October 31, 2018; Phoenix, AZ, United States; San Antonio Spurs by Pav Casol (16) against Phoenix Suns at Talking Stick Resort Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Replace-America Game Today
Pav Casol joins his former FC team in Spain. Spanish-speaking Mundo Deportivo has reached an agreement with Barcelona to play for the remainder of the 2020-21 season and prepare for the Tokyo Olympics.
Kasol, 40, who has had surgery for a broken leg since March 2019, has been in the NBA. He signed with the Portland Trail Blazers as a free agent in the next office, but he never played for the team and wanted to rehab the injury.
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Casol was a teenager when he joined Barcelona in 1998, before heading to the NBA in 2020, where he spent 19 seasons with the Memphis Chrysalis, the Los Angeles Lakers, the Chicago Bulls, the San Antonio Spurs and the Bucks.
In 1,226 career games, he averaged 17.0 points, 9.2 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game. He has won two NBA titles with the All-Star and Lakers six times.
Kasol, one of only four NBA players to record more than 20,000 points, 11,000 rebounds, 3,500 assists and 1,500 blocks, was joined by lockers legend Karim Abdul-Jafar and 2020 Hall of Fame promoters Tim Duncan. and Kevin Garnett.
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Kasol has won two Olympic silver medals and one bronze with Spain.
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