Pau Gasol says he's going home, signing again with Barcelona
FILE - Milwaukee Bucks' Pau Gasol warms up before the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Indiana Pacers in Milwaukee, in this Thursday, March 7, 2019, file photo. Pau Gasol is going home, announcing Tuesday that he will sign to play with FC Barcelona again and rejoin the franchise with which he started his professional basketball career more than 20 years ago. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash, File)BARCELONA โ Pau Gasol is going home, announcing Tuesday that he will sign to play with FC Barcelona again and rejoin the franchise with which he started his professional basketball career more than 20 years ago. Gasol is a six-time NBA All-Star, winning a pair of championships with the Los Angeles Lakers. The 40-year-old who was born in Barcelona last appeared in the NBA on March 10, 2019, for Milwaukee.
Grizzlies' Ja Morant wins NBA's rookie of the year award
(AP Photo/Mike Ehrmann, Pool, File)LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. The first three baskets of Memphis season set the tone for Ja Morants rookie year. Morant was announced Thursday as the runaway winner of the rookie of the year award for 2019-20, the first Grizzlies player to win the award since Pau Gasol in 2001-02. Morant averaged 17.8 points and 7.3 assists this season, picking up three Western Conference rookie of the month awards along the way. 1 pick in the 2019 draft missed much of his rookie season while dealing with injury. Memphis lost the first and only game of that series to Portland, meaning the Grizzlies were just two wins shy of the postseason.
Kobe Bryant Honored at 2020 ESPYS With Touching Performance by Snoop Dogg
Kobe Bryant is gone, but not forgotten. Almost five months after the NBA star's untimely death in a helicopter crash, the Los Angeles Lakers champion was honored on Sunday night during the 2020 ESPYS. Rapper Snoop Dogg performed a moving tribute to Bryant during the two-hour virtual show. @SnoopDogg pays tribute to Kobe pic.twitter.com/9X2P1ldoQC SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) June 22, 2020Prior to the performance, the ESPYS called the segment "a love letter to Kobe Bryant from the people of Los Angeles." For more on Bryant's passing, watch the clip below:RELATED CONTENT:How the 2020 ESPYS Will Honor Kobe BryantVanessa Bryant Urges Congress to Pass New Helicopter Safety ActKobe Bryant's Pilot May Have 'Misperceived' Orientation of Helicopter