Wow Pau! You’re Tall. 7′ NBA Star comes to Mumbai.
MissMalini and Pau Gasol
I’ve seriously never met anyone THIS tall in my life. (Like how I’m standing on my tippy-toes as if THAT’s gonna help?) Meet Pau Gasol. He’s the Spanish 7′ center and power forward for the current NBA champs, the LA Lakers and is in India as part of the NBA’s mission to grow its brand and make basketball the #2 sport here! Pau conducted clinics in Mumbai and Delhi this week – imparting his bball knowledge to aspiring Indian players. Akash Jain from the NBA (what a cool job btw) invited some of Mumbai’s elite to mingle with him over wine and Sushi earlier this week and Pau definitely got a birds eye view of Mumbai nightlife. Funnily enough Pau’s significant other wasn’t wearing heels. (I guess after your boy crosses 6’10″ inches you figure what’s the point?!) Oh and my buddy Rish Oberoi (the genius behind Paani Puri tees) came too. He even brought Pau a tee (in presumably XXL.) Oooh and Neetu Chandra was the nights token Bollywood belle. Apparently SHE plays basketball (who knew?!) and that’s how B-ball met Bollywood in B-Town. Boom.
Rish Oberoi, Akshay Oberoi and Jyothi Vynatheya
Psst! You’ll see Rish’s super cute brother and major basketball junkie Akshay Oberoi in “Isi Life Mein” soon. I also met Akshay’s high-school sweetheart Jyothi Vynatheya (total doll btw) and we agreed that long distance relationships aren’t for the faint-hearted. Anyhow, Lakers fans, eat your heart out :P
MissMalini and Akash Jain
Jyothi Vynatheya, Akshay Oberoi and Pau Gasol
Pau Gasol and Rish Oberoi
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August 27th, 2010 at 1:43 pm
haha..I seriously thought it was some kind of trick photograph…till I read the post. Standing on tippy-toes made me ROFL.:)
August 28th, 2010 at 12:00 am
when I grow up, I wanna marry a 7 foot tall NBA player.
November 19th, 2010 at 8:17 pm
OMFG! Akshay Oberoi is sooooooooooooooooooooooooo cute! his eyes,gosh! sigh sigh sigh
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December 6th, 2011 at 5:13 am
hey Miss Malini – power forward for the current NBA champs, the LA Lakers – the current NBA champs are the Mavericks and not the LA lakers. They were not even finalists this year at the NBA.
January 1st, 2013 at 3:14 am
I’ve said that least 338211 times. SCK was here