Lakers power forward Pau Gasol had quite a summer.

Playing a crucial role in L.A.’s championship run in June would have been enough to keep the seven-footer smiling in the first place, but going on to lead his Spanish National Team to its first EuroBasket title was the proverbial icing on his cake.

In the midst of an always-hectic media day, we posted up next to Gasol to talk about his “offseason” in Spain and Poland, his mindset in terms of defending L.A.’s championship crown, playing with three other outstanding big men (Andrew Bynum, Lamar Odom and Ron Artest) and more.