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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 3609670, member: 1969"]
The Celtics series was the low point of Gasol by far... as was all his play when the continued after the Lockdown.   I agree he was a liability.  Nick Nurse kept playing Gasol because he could not trust Ibaka on Defence.    It was a strategic mistake on my part, but does tell you things about Ibaka's regressed defence.
  
But as I mentioned in my above post something happened to him in the Covid break -- he lost a lot of weight, but yet was unfit to play early on.   And then he put back the weight as the playoffs continued and was still really lethargic (even by his standards)... you could tell something was wrong with him because he was getting really frustrated with himself.   It could have just been old.

But in the recent following periods he was also a positive / good player.  He was not "living" off his name as you put it all the time.
2019 Playoffs  (especially first 3 rounds).   Great defender and facilitator on offence although he could not really score.
2019 World Championships
Jan - March 2020.
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