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Pau Gasol is the Lakers ‘Season of Giving Ambassador’, of course

Pau for Pope.

by Ricky O'Donnell
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Ricky O'Donnell
Ricky O'Donnell has covered basketball at all levels for more than a decade at SB Nation. He’s currently the Associate Director of Programming.

One of the basketball Internet's hidden gems is the Twitter account of Lakers star Pau Gasol. It's part Normal Guy, part living saint, but it's 100 percent authentic to Gasol, if nothing else. Let's just say that Gasol being a "Season of Giving Ambassador" just makes sense. The Lakers' other star wouldn't so much as send Smush Parker a Christmas card.

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