How Pau Gasol Is Proving Doubters Wrong, Showing Why Lakers Desperately Need Him

The Los Angeles Lakers have been fortunate—to say the least—to employ a slew of supremely skilled seven-footers over the course of their storied history. The ceremony to retire Shaquille O'Neal's jersey to the Staples Center rafters on April 2 served to remind the NBA of that long-standing tradition, with the Big Diesel's No. 34 taking its rightful place alongside those of George Mikan, Wilt...

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