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Pau Gasol
No. 16 – Los Angeles Lakers
PositionPower forward/Center
Personal information
Born (1980-07-06) July 6, 1980 (age 44)
Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
NationalitySpain Spanish
Listed height7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Listed weight250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2001: 3rd overall
Selected by the Atlanta Hawks
Playing career1999–present
Career highlights and awards
2001 ACBLeague MVP
2002 NBA Rookie of the Year
2006 FIBA World Championship MVP
NBA All-Star (2006)
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com
Olympic medal record
Representing  Spain
Men's Basketball
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Japan Team
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Turkey Team
Silver medal – second place 2003 Sweden Team
Silver medal – second place 2007 Spain Team


Pau Gasol Sáez (born July 6 1980, in Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain) is a 2.16 m (7'1") Catalan[1]-Spanish basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association.

Player profile

Gasol has often been compared with fellow European players Toni Kukoč and Dirk Nowitzki, holding career averages of 18.8 ppg, 8.6 rpg and 3.1 apg. He is a refined scorer from both inside and midrange, and also is near-ambidextrous. Gasol uses a variety of midrange jumpers, hookshots, up-and-under moves, reverse pivots, and shot fakes to score very efficiently. He is also an above-average shotblocker, with a career average of 1.8 bpg.

In 2000-01, Gasol established himself as one of the finest players in Europe, averaging 11.3 points and 5.2 rebounds in just under 24 minutes per game.

Selected third overall in the 2001 NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks,[2] his draft rights were traded to the Vancouver Grizzlies[3] (prior to the team's relocation to Memphis) in exchange for Shareef Abdur-Rahim.

On February 9, 2006, for the first time in his career, Gasol was selected to play in the 2006 NBA All-Star Game in Houston, Texas as a reserve center for the Western Conference.

He was the first Spanish basketball player as well as the first Grizzlies player to ever make it to the All-Star Game.

Gasol missed the first 19 games of the 2006-07 NBA season due to a broken foot suffered near the end of Spain's semifinal win over Argentina in the 2006 FIBA World Championship. He would go on to be named Most Valuable Player of the tournament, which Spain won.

He is involved with a lot of community work organized through the Memphis Grizzlies.

On January 24, 2007, Gasol recorded his second career triple-double against the hosting Utah Jazz, garnering 17 points, 13 rebounds, and 12 assists. He also registered 2 blocks and one steal.[4]

On February 1 2008, Gasol was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers for Kwame Brown, Javaris Crittenton, Aaron McKie, rights to Marc Gasol (Pau's younger brother), and 2008 and 2010 first round draft picks. On February 5, he made his first Lakers appearance in the game against the New Jersey Nets, during which he scored 24 points and had 12 rebounds, and the Lakers went on to defeat the Nets 105-90.[5][6]

On March 14, 2008, Gasol sprained his ankle against the New Orleans Hornets, stepping on the foot of teammate Vladimir Radmanović in the first quarter.[7]

Other titles

Spanish national team

1x NBA All-Star (First Spanish player ever to play in an All-Star game)

FC Barcelona

  • ACB League Champion (2001)
  • Spanish Copa del Rey Champion (2001)
  • Most Valuable Player in ACB league (2001)
  • Most Valuable Player in Copa del Rey (2001)
  • Raul, Pepe, and Paca Gasol are his three brothers.

Personal

Gasol's mother Marisa is a medical doctor, and his father Agustí is a nurse administrator. When Gasol was born, his family were living in Cornellà, a community in Barcelona province, Catalonia a region of Spain, but he was born in Sant Pau Hospital, where both of his parents worked, in the city of Barcelona. When he was six years old, his family moved to another Barcelona suburb, Sant Boi de Llobregat, where he spent the remainder of his childhood.[8] His younger brother, Marc, at 7'1" and 265 lb is also a professional basketball player. Marc was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers 48th overall in the 2007 NBA Draft and whose rights now belongs to the Memphis Grizzlies, as part of the deal that sent Gasol to the Lakers.

References

  1. ^ NBA.com: Pau Gasol bio - "Personal: • Native of Catalonia, a region on the coast of Spain"
  2. ^ NBA Draft 2001: Pau Gasol
  3. ^ Abdur-Rahim Heading Home
  4. ^ Grizzlies at Jazz Boxscore 2007-01-24
  5. ^ ESPN - In dire need of frontcourt help, Lakers acquire Gasol from Grizzlies - NBA
  6. ^ "Gasol dealt to Lakers in blockbuster trade". Retrieved 2008-02-01.
  7. ^ Paul double-double helps Hornets prevail
  8. ^ Pau Gasol's official site
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Preceded by NBA Rookie of the Year
2002 		Succeeded by
Preceded by FIBA World Championship
MVP
2006 		Succeeded by
Incumbent

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