Marc Gasol

I grew up amidst the basketball eras of Magic, Bird, and Jordan, when finding a great European player in the NBA was about as rare as the L.A. Clippers making a good draft selection or the playoffs for that matter. I grew up in a time where the Lakers Vlade Divac was literally considered the [...]

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Although no final decision has been made, the Memphis Grizzlies and their fans deserve to a little sigh of relief regarding the future of their All-Star Center Marc Gasol. Ever since Memphis was eliminated from the playoffs courtesy of the Warriors, rumors have been swirling that their beloved Spaniard may be ready to part ways [...]

This feels weird. Never in my (somewhat short) career writing about basketball have I come across this many San Antonio Spurs rumors on an almost daily basis. It’s unsettling, and weird, and mind-melting, and clearly indicative how their current core, in its present state, is nearing its end. Keeping with that theme, we now know [...]

Marc Gasol and the New York Knicks’ dance around and toward each other continues. Actually, it’s not so much a two-party dance as it is one-sided stalking. One party (the Knicks) is obviously gunning for the other, while the targeted party (Gasol) tries to elude their grasp, at least for now, amid a heated NBA [...]

Wrapping your head around the San Antonio Spurs making a major free-agency splash is difficult. But you must do it. Because it may happen. The Spurs delayed re-signing Kawhi Leonard to an extension in order to preserve cap space. And with Tim Duncan’s and Manu Ginobili’s futures uncertain, rumors have been floated this way and [...]

Kobe Bryant and Mitch Kupchak are on the same page. It’s just not the page you think. All along it’s been assumed the Los Angeles Lakers would be rabid free-agency players this summer, trying to make the most of Kobe’s fast-fading twilight by throwing money every which way at players of note. While they’ll still [...]

It’s almost like Marc Gasol knows what he’s doing or something. With the NBA’s 2015 free-agency pool nearly bereft of poachable talent, Gasol has long been viewed as the summer’s top prize. You can’t see LaMarcus Aldridge leaving Portland, or Goran Dragic abandoning Miami, or even Kevin Love spitting in LeBron James’ face. You also [...]

After taking care of the Los Angeles Clippers, 90-87, last Monday night, the Memphis Grizzlies had quietly recorded the 3rd best record in the NBA this season at 42-16 (72.4%), just behind the 47-12 Atlanta Hawks and the 45-11 Golden State Warriors. In that hotly contested game, Chris Paul powered the Clippers on both ends [...]

Signing Ed Davis made sense for the Lakers last summer. Re-signing him this summer may not. The Lakers pulled off a small-scale free-agency coup last July when they signed Davis for under $1 million with a player option for 2015-16 worth just a little more. The 13th overall pick from the 2010 draft has never [...]