BARCELONA, Spain (AP) – Pau Gasol is back in Spain for a third time with an NBA team. This time, he’s in a Lakers jersey as an NBA champion.
Gasol will be the main attraction when the Lakers play his former Spanish club Barcelona in an exhibition game Thursday at the Palau Sant Jordi.
It’s a special homecoming for the 7-foot center, who joined Barcelona when he was 16 and helped the club win two Spanish league titles.
Gasol says “without a doubt it is a dream … that has now become a reality.”
More than 7,000 fans, mainly school children, packed a local arena to watch Gasol and the Lakers practice.
Gasol left to play for the Memphis Grizzlies in 2001.
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