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FC Barcelona Bàsquet is the most prestigious basketball club in Barcelona, having been in their highest league - Liga ACB - since its inception in 1983. Barcelona has 18 league titles in its history, 2nd most in Liga history to Real Madrid with 33 titles. The club does hold the highest overall winning percentage in Liga ACB since the 1984 season at 74.9%. Their most recent title was won in the 2013-2014 season, Barcelona Bàsket finished their season by defeating Real Madrid 3-1 in the ACB finals. Juan Carlos Navarro was the most valuable player of the series, averaging 15.5 points per game over the 4 games.

Likely the most famous Spanish sportsman in the United States, Pau Gasol started his career in Spain playing for Barcelona Bàsket during the 1998-1999 season. He played for the team for 3 years, winning 2 ACB championships in that span. After the 2001 season Gasol would enter the NBA draft, eventually being chosen with the #3 pick. He is to this day the highest drafted Spanish born player in NBA history. Gasol is also the highest scoring Spanish born player in NBA history in terms of total points and points per game. Gasol has played for the Spanish national team in the Olympics 4 times, leading the teams to 2 silver medals and 1 bronze medal. In addition to the Olympic success, Gasol is the FIBA Eurobasket all time leading scorer with 1,183 points scored.