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Flashback: Pau Gasol of FC Barcelona, 2000 ACB Finals

Found January 10, 2012 on Ball in Europe:
PLAYERS: Pau Gasol,  Juan Carlos Navarro
TEAMS: Los Angeles Lakers

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Courtesy the awesome Dejan Body (Where does he get those wonderful clips?), below the break runs an incredible blast from the past in a compilation of clips from the 2000 ACB finals featuring a 19-year-old named Pau Gasol, then in his second year with the big club. Gasol’s FC Barcelona, which also included the just-about 20-year-old Juan Carlos Navarro, ultimately fell to Aleksandar Đorđević and Alberto Angulo’s Real Madrid in five games. (Has it really been that long…?) Recommend on Facebook Tweet about it Tell a friend Print for later Related posts: Everything you’ve always wanted to know about Barcelona vs. Unicaja (in English) Weekend wrap: Barcelona beaten, Winters comes to Greece, checking in with Motiejunas, more Official BallinEurope Euroleague Power Rankings: Final preseason edition
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