Jordan, Spain, Sports

Pau Gasol
From Spain
Height: 7' 0"
• Weight: 240 • Born: 7/6/80
Pau was named MVP of the Copa del Rey, Spain’s national basketball tournament, in 2000.
In his last game before joining the Grizzlies, Pau scored 31 points against Germany in the bronze medal contest of the European Basketball Championships.
Pau finished fourth in the NBA in field goal percentage as a rookie.
Pau was the first Spanish player to compete in the NBA All-Star Game.
Pau departed Memphis with a dozen team records, including games played, minutes played, field goals made and attempted, free throws made and attempted, rebounds (offensive, defensive, and total), blocked shots, turnovers, and points.
Pau was named NBA Player of the week during the 2003-04 season and the 2005-06 season.
Through 2008–09, Pau had never fouled out of a game.
Pau scored his 10,000th NBA point during the 2008–09 season.
Pau had three 20-rebound games in a four-game span during the 2009–10 season.
The buzzer-beating basket Pau scored to send the Lakers into the second round of the 2010 playoffs accounted for the only two points he scored in the fourth quarter of Game 6.
Pau’s jeresy was the 14th best seller in the NBA during 2009–10.
Pau was the 10th fastest player to reach the 5,000-point/500-block plateau since blocked shots have been officially tabulated.
Pau signed a three-year contract extension with the Lakers on Christmas Eve 2009.
Among Pau’s biggest thrills in the NBA was playing head-to-head against Michael Jordan.
In January of 2005, the Grizzlies announced "Beard Pau-er Night." The first 5,000 fans who came in with beards (real or fake) received a free ticket voucher..
Pau’s signature move is his Statue of Liberty dunk.
Pau sponsored a kids program in Memphis called “Pau’s Amigos.”
Pau’s parents moved to Memphis and lived with him during his rookie year.
Pau’s brother Marc is a 6-10 center who played for FC Barcelona in the Spanish pro league.
One of Pau’s best friends in tennis star Fernando Vicente.
Pau speaks English, Spanish and Catalan.
Pau released his Spanish-language autobiography—Gasol by Gasol—in April of 2005.