Not everyone can be like the 2008-09 Los Angeles Lakers and actually accomplish what they set out to do, however. On September 29, 2008, the Lakers held the Media Day for what would be their 15th championship season as stars like Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, Lamar Odom and Andrew Bynum spoke to the local media about their goals of winning it all.
One of several notable achievements that Pau Gasol earned this year alone — along with being inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall-of-Fame, and getting his jersey retired in the Lakers' rafters — was being appointed as a 2023 FIBA World Cup global ambassador last June. Being a FIBA global ambassador is an honor that only a few FIBA icons like Carmelo Anthony, Luis Scola, WNBA legend Sue Bird, and of course, Gasol can brag about.
Lamar Odom talked about the painful memory of Celtics fans getting riotous following the Lakers' loss in Game 6 of the 2008 NBA Finals.
No | Player | P |
---|---|---|
2 | C | |
41 | C | |
92 | PG | |
10 | C | |
21 | C | |
33 | PF | |
44 | PG | |
16 | FC | |
9 | PF | |
00 | PG | |
11 | SF | |
5 | SG | |
24 | SF | |
8 | SF | |
26 | C | |
72 | SG | |
17 | SG | |
1 | SG | |
4 | SG | |
34 | SF | |
35 | C |