While he spent almost all of his childhood in the Barcelona area, Gasol moved as a teenager with his parents to the Memphis suburb of Germantown, Tennessee in 2001, after his older brother Pau was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks and then had his rights traded to the Memphis Grizzlies, who finalized their move from Vancouver just after the draft. Gasol played high school basketball at Lausanne Collegiate School in Memphis. Nicknamed "The Big Burrito", he was named Division 2's Mr. Basketball in 2003 following a senior season in which he averaged 26 points, 13 rebounds and six blocks per game. In 2008, Lausanne retired Gasol's #33 jersey. His parents still live in Germantown.
You can’t tell the stories of that era without Marc Gasol and Mike Conley, but at the center of GNG were Zach Randolph and Tony Allen, two players with a unique play-style and bond with the city they played in ... So when the No ... BelieveMemphis.
9 jersey. He is just the third Memphis player to receive the honor, joining "Core Four" brethren Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph, both of whom were in attendance for Saturday's ceremony in conjunction with the Grizzlies' game against the Miami Heat...Grit.
Allen was a member of the Grizzlies’ “Core Four” that included Zach Randolph, Marc Gasol and Mike Conley. That group led a new era of Grizzlies basketball and helped formulate the gritty identity that has become synonymous with Memphis basketball.
All heart ...Grit. Grind ... A private premier of Allen’s documentary, Tony Allen ... Allen’s documentary comes on the heels of him joining Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol as Grizzlies players with their jerseys hanging in the rafters at FedExForum ... 8 ... Grit. Grind.