third language actually

I'm with you on that one, Kobe would totally be proud! I bet if Kobe was still here, he would be right up on that stage along with Pau to honour him into the Hall of Fame!

They were best friends and kobe made him a better player and man. Of course he's gonna mention him.

​@@brandocalrissian3294exactly. Obviously

Hes 43 years old not 42 ldiot

To be honest, I got teary eyed reading your comment

@@Stumpers24 Same here

How was he so eloquent? No ums or ahhhss..it just flowed for 30 minutes non stop. I'm 40 and I would of peed in my pants and started stuttering numerous times.

@@followthewhiterabbit8561 most atletes have to speak to the public so much that eventually they get used to collecting their thoughts and letting them out smoothly. It's even more impressive for pau since this isn't his native language same for dirk and tony.

@@dshawandunwell3892 thats a good point. they've been doing speeches and interviews their whole careers so theyre use to it.

@@dshawandunwell3892 Actually most of the hall of fame speech that I watched was very good. Pau speech is one of the best.

@@Rotsen-br9zq yh I agree I'm just saying it's impressive since his native language isn't english. His speech was definetly one of the best tho although I think wade took the cake this year with his.

Rest in pieces rapist

Rest in pieces. It's called karma for what he did to the woman in Colorado.

Rip my goat 🐐

You just made this comment for the likes

Same Here

You've got that right!

You do know kobe has the most asst for a non PG second in Lakers history

So True

​@@jjohnson4013So True

Nope, Kobe carried Pau

@@d3adyoutubeaccount No. Kobe needed him.

Pau definitely changed that 07-08 season for the better for the Lakers...

Pau was carried

@@d3adyoutubeaccount they carried each other.

@@cameronvaughn8434 HAHA not true, Kobe carried Pau, Pau was carried by Kobe, Pau has had 0 success without Kobe and that proves it, Kobe had 3 rings and should have won an MVP or 2 without Pau 🤷‍♂️

​@@d3adyoutubeaccountthose 3 straight finals in '08 '09 and '10 and the rings in the latter 2 that Kobe got would not have been won if Pau Gasol were not on that team.

Damn im dumb didnt realize the empty seat, sad

My favorite part!

I hated and hate the Lakers, but I can't hate this guy he's a good one.

Wish Kobe could’ve been at his own induction 😢

I Definitely Agree

The Lakers don't go to three straight finals and certainly don't win the last 2 without him.

@@brandocalrissian3294 Facts

greatest laker but the goat title still goes to MJ

Yessir

​@@maximus3294I Definitely Agree

​@maximus3294 No, it's LeBron.

This is about Pau not kobe.

Same hate the lakers but can’t hate this guy it’s just impossible just a good person

What?!?? 😂

En realidad la iniciaron los reclutadores de las franquicias!! Recuerdo cuando Pau estaba en el FC Barcelona siendo casi un debutante. Todo el mundo aquí recuerda el impacto que tuvo su actuación durante los partidos de las finales de la Copa del Rey. (Aquí en España y europa en general hay temporada regular y playoffs “liga” pero también se compite por una copa en formato playoff, además de la Euroliga) Pau destaco por encima de todos y lo increíble era que lo hacía siendo un joven recién salido de las categorías inferiores. Ya se oía que iban a verle ojeadores usa y que estos estaban fascinados de encontrar un jugador de 7 pies de altura con esa capacidad de manejo, podía dirigir ya que había sido base de niño, anotaba de tres, esto era mucho más obvio antes de su llegada a la nba, donde fue dirigido más al juego interior o media distancia solamente, se perdió esa característica que hoy como comentas es el perfil de jugador total actual. Se vio algo sobretodo en Bulls después de que Antonhy en Lakers lo mantuviera lejano a la pintura, pero en Bulls pudo hacer todo el paquete dentro y fuera de ahí que sus estadísticas explotaran aún siendo ya algo veterano. Otro de los motivos por los que Pau fue tan único respecto a la nba a la que aterrizo es la cultura en la que fue educado de baloncesto en equipo, muy diferencial a la estadounidense nba de la época donde las estrellas y individualismos eran más principales. El hacia mejor a sus compañeros. Igual esto le valió menos estadística y gloria personal y por ello para algunos esta infravalorado, pero casi todo el mundo que ve más allá se da cuenta de ese otro valor, en mi opinión mejor para Pau (no todos pueden ser Kobe, Jordan, Lebron…)

how about human beings in general 🤷🏽‍♂️