Youngest Gasol Brother Shows Up In A Reddit Thread About Himself, Confirms He's "Not Very Good At Basketball"

The folks in r/nba got to talking about the Gasols a couple of days ago—prompted by this great picture of Marc Gasol in high school—and one of the Gasols got to talking back. First, a little speculation from a non-Gasol, exactly the type of thing that might inspire a Gasol to get involved:

He's actually about to become (or did become?) a walk-on at UCLA. Adria Gasol is something like 6'10" (he's the short one, although he is only 18 I think), but if I recall he didn't start playing basketball until very recently. From what I've heard, he's not very good at basketball, though. Who knows; he could develop into something, I guess, but more than likely he'll be "that Gasol brother who shows up in UCLA blowouts".

And then...woah. It's like people on the Internet can read what you write about them:

I've been a walk-on since August. I started playing seriously when I was 14, and I've been busting my ass to become the best. Idk who told you I'm not very good, but it's true I have a lot to develop still. Mostly, I have to get more athletic, but it's pretty hard to do when my body is still in the process of growing. It sucks, and I probably won't get any playing time this year, but I'll still fight and work to become the best I can be. I got offers from several schools, but I chose to come to UCLA for several reasons. Also, I'm 6'11 now, I was 6'10 when I got here.

Naturally, redditors were incredulous—they're an incredulous bunch, sometimes—but Gasol tweeted proof, and shot back with, "I don't really know who'd want to fake being me," which is probably a fair rejoinder at this point in his life. Some people quizzed him on Shabbazz Muhammad's eligibility, just in case he knew ( bad news on that front, by the way), other people acted like George Clooney had responded to someone trashing him on the Internet. It was an exciting day for r/nba:

Here I am, some 24 year old, 5'7", economics major nerd talking about the basketball abilities of some dude I really know nothing about...and then he just stands up and hands me my testicles on a silver platter. And probably dunks on me or something too, for good measure.

Adria's a committed redditor, though—he teased some members who thought he was a fake, got bored with the thread about himself, and went back to discussing whether Mike Brown should've been fired. Adria's thinks its debatable that Dwight Howard is the "smartest player [Stan] Van Gundy ever coached," which it sure is.

His posting history is mostly a delight, but the best part of his sudden appearance is probably that he told the story of Pau Gasol beating Brock in Yellow Pokemon for him on Gameboy—"It was Pau, I have no idea how he did it. All I remember is going to sleep, waking up, turning on my Gameboy and ta-daaa." He may also have found a girlfriend on the site a few days ago.

Adria Gasol, first in our hearts, a distant third (by his own admission) among basketball-playing Gasol brothers.

h/t Ryan T.