The professional basketball player, Marc Gasol was born on 29th January 1985. He was born in Barcelona, Spain. He is of Spanish nationality. Marc was born to Agusti Gasol and Marisa Saez. He has a sibling named Pau Gasol, an NBA player. Marc is 7 feet tall. He attended Lausanne Collegiate School in Tennessee. He played for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association.

Marc was drafted 48th overall in the 2007 NBA draft. He won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year award in the year 2013. He has been a three-time NBA All-Star. Gasol is a two-time All-NBA Team. He was positioned at the center in the game. Gasol has been a member of the Spanish basketball team since 2006. He owns two Olympic silver medals, EuroBasket bronze medal and a silver medal, a FIFA Basketball World Cup title. Marc has been married to Cristina Blesa since 2013. They are blessed with a daughter named Julia Gasol Blesa.

Marc has 1,238,148 followers on Twitter. He has 268k followers on Instagram. He has 499,988 likes and 493,294 followers on Facebook. Gasol has earned a Net worth of around $20 million.

Career

Marc Gasol signed with the Akasvayu Girona, and was therefore named as ACB Most Valuable Player in the year 2008. He used to play at the collegiate level. Marc was named Mr Basketball in the year 2003 as he scored 13 rebounds, 26 points and 6 blocks per game. Gasol was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA draft 2007.

Marc increased his time for playing from 30.7 minutes per game to 35.8 in the 2009-10 season. He ranked 4th in the league in the 2009-10 season. He made 11.2 rebounds, 15 points, 1.1 steals, 2.2 blocks and 2.2 assists per game during the playoffs against San Antonio Spurs in the 2010-11 season. Gasol resigned with the Grizzlies to a $58 million contract for 4 years in the last month of 2011. He made an average of 8.9 rebounds, 14.6 rebounds, 1.0 steals, 3.1 assists and 1.9 blocks in 65 games in the 2011-12 season.

Marc was announced as the Western Conference Player of the Week by making three double-doubles in the first week of January 2012. He was honored as the NBA Defensive Player of the year by recording an average of 1.7 blocks, 1.0 steals and 7.8 rebounds per game in the 2012-13 season. Gasol was the first European player to win the NBA award. He made an average of 4 assists and 14.1 points per game and he made 318 assists in the 2012-13 season, which was the highest among all centers.

Gasol suffered from a knee injury in the 2013-14 season. He missed 23 games in that season. Marc managed to make 7.2 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 14.6 points, 1.0 steals and 1.3 blocks per game in the 2013-14 season. Marc made a career high of 33 points in a 95-83 win over the Indiana Pacers in the 2014-15 season. In the year 2017, he made 18 points, 10 assists, 10 rebounds in a 103-91 win over the Atlanta Hawks. In the year 2018, he made 12 rebounds,13 points and 10 assists in a 109-100 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers.