Tennis player Rafa Nadal thanked his friend Pau Gasol on Tuesday for everything he has done for Spanish sport and defined him as “a great legend” on the day that two-time NBA winner announced his retirement from professional basketball.
“A great legend of our sport retires! Much to say, but above all & mldr;. #GraciasPau, “the current world number six wrote on his social networks, who also used the thank you tags in Catalan and English.
Gasol announced the end of his professional career at 41 and after 21 active seasons, ending a successful career in which, among other achievements, stand out the two NBA rings won with the Angeles Lakers and the World Cup and the two Olympic runner-ups that he won with the Spanish team.