By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
Toronto Raptors center Marc Gasol was among the NBA players who showed a rather impressive body transformation during the NBA hiatus caused by the coronavirus pandemic. In June, the Spanish center appeared in pictures being a lot slimmer than before and in a much improved physical shape.
For Gasol, it was a part of taking the maximum out of the NBA break, something that allowed him to also do some reflection on various aspects of life.
“I just thought about maximizing the situation. Not only for professional reasons, but also for personal reasons too. Spending time with the family, understanding what’s important and what’s not, and kinda reflected a little bit on everything,” Gasol said per Yahoo Sports.
It was a kind of transformation reminiscent of the one Nikola Jokic underwent while in Serbia. “Thin Jokic” became viral due to the Serbian big man’s visibly significant weight loss.
Gasol admitted to being disappointed with his performances in the 2019-2020 season. He was coming off a long championship run with the Raptors plus a World Cup tournament that ended with him and Spain winning the gold medal.
“It was a frustrating season for me personally because I could never get a rhythm and to help the team the way I should be helping the team,” Gasol said. “You go from a late run in June, a great run in June, and putting everything on the line for the team. In July we started with the national team and try to accomplish something very special with them too, which we obviously did, so those are two very taxing efforts.”
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