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Gasol with the Lakers
No. 16 – Los Angeles Lakers
Power forward/Center
Personal information
Born	(1980-07-06) July 6, 1980 (age 31) Barcelona, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Listed height	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Listed weight	250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
NBA Draft	2001 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3rd overall
Selected by the Atlanta Hawks
Pro career	1998–present
Career history
1998–2001	Barcelona (Spain)
2001–2008	Memphis Grizzlies
2008–present	Los Angeles Lakers
Career highlights and awards
2× NBA Champion (2009–2010) NBA Rookie of the Year (2002) 4× NBA All-Star (2006, 2009–2011) All-NBA Second Team (2011) 2× All-NBA Third Team (2009–2010) NBA All-Rookie First Team (2002) FIBA World Championship MVP (2006) EuroBasket MVP (2009) Spanish King's Cup MVP (2001) Spanish League Finals MVP (2001) All-Euroleague Second Team (2001) 7× European Player of the Year 2× FIBA Europe Player of the Year (2008–2009) 2× Mister Europa Player of the Year (2004, 2009) 3× Euroscar Player of the Year (2008–2010)
Stats at NBA.com

Medal record
Competitor for  Spain
Men's Basketball
Summer Olympics
Silver	2008 Beijing	National Team
FIBA World Championship
Gold	2006 Japan	National Team
FIBA European Championship
Bronze	2001 Turkey	National Team
Silver	2003 Sweden	National Team
Silver	2007 Spain	National Team
Gold	2009 Poland	National Team
Gold	2011 Lithuania	National Team

Pau Gasol i Sáez ([ˈpaw ɡəˈzɔɫ]) (born July 6, 1980) is a Spanish professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was born to Marisa Sáez and Agustí Gasol, and he spent his childhood in Spain. Gasol was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks in the 2001 NBA Draft, but his rights were traded to the Memphis Grizzlies, with whom he won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award. He currently holds the Memphis Grizzlies franchise records for career games played, minutes played, field goals made and attempted, free throws made and attempted, offensive, defensive, and total rebounds, blocked shots, turnovers, and points. After seven seasons with the team, Gasol was traded to the Lakers on February 1, 2008. His younger brother, Marc Gasol, who was involved in that trade, is also a professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA.