Player to Watch: Marc Gasol

by Matt MooreFiled under: GrizzliesFanHouse previews a player to watch from each NBA team in advance of the 2009-10 season. Marc Gasol is svelt. No lie. Gasol spent the summer running up mountains in Spain. I've never run up a mountain anywhere. Much less mountains. You always hear stories about players losing weight coming into camp, but Gasol's slimming is evident. He doesn't look like the same player. The big knock on him last season was that he lacked explosiveness. So Gasol shed 25-30 pounds to improve his speed and agility. It was a wise move by Gasol, having to fight for playing time with Zach Randolph and Hasheem Thabeet. But when you get down to it, if the Grizzlies are going to make significant progress this season, Gasol will have to be a large part of that journey.Player to Watch: Marc Gasol originally appeared on Fanhouse NBA Blog on Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:00:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments