Pau Gasol that you are on the roof

The interviewer asked coach

at the end of the 2007-2008 season.

"Mr. Jackson, honestly... what would you have said if

, Sporting Director) had said to you at the beginning of the term: 'I can bring the Lakers to

in exchange for

'?"

A few seconds of pause, a small smile, and an answer: "It's absurd. You won't be able to do it."

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An emotional Pau Gasol becomes a Lakers legend: "Tonight exceeds any dream or expectation I may have had"

• Writing: PABLO SCARPELLINI Los Angeles

An emotional Pau Gasol becomes a Lakers legend: "Tonight exceeds any dream or expectation I may have had"

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Kobe, Shaq, Jabbar, Magic and the legends with whom Pau Gasol shares the sky at Staples

• Writing: LUCAS SÁEZ-BRAVO

Kobe, Shaq, Jabbar, Magic and the legends with whom Pau Gasol shares the sky at Staples

The 'theft' of Pau Gasol from the Memphis Grizzlies by Mitchell 'Mitch' Kupchak (a lumberjack player from the 80s turned skilful manager), not only gave him the piece that Jackson was missing for his non-negotiable triple-post

( strategy based on different triangulations that had already given him two rings in Los Angeles and previously six with

's Chicago Bulls ), but, for the same price, also a complete recharge of the battery of a highly unmotivated

, who threatened to seek new horizons if the team continued without fighting for the ring.

The 'gift' was a

with low post moves and a reliable 5-meter shot;

a '7 foot' hungry behind.

But above all a professional with the ability to decipher the aroma of a game, a season and a project, like very few stars at that time.

"Who", as

, another great master of the business in the 70's and 80's, said, "had simply not been given the option to prove himself at that level against the best players in the world".

After losing the final against the Celtics in his first year in Los Angeles, Pau would not miss the opportunity.

To the two consecutive champion rings, in 2009 and 2010, he added the birth of his All Star partner with Kobe Bryant, in a League that always was, is and will be capable of turning anything that takes him back to his best days of playing into gold. wine and roses

In recognition of the self-styled

, we distinguish this unforgettable Wednesday, once again, Hollywood myths surrendered at the feet of the athlete.

But, above all, in one of the basketball beacons of the planet, in front of a group of 25,000 fans with a wallet without holes and a DNA full of titles from the professional basketball competition that humbly decided to baptize its winners as 'World Champions'. , his ascent to the roof of the venue gives him a place in the collective imagination of the NBA - an expert business in chopping up winning teams by multiplying its myth and marketing by parts.

Together with his friend Kobe Bryant, he looks like Pau will be included somewhere in that list of dynastic couples where they live

.

Meanwhile, from this side of the ocean, Spanish basketball sees the shirt of its ET hanging forever in the sky of a planet that

already dared to explore almost 40 years ago, when nobody in Europe did.

And every time he looks in that direction, he must continue imagining his immortality through schools, clubs, and the best possible proposals for entertainment and training.

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