Pau Gasol

Pau Gasol
	Gasol with FC Barcelona in 2021
Personal information
Born	July 6, 1980; Barcelona, Spain
Listed height	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)
Listed weight	250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	2001: 1st round, 3rd overall pick
	Selected by the Atlanta Hawks
Playing career	1998–2021
Position	Power forward / center
Number	16, 17
Career history
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
Career highlights and awards
	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 Year (2008, 2009); 2× Mister Europa Player of the Year (2004, 2009); 4× Euroscar Player of the Year (2008–2010, 2015); FIBA World Cup MVP (2006); FIBA World Cup Top Scorer (2014); 2× FIBA EuroBasket MVP (2009, 2015); 3× FIBA EuroBasket Top Scorer (2003, 2009, 2015); FIBA EuroBasket Dream Team (2020);
Career statistics
Points	20,894 (17.0 ppg)
Rebounds	11,305 (9.2 rpg)
Assists	3,925 (3.2 apg)
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
	Basketball Hall of Fame as player
Men's basketball
Representing Spain
Summer Olympics
World Cup
EuroBasket

Pau Gasol Sáez (Catalan: [ˈpaw ɣəˈzɔl], Spanish: [ˈpaw ɣaˈsol]; born July 6, 1980) is a Spanish former professional basketball player. He was a six-time NBA All-Star and a four-time All-NBA team selection, twice on the second team and twice on the third team. Gasol won two NBA championships, both with the Los Angeles Lakers back-to-back in 2009 and 2010. He was the NBA Rookie of the Year in 2002 with the Memphis Grizzlies, being the first non-American player to have won that award. He is regarded as one of the greatest power forwards of all time and is also considered as one of the greatest European players of all time. He is the older brother of former NBA player Marc Gasol.

Gasol was selected by the Atlanta Hawks with the third overall pick in the first round of the 2001 NBA draft, but his rights were traded to the Vancouver Grizzlies. He holds the Grizzlies' franchise record for free throws made and attempted. Following more than six seasons with Memphis, Gasol played for the Los Angeles Lakers (2008–2014), the Chicago Bulls (2014–2016), the San Antonio Spurs (2016–2019), and the Milwaukee Bucks (2019).

Internationally, Gasol has won a FIBA World Cup title, three EuroBasket titles, two Olympic silver medals, and an Olympic bronze medal with the Spanish national basketball team. Gasol was named MVP of the 2006 FIBA World Cup, and MVP of the 2009 and 2015 FIBA EuroBasket. Pau Gasol shares (with Krešimir Ćosić) the record for most EuroBasket MVP awards, with two each. Gasol is also the all-time leading scorer in the EuroBasket.

In 2021, he became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). In 2023, it was announced that Gasol would be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

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