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Marc Gasol, traded to the Grizzlies

Marc Gasol, with Spain at the Tokyo Games. / Aris MESSINIS / AFP

The movement of the Catalan pivot seems aimed at an exit to Spain from the franchise in which he debuted in the NBA

Marc Gasol will be transferred by the Los Angeles Lakers to the Memphis Grizzlies, his former team, with the expectation that he will leave the NBA and return to Spain, ESPN reported on Friday.

“The Lakers have agreed to trade Marc Gasol, a 2024 second-round pick and cash to the Grizzlies for the draft rights to Wang Zhelin,” detailed ESPN journalist Adrian Wojnarowski, a classic in anticipating market movements. in the best basketball league in the world.

Gasol, a three-time All-Star, and the Grizzlies, the team where he played eleven seasons, will now work on an agreement for a free exit that allows him to “stay in Spain with his family,” Wojnarowski added.

The 36-year-old center played a season in the Los Angeles Lakers, in which the purple and gold franchise was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs against the Phoenix Suns despite defending the title won in 2020. In that campaign, the youngest of the Gasols averaged 5.0 points and 4.1 rebounds in 19.1 minutes per game.

In his 14 seasons in the NBA, Marc Gasol was recognized with the award for Best Defensive Player in 2013 and won a ring with the Toronto Raptors in 2019. The center also has an exceptional career with the Spanish team, which ended in the past Tokyo 2020 Games after winning two silver and one Olympic bronze and two world titles in 2006 and 2019.

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