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Initially, the Raptors were scheduled to face the Grizzlies in a pair of games late in the regular season. The two teams haven’t met since exchanging big men ahead of the trade deadline in February of 2019.
"I got there when I was 16 years old, it was my first time out of Spain," Gasol said, via videoconference from Orlando on Saturday."Imagine what it meant for me to go to high school there as a teenager and [then leave] as a father of two kids. My youngest actually is from Memphis. He was born in Memphis. And my daughter, their best friends are from Memphis and so on."
He was selected by the Lakers in the second round of the 2007 draft and then, ironically, traded to Memphis for his brother. The Grizzlies were the only NBA team he had ever known before he was dealt to Toronto last season. "He’s just all about the right things, which is first and foremost winning," said Raptors head coach Nick Nurse."He wants to win and he wants to be seen as the guy who really knows how to play the game, plays it the right way. He’s a great teammate and a high-level sportsman."
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