Marc Gasol announced his retirement on Wednesday. He will get honored by the club he spent most of his professional career with. The Memphis Grizzlies announced they would retire Gasol's no. 33 jersey on April 6th following the game against the Philadelphia 76ers.
After an illustrious career spanning multiple decades, Marc Gasol has officially retired from basketball. The 39-year-old center held a special press conference in his hometown of Barcelona on Wednesday, where he announced his retirement. Gasol began his career playing for FC Barcelona. Symbolically, he ended his journey in the same city.
After ending his career in the NBA, Marc Gasol returned to his home country of Spain to play basketball for a club he owns - Girona Basquet. Even though the last season - and the first for the club in the Spanish Liga Endesa (ACB) - was personally successful, the veteran center will not start the season as a player.
Marc Gasol announced his retirement on Wednesday. He will get honored by the club he spent most of his professional career with. The Memphis Grizzlies announced they would retire Gasol's no. 33 jersey on April 6th following the game against the Philadelphia 76ers.
After an illustrious career spanning multiple decades, Marc Gasol has officially retired from basketball. The 39-year-old center held a special press conference in his hometown of Barcelona on Wednesday, where he announced his retirement. Gasol began his career playing for FC Barcelona. Symbolically, he ended his journey in the same city.
After ending his career in the NBA, Marc Gasol returned to his home country of Spain to play basketball for a club he owns - Girona Basquet. Even though the last season - and the first for the club in the Spanish Liga Endesa (ACB) - was personally successful, the veteran center will not start the season as a player.
Tristan Vukcevic recalled checking into a game for Real Madrid back in 2021 and going up to then-Barcelona big man Pau Gasol to inform the Hall of Famer that he loved watching his highlights on YouTube. "It's a pleasure to play against you," Vukcevic told Gasol.
Spanish basketball legend Marc Gasol recently concluded his season in the ACB League with Girona Basquet, and he is now taking some time to decide on his future in the world of basketball. Gasol, who had previously undergone a 14-year hiatus from the ACB League, rejoined after leading Girona to victory in the Spanish second league in 2022, subsequently propelling them to the top division.
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Ever since he came back to play in the Spanish Liga Endesa with his hometown team of Girona Basquet after a 14-year gap, Marc Gasol has been tearing the league apart. The 37-year-old center took the step he had always said he'd take by returning to his hometown team on December 3, 2021.
Ever since he came back to play in the Spanish Liga Endesa with his hometown team of Girona Basquet after a 14-year gap, Marc Gasol has been tearing the league apart. The 37-year-old center has been averaging 14.8 points, 5 rebounds, and 3.3 assists for second-in-the-league 22.3 PIR for the club. Last evening, Gasol scored 24 points to lead Girona past UCAM Murcia.
Marc Gasol has been registered to the Girona Basquet squad and will play his first ACB League game after a 14-year break on Wednesday against Real Madrid, the club officially announced. Both teams will kick off the new ACB season at 21:00 CET in Girona. Previously, ACB rules prohibited the president of a club from being registered as a player.
FC Barcelona played their first official game of the season in the Catalan League against Girona Basquet, beating the opponents 88-77 (22-16, 23-21, 21-22, 22-18).
The Spanish ACB league rules prohibit a president from being listed as a player. It is an administrative issue to which Basquet Girona is already looking for a solution.
After Basquet Girona's victory against Movistar Estudiantes in the LEB Oro competition that promoted the club to the Spanish Liga Endesa, there was a formality that two teams from the league had to solve.
Marc Gasol navigated his founded team Girona Basquet to the ACB league and is expected to play in the first Spanish division next season, as reported by Xavi Ballesteros in L'Esportiu.
For the first time in the history of Spanish sports, a city achieved two consecutive promotions to the first division of football and basketball on the same day. Girona did it yesterday with a margin of 136 minutes difference.
Marc Gasol played through a knee injury to gift his hometown team Basquet Girona a ticket to the Spanish Liga Endesa by defeating Movistar Estudiantes 66-60 (19-14, 15-16, 24-17, 8-13).