FILE: BASKETBALL - Spanish forward Pau Gasol signs a multi-year extension with the Los Angeles Lakers

Record ID: 726163

  • Title: FILE: BASKETBALL - Spanish forward Pau Gasol signs a multi-year extension with the Los Angeles Lakers
  • Date: 25th December 2009
  • Summary: FILE (MADRID, SPAIN - JULY 21, 2008) (REUTERS) SPANISH BASKETBALL SQUAD TRAINING AT PALACIO DE LOS DEPORTES ARENA VARIOUS OF SPANISH FORWARD AND LOS ANGELES LAKERS NBA ALL-STAR PAU GASOL SHOOTING GASOL EXERCISING GASOL'S YOUNGER BROTHER, MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES' CENTRE MARC GASOL, CHATTING DURING TRAINING GASOL BALANCING FILE (MADRID, SPAIN - SEPTEMBER 21, 2009) (REUTERS) STAGE OUTSIDE CITY HALL WITH SPANISH SQUAD BASKETBALL PLAYERS CELEBRATING EUROPEAN WIN, FANS IN FOREGROUND TEAM CAPTAIN AND 'MAN OF THE TOURNAMENT' PAU GASOL WALKING ONTO STAGE, BLOWING KISSES AND WAVING AT THE CROWD WIDE OF SCENE FILE (MADRID, SPAIN - JULY 21, 2008) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF GASOL SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS
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  • Topics: Sports
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  • Story Text: Spanish forward Pau Gasol has signed a multi-year contract extension with the Los Angeles Lakers, the NBA team has announced.
    The club did not provide details of the contract in Wednesday's (December 23) announcement, but local media reported that Gasol had agreed to a multi-million dollar, three year extension, keeping him with the team until 2014.
    Gasol, from Barcelona, joined the Lakers in February 2008 after spending seven years with Memphis, where his younger brother Marc plays.
    He helped the Lakers win the Western Conference twice, as well as the franchise's 15th NBA championship in 2009 and he is a two-time NBA All-Star.
    Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak described Gasol as one of the best all-around players in the NBA and said he had a significant impact both on and off the court.
    Gasol has won world and European championships with Spain and the Olympic silver medal at Beijing.
    The 29-year-old, seven-foot (2.13cm) centre was Spanish captain at this year's European Championship, where Spain took gold by beating Serbia 85-63.
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