On February 1, Beijing time, Spanish player and former NBA champion center,Marc Gasol has announced his retirement, ending a 20-year career. NBA Register Shams added that the Grizzlies plan to retire the No. 33 jersey for Gasol Jr. Gasol Jr. was born on January 29, 1985, just turned 39 years old, and has played in the Spanish league for the last two years.
Another player we are familiar with, saying goodbye to the professional arena, I feel a little regretful. In fact, the news of Gasol Jr.'s retirement came out last offseason, but he denied it at the time, and in September 2023, Gasol Jr. said in an interview: ".I had contemplated retiring before, but I really love basketball and saying goodbye is not that simple.
In the 2021 offseason, Gasol Jr. left the NBA to join Girona Basketball Club in the Spanish second division, where he is the owner. In the 2021-22 season, Gasol Jr. averaged 148 points 86 rebounds 29 assists to help the team be promoted to La Liga. In the 2022-23 season, he averaged 105 points 56 rebounds 28 assists.
In his entire NBA career, Gasol Jr. played in a total of 891 regular season gamesHe averaged 14 points per game and 74 rebounds and 34 assists 14 caps 09 steals, 3 field percentage: 481%，36%，77.6%。An NBA championship, a Defensive Player of the Year, a three-time All-Star, a two-time All-Defensive Team, and a ...... All-Defensive Team
As a European player, his NBA career has been successful enough. Gasol Jr. spent his childhood in Barcelona, and in 2001 Gasol was drafted by the Grizzlies, and the family moved to Canada and the United States. Gasol Jr. finished high school at the College of Lausanne and returned to Spain after graduating: joining La Liga giants Barcelona.
Gasol Jr. played for Barcelona for three years, joining Girona in 2006 and playing here until 2008. To add to that, in 2013 Girona was disbanded for financial reasons, and in 2014 Gasol Jr. reorganized the team as owner. Back toIn the 2007 NBA draft, the Lakers selected Sun Yue with the 40th pick and Gasol Jr. with the 48th pick.
In the 2007-08 season, neither Sun Yue nor Gasol Jr. made it to the NBA. On February 1, 2008, the Grizzlies sent Pau Gasol to the LakersIn exchange for Kwame Brown, Aaron McGee, CrittentonGasol Jr.'s signing rights, two first-round picks and some cash. At the time, many people thought that the Lakers were a "robbery" trade, and it turned out that the Grizzlies were not losing.
In the summer of 2008, Gasol Jr. signed with the Grizzlies and began his NBA career. Gasol Jr. played 10 and a half seasons with the GrizzliesHe played a total of 769 games, averaging 152 points 77 rebounds 34 assists 15 caps. When Pau Gasol was with the Grizzlies, the playoffs were all round-ups. In the 2012-13 season, Gasol Jr. and Randolph brought the Grizzlies to the Western Conference finals.
The black and white bear has become the memory of a generation of fans: muscle and muscle collision, full of physical confrontation, and any team that meets them has to shed a layer of skin, which is what we love about the NBA. Randolph's jersey has been retired by the Grizzlies, and it makes sense that Gasol Jr.'s No. 33 has been retired. In February 2019, the Grizzlies traded 1 for 4 and sent Gasol Jr. to the Raptors.
It's hard to say how lucky it is, after playing in the Grizzlies for so many years, Gasol Jr. hasn't touched the floor of the Finals. Just traded to the Raptors, he won a championship in his first season. In the 2019 playoffs, Gasol Jr. averaged 94 points 64 rebounds and 3 assists, 38 three-point shooting2%。In the 2020 offseason, Gasol Jr. signed with the Lakers for two years and $5.3 million.
In the 2021 offseason, the Lakers signed Jordan JrThen he traded Gasol Jr. + 1 second-round pick + some cash to the Grizzlies in exchange for Wang Zhelin's signing rights. The Grizzlies then cut Gasol Jr., who returned to Spain to play. The Lakers saved $10 million in luxury tax, and Gasol Jr. said goodbye to the NBA as a Grizzlies player.
Gasol Jr.'s total salary in the NBA is a whopping $18.5 billion US dollars, a second-round show completed a counterattack, and he is already a winner in life! Marc Gasol retires Blessings to little Gasol, a journey is over, I hope he enjoys his retirement life.