During the halftime of the Houston Rockets’ slaughtering of the Los Angeles Lakers Sunday afternoon 99-87, Pau Gasol listed out his five favorite players he loved watching when he was growing up.  The list included Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Toni Kukoc, and Hakeem Olajuwon.

This was at LEAST the third time that Pau Gasol has given out his T-Mobile FAV 5.  Back on April 19th, 2009, Gasol put up on his fave five all-time international players given on April 19, 2009 – 5. Arvydas Sabonis  4. Toni Kukoc  3. Drazen Petrovic  2. Dirk Nowitzki  1. Fernando Martin.

Previous to that list, in early Match Pau Gasol gave his fave five current international players -  Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker, Andrei Kirilenko, Yao Ming, and his younger brother Marc Gasol.

Links and Resources: Pau Gasol raising level in Bynum’s absence (Interbasket)