Video: Pau Gasol Shows Off the Dribbling Skills, Goes Between the Legs
Larry Brown Sports —
The Lakers handled the Jazz pretty well on Friday night, beating them 113-100. Pau Gasol had 21 points giving him 10,001 in his career, making him the 4th European-born player to crack that mark. That may have been an impressive milestone to break, but Pau’s truly impressive feat was the fastbreak he led in the final minutes. Check out Pau harnessing his inner point guard:
Maybe just being in a Laker jersey Pau felt he had to do his best Shaq impression. I’d say those few seconds on the court perfectly sum up Pau’s game: ...
Pau Gasol is 2008 European Player of the Year
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Pau Gasol celebrates during the 2008 Olympics Spanish basketball superstar Pau Gasol was honored with the coveted “European Player of the Year” award by Italian paper La Gazzetta dello Sport on Friday. Gasol won the award for his accomplishments in 2008. Gasol helped the Los Angeles Lakers reach the 2008 NBA Finals after being traded away by the Memphis Grizzles for his brother Marc, Javaris Crittenton, and Kwame Brown. Though the Lakers lost to the Boston Celtics in six games, Gasol’s presence provided Kobe Bryant a consistent interior presence, and a mentor to the young Andrew Bynum. The Lakers would go 27-9 with Gasol in their lineup, and ...
Hornets at Lakers: A live blog
Viva Ron Mexico —
I’m doing something new for Viva Ron Mexico today and am going to post a live blog of tonight’s Lakers game vs. New Orleans at Staples Center. It’s on NBA TV so we are treated to the team of Ahmad Rashad, Gary Payton and Chris Webber. We’re only at pre-game at the moment, but C-Webb and GP are very impressed by Pau Gasol, and they replayed the sick highlight of Pau dribbling between his legs and throwing the no-look to Ariza at the end of the Utah game. Good stuff:
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