Coach Hollins' tough defense is well implanted in the hearts of the players, and the team's record is steadily improving, even in the face of a series of injuries to the main players, they can stand out in the fierce West.

After a series of away trips, the players were exhausted, but fortunately, there was a story of Randolph to share with everyone along the way, which can be regarded as a kind of relaxation of changing direction.

However, always telling the story of Randolph is inevitably suspicious of favoritism, and the team's other main interior lineman, Marc Gasol, is also a key part of this defensive system, and his role is naturally indispensable.

Durin and the other rookies began to wake up Marc Gasol, who had fallen asleep, and pestered him to tell his story.

"Me? Tale? What story can I have, you better go to Zack, his deeds are even more legendary. "Smaller obviously wants to sleep again, although he doesn't drink Guy for the playing time tonight, which Randolph doesn't have much.

"Oh, let's talk about it, there's still a long way home." The crowd pestered him.

"Okay." Xiao Jia sat up straight, "I remember one year, about 2,000, when I was still a middle school student, my brother had already entered the league, and one day in the backyard of my house I beat him three in a row!" Xiao Jia said confidently.

"No, Pau Gasol is a good showman, you can beat him as a middle school student, I heard that you are very fat when you are young." Durin's remark is a bit redundant, because Gasol is also fat now.

Marc Gasol spent almost his entire childhood on the coast of Barcelona. In 2001, he moved with his parents to the town of Germain, Memphis

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Later, his brother Pau Gasol was drafted by the Grizzlies in 2001 with a scout pick, and immediately moved his family to Vancouver, bringing Mark with him by the way.

Marc plays at the local College de Lausanne. In 2003, he was named District 2 Basketball Man, and that season Mark averaged 26 points, 13 rebounds and 6 blocks per game. However, Mark's parents still live in the town of Germain.

Gasol Jr. was the first professional athlete to graduate from the history of the College of Lausanne. In 2008, Gasol Jr. retired the number 33 jersey worn by Gasol Jr. in 2008 to commemorate his achievements, and he became an honorary alumnus of the college.

In the 2007 NBA Draft, Gasol Jr. was selected by the Lakers at No. 48 in the second round, but the team did not sign him. In 2008, in the Lakers' trade with the Grizzlies around Pau Gasol, his signing rights were sent to the Memphis Grizzlies. In the same year, Gasol Jr. won the MVP of the Spanish league.

On June 23, 2008, Marc Gasol signed a contract with the Grizzlies. Gasol made his debut for the Grizzlies in a game against the Houston Rockets, scoring a double-double of 12 points and 12 boards. This also brought him to the attention of some media outlets.

In his rookie season, Gasol Jr. averaged 11.9 points and 7.4 rebounds per game. In the Grizzlies' second season, Gasol Jr.'s stats have increased to 14.6 points and 9.3 rebounds per game.

In the All-Star Rookie Challenge that year, Marc Gasol performed well, contributing 15 points and 8 rebounds, but the team was eventually reversed by the first-year rookie team 116-122.

In the 2010-11 season, Gasol Jr. averaged 11.7 points, 7 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game, and the Grizzlies also entered the playoffs as the eighth in the West.

In the playoffs, his interior combination with Zach Randolph was key to the Grizzlies' success, playing more exquisite combinations, and achieving the fourth black eight miracle in history in the absence of Rudy Gay, the core of the team.

He also shone in the next round of the series against the Thunder, and lost after seven fierce battles.

After the 2010-11 season, Marc Gasol received offers from the Knicks, Rockets and other teams. On December 15, 2011, the Grizzlies announced that they had signed Marc Gasol to a four-year, $57.85 million contract extension.

In the past season, Gasol averaged 14.6 points, 8.9 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game, and the Grizzlies entered the playoffs as fourth in the West.

But after seven games against the Clippers in the first round, he was out of the tournament in a series where he showed the world his incredible passing ability, which was no less than his brother.

On April 25, 2013, the NBA officially announced the winner of the NBA Defensive Player of the Year award, and Marc Gasol was elected, with a total of 30 first votes and a total of 212 points.

Gasol Jr. was elected, and he became the first player in Grizzlies history — no player on the Grizzlies team has won the Defensive Player of the Year award since the league began voting Defensive Player of the Year in 1982-83.

On May 14, 2013, Gasol Jr. was named to the Second Team of the Season Defensive Team. His deeds have also been officially written into the history of grizzlies.

"Mark, why does your body move so fast?" As soon as he said this, Arthur immediately realized that he was abrupt, and he wanted to ask the question of how to move faster under the basket.

"In fact, the key to the movement of the feet is not the body, but the consciousness!" Well, playing a ball is a whole philosophy, are the Spaniards so brilliant and imaginative?

After a slight pause, he said, "When we face an attacking player head-on, don't wait for him to make a move, then it will be delayed, we should make predictions in advance according to his own characteristics, so that we can take the absolute initiative in defense." "What he said makes a lot of sense, and it's worth learning from friends who play ball.

"If it's a small person who defends a big man, as long as you lower your center of gravity under the basket, resist his waist, and don't let him calmly exert his strength, you can basically jam his jump shot, if the opponent chooses to use his body to eat, it is really a competition of lower limb strength, then you need the help of teammates on the other side." The head of his speech is the Word.

Randolph nodded his head frequently, while Guy was playing with his new headphones, far from being interested in these technical things, he was more concerned about Randolph's childhood, or tragic childhood.

"Did you practice your shooting when you were a student or did you develop it after you entered the league?" It was Arthur who asked this, and apparently he had become a big center with long-range bombing capabilities like him.