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Nowitzki, Gasol, Parker give international flavor to Basketball Hall of Fame enshrinement
Read full article: Nowitzki, Gasol, Parker give international flavor to Basketball Hall of Fame enshrinementFans waved a German flag and chanted Dirk Nowitzki’s name when he walked the red carpet into Symphony Hall for the Basketball Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony.
Reluctant but resolute Popovich leads international-rich 2023 Basketball Hall of Fame class
Read full article: Reluctant but resolute Popovich leads international-rich 2023 Basketball Hall of Fame classGregg Popovich didn't want to be inducted into Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame until the players that helped his teams win NBA championships had already gone in.
Veteran Pau Gasol announces retirement from basketball
Read full article: Veteran Pau Gasol announces retirement from basketballPau Gasol has announced his retirement from basketball to put an end to a career of more than two decades that earned him two NBA titles and a world championship gold with Spain’s national team.
Pau Gasol says he's going home, signing again with Barcelona
Read full article: Pau Gasol says he's going home, signing again with BarcelonaFILE - Milwaukee Bucks' Pau Gasol warms up before the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Indiana Pacers in Milwaukee, in this Thursday, March 7, 2019, file photo. Pau Gasol is going home, announcing Tuesday that he will sign to play with FC Barcelona again and rejoin the franchise with which he started his professional basketball career more than 20 years ago. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash, File)BARCELONA – Pau Gasol is going home, announcing Tuesday that he will sign to play with FC Barcelona again and rejoin the franchise with which he started his professional basketball career more than 20 years ago. Gasol is a six-time NBA All-Star, winning a pair of championships with the Los Angeles Lakers. The 40-year-old who was born in Barcelona last appeared in the NBA on March 10, 2019, for Milwaukee.
Grizzlies' Ja Morant wins NBA's rookie of the year award
Read full article: Grizzlies' Ja Morant wins NBA's rookie of the year award(AP Photo/Mike Ehrmann, Pool, File)LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. The first three baskets of Memphis season set the tone for Ja Morants rookie year. Morant was announced Thursday as the runaway winner of the rookie of the year award for 2019-20, the first Grizzlies player to win the award since Pau Gasol in 2001-02. Morant averaged 17.8 points and 7.3 assists this season, picking up three Western Conference rookie of the month awards along the way. 1 pick in the 2019 draft missed much of his rookie season while dealing with injury. Memphis lost the first and only game of that series to Portland, meaning the Grizzlies were just two wins shy of the postseason.