Windy City natives Derrick Rose and Anthony Davis dominated coverage leading into the FIBA Basketball World Cup, but the city's newest resident has turned the most heads since the tournament tipped off.
Pau Gasol, the 13-year NBA veteran who inked a three-year, $22 million deal with the Chicago Bulls this offseason, has masterfully guided Spain to a 3-0 start—and left a pool of Chicagoans' drool in his wake.
The 34-year-old has been downright dominant since returning to his home country.
Through three games, he leads all scorers with 23.7 points per game on 65.1 percent shooting. He blitzed Iran for 33 points, eight rebounds and three blocks in Spain's tournament opener, and that wasn't even his strongest outing.
On Monday, he ripped apart a Brazilian frontcourt featuring NBA bigs Nene, Anderson Varejao and Tiago Splitter. Gasol poured in a game-high 26 points, hit three of five attempts from distance, corralled nine boards, swatted another three shots and added a pair of assists to his exceptional stat sheet.
With that said, Gasol's performance can't be captured in the production ...
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Chicago Bulls Should Be Drooling over Pau Gasol’s FIBA World Cup Performance
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