All-Stars in the family
— -- EVERY CHRISTMAS MORNING, in their Barcelona cottage, young Pau and Marc Gasol would tiptoe out of their bedroom to discover presents under the tree. Pau, four and a half years older, would sit still and admire his gifts. He would open just two or three -- then save the others for later that afternoon. He would even save one for the next day. He wouldn't rip the packages open but would untie them so the wrapping paper could be saved, pressed and reused. Marc, meanwhile, would open his 10 gifts in the matter of a minute. Wrapping paper would be flying and parents would be ducking. "By the time Pau would have opened his second present, I'd broke my first toy already," Marc says.
So there is your scouting report heading into the opening tip of Sunday's NBA All-Star Game. Brother will be jumping center against brother for the first time in league history. One will be clean-shaven, lean and play the game like chess. The other will be bearded, robust and play the game as if it were rugby. Neither is certain how he will react when the cameras are popping, just before they jump ball. Maybe they will grin at each other. But once the game starts, they're pretty sure it will feel like ... Christmas morning.
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