Two-time NBA champion Pau Gasol is hoping to play one more season in the league.

Gasol is hoping his left foot recovers before the 2020-21 season starts so he can show teams what he has left in the tank for one more year.

Via Euro Hoops:

“I did a treatment at the end of December to improve my chances of recovery,” Gasol said to EFE, per AS. “And now the rehabilitation is going slowly, without the rush and pressure of being on a team. I give it more time and take care of it. I hope everything goes well and I can recover soon.

“I hope that the foot recovers so that it can allow me to play a little more. We will see how much more. Enjoy one last season.”

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Gasol split time last season with the San Antonio Spurs and Milwaukee Bucks, appearing in just 30 games. He averaged 3.9 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.7 assists while shooting 44.7 percent from the field, 46.2 percent from beyond the arc and 70.0 percent from the free-throw line.

The Portland Trail Blazers signed Gasol to back up Hassan Whiteside and Jusuf Nurkic, the latter of whom is scheduled to return from injury later in the season. However, Gasol’s recovery from surgery to repair a stress fracture in his left foot was just not progressing.

Gasol has career averages of 17.0 points and 9.2 rebounds with the Memphis Grizzlies, Los Angeles Lakers, Chicago Bulls, Spurs and Bucks. He won two titles with Kobe Bryant on the Lakers.

Gasol is a six-time All-Star and was the 2002 Rookie of the Year with the Grizzlies. Pau will be a future Hall of Famer one day, as will his brother Marc Gasol, who won his first championship last season with the Toronto Raptors.