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Because one fling with a Gasol was not enough.

Pau Gasol’s younger brother, Marc, was a throw-in (on the surface) in the great older brother giveaway the Grizzlies engaged in last spring. The last memory of Marc Gasol that most Memphians have is of a chubby seven footer huffing and puffing around the Lausanne Collegiate School gym playing against tiny school competition. Adequately.

He has since gone to Spain and supposedly had something of a breakthrough season there. Lost some weight. Worked on some skills. Been described as occasionally “overpowering his defender” on the way to the bucket. Huh. Doesn’t SOUND like a Gasol. Pau has never over-powered anyone.

At any rate, according to local sources in Memphis this morning Spanish newspapers are reporting that Marc Gasol is coming to the Grizzlies for three years and nine million total.

Tell you what, the first time he takes contact and does NOT flop to the floor, he will instantly be more loved locally than his older brother ever was. If he actually ever overpowers anyone on his way to the basket? We’d probably all throw a parade in his honor.

I have no idea what help he might actually be to the team – although it seems a safe bet he will be of more use than Jason Collins – but if the team likes him enough to bring him over at this time I would guess it means Memphis is not in the Brook Lopez business at the draft.

And that’s a good thing.

By the way, he’s definitely a Gasol. Nice beard.