Basketball Star Pau Gasol finishes career

The Spanish basketball star Pau Gasol concludes. After 22 profides, the 41-year-old announced his career end on Tuesday.

It was not a slight decision, but a well thought out. I wanted to play and enjoy until the end of my career and not be forced to stop breach, said Gasol, who became a champion with the Los Angeles Lakers in the North American Profiliga NBA , in Barcelona.

Gasol had already informed about the Tokyo in the quarter-finals of the Olympic Games of Tokyo with his younger brother Marc (36) that both will no longer play in the national team in the future.

With Spain, Gasol once became worldwide and three times European champion, which came twice Olympic Silver. The Big Man (2.16 m) has played in the NBA next to the Lakers for the Memphis Grizzlies, Chicago Bulls, San Antonio Spurs and Milwaukee Bucks. In February, Gasol, which belongs to the athlete commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), returned after a long break to his home club FC Barcelona.

I am grateful that I got the title in the league with Barca, the club, where everything started, and played with the national team at the Olympic Games, he said.