 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Zvichitevera kunyorwa kweNBA kwa2006, Jerry West akachinjanisa Shane Battier kuHouston Rockets nokuda kwekusarudza kwavo kwekutanga kwaRudy Gay naStromile Swift. Pamberi pemwaka wa2006-07, vakatambura kurohwa apo Gasol akaputsa tsoka yake yekuruboshwe achitamba kuSpain muWorld Championships. VaGrizzlies vakatanga mwaka 517 vasina Gasol, uye vakazoenda 17 apo iye aingopedzerwa nemaminitsi makumi maviri nemashanu pamutambo. Panguva iyoyo, Fratello akadzingwa uye akatsiviwa naTony Barone, Sr. semurairidzi wenguva pfupi. Barone akanga ari mutambi wevatambi vechikwata uye akanga asina kumbobvira adzidzisa mutambo weNBA kunyange zvazvo akanga adzidzisa pachikoro chechikoro che Creighton neTexas A M achinzi mudzidzisi wegore mumisangano yavo katatu munguva yake. 