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Career Titles:
NBA Champion, NBA Rookie of the Year, FIBA World Champion, MVP FIBA World Championship, EuroBasket Champion, EuroBasket MVP, Spanish League, Spanish Cup
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Home Town:
Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona
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About:
Pau Gasol is a Spanish professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).Gasol's brother, Marc Gasol, is also a professional basketball player. Gasol was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks in the 2001 NBA Draft, but his rights were traded to the Memphis Grizzlies, where he won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award. He currently holds the Memphis Grizzlies franchise records for career games played, minutes played, field goals made and attempted, free throws made and attempted, offensive, defensive, and total rebounds, blocked shots, turnovers, and points. After seven seasons with the team, Gasol was traded to the Lakers on February 1, 2008.
During the 2008 NBA Playoffs, Gasol was the second best Laker in points (16.9), rebounds (9.3) and assists per game (4.0). He also led the team in blocks per game (1.90) and was tied with Lamar Odom with the most postseason double-doubles (10).
Gasol was selected to his second All-Star appearance as a reserve for the Western Conference squad during the 2008-2009 season, his first as a Laker. He was also named Western Conference Player of the Month after helping the Lakers to an 11-2 record for the month of February that included road wins over Boston and Cleveland. He finished the 2009 regular season with averages of 18.9 points, 9.6 rebounds, 3.5 assists, and 1 block per game. Gasol then won his first NBA championship ring when the Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic in the 2009 NBA Finals.
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