Pau and marc gasol biography
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Pau and Marc Gasol 2015 Princess of Asturias Award for Sports
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Pau and Marc Gasol boast a brilliant record of achievements, both with the Spanish basketball squad –2006 Prince of Asturias Award for Sports– and with the respective clubs in which they have played, in Spain as well as in the US NBA, where they are currently playing. World Champions, Olympic runners-up and European champions –Marc on two occasions and Pau on three–, the Gasol brothers have become living legends in the world’s leading basketball league. Last February, they became the first pair of brothers to be chosen to play in the starting line-up –chosen bygd fans from around the world by digital vote– in the NBA All-Star Game played in New York, being the stars of the opening tipoff of this game, which was seen all around the world. Considered role models of sporting values and ambassadors of Marca España (Brand Spain), the Gasol Brothers set up the Gasol Foundation in 2013 with th
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Marc and Pau Gasol become first brothers in NBA history to both win a ring
Pau Gasol: I would be proud if Marc and I were the only brothers with a ring
Marc Gasol has his long-awaited NBA championship ring, the prize that his brother Pau secured in 2009 and 2010 with the Los Angeles Lakers. In doing so, the Gasol brothers have become the first siblings in NBA history to both win a ring.
The Toronto Raptors, whom Marc was traded to from the Memphis Grizzlies just before the trade deadline, defeated the Golden State Warriors at Oracle on Thursday night as they won the NBA Finals 4-2, which further extends the legacy of the Gasol name.
On the 10th anniversary of Pau's first championship with the Lakers (June 14, 2009), Marc can celebrate in the knowledge that he has finally won a title of his own. The brothers will forever be in the NBA record books for achieving this feat, something that had not been done in the league's 73- year history. In tot
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Marc Gasol
Spanish basketball player (born 1985)
Marc Gasol Sáez[a] (Catalan:[ˈmaɾɡɡəˈzɔl], Spanish:[ˈmaɾkgaˈsol]; born 29 January 1985) is a Spanish former professional basketball player who is the president of Bàsquet Girona of the Liga ACB. The center is a two-time All-NBA Team member and a three-time NBA All-Star. He was named the NBA Defensive Player of the Year with the Memphis Grizzlies in 2013, and won an NBA championship with the Toronto Raptors in 2019.
Gasol was drafted 48th overall by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2007 NBA draft. After having his rights traded to Memphis in February 2008 in a deal that sent his older brother Pau Gasol to the Lakers, he signed with the Grizzlies and remained with the franchise until being traded to Toronto in 2019. He rejoined the Lakers in 2020 for one season.
Gasol has been a regular member of the Spain national team since 2006. He has won two Olympic silver medals and two FIBA Basketball World Cup ti