Veteran Pau Gasol announces retirement from basketball

FILE - Chicago Bulls forward Pau Gasol, left, looks to a pass against the Milwaukee Bucks during the second half in Game 1 of the NBA basketball playoffs in Chicago, in this Saturday, April 18, 2015, file photo. Pau Gasol announced his retirement from basketball on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, ending a career that lasted more than two decades and earned him two NBA titles and a world championship gold with Spain's national team. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

FILE - Spain's Pau Gasol (4) and teammate Felipe Reyes (9) celebrate their win over Russia in a semifinal men's basketball game at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, in this Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, file photo. Russia's Vitaliy Fridzon is at right. Pau Gasol announced his retirement from basketball on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, ending a career that lasted more than two decades and earned him two NBA titles and a world championship gold with Spain's national team. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

FILE - Los Angeles Lakers' Pau Gasol, from Spain, kisses the Larry O'Brian trophy after the Lakers won the NBA basketball championship in Orlando, Fla., in this Sunday, June 14, 2009, file photo. Pau Gasol announced his retirement from basketball on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, ending a career that lasted more than two decades and earned him two NBA titles and a world championship gold with Spain's national team. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

FILE - Los Angeles Lakers' Pau Gasol (16), of Spain, dunks as San Antonio Spurs' Manu Ginobili, left, of Argentina, looks on during the second half of Game 5 of the NBA Western Conference basketball finals in Los Angeles, in this Thursday, May 29, 2008, file photo. Pau Gasol announced his retirement from basketball on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, ending a career that lasted more than two decades and earned him two NBA titles and a world championship gold with Spain's national team. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

FILE - In this April 30, 2013 file photo, Los Angeles Lakers power forward Pau Gasol smiles while talking to reporters during an NBA basketball news conference in El Segundo, Calif. Pau Gasol announced his retirement from basketball on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, ending a career that lasted more than two decades and earned him two NBA titles and a world championship gold with Spain's national team. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

FILE - Pau Gasol of Spain, standing center, celebrates with teammates and King Felipe VI of Spain, fourth right, after winning the EuroBasket European Basketball Championship final match against Lithuania at the Pierre Mauroy stadium in Lille, northern France, in this Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015, file photo. Pau Gasol announced his retirement from basketball on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, ending a career that lasted more than two decades and earned him two NBA titles and a world championship gold with Spain's national team.(AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

FILE - Spain's Pau Gasol, right, holds up the champion's trophy as teammate Rudy Fernandez waves a flag during ceremonies at the world basketball championships in Saitama, Japan, in this Sept. 3, 2006, file photo. Pau Gasol announced his retirement from basketball on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, ending a career that lasted more than two decades and earned him two NBA titles and a world championship gold with Spain's national team. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)