Marc Gasol on being traded by Memphis to Toronto: They said ‘okay we’re going to try to find you a contender’, and they found a good one, a really good one in Toronto. Really good team that they just needed the extra piece that was going to put them over the top. They sent me there and it broke my heart a little bit to be honest. If it was up to me I would have stayed at Memphis my whole career and even though that probably would have meant that I would have never got a championship but I would have stayed in Memphis for sure.
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A hilarious story from @MarcGasol about meeting the Jokic brothers in Darko Milicic’s wedding before Nikola himself
Plus his respect for “Joker” himself: “One of the all-time greats”
eurohoops.net/en/nba-news/18… – 3:02 PM
A hilarious story from @MarcGasol about meeting the Jokic brothers in Darko Milicic’s wedding before Nikola himself
Plus his respect for “Joker” himself: “One of the all-time greats”
eurohoops.net/en/nba-news/18… – 3:02 PM
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Who influenced your game growing up? Any favorite players or role models? I know your father and uncle both played professionally SA: Having family members that played, I got a lot of insight, which was good. But I didn’t really need to play. I never got to see them play. So players I actually got to see play—I would say Kobe [Bryant] and Pau [Gasol] were, you know, the first big duo I watched. Pau being Spanish and Kobe being one of the best ever. But then also Marc [Gasol]. A lot of national team basketball players and funny enough, Grizzlies players, too. And then Dirk Nowitzki. He’s just, I don’t know, a guy I’ve always liked—how he played, what he was about. So I think those three, four guys are probably my main references in basketball. Like I said, I don’t know, the game has always been part of my family and natural for me. So just anything—I think the greatest game of basketball is something I enjoy. -via HoopsHype / April 4, 2025
In the latter stage of your career, have you ever thought about getting your jersey retired with the other members of the Memphis Grizzlies Grit and Grind era, like Marc Gasol, Zach Randolph, and Tony Allen? Conley: If I’m able to get my jersey retired like those guys, that would be awesome. I hadn’t been able to think about it too much because I’m trying to celebrate the guys that do get it, and I’m still in the middle of my career. It would probably be one of my highest achievements other than winning a championship to have something like that happen in Memphis. -via HoopsHype / January 23, 2025