Pau Gasol
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Pau Gasol :
Position: Forward - Center
Height 7 ft (2.03 m)
Weight 210 lb (117.9 kg)
Team Los Angeles Lakers
Nationality Spain
Born July 6, 1980
Los Angeles, California
High school Westchester HS,
Catolonia, Spain
College UCLA
Drafted 3rd overall, 2001 Atlanta Hawks
Pau Gasol Bio:
Paul Gasol Sáez (born July 6, 1980, in Barcelona , Spain ) is a 2.13 m (7'0") Spanish basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association.
Gasol has often been compared with fellow European players Toni Kukoc 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. Though he is also an above-average shotblocker (career average 1.8 bpg), he is not considered an outstanding defender and is seen by many as being "soft", shying away from physical play with a tendency to complain excessively to referees.
In 2000-01, Pau 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.
In 2001 NBA Draft, he was selected by the Atlanta Hawks with the third overall pick, and immediately traded to the Memphis Grizzlies along with Lorenzen Wright and Brevin Knight 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 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 1 steal.
On February 1, 2008, Gasol was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers for Kwame Brown, Javaris Crittenton, Aaron McKie, rights to Marc Gasol (coincidently Pau's younger brother), and 2008 and 2010 first round draft picks.
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