The teammate who got mad at Marc Gasol after "taking away" his DPOY

In 2013, Marc Gasol made history for Spanish basketball. At that time, the center for Memphis Grizzlies won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year award. What the youngest of the Gasol brothers didn't know was that he would spark a heated argument with a teammate.

Recently, Marc revealed that Tony Allen, his teammate at that time, went several days without speaking to him. The reason? He believed that he should have been the DPOY that season.

In words collected by HoopsHype, the events are recounted as follows:

- Marc Gasol: "What's up with Tony. He won't talk to me. We get on the bus, he's pouting and all that crap. And I'm like, 'What the hell is going on? They gave it to us. They gave it to me. He's mad'."

- Tony Allen: "I had been politicking for that award all year long. And then Coach enters the locker room and says: 'TA, come here for a second.' He grabs my arm. I just knew he was about to tell me something exciting. And he said: 'Well, we've got some good news and some bad news. Which do you want first?' I said, 'I want the good news.' And he said: 'Well, you made the All-Defensive first team, but you didn't win DPOY.' I was surprised. I said, 'Who won it?' He said: 'Marc.' I said: 'Oh, damn, no.' I didn't speak to Marc for 4 days."

- Marc Gasol: "At that moment, I thought: 'What the hell did I do?' I knew we were the best defensive team all year. They couldn't score on us. There were no trick plays, no timeouts, no ISO plays. Nothing. You couldn't do nothing with me and that guy in the pick and roll."

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