Marc Gasol thinks a lot about other people. The Toronto Raptors centre wore a shirt to work the other day that read BECAUSE THERE IS NO PLANET B, made by a Spanish company called Ecoalf. Gasol says they buy old fishing nets and drag plastic out of the oceans and turn the plastic into fibres as part of making recycled clothing. Gasol has thought a lot more about climate change since having kids. He appreciates Toronto’s recycling system. He believes corporate polluters need to be held to account, and also in personal responsibility.
“We gotta leave a better planet for our kids,” says Gasol, the day before he was to return from injury in Oklahoma City after missing 12 games with a hamstring injury.