Marc Gasol - Point Center (Raptors Passing Highlights)

Marc Gasol. 2019 NBA Champion. 2013 Defensive Player of the Year. 3x NBA All-Star. 2015 All-NBA First Team. 2013 All-NBA Second Team. 2x Olympic Silver Medalist (2008 in Beijing, 2012 in London). 2x FIBA World Championship Gold Medalist (2006 in Japan, 2019 in China). 2x EuroBasket Gold Medalist (2009 in Poland, 2011 in Lithuania). Marc is a visionary; his vision is scary. The 2018-19 season saw his career best 4.7 assists per game with the Grizzlies get upended by a trade to the Raptors - he averaged 3.9 assists in 26 regular season games with Toronto.

Here’s a list of front court players who were at the top of league in assist in 2018-19 beside their usage percentages.

Ben Simmons - 610 assists - 24.8% usage
Nikola Jokic - 580 assists - 29.6% usage
Kevin Durant - 457 assists - 29.8% usage
Draymond Green - 454 assists - 16.4% usage
LeBron James - 454 assists - 34.5% usage
Giannis Antetokounmpo - 424 assists - 32.7% usage
Blake Griffin - 402 assists - 31.4% usage
Marc Gasol - 349 assists - 17.9% usage in Toronto/23.3 in Memphis

Marc’s time in Toronto was pretty magical. It didn’t matter where he was on the court, he was orchestrating the offense, often without the ball. When he had it though, a little glance here or look there and he’d get guys to go places they might not have even thought to go so he could thread the needle to them. Marc is a master at manipulating the defenses with look-offs and pass fakes.

On the other end, he was a devastating defensive force who changed the dynamic of the game in the playoffs. Sure, he didn’t always contribute from a scoring standpoint in the way that one would expect from a 3x All-Star but he left his imprint all over the court. Just ask Joel Embiid and Nikola Vucevic in the post or Khris Middleton and Steph Curry when Gasol and his great length swarmed their line of sight on blitzes or doubles.

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[BasketballFundamentals]

One of the best passing big men of all time!

[reubenahn]

I miss him on the team, was such a key contributor on our championship run. Wish him the best

[sekho]

It will be fun chemistry between him and lebron

[adrenalineunlimited]

They say that Schroeder replaced Rondo. I'd argue 1 to 1 the comparison to Marc low key makes more sense

[danielhenderson]

This is the greatest video of all time, I hope you know you're doing gods work

[ILIKETACOS]

Do you have any vids of him from when he won dpoy?

[Cypppp]

Kuzma and Caruso are going to feast playing along side Marc with their ability to backcut

[lucabochi]

Evin coming in clutch again! Love the vids!

[johnlee]

As a raps fan, thanks for this vid. Keep up the great work with these vids

[rishabhsharma]

Marc ad and bron in the froncourt is really really SCARY even at 36 y.o. for two of them

[sck]

Absolutely love the descriptions in these vids. As a relatively new NBA fan it’s way easier to learn about different players thanks to you.

[mvg]

OMG, what a player..He'll be very clutch with the Lakers.They had scary vision to buy him

[jacobpatino]

Hey man if you see this, can you make a scottie pippen defensive highlight video, "Scottie Pippen Phenomenal Defense"

[thortries]

Anthony Davis post up powerhouse/ face up father in law pls

[Primitiveimage]

you just earned yourself a sub with this one. love your highlights

[adrenalineunlimited]

Do a video on Boogie-AD defensively after Rondo challenged them

[deandrepage]

Welcome to the Lakers 1st Unit, mostly parked behind the 3-point line at this stage of his career.

[customwallshelves]

Way under-rated. No Gasol, no chip for the Raps. Even with Leonard. Watch out for the Lakers with Gasol movin it out.

[zenlee]

Just as important as getting Kawhi for DeRozan, was getting Gasol for Valanciunas. Hope the raps can ever get a centre like Marc again

[LilSuperOG]

Jokic without the two hand ball handling skills