Santa Barbara, CA - Once opponents in a state championship game, Marc Gasol and Brandan Wright are now teammates trying to share a championship instead of wresting it away from their adversary.
The record shows that Wright’s Brentwood Academy team beat Gasol’s Lausanne Lynx in that title game. In fact, Brentwood won four straight state championships – a Tennessee first.
Since that game, their paths have diverged: Gasol to Spain to play in the ACB before being drafted by the Lakers and subsequently traded to Memphis; Wright was drafted by Charlotte, then traded to Golden State after one season at North Carolina.