Tony Parker receives the Legion of Honor

[demosthenes247]

Tony Parker, la vedette de l'équipe de France de basket, a été décoré de la Légion d'honneur par Nicolas Sarkozy, qui l'a salué comme "le porteur d'un message, celui d'une France qui réussit parce qu'elle en a la volonté".

http://www.lefigaro.fr/fil-info/2007...d_honneur.html

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Tony Parker, star of the French national basketball team, was decorated with the Legion of Honor by Nicolas Sarkozy, who saluted him as the "bearer of a message, that of a France which succeeds because she has the will power to do so."

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[Reggie Miller]

Congatulations Tony! The Legion of Honor is the highest award of merit (civilian or military) conferred by the Republic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9gion_d'honneur

[lil'mo]

well earned

[Bruno]

Congatulations Tony! The Legion of Honor is the highest award of merit (civilian or military) conferred by the Republic.

It's not really true, the legion of honor has 5 levels.
TP is at the lowest level of the legion of honor called knight (chevalier in French).
The knight level is given to a lot of people (journalists, sportsmen, businessmen..). There are about 100,000 people with the knight level in France.
In fact, I'm quite surprised that he didn't get it sooner in his career.

[Darkwaters]

Judging by the jersey in the picture I wonder, does this mean that Nicolas Sarkozy got a training camp invite?

Haha. Congrats Tony.

[Bruno]

Judging by the jersey in the picture I wonder, does this mean that Nicolas Sarkozy got a training camp invite?

Bad idea, Sarkozy should be something like 5'5".

[Demo Dick Marcinko]

Bad idea, Sarkozy should be something like 5'5".

But how's his perimeter shot and defense?

[nkdlunch]

that of a France which succeeds because she has the will power to do so."

as long as Eva allows it

[Kobayagi]

Sarkozy would kick Beno's ass in training camp.

[Reggie Miller]

It's not really true, the legion of honor has 5 levels.
TP is at the lowest level of the legion of honor called knight (chevalier in French).
The knight level is given to a lot of people (journalists, sportsmen, businessmen..). There are about 100,000 people with the knight level in France.
In fact, I'm quite surprised that he didn't get it sooner in his career.

Isn't Le Grand-Croix (fifth and highest level) the highest decoration in France, though?

[T Park]

Congrats Tony.

[Bruno]

Isn't Le Grand-Croix (fifth and highest level) the highest decoration in France, though?

I think it is.
There are about 60 people with the "Grand-Croix" level.

[fred33]

all the ceremony for tony medal

http://www.elysee.fr/webtv/index.php...intVideoId=114

[Samr]

Judging by the jersey in the picture I wonder, does this mean that Nicolas Sarkozy got a training camp invite?

Beno has just been put on suicide watch.

[Freeze]