Gasol Pau is a professional Spanish basketball player who is currently playing for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was born on July 6, 1980 in Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. Gasol weighs 250 lb (110 kg) and is 7 ft (2.13 m) in height. He plays both center as well as a power-forward for the Lakers.

Gasol began playing basketball with his school team. When he was sixteen, he began playing for Barcelona's junior team, which won both the 1998 Albert Schweitzer Tournament and the 1998 European Junior Championship.

After moving to the senior team, Gasol played just eleven total minutes in the 1998-99 season, and averaged under 15 minutes per game in the next season. However, in his final season in Europe, Gasol averaged 11.3 points and 5.2 rebounds in just less than 24 minutes per game. Barcelona was victorious in the Spanish National Cup championship game in 2001, and Gasol was named Most Valuable Player. After the 2001 season in Barcelona Gasol was selected in the 2001 NBA draft and was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies.

The 2001-02 season was the debut season for Gasol Pau. With the Grizzlies he won the Rookie of the year award and was named to the All-Rookie first team.
He averaged 17.6 points and 7.9 rebounds per game, and was also the only team member to play all 82 games that season.

In the 2005-06 season Gasol became the franchise’s all-time leading rebounder. Gasol and the Grizzlies returned to the playoffs for the third time in his and his team's history. Once again, they were eliminated in the first round and did not win a single game against the Dallas Mavericks.

On February 9, 2006, making his first appearance, Gasol was selected to play in the 2006 NBA All-Star Game in Houston, Texas as a reserve center for the Western Conference. At the time, he was one of four players ranked among Western Conference forwards in the top ten in points, rebounds, assists and blocked shots. He was the first Spanish basketball player as well as the first Grizzlies player to ever make it to the All-Star Game.

On February 1, 2008 Gasol was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. In the Lakers first win over the Denver Nuggets; he contributed thirty-six points, sixteen rebounds, eight assists, and three blocks. The Lakers had made it to the playoffs and this was Gasol's first trip beyond the first round of the playoffs as his team, made it to the Conference finals after defeating the Utah Jazz. On May 31, 2008 he recorded a career high 19 rebounds in a NBA Finals clinching win against the San Antonio Spurs.

Major achievements
1 time NBA All-Star
Gold medal in 2006 FIBA World Championship
Most Valuable player in the 2006 FIBA World Championship