Pau Gasol is having the best season in his career. During the first round votes by the public, Gasol has been voted on the NBA West All-Star team as a starter. That is not a surprise at all after he is playing well on both ends of the floor and averaging: 19.8pts, 11 rebounds and 4.3 assist per game. During the start of the season while Kobe Bryant was hurt, Gasol was the teams leading scorer.
With the marks of top Spanish National teams and figures such as Rafael Nadal who just won the Wimbledon after a 44 year drought for Spanish Players and the Spanish Soccer team who also won the Euro2008 after not winning in the 40s. The national teams for Spain both women and men are hoping to follow in those footsteps in Pekin during the Olympic Summer Basketball Games!