Although Paul Gasol's most recent appearance in an official NBA game was on March 10, 2019, there were still many people who found it difficult to accept when he was about to officially announce his retirement, after all, he helped Kobe Bryant win the championship. Gasol, who has played for 5 NBA teams, has a wonderful NBA career, and his career being blocked 1211 times in the regular season is a positive word, what is this concept in NBA history?
As a probing show in the 2001 NBA Draft, Gasol's 18-year NBA career has played for the Grizzlies, Lakers, Bulls, Spurs and Bucks, except for the short time spent with the Bucks at the end of his career, he has left a strong mark on the remaining 4 teams. He was once the "Bear King", leading the Grizzlies to the playoffs for the first time in history; he was the best help around Kobe Bryant, helping the Lakers win consecutive championships, helping Kobe Bryant win the championship twice in the post-O'Neal era and sublimating his historical status; abandoned by the Lakers, he even achieved the only All-Star start of his NBA career at the age of 34 after coming to the Bulls; Gasol, who joined the Spurs, also had a good performance and made a certain contribution to the Spurs' return to the Western Conference Finals.
Gasol's opinions are mixed, but it's an indisputable fact that he's already booked tickets to the Hall of Fame. In his 18-year NBA career, Gasol played in 1226 regular season games, played 41,001 minutes, made 15,729 shots and scored 20,894 points, 11,305 rebounds, 3,925 assists and 1,941 blocks, making him one of the players who scored 20,000 points and 10,000 rebounds in the 18 career regular season games in the long NBA history.
Gasol's NBA career regular season block 1941 blocks can rank 21st in NBA history, but many people are also worried about him being blocked a total of 1211 times in the regular season, and many people take this as evidence that "Gasol's style of play is soft". So, what exactly is the concept of Gasol being blocked so many times in NBA history?
Since the beginning of the 1996-97 season, the NBA official website has a complete number of players who have been blocked, and in the past 25 years Gasol has been blocked in the 1211 regular season of his career to rank fifth, and has been blocked more times by small guards such as Allen Iverson and Tony Parker, which does not look good; but don't forget that the number one person in the NBA regular season in the past 25 years is Tim Duncan, a major forward in NBA history who is recognized by mainstream views.
One might argue that Gasol has been blocked less often than Duncan because he has not played as many times as Duncan. Admittedly, Duncan played 1392 regular season games in his NBA career, playing more than 100 more than Gasol, but don't forget that Duncan has been blocked 272 times more times than Gasol, Gasol has averaged less than 1.00 blocks per game and Duncan has averaged 1.07 blocks per game, and in the past 25 years of NBA history, only Kobe, Pierce and Miller have averaged fewer blocks per game than Gasol. Many people remember iverson as having been blocked 1.30 times in his career regular season.
From "Bear King" to the Lakers two to Chicago to start again, Gasol's NBA career has been wonderful enough, he has 2 NBA championship rings, 4 times selected for the best team, 6 times in the All-Star Game, a European white big man can play such a performance on the NBA stage has been very good, thanks to the "sister-in-law"!