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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