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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