Lakers honor Gasol by retiring No. 16 jersey
2022-08-18 13:55Los Angeles Lakers The official announced today that the No. 16 jersey of the 42-year-old forward Pau Gasol, who has two championship rings, will be officially retired on March 7 next year at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Commemorate this general's great achievements in the league.
Gasol He was selected by the Atlanta Hawks with the third overall pick in the 2001 league draft, and was then traded to the Memphis Grizzlies. He later became the Grizzlies' first All-Star. Until 2008, Gasol was traded to the Lakers. He embarked on the peak of his career in the league with the Lakers. He teamed up with Kobe Bryant and his teammates to help the Lakers reach the finals in 2008. And won the league championship in 2009 and 2010 in a row. Gasol is one of the important contributors to the Lakers' advance to the finals and two consecutive championships.
He played for the Lakers until 2014, averaging 18.9 points, 11.3 rebounds and 4.1 assists while shooting 58.9 percent from the field. Gasol made a great contribution to the Lakers. He changed the team's stable and high-intensity frontcourt lineup, and became the partner of the general Kobe Bryant, the most powerful support.
Gasol went on to play for the Chicago Bulls, San Antonio Spurs and Milwaukee Bucks. He averaged 18.3 points, 9.9 rebounds and 3.4 assists in 1,226 games during his 18-year league career. He was selected as an All-Star 6 times in 3 teams, and was selected as the league's second team and third team of the year 2 times. At the same time, he is also the fourth player in league history to break 20,000 points, 10,000 rebounds, 3,500 assists and 1,500 blocks in his career.
All 10 Lakers with retired jersey numbers have been inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame . And Gasol is likely to be inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2023. At the same time, he is also the successor to Spanish stars Drazen Petrovic, Peja Stojakovic, Vlad Divac, Tony Parker and Zajunas Ilgauskas and Dirk. After Dirk Nowitzki, the seventh European player to commemorate his achievements with a retired jersey.
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