Pau Gasol is a former professional basketball player from Spain who played six and a half seasons for the Los Angeles Lakers. He played for the team from 2008–2014.
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Gasol made his first Lakers appearance on February 5 2008, against the New Jersey Nets, scoring 24 points and grabbing 12 rebounds in a 105-90 win.
Pau Gasol helped the Lakers finish the regular season with the best record in the Western Conference (57-25), and the Lakers went 22-5 with him in the starting lineup.
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Gasol scored his 10,000th career point on January 2, 2009, in a win over the Utah Jazz. During the 2008-09 NBA season, Gasol made his second All-Star appearance as a reserve for the Western Conference, his first as a Laker.
He was also named Western Conference Player of the Month after leading the Lakers to an 11-2 February record that included road victories over Boston and Cleveland. Gasol won two NBA championships, both with the Los Angeles Lakers back-to-back in 2009 and 2010.
Pau Gasol’s No. 16 jersey was retired by the Lakers on Tuesday, March 7 2023, night, honouring the genteel big man who spent the best seasons of his 18-year NBA career with Bryant in Los Angeles.
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