Marc Gasol is disconnected from the Grizzlies

By : ujikiu / On : 21/07/2022

Marc Gasol reached an agreement with the Memphis Grizzlies and terminated on Wednesday the contract that linked to the Tennessee team.At 36 years old and after 13 seasons in the NBA, the Spanish pivot is free.His intention, after closing his long stage in the United States, is to return to European basketball.

The resolution of the contract was already predictable because that was the intention of the parties when the Lakers, the team in which Marc played the last season, transferred him on September 10 to the Grizzlies.In return, Memphis gave the Lakers a choice in the second round of the 2024 draft and the rights of Chinese Wang Zhelin.The plan benefited the Lakers, who released the second year of the contract that Marc had, with a record of 2.6 million dollars, 2.2 million euros.Marc will now study the offers he receives, with the possibility of returning to Spanish basketball.

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After having decided to finish his career with the Spanish team after the Tokyo Olympic Games and enjoy a break, Marc has re -training Girona, where he lives.Now you can decide, depending on the offers, the team in which it will play next season.One of the possibilities is that he could do it in the gold leb with the Bàsquet Girona.This is the club that founded and presides since 2014 and that in 2020 managed to ascend to the second category of Spanish basketball.Marc has repeatedly expressed his desire to play someday at Bàsquet Girona, the city where his extraordinary career took two seasons with the Akasvayu, which he arrived on loan from Barça in 2006.After being designated the best of the ACB League in 2008, he began his career in the NBA with Memphis.

Marc Gasol se desvincula de los Grizzlies

It was three times All Star, best defensive player in 2013 and won the title in 2019 with Toronto.It is also in the small group of players who have added more than 10.000 points, 6.000 rebounds and 2.900 assists in the American League.In the 2014-2015 season he starred with his brother Pau a photo for the history of Spanish sport.Both competed in the initial jump of the All Star held in Brooklyn.His performance during the last season with the Lakers was much lower than the accustomed.He played 57 games and only averaged 19.1 minutes, 5 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists, far from the 19.5 points 6.3 rebounds and 4.6 assists in one of its best seasons, 2016-2017 with Memphis.He played the playoffs nine times and in the 891 regular season games he has played at the NBA average 14 points 7.4 rebounds and 3.4 assists.

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