A woman recorded this previously inedited video for me with her mobile phone at Barajas Airport, where the members of the Spanish national basketball team were waiting for their flight to Japan for the 2006 FIBA World Championship.
In the video, the woman says that Pau Gasol is the most important player of them all. This seems to amuse Jorge Garbajosa, who is with Juan Carlos Navarro, Mumbrú and Calderón. But it does not seem to please the humble Pau Gasol, who is talking on the phone (perhaps to his girlfriend in Quiroga, Lugo, if he was already dating her by then).
Original airport video
Japan 2006: Spain's world title
Spain later won the 2006 FIBA World Championship, defeating Greece in the final in Saitama. Pau Gasol was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player (MVP). See FIBA's report from 3 September 2006.
Related reading
- The Reason Why USA Should Be Scared of Spain: my 2016 Olympic reflections on Spain's team, including Gasol and Navarro, two players named in this airport story.
- Bouncing on the Beach: my reflections on learning basketball and developing as a player, with Pau Gasol as an example.
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De genio a geni@, ¿Qué me cuentas?
From genius to genius, what do you tell me?