Toronto Raptors' Marc Gasol all business as he prepares to face former team - TSN.ca

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finally plays against the team he was a huge part of for the first 10-plus years of his NBA career, there will be no standing ovations or video tributes.

"It's not easy to say hello to all the ushers, people who work around the team and staff members, and then try to execute the game plan and beat the other team, it's not as simple as it seems." Gasol said he still considers Memphis to be home. He moved to the Memphis suburb of Germantown, Tenn., with his family as a teenager in 2001 after his older brother Pau joined the Grizzlies.was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers with the 48th overall pick in the 2007 NBA draft, but was traded to Memphis in 2008 in a deal that sent Pau to L.A.quickly became a fan favourite with the Grizzlies, and was named the NBA's defensive player of the year in 2013.

"I think the first thing that makes special is his combination of being a great defender in a lot of ways," Raptors coach Nick Nurse said."He's a great individual whenever there's a big who can score he’s someone you can rely on to kind of handle his matchup sometime.

 

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