The league is moving away from high paid low post slow centers, and you're suggesting we get a highly paid low post slow center. Gasol is a joke
Gasol is slow but not a joke or a dinosaur. He often operates from the high post, is one of the best passing big men in the league, and is a strong interior defender. Basically he's Al Horford at the 5 spot. I agree that the salary matching we'd have to give up makes it hard to figure out a good deal, but he'd make us a lot better inside.
the modern 5 is fast, and is a perimeter defending. He is the opposite. His contract is bad too. He's old. Everything about gasol is the opposite of what we want
Yeah, I tend to agree. I mean, he is a good player, but I certainly wouldn't want Al and Gasol on the floor at the same time for a prolonged period of time.. If we are moving Al to PF (we shouldn't), then we need a Nerlens Noel type center who is quick and can switch on everything.
Also, I shudder to think about how crazy it would be to trade Crowder, Morris, AND Smart for Gasol . Those guys provide enormous depth and versatility - something that Gasol does not. Like I said, if the difference in Horford's and Gasol's future salary determined whether we kept Smart or let him walk, then I would trade Al; otherwise, we should just roll with what we have.
On a related note, I think people are really underrating what Morris has to offer this team. We actually had to give up an additional asset, along with AB (I know, the extra year) to acquire him. He is a very good player and shouldn't just be lumped into trades as an 'extra'.
I think some people are massively (and I mean MASSIVELY) overrating what Morris has to offer.
He's a solid and versatile defender, which I think is his biggest strength. Other then that he's a streaky and inconsistent scorer (who is just as likely to shoot you in to a hole as he is shoot you out of one), he's a poor decision maker who tends to make bad shot decisions, his an inconsistent and generally mediocre three point shooter, he's a weak rebounder, and the Morris Brothers hardly scream "high quality person".
I think Morris could give us a lot of value as a streaky scorer and versatile defender off the bench - kind of like what we had from James Posey and Michael Pietrus in the past. If anybody is expecting him to start at PF and give our starting lineup a massive boost, then I think you are setting yourself up for disappointment.
Truthfully, I don't think Morris is any better overall then Kelly Olynyy as an overall player.