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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.
| Name | Pau Gasol |
| First Name | Pau |
| Last Name | Gasol |
| Occupation | Basketball Player |
| Birthday | July 6 |
| Birth Year | 1980 |
| Place of Birth | Barcelona |
| Home Town | |
| Birth Country | Spain |
| Birth Sign | Cancer |
| Full/Birth Name | |
| Father | Not Available |
| Mother | Not Available |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Catherine McDonnell (m. 2019) |
| Children(s) | Not Available |
Ethnicity, religion & political views
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In 2003 he was named a UNICEF ambassador, and since then has repeatedly taken part in different campaigns, traveling on several occasions África to participate in its projects there. In recognition of his commitment to solidarity endeavors, he received the Corazón de Oro (Gold Heart) in 2004, awarded by the Spanish Heart Foundation, and the 2010 Charitable Athlete Prize, given by the Fundación SOS. Gasol has worked in support of infant survival and for the rights of children in other African countries as well as in campaigns against malnutrition in the Horn of Africa. In addition, since his arrival in Memphis, he has worked with the Saint Jude Children’s Research Hospital, which he visits every time he in the city where he lived at the start of his career.
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.
| Net Worth | $65 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Basketball Player |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
In his first season with the Grizzlies, Gasol became the first foreign player to win the NBA Rookie of the Year Award, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team. He averaged 17.6 points and 8.9 rebounds per game, and was also the only team member to play in all 82 games that season. Gasol led the team in scoring (19.0 points per game) in his second year with the Grizzlies, and for the second year in a row, played in all 82 games. Gasol missed the first game of his career, during his third year, with a foot injury on April 5, 2004, which snapped his string of 240 consecutive games played. He grabbed the 1,500th rebound of his career on November 12, 2003, against the Orlando Magic and scored his 3,000th career point on October 31, 2003, against the Boston Celtics. Despite having 22 points in Game 4 against the San Antonio Spurs, the highest by a Memphis players in the playoffs, his team was eliminated in the first round, not winning a single game against San Antonio. This was both the Grizzlies and Gasol’s first trip to the NBA Playoffs. He scored 31 points and blocked four shots on January 11, 2005, against the Indiana Pacers to earn 5,000 points and 500 blocks in his career, becoming the 10th fastest player to reach 5,000 points/500 blocks since 1973–74. He also helped his team make it to the playoffs for the second time in his career, but they were eliminated in the first round and did not win a single game against the Phoenix Suns.
On February 9, 2006, making his first appearance, Gasol was selected to play in the 2006 NBA All-Star Game in Houston, Texas as a reserve center for the Western Conference. At the time, he was one of four players ranked among Western Conference forwards in the top ten in points, rebounds, assists and blocked shots. He was the first Spanish basketball player as well as the first Grizzlies player to ever make it to the All-Star Game.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
Pau Gasol height 7′ 1″ Pau weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.
| Height | 7′ 1″ |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
| Hair Color | Not Available |
| Feet/Shoe Size | Not Available |
Gasol was selected by the Atlanta Hawks with the third overall pick in the first round of the 2001 NBA draft, but his rights were traded to the Memphis Grizzlies. He currently holds the Grizzlies’ franchise record for free throws made and attempted. Following more than six seasons with Memphis, Gasol played for the Los Angeles Lakers (from 2008 to 2014), the Chicago Bulls (from 2014 to 2016), the San Antonio Spurs (from 2016 to 2019), and the Milwaukee Bucks (2019).
His younger brother Marc, who is 6 feet 11 inches (2.11 m) tall and weighs 255 pounds (116 kg), is also a professional basketball player who currently plays for the Toronto Raptors. Marc was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers, 48th overall, in the 2007 NBA draft and his rights were traded to the Memphis Grizzlies, as part of the deal that sent Gasol to the Lakers. Their youngest brother Adrià played for Lausanne’s basketball team; his coach at Lausanne said, “He’s built like Pau, with a mean streak like Marc”, although he was not at the time considered a major basketball prospect. After returning to Spain for his final two years of high school basketball, Adrià enrolled at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in August 2012 and joined the UCLA basketball team as a walk on.
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.
Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Pau Gasol. You may help us to build the dating records for Pau Gasol!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.
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