Pau Gasol played a vital role in helping the late Kobe Bryant and the Lakers win back-to-back NBA championships in 2009 and ’10.
As NBA teams released their schedules for the 2022–23 season on Wednesday, the Lakers announced that they plan to retire Gasol’s jersey and hang it in the rafters of Crypto.com Arena on March 7, 2023, when the team hosts the Grizzlies.
While Gasol started his professional basketball career with FC Barcelona, he began his NBA career with the Grizzlies in 2001. However, on Feb. 1, 2008, Memphis traded Gasol to the Lakers.