We review the enviable record of Pau Gasol who achieved two rings in the NBA, three leagues and a Cup in Spain and hung eleven medals with the Spanish National Team.
NBA
Number 3 in the 2001 draft, the following year he became the first non-American player to be chosen NBA Rookie of the Year. Gasol, who has won two rings with the Lakers (2009 and 2010), has been all star six times (2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015 and 2016). In 2015 he starred in an initial historical leap with his brother Marc. On two occasions he has been part of the second quintet of the season (2011 and 2015) and in two others, the third (2009 and 2010).
- 2008-09 NBA Champion
- NBA Champion 2009-10
Spanish selection
Pau Gasol is the most awarded player in the history of the Men’s National Team. The one in Sant Boi has hung eleven medals in international competitions, one more than Felipe Reyes, Juan Carlos Navarro and Rudy Fernández, and four of them were gold. MVP in the 2006 World Cup and in the 2009 and 2015 Europeans, Gasol became the top scorer in Eurobasket history in 2017 and is also the best blocker in the history of the Games.
- Gold at the 2006 World Cup in Japan
- Gold at the Eurobasket in Poland 2009
- Gold in the Eurobasket of Lithuania 2011
- Gold in the Eurobasket of France 2015
- Silver at the 2008 Beijing Games
- Silver at the London 2012 Games
- Silver at the Eurobasket in Sweden 2003
- Silver in the Eurobasket of Spain 2007
- Bronze at the Rio 2016 Games
- Bronze at the Eurobasket in Turkey 2001
- Bronze at the Eurobasket in Turkey 2017
Europe
He made his debut with Barcelona on January 17, 1999 and played the next two seasons for the Barça team before making the jump to the NBA in the summer of 2001. At that time he won two leagues (1999 and 2001) and the Copa del Rey. de Málaga (2001), where he was the best of the tournament. Almost 20 years later, he returned home to take his last steps in club basketball and once again lift another trophy, the third CBA of his career.
- Endesa League Champion (1998-99)
- Endesa League Champion (2000-01)
- Endesa League Champion (2020-21)
- Champion of the Copa del Rey 2001
Other recognitions
- Best Player of the Year in Europe (2008, 2009, 2010 and 2015)
- 2006 Prince of Asturias Award to the Spanish National Team
- 2015 Princess of Asturias Award to the Gasol brothers
- J. Walter Kennedy Best Citizen Award in 2012
