Editing Pau Gasol (section)

==== 2005–2008: First All-Star appearance and franchise records ====
[[File:Pau gasol zz.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Gasol playing for the [[Memphis Grizzlies]]]]
In his fifth year with the Grizzlies, he became the franchise's all-time leading rebounder on March 24 against the [[2005–06 New York Knicks season|New York Knicks]] when he grabbed his 3,072nd rebound in a Grizzlies uniform.<ref name="nbabio" /> He made 29 consecutive free throw attempts from January 24 to 28, tying the second best mark in Grizzlies history, including two straight games going 12–12 from the line, tying the best single-game mark in franchise history.<ref name="nbabio" /> Gasol and the Grizzlies returned to the [[2006 NBA Playoffs|playoffs]] for the third time in his and his team's history. Once again, they were eliminated in the first round and did not win a single game against the [[2005–06 Dallas Mavericks season|Dallas Mavericks]].<ref name="NBA06">{{Cite web |title=NBA Playoffs 2006 |website=[[NBA.com]] |url=http://www.nba.com/playoffs2006/ |access-date=May 17, 2008 |archive-date=August 19, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819112619/http://www.nba.com/playoffs2006/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

On February 9, 2006, making his first appearance, Gasol was selected to play in the [[2005–06 NBA season|2006]] [[NBA All-Star Game]] in [[Houston, Texas]] as a reserve center for the [[Western Conference (NBA)|Western Conference]]. At the time, he was one of four players ranked among Western Conference forwards in the top ten in points, rebounds, assists and blocked shots.<ref name="allstar">{{Cite web |title=Pau Gasol Named Western Conference All-Star Reserve |website=[[NBA.com]] |url=http://www.nba.com/grizzlies/news/gasol_all_star-060209.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080521205112/http://www.nba.com/grizzlies/news/gasol_all_star-060209.html |archive-date=May 21, 2008 |access-date=May 17, 2008}}</ref> He was the first Spanish basketball player as well as the first Grizzlies player to ever make it to the All-Star Game.<ref name=allstar/>

Gasol missed the first 23 games of the [[2006–07 NBA season]] due to a broken foot suffered near the end of [[Spain national basketball team|Spain]]'s semifinal win over [[Argentina national basketball team|Argentina]] in the [[2006 FIBA World Championship]].<ref name="nbabio" /> He would go on to be named Most Valuable Player of the tournament, which Spain won.<ref name="nbabio" /> He had a season-high 34 points (most by a Grizzly that season), and eight rebounds and tied a career-high and franchise record with eight blocks on January 29 against the [[2006–07 Sacramento Kings season|Sacramento Kings]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gasol accurately attacks from field; Grizz win only third of last 10 |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=270129029 |access-date=May 17, 2005 |archive-date=November 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106060144/http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=270129029 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and surpassed [[Shareef Abdur-Rahim]] as the franchise's all-time leader in free throw attempts on January 31 against the [[2006–07 Dallas Mavericks season|Dallas Mavericks]].<ref name="nbabio" /> He became the all-time franchise leader in field goals made on February 6 against the [[2006–07 Houston Rockets season|Houston Rockets]],<ref name="nbabio" /> and became the all-time franchise leader in minutes played on February 7 at Dallas.<ref name="nbabio" /> He surpassed Shareef Abdur-Rahim (7,801 points) as the Grizzlies' all-time leading scorer on March 7, 2007, against the [[2006–07 Toronto Raptors season|Toronto Raptors]] (7,809 points at the time).<ref name="nbabio" /> On January 24, 2007, Gasol recorded his second career [[triple-double]] against the hosting [[2006–07 Utah Jazz season|Utah Jazz]], garnering 17 points, 13 rebounds, and 12 assists. He also registered 2 blocks and one steal.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grizzlies at Jazz Boxscore 2007-01-24 |website=[[NBA.com]] |url=http://www.nba.com/games/20070124/MEMUTA/boxscore.html |access-date=January 24, 2007 |archive-date=June 28, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628111210/http://www.nba.com/games/20070124/MEMUTA/boxscore.html |url-status=live }}</ref>