The last and promised dance of Marc Gasol: he will play for Bàsquet Girona, the club he presides

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Almost four months after his last game with the Spanish team, the quarterfinal of the Olympic Games against the USA Team, and seven since he said goodbye to the NBA and the Lakers in the past playoffs,

has made a decision about your future.

At 36 years old, 37 in January, he still does not hang up his shirt like his brother Pau did.

His last dance, as promised, will be the one that comes directly from his heart, at Bàsquet Girona, the club he presides over.

This was announced this Thursday from Fontajau, where he has cleared all the unknowns. "I'm very excited," he said, already wearing his new shirt with the number 33 on his back and with the music of

as the background for his presentation to the local fans.

Since Saitama and that exciting farewell of the Gasol brothers to Spain, Marc had remained in uncertainty, 'playing' on social networks with the figure of Captain Haddock from Tintin. Weighing the withdrawal and the calls of interest of his friend

, but also listening to the proposals of the NBA - after being released by the Grizzlies and being the master of his own destiny - and, of course, the desire to say goodbye from the club that he re-floated and that had previously been the great springboard of his career. Dedicating himself fully to Julià and Lucas, his children. And without ruling out anything.

A few weeks ago, in a YouTube program (Beer time), he already confessed that he was trying to get physically ready, to resume basketball.

"Now I have to train and see what I'm going to do. I'm at the point of seeing how far I can see myself and see what I want to do when I'm at the optimum point."

Finally, it will be in Girona, in LEB Oro, where he will be a player again.

A special place for him.

There, in 2006, back from Japan with his first World Cup under his arm, and after a bad time at Barça under

, Akasvayu Girona was going to mean his trip to stardom (ACB MVP) and, shortly after, to the NBA.

After the collapse of the real estate megaproject, through which posh players such as

passed

, Marc refloated the Catalan city club in 2014. First, creating the Escola Básquet Marc Gasol, where he was involved in a re-founding project in which the key was the foundations, the formative basketball. Until three years later there was no senior team, which started at EBA and is already knocking on the doors of the ACB from the LEB Oro.

Although, at the moment, it is not being a great season for the Girona team, who a couple of weeks ago, after their sixth consecutive defeat, fired their coach,

. He was fired by Marc himself, president -Pau, vice president, also considering playing for Girona before signing with Barça-, who will now be a luxury reinforcement in Fontajau. In addition to his sports incorporation, he must also decide who is Marco's replacement. Last weekend it was

who sat down on an interim basis, although he could not avoid the seventh defeat of the course, despite forcing the extension in San Sebastián.

In the absence of specifying the date of the match on his return, the category, the second in national basketball, has illustrious teams such as Movistar Estudiantes (leader), places of such tradition and tradition such as Cáceres, Granada, Alicante San Sebastián, but also in remote towns like Almansa, Azpeitia or El Prat de Llobregat.

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