Pau Gasol’s entire retirement speech with the Lakers and the memory of Kobe Bryant

Pau Gasol already part of his history nba. He first Spanish player and one of the few internationals to have his own retired t-shirt for a franchise will hang from today at the top of it Crypto.com Arena of Los Angeles Lakers. At halftime in the duel with the Grizzlies, the Catalan had the honor of seeing his number rise to beams, which is next to his Kobe Bryant forever.

A short but intense ceremony, in which Pau thanked his family, friends, teammates, fans, press and staff from the Lakers franchise for their support in making this milestone a reality.

This was his entire speech translated into Spanish:

Pau Gasol’s retirement speech for the Lakers

“What an incredible feeling and what an incredible honor. I want to start by saying thank you to Vanessa [Bryant]Thanks for the video and the intro. You’re here, you don’t know how much this means to me. I love your sister. I am proud to be your brother and uncle to your beloved daughters.

I’m overwhelmed to see all the faces, to see all of you, all of those watching at home. I want to thank you, it was an honor to wear this jersey, to play for this franchise, for this team, for this city.

I can’t go on without talking about a person who isn’t here. A brother who raised me, who pushed me to be a better player, a better person. I miss him so much, as do all of you. I loved him, I wish he was here. he would be proud because he was looking for this moment. I love you bro.

As a child, in Spain I had the dream of playing in the NBA. Never in a million years did I think this moment would be possible, such an honor, to be with such important people in such an incredible franchise. This tells you that there are no limits to what you can do, what you can achieve, you must strive to be the best you can be. That was the Mamba mentality.

It seems like yesterday that I was here, in a game 7 beating the Celtics. What a night, what a day to remember, I will never forget it.”