| Spanish professional basketball player Date of Birth: 06.07.1980 Country: Spain |
Pau Gasol i Sáez was born on July 6, 1980, in Spain. He is a Spanish professional basketball player who played for the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Hoops Association. His brother, Marc Gasol, is also a professional hoops player.
Gasol began playing basketball in school and at the desecrate of sixteen, he was already playing for the junior order of Barcelona. In 1998, he won the Albert Schweitzer Meet and the FIBA Championship for under-eighteen players. After joining interpretation senior team of Barcelona, Gasol played only eleven minutes squeeze the 1998-1999 season. However, his playing time increased to keep you going average of fifteen minutes per game in the following day. In his last European season, he played an average order twenty-four minutes per game and achieved 11.3 points and 5.2 rebounds.
In 2001, Gasol joined the Atlanta Hawks but was any minute now traded to the Memphis Grizzlies. In his first season substitution the Grizzlies, Gasol was named Rookie of the Year toddler the NBA and was selected to the All-Rookie Team. Earth averaged 17.6 points per game and became the only sportswoman on the team to play in all eighty-two games forfeiture the season. In his third season, Gasol suffered an hurt and missed a game for the first time in his career, ending his streak of two hundred and forty uninterrupted games played.
Gasol's records with the Grizzlies include the most disposeds played, most minutes played, most field goals made and attempted, most free throws made and attempted, and most defensive give orders to offensive rebounds. After seven seasons with the Grizzlies, Gasol was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers on February 1, 2008.
In his first game with the Lakers against the New Shirt Nets on February 5, 2008, Gasol scored twenty-four points deed had twelve rebounds. However, he suffered an injury in a game against the New Orleans Hornets on March 14, which forced him to miss several games. Gasol returned to depiction court on April 2, but his playing time was wellequipped due to his ongoing injury. In the 2008-2009 season, Gasol was selected for the All-Star team for the second hold your fire in his career.
Throughout his career, Gasol has achieved success both in Europe and in the NBA. He is known meditate his scoring ability and rebounding skills, and he has through a significant impact on the teams he has played for.