Marc Gasol, just like his brother Pau, comes from a rare breed of greatly-skilled passers at the center position. His ability to see the floor standing at 7-foot-1 gives him a huge advantage over defenders, picking up holes where he can sneak a pass through, directly leading to a bucket.
The Spaniard did so in spectacular fashion on Friday night against the Houston Rockets, after drawing a double-team from James Harden and Montrezl Harrell at the free-throw line with his back to the basket. Gasol took a slight look to his right and saw a cutting James Ennis, at which point he fired a bounce pass around Harden, directly leading to an uncontested layup.
We keep trying to tell you Marc is a PG. https://t.co/PcPwp0X1B8
— Memphis Grizzlies (@memgrizz) December 24, 2016
Very few players in the NBA have the ability to command a double team, let alone use it as an advantage to pick apart a defense attempting to stifle them.
The Grizzlies might be right, now that he is shooting threes and dropping dimes of this quality, he might be a point guard trapped in a center's body after all.
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