Shams: Tony Parker has agreed to sign with Charlotte, league sources tell Yahoo.

[jag]

Anyway, I know it's a SpursTalk tradition to trash Tony, but he's a good guy...and he's a Spurs legend. I know he wanted more playing time, and now he'll get it. But it's sad that he's not retiring a Spur.

[Spurs9]

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[tholdren]

5th*. But I agree with the rest tbh.

Manu, tim, gervin, drob, tp?

[Spurtacular]

I'll miss him.

He's just playing for a paycheck now. Great move for the Spurs, tbh.

[tonight...you]

He's just playing for a paycheck now. Great move for the Spurs, tbh.
Right on.

[sammy]

Damn, this is horrible news! TP should retire as a Spur! Now we have no pg except a rookie who still turns the ball over too much/ can’t score! Hope the stick has worked out in the off season on learning how to shoot/pass the ball!

[Spurtacular]

Damn, this is horrible news! TP should retire as a Spur! Now we have no pg except a rookie who still turns the ball over too much/ can’t score! Hope the stick has worked out in the off season on learning how to shoot/pass the ball!

PATFO needs to be on the lookout for a radio controlled traffic cone.

[Joseph Kony]

Damn, this is horrible news! TP should retire as a Spur! Now we have no pg except a rookie who still turns the ball over too much/ can’t score! Hope the stick has worked out in the off season on learning how to shoot/pass the ball!

it's okay, we have the next all star guard coming to take his place

https://cbsdenver.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/derrick-white-transfer.jpg

[Down Under]

Best finishing point guard of all time

[HarlemHeat37]

I'll keep the nice thoughts for the appreciation thread and make this post strictly about basketball:lol

Great news, 3 years too late..thankfully, he had that throwback series out of nowhere against Memphis, but outside of that, it has been an ugly decline..Spurs needed to move and I'm genuinely surprised that they actually did..

Good for him getting paid and he'll actually play a prominent role with Charlotte..hopefully he stays healthy..

[lefty]

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[timvp]

What an amazing run. Seems like yesterday that I was celebrating the Spurs picking the speedy point guard from France who I thought could be a good change of pace backup point guard for a few years before hopefully one day being starting material. Little did we know that he'd be thrown into the fire a couple weeks into his rookie season and play better than anyone thought possible. Handling nightly Pop tirades before he could legally drink, dominating playoff games against HOF PGs from his very first year, leading transitions from the Four-Down Era to the Penetrate And Kick Era to the Beautiful Game Era, playing with an unbreakable confidence in himself and an unbreakable trust in Pop's directions, and the list goes on.

If David Robinson was the foundation of the championship era, Tim Duncan was the backbone and Manu Ginobili was the heart, Tony Parker was the engine that made it go.

Thank you.

[sammy]

A part of the winningest trio of all time, 4 time NBA champion, best floater and spin-move all time, one of the quickest to every play the game, and most points in the playoffs of any point guard in NBA history. He's a living legend and it will be bizarre seeing him in another jersey.

:bobo

[UNT Eagles 2016]

On a side note, TP should pay my NC state income taxes now that he's officially a NC resident.

[therealtruth]

Best finishing point guard of all time

Agreed one of the best at finishing inside and his floater was on point. He scored inside as much as many big men. That said he was a big reason for several playoff outs.

[Spurtacular]

Damn, some salty mod just erased by thread or something. So, I'll just say it here for posterity; TP will be back for his 20th (or 21st) season to retire as a Spur. Unless he falls apart well before then. Then, the Spurs will sign him on for a remainder of a season.

[DMC]

TP messed around with your wife?

Wouldn't that rule?

"I met Clint Eastwood"

"Tony Parker fucked my wife"

"Dude no shit... do you know him personally?"

[DMC]

Now if we can get Manu to go to Charlotte and wrest playing time from Tony.

[DMC]

it's okay, we have the next all star guard coming to take his place

https://cbsdenver.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/derrick-white-transfer.jpg

Orthodontist + shave and haircut

[tholdren]

Orthodontist + shave and haircut

Dont care as long as he plays well and doesnt say dumb shit on social media

[DMC]

Dont care as long as he plays well and doesnt say dumb shit on social media

I wasn't thinking you wanted to fuck him.

[tholdren]

I wasn't thinking you wanted to fuck him.

So you think murray and lonnie are better? Or just more woke...

[Mikeanaro]

Well, he wanted to play until he turned 38 and wont hurt us, so good luck.

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

:lol end of an era baby. Get that money TP

[hater]

Yikes, even Tony is jumping from the sinking ship.

[ducks]

What an amazing run. Seems like yesterday that I was celebrating the Spurs picking the speedy point guard from France who I thought could be a good change of pace backup point guard for a few years before hopefully one day being starting material. Little did we know that he'd be thrown into the fire a couple weeks into his rookie season and play better than anyone thought possible. Handling nightly Pop tirades before he could legally drink, dominating playoff games against HOF PGs from his very first year, leading transitions from the Four-Down Era to the Penetrate And Kick Era to the Beautiful Game Era, playing with an unbreakable confidence in himself and an unbreakable trust in Pop's directions, and the list goes on.

If David Robinson was the foundation of the championship era, Tim Duncan was the backbone and Manu Ginobili was the heart, Tony Parker was the engine that made it go.

Thank you.tp was the engine

[Lebowski Brickowski]

What an amazing run. Seems like yesterday that I was celebrating the Spurs picking the speedy point guard from France who I thought could be a good change of pace backup point guard for a few years before hopefully one day being starting material. Little did we know that he'd be thrown into the fire a couple weeks into his rookie season and play better than anyone thought possible. Handling nightly Pop tirades before he could legally drink, dominating playoff games against HOF PGs from his very first year, leading transitions from the Four-Down Era to the Penetrate And Kick Era to the Beautiful Game Era, playing with an unbreakable confidence in himself and an unbreakable trust in Pop's directions, and the list goes on.

If David Robinson was the foundation of the championship era, Tim Duncan was the backbone and Manu Ginobili was the heart, Tony Parker was the engine that made it go.

Thank you.

Yeah and not only that... Tony was the head of the snake. He had the ball in his hands in almost every clutch moment for 3+ years, was a legitimate mvp candidate twice, was a deadly finisher of games, and ran probably more miles than any Spur ever. Tony will never get his due from ST for some stupid reason but he was easily the 2nd greatest player of the Big 3 era and the 3rd greatest Spur of all time and it's not even close.

[Othyus Lalanne]

Only a matter of time before he’s banging Jordan’s smokeshow wife tbh.


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Goat vs the Goat penetrator...

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[T Park]

A sad day that makes me think of just yesterday signing up for the Spurs forum right after the draft, and the big talk was “the Spurs might sign Chris Webber and tell David robinson to take a hike”

The turned down trade for Gary Payton, the mythical “Artest and Mercer for Parker” trade


Thanks for everything Tony. Without you, there would still only be one banner in the rafters

[benefactor]

Thanks, TP. It was a helluva great ride.

[Marcus Bryant]

What an amazing run. Seems like yesterday that I was celebrating the Spurs picking the speedy point guard from France who I thought could be a good change of pace backup point guard for a few years before hopefully one day being starting material. Little did we know that he'd be thrown into the fire a couple weeks into his rookie season and play better than anyone thought possible. Handling nightly Pop tirades before he could legally drink, dominating playoff games against HOF PGs from his very first year, leading transitions from the Four-Down Era to the Penetrate And Kick Era to the Beautiful Game Era, playing with an unbreakable confidence in himself and an unbreakable trust in Pop's directions, and the list goes on.

If David Robinson was the foundation of the championship era, Tim Duncan was the backbone and Manu Ginobili was the heart, Tony Parker was the engine that made it go.

Thank you.

:tu "Paris Basket Racing" was legit, after all.

[baseline bum]

Disagree completely. Tony (along with Manu and Dirk) were some of my fav players to talk to. Tony was always super friendly to us off the court too. Tony and my husband lived in the same condo building early in Tony's career (when LJ and I were engaged ). That was when I first moved to SA. So we ran into him a lot. At the building, at restaurants, etc. He was always cool.

I became friendly with his dad, and his dad ended up deciding to play on LJs rec basketball team one summer. It's hilarious that his dad has Tony's same moves on the court.

Anyway, I know it's a SpursTalk tradition to trash Tony, but he's a good guy...and he's a Spurs legend. I know he wanted more playing time, and now he'll get it. But it's sad that he's not retiring a Spur.

I wonder if that's because it was early in his career? I have always heard people shit on Jordan for being an asshole, but his first 3-4 years he was always friendly and would always sign autographs for me before games when Chicago came to town. Though in the 80s the only stars I can remember who were pricks about autographs were Kareem and Bird.

[baseline bum]

What an amazing run. Seems like yesterday that I was celebrating the Spurs picking the speedy point guard from France who I thought could be a good change of pace backup point guard for a few years before hopefully one day being starting material. Little did we know that he'd be thrown into the fire a couple weeks into his rookie season and play better than anyone thought possible. Handling nightly Pop tirades before he could legally drink, dominating playoff games against HOF PGs from his very first year, leading transitions from the Four-Down Era to the Penetrate And Kick Era to the Beautiful Game Era, playing with an unbreakable confidence in himself and an unbreakable trust in Pop's directions, and the list goes on.

If David Robinson was the foundation of the championship era, Tim Duncan was the backbone and Manu Ginobili was the heart, Tony Parker was the engine that made it go.

Thank you.

I still remember the hot rumor before the 2001 draft was how the Spurs badly wanted Parker, so knowing nothing about him I was still on the edge of my seat watching the draft and hoping like hell no one would snatch him before the Spurs picked. Then when he got drafted and walked up on stage all I could think was the Spurs were so desperate to draft this little fucker? He looked like someone's little brother, like he didn't even fit into the draft cap Stern handed him. But then reading about his performance in the summer league all of us at the previous site were so hyped the Spurs had stolen an allstar. Especially once Seattle offered Gary Payton to the Spurs in exchange for what was it, Parker, Malik Rose, and AD after two or three games in the summer league? LOL at how much that pissed Casper off the whole summer that the Spurs shot down a trade for Gary Payton. :lmao

By far my favorite highlights of his career were watching him eviscerate Nash repeatedly in the playoff matchups against Phoenix. God Suns fans must have hated him. :lol

[BackHome]

Drafting Tony and Timmy and Manu and David best draft nights ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[HI-FI]

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I was a TP hater and that quote never really bothered me, mainly because I think most of us were frustrated by Kawhi’s disappearing act by that point.

Like others have said I have mixed feelings about TP leaving. I wanted him gone for years but he was criminally underrated at times. Thanks TP for the run and I’m sure he’ll get a great sendoff when he retires.

[pookenstein]

A Spurs Legend. I won't lie, I teared up a bit when I read the news. He declined/fell off a clip the last couple of seasons, but that doesn't dimmish what he has done for the Franchise throughout his carreer. He should have been a Spur for life, but glad he got a good contract before he retires. His jersey should go to the rafters the first game he comes back to SA.

Thanks TP! Go and stick it in MJ's wife for me.

[gameFACE]

Gonna miss him. One of my favorites. He did what was asked of him and more (distribute, score). Some idiots don't understand that. Hated seeing him decline but happy for him. I'll be at the Hornets game when he visits. Merci TP. And of course - Jason Kidd who?

[gameFACE]

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That never gets old! :tu

[Chillen]

Pretty sure this was brought up but he probably signed with Hornets because Nicolas Batum is on the roster.

[SAGirl]

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Didn't know this. Thanks for this input.

[ducks]

Pretty sure this was brought up but he probably signed with Hornets because Nicolas Batum is on the roster.

Playing time
Bigger role
Mj
And him yes

[Mikeanaro]

A sad day that makes me think of just yesterday signing up for the Spurs forum right after the draft, and the big talk was “the Spurs might sign Chris Webber and tell David robinson to take a hike”

The turned down trade for Gary Payton, the mythical “Artest and Mercer for Parker” trade


Thanks for everything Tony. Without you, there would still only be one banner in the rafters
Crazy lunatic fuck.

[sasaint]

I really thought Tony would retire a Spur, and I would have liked that. It is kind of a pity that he will spend his final NBA days elsewhere. But I sure didn't want him back next season. Thanks, Tony, and goodbye.

[SAGirl]

God bless the great William Anthony Parker. He had some selfishness in him and he screwed a good guy over, but this Kawhitter stuff has really made me appreciate what a loyal soldier he was for us. HOTS will be missed. :cry
HOTS... No more will it be said in game threads...

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[ElNono]

The Spurs were interested in bringing Parker back in a mentorship role. They offered him a one-year deal, but no assurances of steady playing time.

IOW, GTFO... good move, tbh

[spursfan09]

HOTS... No more will it be said in game threads...

1015753891973959680

Stahp!!!! :cry

[ducks]

The Spurs were interested in bringing Parker back in a mentorship role. They offered him a one-year deal, but no assurances of steady playing time

[Mugen]

Timmy with another great assist tbh

[ducks]

“We stayed there for like an hour talking about everything,” Murray said. “He told me how he was going to teach me no matter what and give me advice no matter what.”


Tp class

[FkLA]

HOTS... No more will it be said in game threads...

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Uh oh Charlotte women need to pepper their angus, tbh.


Parker insists he is not leaving town forever. His wife and two kids will continue to live in San Antonio as he works in Charlotte.

[SAGirl]

Uh oh Charlotte women need to pepper their angus, tbh.
Good catch!

[superbigtime]

Orthodontist + shave and haircut

Hard to look at, no 2 ways about it

[Brazil]

What an amazing run. Seems like yesterday that I was celebrating the Spurs picking the speedy point guard from France who I thought could be a good change of pace backup point guard for a few years before hopefully one day being starting material. Little did we know that he'd be thrown into the fire a couple weeks into his rookie season and play better than anyone thought possible. Handling nightly Pop tirades before he could legally drink, dominating playoff games against HOF PGs from his very first year, leading transitions from the Four-Down Era to the Penetrate And Kick Era to the Beautiful Game Era, playing with an unbreakable confidence in himself and an unbreakable trust in Pop's directions, and the list goes on.

If David Robinson was the foundation of the championship era, Tim Duncan was the backbone and Manu Ginobili was the heart, Tony Parker was the engine that made it go.

Thank you.

:tu

[Brazil]

I was a TP hater and that quote never really bothered me, mainly because I think most of us were frustrated by Kawhi’s disappearing act by that point.

Like others have said I have mixed feelings about TP leaving. I wanted him gone for years but he was criminally underrated at times. Thanks TP for the run and I’m sure he’ll get a great sendoff when he retires.

yeah you gave him a hard time for years :lol

appreciate the post tho.. gonna feel weird to see him with another jersey..

[T Park]

Crazy lunatic fuck.



Goodness. Someone forgot their meds.

[rjv]

:wow . . . bittersweet / mixed emotions. On the one hand, he obviously didn't make sense on this roster, so they'd have either had to force feed him minutes or not play him, neither of which would have been ideal. On the other hand, it still would have been nice to see him play his entire career with the Spurs.

[SASdynasty!]

Thanks for everything TP9:
-4 chips
-Last point guard FMVP
-Winningest trio of all time (Tim/Tony/Manu)
-Winningest duo of all time (Tony/Manu)
-Winningest player of all time (Minimum 1000 games)
-2014: only Spurs All-Star, only Spurs All-NBA, led team in points in RS, Playoffs, & Finals
-Led team in assists all 17 seasons

[dabom]

2014 0-15 close out game and we up 20. :lol

[daledondale]

Thanks for all TP. Great part of the sucess of the franchise. One of the best penetrators of all time (talking about point guards).

[SASdynasty!]

2014 0-15 close out game and we up 20. :lol
Not true...BUT...he did start cold. Up by 12 in the 4th like we were the previous year before we choked away the lead and the series. Thankfully, Parker was red hot in the 4th of G5 to close out the championship so it couldn’t come down to some missed free throws again. And that doesn’t even count the bailout in G7 of R1 to even get us there. Thanks again MVParker.

[therealtruth]

Not true...BUT...he did start cold. Up by 12 in the 4th like we were the previous year before we choked away the lead and the series. Thankfully, Parker was red hot in the 4th of G5 to close out the championship so it couldn’t come down to some missed free throws again. And that doesn’t even count the bailout in G7 of R1 to even get us there. Thanks again MVParker.

You give TP more credit for G5 than necessary. The Spurs weren't about to lose that game.

[ElNono]

Not true...BUT...he did start cold. Up by 12 in the 4th like we were the previous year before we choked away the lead and the series. Thankfully, Parker was red hot in the 4th of G5 to close out the championship so it couldn’t come down to some missed free throws again. And that doesn’t even count the bailout in G7 of R1 to even get us there. Thanks again MVParker.

my nig, hope you received a nice Tissot for ballwashing TP all these year, tbh, admirable job. Good luck in Charlotte :toast

[SASdynasty!]

You give TP more credit for G5 than necessary. The Spurs weren't about to lose that game.
My point is that you never know...being up double digits in the 4th seems like a safe lead when it turns out you win. But being ahead by double digits in the 4th doesn’t seem like a safe lead in 2013 G6 anymore, does it?

[SASdynasty!]

my nig, hope you received a nice Tissot for ballwashing TP all these year, tbh, admirable job. Good luck in Charlotte :toast
I’ll still be a Spurs fan tbh...just not one that downplays our 3rd best player of all time.

[Spurs Brazil]

Zach Lowe
‏
ZachLowe_NBA

The second season of Tony Parker's contract with Charlotte is non-guaranteed with a trigger date of July 4th, 2019, per league sources. It is also worth $5.25 million if picked up, so the deal is really two years, $10.25M, sources say.

[ducks]

That is really a good deal for Charlotte

[ElNono]

traitor

[bklynspursfan]

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[Othyus Lalanne]

Uh oh Charlotte women need to pepper their angus, tbh.

Calm down he is good at penetration.

[james evans]

Not true...BUT...he did start cold. Up by 12 in the 4th like we were the previous year before we choked away the lead and the series. Thankfully, Parker was red hot in the 4th of G5 to close out the championship so it couldn’t come down to some missed free throws again. And that doesn’t even count the bailout in G7 of R1 to even get us there. Thanks again MVParker.
1-11 and we were up by 20. Then he starts scoring with the game over thinking they're gonna give him finals mvp hahaha

[james evans]

Zach Lowe
‏
Zach (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=11982)Lowe_NBA

The second season of Tony Parker's contract with Charlotte is non-guaranteed with a trigger date of July 4th, 2019, per league sources. It is also worth $5.25 million if picked up, so the deal is really two years, $10.25M, sources say.
welp, that just means after they let him go, he's coming back to San antonio. fuck..

[bklynspursfan]

1-11 and we were up by 20. Then he starts scoring with the game over thinking they're gonna give him finals mvp hahaha

highly doubt he thought that. he was getting all the same shots early, they just wouldn't drop. Each of the big 3 had their impact on that game. Manu early, Manu/TD in the 2nd, and then Parker. Whether the game was done or not, he got to keep the door shut on them in the 4th.

[Brazil]

Long Pop interview for French newspaper l'equipe.. Pop speaking about TP signing for Charlotte:

« On en avait beaucoup parlé ensemble. Nous voulions qu’il puisse terminer sa carrière de la meilleure manière possible et, pour un joueur, cela veut dire jouer. Il sera dans de meilleures dispositions pour obtenir du temps de jeu à Charlotte, plus qu’à San Antonio. C’est plus important pour un joueur d’avoir cette garantie, d’avoir un bon contrat. Il va jouer sous les ordres d’un de mes anciens assistants, Jamie Borrego. Il était en plus très intéressé par la perspective de jouer au côté de Kemba Walker, avec l’idée d’être un mentor pour lui, d’être sa doublure et de pouvoir transmettre ses connaissances et son expérience à un groupe de jeunes joueurs. Pour Tony, c’est une belle opportunité. Il va évidemment nous manquer, mais il restera toujours un membre des Spurs, d’autant plus qu’il va garder sa maison à San Antonio et qu’il va continuer à y passer du temps. Oh oui ! On sera amis à vie. Nos familles se connaissent très bien. San Antonio sera toujours sa deuxième maison, après la France »

In a nutshell, pop said: we talked a lot about it... we wanted he ends his career the best possible way focusing on playing time... he's gonna play for one of my former assistant Borrego... tony is excited to play a mentor role for the young guys in Charlotte (especially Walker)... we obviously gonna miss him but he will always be a spur for life.. we will be friends forever.. his second home after France is San Antonio, his family is gonna stay in San Antonio.. I will see him regularly.. our families know very well each other...

cool piece tbh

It Still Hurts tho :cry

[itsamanuthree]

highly doubt he thought that. he was getting all the same shots early, they just wouldn't drop. Each of the big 3 had their impact on that game. Manu early, Manu/TD in the 2nd, and then Parker. Whether the game was done or not, he got to keep the door shut on them in the 4th.

See what you did there. Saying his job in the team was comparable to a doorman. Very subtle, give you that.

[james evans]

highly doubt he thought that. he was getting all the same shots early, they just wouldn't drop. Each of the big 3 had their impact on that game. Manu early, Manu/TD in the 2nd, and then Parker. Whether the game was done or not, he got to keep the door shut on them in the 4th.
That game was OVER. Let’s not rewrite history. They weren’t coming back that game. Parker went into ball hog mode thinking he was gonna get his2nd finals mvp. Nope, didn’t work.

[SASdynasty!]

That game was OVER. Let’s not rewrite history. They weren’t coming back that game. Parker went into ball hog mode thinking he was gonna get his2nd finals mvp. Nope, didn’t work.
Spurs were up 14 with almost 11 minutes left. I’ve seen bigger leads than that disappear in under 4 minutes (Spurs/Warriors 2013 G1).

Parker didn’t have to bring the Spurs back from a deficit in 2014 G5 game like he did in 2013 G6, but why wouldn’t you want your best player to close out the Finals for you? He was your only All-Star, only All-NBA player, and had led the team in scoring the whole season and the whole playoffs, including the Finals.

[gambit1990]

would not be surprised if tony got traded and then ultimately ended up back on the spurs roster :rolleyes