No one is allowed to choose to wear that jersey number now in San Antonio. This honour is reserved for players who have gone above and beyond for the team. Parker played 17 seasons for the Spurs, during which time they won four titles.
He played his last season with the Charlotte Hornets, a team managed by Michael Jordan. Parker says Jordan has always been his idol and the one who inspired him to try to become like him, a champion. He finished as the tournament's top scorer with an average of 19 points per game. In , he became the all-time leading scorer in the EuroBasket competition.
Tony, the turning point in your career came in when you were 19 years old. It gave you the opportunity to flourish. The coach at the time was Popovich, the trainer with the most wins in NBA history. You also had outstanding teammates, like Duncan and Ginobili. What was that like? Yes, I did work very hard but at the same time, I was in a franchise where they really wanted to win. And the values of that franchise, they just made me a better person, they made me a better basketball player, but they made me a better person too.
It takes hard work, discipline, sacrifices and I was very determined to make it to the NBA. The Spurs reached the Western Conference finals this season with a highly efficient, team-first style of play, spearheaded by their lightning-quick, savvy veteran.
San Antonio led the NBA this season in team field-goal FG percentage, three-point FG percentage and offensive efficiency , which is the number of points a team scores per possessions. When you look at Parker, he doesn't appear to have aged much in terms of physical looks and, more importantly, play. He's still blowing by defenders with ease, still making his living in the paint and still relying on his otherworldly quickness to get him to the right spot, at the right time, to create easy scoring opportunities.
Parker finished third among NBA starting point guards this season in field-goal percentage and averaged 7. Parker had never exceeded seven assists per game. Perceived predominantly as a scoring point guard who has mostly played caddy to the great Tim Duncan during the past decade of Spurs greatness, Parker has shed that label in a big way the past several seasons.
Whether you know basketball or not, everybody knows him as he made history in basketball and in sport in general. Also known as TP, he holds a special place in the hearts and minds of French people. Is it because of his career or because he has been able to startle us with hidden talents and a fresh new business spirit? In , he signed his first professional contract with a basketball team: Paris Basket Racing. For two years he defended his Parisian colours on French basketball fields and grew as a player and as a man.
His talent echoed in a far away league in a far away land where the world best basketball was played: the NBA. For seventeen years, he bloomed as one of the best NBA players of all time.
Known for his speed on NBA basketball fields, he was a teardrop wizard. Tony Parker Wikimedia commons. He sparkled individually as well as he took part in six All-Star games.
From early in his career, Tony Parker wanted to shine as a player. But what drove him above all was to make the French national team successful. Obviously this first taste of victory made him want more. He is a four-time NBA Champion with championship victories in , , , and Tony Parker hit This was truly a fantastic era in Spurs history, led by three guys who put the team first and carried themselves with a ton of class. It was a beautiful send-off to one of the greatest players in San Antonio Spurs history.
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