No one would ever imagined, Marc Gasol in the NBA All-Star game without his big brother Pau Gasol who did not make the 2012 cut. Marc Gasol has helped keep afloat the Memphis Grizzlies without last year’s leading scorer, Zach Randolph. In 2001, win Marc Gasol was traded from the Lakers for his brother Pau, no one ever imagine he would be an All Star.
Gasol is very excited to play as he states:
It is an honor and I’m very excited to represent my teammates, the city of Memphis and my family.
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!