Veteran Pau Gasol Announces Retirement From Basketball

Veteran Pau Gasol Announces Retirement From Basketball
Los Angeles Lakers power forward Pau Gasol smiles while talking to reporters during an NBA basketball news conference in El Segundo, Calif., on April 30, 2013. Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo
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MADRID—Wishing his “older brother” Kobe Bryant could be there by his side, Pau Gasol finally put an end to a basketball career that went “way beyond my dreams and expectations.”

Gasol announced his retirement from basketball on Tuesday after a career that lasted more than two decades and earned him two NBA titles and a world championship gold with Spain’s national team.