(1980-07-06) July 6, 1980 (age 44) Barcelona, Spain
Listed height
7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)[a][3]
Listed weight
250 lb (113 kg)
NBA draft
2001: 1st round, 3rd overall pick
Selected by the Atlanta Hawks
Playing career
1998–2021
Position
Power forward / center
Number
16, 17
1998–2001
FC Barcelona
2001–2008
Memphis Grizzlies
2008–2014
Los Angeles Lakers
2014–2016
Chicago Bulls
2016–2019
San Antonio Spurs
2019
Milwaukee Bucks
2021
FC Barcelona
2× NBA champion (2009, 2010)
6× NBA All-Star (2006, 2009–2011, 2015, 2016)
2× All-NBA Second Team (2011, 2015)
2× All-NBA Third Team (2009, 2010)
NBA Rookie of the Year (2002)
NBA All-Rookie First Team (2002)
No. 16 retired by Los Angeles Lakers
All-EuroLeague Second Team (2001)
3× Liga ACB champion (1999, 2001, 2021)
Spanish King's Cup winner (2001)
Spanish King's Cup MVP (2001)
ACB Finals MVP (2001)
2× FIBA Europe Player of the Yea •
International Olympic Committee Athletes Commission, 2X NBA Champion, and President, Gasol Foundation
Pau Gasol is a professional basketball player in the NBA and the Spanish National Team. He began his career at Futbol Club Barcelona, but before taking up basketball professionally he finished a year of medical studies at the University of Barcelona.
In 2001, he was selected in the third round of the NBA draft by the Atlanta Hawks, but these rights were transferred to the Memphis Grizzlies. Pau thus became only the second Spanish player to reach the NBA, and that first season earned him the Rookie of the Year award, the first non-USA player to receive this distinction. In 2006, Pau was the first Spanish player to take part in an All-Star Game, in Houston, the first of his six appearances in this unique event. After moving to the Lakers in February of 2008, Pau realized one of his dreams: an NBA championship, which came in the 2008-09 season. A year later he repeated this historic achievement. In 2017, Pau Gasol was elected into the Executive Committee of the NBPA serving as a
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Gasol with FC Barcelona in 2021
Power forward / center
Personal information
Born
(1980-07-06) July 6, 1980 (age 44) Barcelona, Spain