Pau Gasol from the Los Angeles Lakers

Pau Gasol, who turned 28 this July, was born in Barcelona Spain. Paul is a 7â 0 forward/center for the Los Angeles Lakers. As a child growing up in Spain, Pau played basketball with his two brothers, Marc and Adria. Marc is very a experienced basketball player. In High rise College Pau played with his outfit called â Llorâ , and after that signed with C.B. Cornella. By the period of 16, Pau was playing for the Barcelona Lesser Federal Team. He played in Europe from 1997-199, where his ending season he averaged over 11 points and 5 rebounds playing in aloof 24 minutes a game.

Pau entered the 2001 NBA draft, and was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks, who instantly traded his rights to Memphis, for Shareef Abdur-Rahim. As a Grizzles star for seven seasons, he yet nowadays holds the franchise folder for games played, minutes played, area goals made- and attempted, free of charge throws prepared and attempted. He extremely leads in offensive-defensive- and complete rebounds, blocked shots, turnovers and points. Boss all the more every stat in the Grizzles case volume belongs to Gasol.

In Memphis Gasol won the Rookie of the Year award, scoring 17.6 points a pastime and grabbing nearly 8 rebounds a game, playing in all 82 games that year. His moment season, Gasol increased his scoring to 19 points a game, once again playing all 82 games. In his third season Gasol missed his front amusement with a foot injury. That injury broke his 240 consecutive games played streak. In Jan 2005 Gasol reached the 5,000 and 500 blocks to change into the 10th fastest player to stretch that feat. Twice Gasolâ s Memphis teams mythical the playoffs, losing in the antecedent round both times, once to San Antonio, and the other day to Phoenix.

In his fifth season in Memphis Gasol became the Grizzles all continuance salient rebounder, and in that season the Grizzles make-believe the playoffs once again, on the contrary losing, this duration to the Dallas Mavericks. Gasolâ s teams even had never won a playoff game. In 2006, Gasol was named to his anterior All Star game. He was a reserve centre for the Western Convention in Houston. In 2006-2007 Gasol missed 19 games with a broken foot, which he suffered in the FIBA Cosmos Championships that his band (Spain) won, and he was named the MVP. During that season Gasol became the all bit primary scorer in Grizzles history.

This elapsed Feb Gasol was disposed one of the Lakers Jerseys, in a commerce the Lakers Kwame Brown, Javaris Crittenton, Aaron McKie, Marc Gasol and basic round picks in 2008 and 2010. Pau persuaded to abide to wear his #16 jumper with the Lakers. He has worn that cipher his unabridged know onions career. In his headmost day one with the Lakers Gasol poured in 24 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. Gasol played a month with the Lakers before rolling his ankle causing him to miss almost a month of action. When Gasol returned, he played the extreme infrequent games before starting the playoffs with the Lakers. Gasol was able to slam his aboriginal profession playoff game, and again advance to the NBA Finals- falling to the Boston Celtics.

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