Nineteen points, 16 rebounds and 39 rating. This was Marc Gasol’s letter of introduction, now a year ago, on his return to Girona 14 years after changing theAkasvayu and the ACB for Grizzlies of the NBA. On December 3, 2021, Gasol took the step he had always announced he would take, returning to Fontajau to retire, in what was also the first stone of the ascent that a few months later, on June 19 , Girona would celebrate with the victory against theStudents at the end of play-off.
Girona won, or rather, literally crushed theNotch in front of more than 4,000 fans in Fontajau (89-47), with Gasol as master of ceremonies. A few days earlier he had already been presented in honor of multitudes as the revulsion needed by a team that sailed with more pain than glory for the LEB Or. The letter of the change of coach, Jordi Sargatal for Carlos Marco, had already been played and putting the president on the court not only sent a message of reactivation, but the rivals understood that the Girona project wanted to aspire to everything. Even the promotion. With Marc Gasol in the squad and, later, the arrivals of Fjellerup i water, they ended up changing the team’s trend to make it the rival to beat. Direct promotion escaped, yes, but al play-off not even the all-powerful Estudiantes could prevent Girona’s return to the top division.
In this calendar year, Gasol has played 34 games with Básquet Girona, the club he founded in 2014, first as a basketball school and later with a senior team project. In LEB Or he played 25 games (20 league and 5 of play-off) with outstanding numbers and brilliant in valuation. This season adds 9 to theACB, with an average of 14.1 points and a rating of 21.4. It is the best of the competition in this category, clearly surpassing the second most valued, Ante Tomic (youth), which adds up to 20.6.
Gasol, in total, has played 108 games defending the colors of Girona, 74 in the previous stage at Akasvayu (two years) and the current 34. Now the objective, apart from growing the club at a social and institutional level, is to be able to maintain and consolidate it in the ACB. Sunday against breogan the reaction is more necessary than ever. It would be a great way to celebrate the first anniversary of the return of the king.
A victory to reactivate the team from the relegation places to promotion
The debut of Marc Gasol that December 3, 2021 a Fontajau against theNotch served to start reactivating a team that, until then, had a sad record of 2/7 (like the current one inACB), and could not aspire to much other than permanence. The Basketball Girona caught the play-off and there, knocking theStudents in the final, he made the jump to the ACB.
