Pau Gasol gets emotional as Los Angeles Lakers retires his No. 16 jersey
1 year, 9 months ago

Pau Gasol gets emotional as Los Angeles Lakers retires his No. 16 jersey

The Hindu  

When Pau Gasol joined the Los Angeles Lakers just over 15 years ago, the Spanish 7-footer banished his ego, redoubled his work ethic and immediately turned a struggling team into a contender, which eventually became the champion. The Lakers reached three straight NBA Finals after Gasol’s arrival in February 2008, winning championships in 2009 and 2010. It’s a lot of things.” Gasol’s versatile game complemented Bryant’s scoring prowess perfectly when Gasol decided to be a supporting player to a fellow superstar, and the two also formed a deep off-court friendship that endured until Bryant died in 2020. pic.twitter.com/fHeEUuCElv — Los Angeles Lakers March 8, 2023 The 17-time NBA champion franchise typically only retires the number of players in the Hall of Fame, and Gasol is a first-time finalist for the honour this year with a strong chance of making the cut. It’s been great to see the game grow globally.” Gasol’s jersey represents the 13th number retired by the Lakers honouring 12 players.

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Lakers newsletter: Lakers’ G-league team has been great ... for Memphis
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Lakers newsletter: Lakers’ G-league team has been great ... for Memphis

LA Times  

Point guard Scotty Pippen Jr., fouled by Spurs guard Tre Jones, left, on a drive down the lane, played in six games for L.A. in 2022-23 while a member of the South Bay Lakers. I didn’t really get any minutes; I think I play like maybe five or six games and never really got significant minutes,” Pippen said Wednesday morning. …

Los Angeles Lakers Set To Unveil Statue In Tribute To Hall Of Famer Kobe Bryant
1 year, 4 months ago

Los Angeles Lakers Set To Unveil Statue In Tribute To Hall Of Famer Kobe Bryant

News 18  

The Los Angeles Lakers will pay tribute to the late Kobe Bryant with a statue of the Hall of Fame guard in front of their arena, the team said Thursday. “On behalf of the Lakers, my daughters and me, I am so honored that, right in the center of Los Angeles, in front of the place known as the house …

Pau Gasol remembers his 'brother' Kobe Bryant as he's inducted into Basketball Hall of Fame: 'I wouldn't be here without you'
1 year, 4 months ago

Pau Gasol remembers his 'brother' Kobe Bryant as he's inducted into Basketball Hall of Fame: 'I wouldn't be here without you'

Daily Mail  

Pau Gasol was recognized for his own basketball brilliance on Saturday night, but still took a moment to remember his 'brother' Kobe Bryant. And since Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others tragically died in a January 2020 helicopter accident, Gasol has only grown closer to the family - and honored his late friend as he joined him in the …

Pau Gasol’s top-10 list of the NBA’s all-time greatest players? Make it 11
1 year, 4 months ago

Pau Gasol’s top-10 list of the NBA’s all-time greatest players? Make it 11

LA Times  

Lakers forward Pau Gasol, right, and Miami Heat forward LeBron James battle for a rebound during a Christmas Day game in 2010. Pau Gasol leaned back in his chair and ran his hands over his T-shirt, which said, “Kobe, 24,” the two-time NBA champion with the Lakers now having to switch gears from his conversation about his Hall of Fame …

Oral history: Inside a Lakers trade critics slammed that made Pau Gasol a Hall of Famer
1 year, 4 months ago

Oral history: Inside a Lakers trade critics slammed that made Pau Gasol a Hall of Famer

LA Times  

Lakers co-owner Jeanie Buss had a secret in 2008 and she wasn’t going to tell anyone, not even her then-boyfriend, coach Phil Jackson. I hope I’m not in that trade.’ Lakers forward Pau Gasol, left, defends his brother, Grizzlies center Marc Gasol, during a game March 3, 2009 in L.A. MARC GASOL, Lakers second-round pick: Juan Carlos Navarro is one …

Will Lakers give LeBron James the Kobe treatment and retire both numbers when he hangs it up?
1 year, 5 months ago

Will Lakers give LeBron James the Kobe treatment and retire both numbers when he hangs it up?

LA Times  

Lakers forward LeBron James has worn both No. 6 the last three seasons, and, yes, that was on his back when James became the NBA’s all-time leading scorer, but with the number already retired in Russell’s name, it doesn’t seem likely that the Lakers would retire it for James as well. They’re already the only NBA team to have retired …

Anthony Davis leads Lakers’ win over Grizzlies after Pau Gasol’s jersey is retired
1 year, 9 months ago

Anthony Davis leads Lakers’ win over Grizzlies after Pau Gasol’s jersey is retired

LA Times  

Lakers forward Anthony Davis pulls down one of his 22 rebounds Tuesday night against the Grizzlies. “Mucho gracias.” The festivities surrounding the game with the Memphis Grizzlies were full of emotional trips to the Lakers’ past, moments that would’ve been impossible without Gasol’s presence alongside Bryant. Lakers Troy Brown Jr. fulfilling valuable Lakers role with LeBron James injured Troy Brown …

Pau Gasol's retired jersey takes rightful place next to Kobe Bryant
1 year, 9 months ago

Pau Gasol's retired jersey takes rightful place next to Kobe Bryant

LA Times  

He was the ultimate wingman, the best supporting actor, the perfect complement. Pau Gasol spent his seven Lakers seasons in the shadow of Kobe Bryant, accepting crude challenges, absorbing trash talk, burying his own ego for the sake of elevating his far more famous colleague in creating two NBA championships. Pau Gasol holds his daughter Elisabet Gianna Gasol while speaking …

Pau Gasol credits Kobe Bryant for his Hall of Fame nomination
1 year, 10 months ago

Pau Gasol credits Kobe Bryant for his Hall of Fame nomination

LA Times  

Pau Gasol joined forces with Kobe Bryant to usher in a new era of championships with the Lakers. Sports Jose Alvarado shines brightest among NBA’s Rising Stars New Orleans guard Jose Alvarado’s drifting three-pointer clinched a 25-20 win for Team Pau in the title game of the Rising Stars event Friday. And Gasol played with that attitude — a passion …

75 greatest Lakers players: Magic, Kobe and Kareem top the list
2 years, 1 month ago

75 greatest Lakers players: Magic, Kobe and Kareem top the list

LA Times  

Current and former L.A. Times staff members selected the 75 greatest Lakers players as the club celebrates its diamond jubilee. Wilt Chamberlain During his five seasons with the Lakers, the 7-1 center averaged 17.7 points, an astounding 19.2 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 2.2 steals while shooting 60.5% from the field. In nine seasons with the Lakers, including his first seven …

Lakers to retire two-time NBA champion Pau Gasol’s No. 16 jersey in March
2 years, 4 months ago

Lakers to retire two-time NBA champion Pau Gasol’s No. 16 jersey in March

LA Times  

All 10 Lakers whose jersey numbers are retired have been inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Gasol played the first 6½ seasons of his career for the Grizzlies but jumped onto the fast track to Hall of Fame consideration after being traded to the Lakers midway through the 2007-2008 season. 3/7/23 - We raise Pau Gasol's jersey …

Veteran Pau Gasol announces retirement from basketball
3 years, 2 months ago

Veteran Pau Gasol announces retirement from basketball

The Hindu  

Pau Gasol announced his retirement from basketball on Tuesday, ending a career that lasted more than two decades, and earned him two NBA titles and a world championship gold with Spain's national team. The 41-year-old Gasol had already announced his farewell from international basketball in August after Spain lost to the United States in the quarterfinals of the Tokyo Games, …

Former Lakers great Pau Gasol retires after 18 NBA seasons
3 years, 2 months ago

Former Lakers great Pau Gasol retires after 18 NBA seasons

LA Times  

Pau Gasol, who had a tight bond with Lakers teammate Kobe Bryant while they won two NBA titles, has announced his retirement from professional basketball. But I just think the size that they played with, you had to deal with Kobe, then you had Bynum and Pau out there too.” It’s not dissimilar to the Lakers’ approach in 2020, when …

Former Laker Pau Gasol giving it one more try, playing for Spain in Olympics
3 years, 4 months ago

Former Laker Pau Gasol giving it one more try, playing for Spain in Olympics

LA Times  

It’s been more than two years since Pau Gasol found out he would be an assistant coach for the Portland Trail Blazers. I wanted to finish my career playing,” Gasol said after Spain’s Olympic debut. “I had such an incredible and extraordinary career that I didn’t want an injury to finish it for me.” Gasol, 41, still looks enough like …

Video: Pau Gasol talks about Kobe Bryant and their friendship
3 years, 7 months ago

Video: Pau Gasol talks about Kobe Bryant and their friendship

LA Times  

Former Lakers star Pau Gasol took some time to chat with Los Angeles Times sports reporter Broderick Turner about playing with Kobe Bryant, who will be inducted posthumously into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday with eight other members from the Class of 2020. “The way he impacted the world, I think beyond the world of sports …

Marc Gasol: Lakers signing Andre Drummond a ‘hard pill to swallow’
3 years, 8 months ago

Marc Gasol: Lakers signing Andre Drummond a ‘hard pill to swallow’

LA Times  

Marc Gasol just tied his season high with nine rebounds, a plus-20 rating in his 28 minutes in the Lakers’ 115-94 win in Sacramento. “It’s life,” Gasol said in his first comments since the Lakers added Drummond. So, I don’t think that’s changed.” Lakers Lakers beat Sacramento for third win in last four games With Marc Gasol back in the …

Pau Gasol, a two-time NBA champion with the Lakers, signs with FC Barcelona
3 years, 10 months ago

Pau Gasol, a two-time NBA champion with the Lakers, signs with FC Barcelona

LA Times  

Pau Gasol, who won two NBA titles with Kobe Bryant and the Lakers, announced Tuesday he is rejoining FC Barcelona, the team with which he started his career. Pau Gasol is going home, announcing Tuesday that he will sign to play with FC Barcelona again and rejoin the franchise with which he started his professional basketball career more than 20 …

Marc Gasol knows exactly why he’ll fit in with LeBron James and the Lakers
4 years, 1 month ago

Marc Gasol knows exactly why he’ll fit in with LeBron James and the Lakers

LA Times  

Marc Gasol, the new Lakers center, knows exactly who he is and that, as much as any reason, is why he might be the right choice to play alongside LeBron James and Anthony Davis. “I try to get places before I jump in the air because my time that I’m going to stay in the air is not very long,” …

Lakers trade JaVale McGee and reach deal with three-time All-Star center Marc Gasol
4 years, 1 month ago

Lakers trade JaVale McGee and reach deal with three-time All-Star center Marc Gasol

LA Times  

Toronto Raptors center Marc Gasol, right, battles with Boston’s Daniel Theis for a rebound during a playoff game on Sept. 11. Thanks to a cap-clearing trade with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Gasol finally will suit up for the Lakers, more than 13 years after they used a second-round pick on Pau’s little brother. Toronto’s Marc Gasol looks to pass around Boston’s …

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