Pau: a decade of success in the NBA

Four points and four rebounds in 17 minutes off the bench. That was the official presentation of card Pau Gasol in a competitive match of the season in the NBA. He was just 10 years ago, on November 1st, 2001 at The Pyramid against the Detroit Pistons. "It has been the true Pau but nobody doubts that I will continue giving the street," said the party just after making clear their goals : "I will do much better. My room for improvement is large and I think I can do quite well. I want to be a great player and this season. "

Pau had no doubts. Blindly believed in him despite 'encouraging' farewell message he gave a manager a few months before Barca when Gasol NBA decided to go to paying the 425 million pesestas and its clause: "Pau, next year come back with their tails between the legs. " He covered himself in glory.

The nerves and the pressure he played a trick on the Spanish power forward, which opened with a mate after an assist from Jason Williams. It was certainly the day Pau gray in his first hundred days in the NBA. An adventure which began on September 22 when Gasol from Memphis headed for Barcelona.

This gray debut in Pau paid the hazing became stronger at power forward Catalan. "It's hard to think of it now that it's been 10 years. Da vertigo," explained Marco. The rest is well known. That year, rookie of the year end, the first European to do so, after the Grizzlies lead to unexpected territory, the playoffs, would later transfer to the Lakers, where he made history with Kobe Bryant.

It is well known as a film for all audiences. Then looked for adventure. Today an epic. The forging of the myth that hard to find resemblance to the tall, beardless and dyed blonde who lived a meteoric rise from the club to the NBA.