He was about to put in two rods and correct the scoliosis. "Being a middle-aged guy, I do have to un-scrub sometimes," the doctor said. The Grizzlies did not know what to make of the 21-year-old who lived with his parents in the suburbs, listened to classical music in the car and was "as likely to talk about Pavarotti as basketball," says then Memphis assistant Scott Roth, now with the Warriors. ", Skaggs calmed him immediately. It's unfortunate. And then this will stay in forever and the bone grows into one and she's ready to go.". When the drilling began, Gasol turned pale. We go into the game. We change in the locker room. I could always become a doctor. "They only do sonograms on pregnant women. The drilling was incessant now, and Gasol mentioned his surgical mask was hot and "a little suffocating." But when he later reinjured the muscle, Gasol suggested the Lakers also try a sonogram to find the depth of the fissure. She'd heard of Kobe Bryant. 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This is why he'd become a surgeon, and he didn't want the Laker to miss it. His mother, Marisa, was a physician, and his father, Agusti, was a nurse, and he asked them if Johnson would be alive in the 21st century. They couldn't guarantee it. Pau Gasol Twitter: paugasol (born Pau Gasol Sáez) (Meal Ticket, ET, Kung Pow) Position: Center and Power Forward Shoots: Right 7-0, 250lb (213cm, 113kg) . "I dreamt we traded Kwame Brown for Pau Gasol.". That was my answer. Next month Gasol is scheduled to sit in on a spinal surgery with Skaggs, dressed in scrubs. Pau Gasol — doctor, musician, basketball player Spanish NBA star wants to help humanity when he gives up the game Published: August 02, 2012 17:45 By … "All seriousness," Skaggs told the player, "most people when they first scrub in feel a little dizzy or light-headed. "But Pau has always been the best example for me to follow." "Hey, can I still watch spine surgery?" They have lives in their hands. "Yeah, yeah," Gasol said, laughing gingerly. He wasn't going to call the dean at the University of Barcelona. I always enjoyed biology, science -- math even. Is it transmitted by blood only? Their first impression was he seemed athletic. It was really exciting stuff. Oklahoma City Thunder forward Serge Ibaka (9), of Republic of Congo and Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol, right, of Spain, reach for a rebound in the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. Both his parents worked at the Sant Pau Hospital. Gasol's mother had asked him why, of all operations, he wanted to sit in on spinal surgery. Just like a steel rebar in concrete. "Not something you see every day," Gasol said. "They said here in the States, [a sonogram] is not really practiced," Gasol says. But Pau Gasol was something of a mystery. I knew who Kobe Bryant was. You see the blood. I was right there, and it was happening to me. "We stay until it's done," the assistant chimed in. She thought she was deformed. By day, he was an 18-year-old, first-year med student at the University of Barcelona; by night, he was a pivot man on the FC Barcelona club team. And each time, Skaggs' 9-year-old son sat in front of their family TV, yelling: "Miss it. Pau Gasol will miss the remainder of the postseason after undergoing surgery to repair a foot injury. He still thought he could pull off med school. The dean said I could always come back.". They spent about five minutes together -- she'd been to Barcelona during the '92 Olympics; he'd seen Magic Johnson play at the same Olympiad, post-HIV announcement. We're a little bit nervous [before surgery]. "When they'd ask me what I wanted to be, I'd say doctor. Pau Gasol says charitable efforts give him broader perspective. "They have totally different mentalities," says Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins. "But Pau still has that inner child. "So all this bone, each one of these separate ones will grow together. "OK, this is kind of the money shot," the doctor said. The 7-footer was thrilled, but the night before surgery, Gasol came down with a low-grade fever. 28,580 talking about this. The results showed a tear. Gasol was all business. He and Skaggs corresponded during the playoffs, and in between the series with the Jazz and the Suns, the surgeon felt it might be the perfect time for Gasol to witness a spinal operation. "Heading into surgery, it was a diversion. her answer was no. the player wrote. The Grizzlies have morphed from 60-game losers to playoff contenders, not in spite of the trade -- the only time in league history that one brother was traded for another -- but because of it. I'd never seen anything like it [...] I'd be thrilled to be able to be good at changing people's lives like that. "When Pau first came by here, I gave him the usual dog and pony show, showing him all the neat things we do," Skaggs says. Gasol said. "No," Skaggs answered. "You want to sit down?" The morning after the deal the Lakers met in the lobby of their Toronto hotel to catch a bus, and trainer Chip Schaefer rubbed his eyes. "Seriously, if you're getting light-headed, you have to let us know," the assistant said. And when she and her husband lived in Park City, Utah, back in the '90s, she'd heard of John Stockton, Karl Malone, Michael Jordan, even Jeff Hornacek. He is the older brother of fellow NBA player Marc Gasol. The doctor was actually in the middle of breaking Isabelle's spine -- so he could eventually reconstruct it. Born: July 6, 1980 in Barcelona, Spain es Relatives: Brother Marc Gasol. I wanted to be a scientist. Sources: Titans great George to coach Tenn. 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"So you can see how the [spine] just went straight," Skaggs told Gasol. When the Lakers won, 83-79, the 7-footer openly sobbed, perhaps out of pure relief. She felt it might be far too graphic for him, and knew that med students have been known to gag at the sight of an open spine. So Skaggs decided to run something by him: "Do you want to come and observe spine surgery?" Pau Gasol, quasi-surgeon, miracle worker and organ donor. He was truly as excited as a child would be." He followed direction diligently. Business. "Well, he walked in as I was chiseling someone's spine," Skaggs says. It happens to teenage girls at a time when they're insecure. To be a spinal surgeon, those surgeries are the top of the top. Gasol had a full-on view and began to sweat. He became a dropout with the blessing of his parents, the dean and Spanish basketball officials. But when Pau Gasol was 11 years old and 5-foot-nothing, he was thinking about another line of work. 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