Pau Gasol

Quick Facts

Full Name	Pau Gasol
Occupation	Basketball Player
Date Of Birth	Jul 6, 1980(1980-07-06)
Age	44
Birthplace	Barcelona
Country	Spain
Horoscope	Cancer

Pau Gasol Biography

Pau Gasol is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on July 6, 1980 in Barcelona, Spain. Versatile All-Star NBA power forward/center known for his post game and exceptional vision. He spent his first seven seasons manning the middle of the lane for the Memphis Grizzlies before a 2008 trade sent him to the Los Angeles Lakers. He helped the Lakers win NBA Championships in 2009 and 2010, then went on to play for the Chicago Bulls and the San Antonio Spurs.

He won back-to-back NBA Championships with Kobe Bryant and the Lakers in 2009 and 2010.

He originally did not want to make sports his career. On the day that Magic Johnson announced his HIV-positive status in 1991, the 11-year-old Gasol, who had heard the news in school, decided that he wanted to be a doctor and find a cure for AIDS. He enrolled in medical school at the University of Barcelona, but left as his basketball career at FC Barcelona advanced. He remains strongly interested in medicine. Gasol regularly visits Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles, a standard stop for athletes making charitable visits in the L.A. area, but does not limit his business to visiting young patients. On one visit, he asked a group of doctors well-informed questions about their treatment of children with scoliosis. In April 2010, Gasol was scheduled to sit in on a spinal surgery, wearing surgical scrubs, with Dr. David Skaggs, the hospital’s chief of orthopedic surgery. Skaggs has said, “We talk to him now almost like he is a surgical colleague.”

Pau Gasol was born in Barcelona. His parents both played basketball in organized leagues. His father, Agusti, stood 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m), and his mother, Marisa, was 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m). Gasol began playing basketball as a center with his school team, Llor, and he eventually signed with Cornellà. When he was sixteen, he began playing for Barcelona’s junior team. He also won both the 1998 Albert Schweitzer Tournament and the 1998 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. After moving to the senior team of Barcelona, Gasol played just 25 total minutes in the Spanish ACB League’s 1998–99 season, and averaged 13.7 minutes per game in the ACB the next year. However, in his final season in the ACB, Gasol averaged 12.4 points and 5.8 rebounds in 24.7 minutes per game. Barcelona was victorious in the Spanish National Cup finals championship game in 2001, and Gasol was named Most Valuable Player. After entering the NBA draft, Gasol was selected third overall in the first round in the 2001 NBA draft by the Atlanta Hawks, who traded his draft rights to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for Shareef Abdur-Rahim.

His brother Marc Gasol also became an NBA center. In the 2008 trade that sent Pau to Los Angeles, Marc was shipped to Memphis. He also has a brother named Adria. He began dating former USC cheerleader Catherine McDonnell in 2016. He and Catherine got married in July 2019 and in September 2020, they welcomed a daughter named Elisabet Gianna together.

Pau Gasol Net Worth

Pau Gasol is one of the richest Basketball Player from Spain. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Pau Gasol 's net worth $65 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He began his professional career with FC Barcelona in 1998 and was selected 3rd overall in the 2001 NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks, who traded him to the Grizzlies on draft day.

He was named NBA Rookie of the Year in 2002 and he was selected to four All- Star games between 2006 and 2011.

Pau Gasol Sáez (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈpaw ɣəˈzɔl] , Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpaw ɣaˈsol] ; born July 6, 1980) is a Spanish professional basketball player. He is 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 has won two NBA championships, both with the Los Angeles Lakers. 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 the older brother of fellow NBA player Marc Gasol.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Pau Gasol height 7′ 1″ Pau weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Pau Gasol Dating?

According to our records, Pau Gasol married to Catherine McDonnell (m. 2019). As of December 1, 2023, Pau Gasol’s is not dating anyone.

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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.

Facts & Trivia

Pau Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Spain. Pau Gasol celebrates birthday on July 6 of every year.

Gasol missed the first 23 games of the 2006–07 NBA season due to a broken foot suffered near the end of Spain’s semifinal win over Argentina in the 2006 FIBA World Championship. He would go on to be named Most Valuable Player of the tournament, which Spain won. He had a season-high 34 points (most by a Grizzly that season), and eight rebounds and tied a career-high and franchise record with eight blocks on January 29 against the Sacramento Kings, and surpassed Shareef Abdur-Rahim as the franchise’s all-time leader in free throw attempts on January 31 against the Dallas Mavericks. He became the all-time franchise leader in field goals made on February 6 against the Houston Rockets, and became the all-time franchise leader in minutes played on February 7 at Dallas. He surpassed Shareef Abdur-Rahim (7,801 points) as the Grizzlies’ all- time leading scorer on March 7, 2007, against the Toronto Raptors (7,809 points at the time). On January 24, 2007, Gasol recorded his second career triple-double against the hosting Utah Jazz, garnering 17 points, 13 rebounds, and 12 assists. He also registered 2 blocks and one steal.

Is Pau Gasol still playing?

MADRID — Pau Gasol announced his retirement from basketball 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.

Is Pau Gasol a future Hall of Famer?

Gasol went from a borderline star to a future Hall of Famer. He showed he could complement his finesse with mettle and thrive on the biggest stages. Now, the 41-year-old has announced his retirement.

Were Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol friends?

That trade paired Gasol with Kobe Bryant in 2008, two teammates who would win championships together in 2009 and 2010 and forge a deep friendship , something Gasol acknowledged was “not easy to do” with Bryant.

Is Pau Gasol Kobe's daughters godfather?

Vanessa Bryant was named as the godmother of Gasol’s infant. In Gasol’s Amazon documentary, Pau Gasol: It’s About the Journey, Gasol tears up when talking about what Kobe and him planned to do in the future.

What happened Adria Gasol?

Adria Gasol: Brother of Pau and Marc Will Walk-on with UCLA Bruins Next Season. Adria Gasol, the brother of Pau and Marc, has enrolled at UCLA and will walk-on to the men’s basketball team next season , Yahoo! Sports Jeff Eisenberg reports.