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Marc Gasol leaves the Lakers and returns to the Memphis Grizzlies amid rumors of a definitive "goodbye" to the NBA

9/10/2021, 7:44:57 PM

Veteran center 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, reported ...


Veteran center

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 this 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 reporter

Adrian Wojnarowski

.

Gasol, a

three-time All-Star

, and the Grizzlies, the team where he played

11 seasons

, will now work on an agreement for the release of Gasol that allows him "to remain in Spain with his family," Wojnarowski added.

The 36-year-old center played

a season

in the Los Angeles Lakers uniform in which they were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the

Phoenix Suns

.

In that season, Pau Gasol's younger brother averaged

5 points and 4.1 rebounds

in 19.1 minutes of play.

In his 14 NBA seasons, Marc Gasol has been the winner of the

Best Defensive Player

award

in 2013

and captured a

ring

with the

Toronto Raptors in 2019

.

The pivot also has an exceptional

career with the Spanish team

, which he ended at the last Tokyo Games after winning two silver, an Olympic bronze and a 2006 world title.

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