Pau Gasol
Birth Name:
Pau Gasol Saez
Birth Place:
Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
Profession
Actor
Fast Facts
- Became the first ever European player to be named NBA Rookie of the Year in 2002
- Has served as a UNICEF Spanish Committee Ambassador
- Was awarded Spain's Gold Medal of Honor for Work in 2017
- Founded the Gasol Foundation to help lower chilhood obesity rates around the world
- Is the brother of fellow NBA player Marc Gasol
- Attended medical school at the University of Barcelona for one year before deciding to become a professional basketball player
- Was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks as the third overall pick of the 2001 NBA Draft
- Before being traded to the Los Angeles Lakers in 2007, he was the all-time leading scorer for the Memphis Grizzlies
- In 2015, he and brother Marc Gasol became the first brothers to start in the NBA All-Star Game