Marc Gasol He had been pointing out for days that at 35 years of age the sports project that the franchises of the NBA as a free agent and ultimately accepted the offer of Los angeles lakers, winners of the championship that was completed just over a month ago in the bubble of Disney World (Orlando), as advanced early Monday morning in Spain by the main US sports media.
In the absence of the official signing of the signing, the pivot of Sant Boi he would have even accepted the minimum salary offered by the team he leads Frank Vogel, 2.6 million dollars, pending resolution of the transfer of JaVale McGee, who would replace and who would undertake destination Cleveland. Will sign for two years. The Gasol middleweight would have thus definitively ruled out the offer to remain in Toronto, forced by the march of Serge Ibaka to the citizen rival of the Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers, although in his case with a guaranteed contract of 19 million dollars.
The pivot of Sant Boi would have rejected the renewal that Toronto offered him after the departure of Ibaka
At Staples Center, Gasol will fight again for the ring he won with the Raptors two seasons ago with figures like Anthony Davis, LeBron James, Alex Caruso, Kyle Kuzma O Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. They are also incorporated into the roaster Dennis Schroder, second best bench player last season, and Montrezl Harrell.
Marc Gasol was selected by the Lakers in the second round of the draft 2007, although he never got to play with the Los Angeles team, which transferred his rights to get his brother to arrive Pau. And that’s how Marc ended up in the Grizzlies de Memphis. There he played until 2019, when he ended up in Toronto to win the title, the first for him and for the Canadian franchise.
