So Gasol is in Tokyo for one last run with the Spanish national team, a group he’s had tremendous success with. He’s enjoying this ride with his brother, Marc, the two men sharing time on the long bus trips back and forth from the basketball venue outside Tokyo.
“I’m very happy for him. I’m proud of him. He didn’t have to do this,” Marc Gasol said. “You know, he’s done everything you can do as a professional athlete. He’s a role model in every level that you can be as a human being and as an athlete. … I don’t want to put words in his mouth but he wanted to show himself and everybody that he cares so much about the sport and he wanted to leave it on that note on playing on the court. “So I’m just proud of him. That’s it. Just watching him, enjoying every second, every bus ride. … It’s been a lot of fun to watch him do this.”
