Parker signs letter of engagement with French

[Summers]

France, Italy, Turkey, Serbia, Greece, Slovenia are all under achieving. They should all be better than they have played. France should be able to challenge at least to qualify for Olympics. But still against so many ones Spain, Greece, Lithuania, Serbia, Croatia, Turkey should improve now Slovenia says they will send better team is very hard to accomplish.

I think top 4 teams from Europe only can make Olympics. Now also British team is getting stronger and also Italy.

There's some big dudes who play horse just down the street from me. Maybe Tony can take off every Friday night to play with them?

[Bruno]

I'm having flashbacks to my last parent-teacher conference when the teacher said to us, "I'm not a doctor. I can't diagnose your child. I'm not allowed to say I think he should be on ADD medication."

[Kill_Bill_Pana]

I'm on the fence with this, but for the sake of argument, professional teams often require their players to sign contracts that explicitly forbid them from doing things like riding motorcycles or skiing, because of the risk of injury. Could they not also forbid their athletes to play certain summer tournaments?

I am sure Team USA will love such rule from NBA

[spursfan1000]

Wow is Parker really going to do this? Stupid,Stupid,Stupid.

[anakha]

*Sigh*

So what's TPark's justification for cursing out France this time?

[Kill_Bill_Pana]

The Euroleague MVP would barely be a All-Star player in the NBA (remember a guy named Ginobili, he owned everything in Europe). Batum and Ajinca are unknown quan ies at this point but Noah or Turiaf coudn't make it in Europe... yeah right... just stop with the Euroleague BS.

Eurobasket has nothing to do with Euroleague idiot. And Manu was playing in Europe years ago it is 10 times better league than then dumbass.

Noah and Turiaf would be fighting with much difficulty to even make a roster of Lithuania, Greece, or Spain. You sound like an idiot for saying different. Those teams have plenty of players at same position that are better than them and those countries have more players not even in their teams that are in same position and better than them.

This is such crazy nonsense "he plays in NBA he will crush Eurobasket" I guess that explain it then why Dirk or Parker cannot even win it even when strong countries was sending B teams.

[DPG21920]

*Sigh*

So what's TPark's justification for cursing out France this time?

Who is Tpark?

[Kill_Bill_Pana]

Americans are stupid and arrogant. Got it. Eurologue rocks and Greece is the greatest country on Earth. But that really has jack-all to do with whether or not it's wise for Tony to compromise his health (and his ability to contribute to the team that pays his rent, however lowly and untalented the Spurs are) by going toe-to-toe with the greatest basketball talent in the world during the summer.

Eurobasket has nothing to do with Euroleague. How many times this have to be said? Anyway I do not care if some do not want him to play. I can understand and even agree in some ways.

But this is not like Manu. Manu really never should have play in Olympics. But Parker is healthy and his team really need him. And France basketball will be in lower levels of Europe if he will not help them. This is nothing like Manu situation.

Is more like Dirk with Germany. Let them play at least when they are young. Manu and Yao is getting much different they need to stop but Parker? Spurs fans are being s to him about this.

[phxspurfan]

somebody please shoot France in the face with a pellet gun

[Bruno]

BTW, a strange thing I've read but isn't worth starting a new thread.

Pop will be one week in France this summer to coach young players at a basketball camp organized by TP between July 5th and July 11th.
It's the peak of the FA period and Pop isn't only a coach but an unofficial GM.

Am I the only one who find this strange ?

[timvp]

Greece isn't even in Europe.

[benefactor]

Greece isn't even in Europe.

Neither is Houston.

[DPG21920]

BTW, a strange thing I've read but isn't worth starting a new thread.

Pop will be one week in France this summer to coach young player at a basketball camp organized by TP between July 5th and July 11th.
It's the peak of the FA period and Pop isn't only a coach but an unofficial GM.

Am I the only one who find this strange ?

Which player?

[timvp]

BTW, a strange thing I've read but isn't worth starting a new thread.

Pop will be one week in France this summer to coach young player at a basketball camp organized by TP between July 5th and July 11th.
It's the peak of the FA period and Pop isn't only a coach but an unofficial GM.

Am I the only one who find this strange ?

How far is Slovenia from the camp? I can't wait for Pop to hike up the Slovenian mountains again to reach Rasho's one-room hut to offer him a $40M contract.

[Bruno]

Which player?

It's players (my bad).

The TP camp is a youth camp with nearly 200 teenagers.

[DPG21920]

It's players (my bad).

The TP camp is a youth camp with nearly 200 teenagers.

Well maybe there are some reasons to be "over there" and this is a good mask. Didn't you post something about a certain young frenchman the Spurs are interested in?

[Bruno]

How far is Slovenia from the camp? I can't wait for Pop to hike up the Slovenian mountains again to reach Rasho's one-room hut to offer him a $40M contract.

Well I wouldn't be surprised too see Spurs trying to sign Rasho for a cheap contract this summer.

I just find Pop going overseas at that period of the summer. Maybe he will also stay after that week in France to watch the NT with Larry Brown and drink bottles of wine.

[Bruno]

Well maybe there are some reasons to be "over there" and this is a good mask. Didn't you post something about a certain young frenchman the Spurs are interested in?

It isn't a high level camp. Pop doesn't go there to scout talents. It's more in the "NBA cares" mold.

[duncan228]

Who is Tpark?

EricB.

[DPG21920]

It isn't a high level camp. Pop doesn't go there to scout talents. It's more in the "NBA cares" mold.

No I meant he was going over there to talk to someone (possible player) and while he was there he was helping TP out with the camp.

[DPG21920]

EricB.

Mrs 228, I dangled the bait, but you were not the fish I wanted to catch

[duncan228]

Mrs 228, I dangled the bait, but you were not the fish I wanted to catch

Sorry, my bad. I thought you were serious.

[Darthkiller]

lol NBA only fan disease. Other than Parker not one of them would even be that good of a player for best Euro national teams. Several of them would have no chance in of even making a roster for best Euro teams. Please.

Parker of course great, Diaw good for that level but nothing more than that and the rest a bunch of average or suck ass players at that level.

er son

Parker - finals mvp, starting PG for 3 nba championship

Batum - Starting SF for championship contender. Jordan said he is a young pippen

Diaw- former MIP. Starting PF for a playoff contender

Turiaff- former backup center for a final team

Noah- starting center for a playoff team, getting better and better although he is ugly like .

pietrus- starter for a championshp contender before injury

[Brazil]

Greece. They have like 10 or 15 players in the NBA


Oh wait...

[urunobili]

Tony has a worse history than Manu coming back injured from NT playing...

Manu had one and ended up being the worst ever for the Team re-agravating something that begun playing for the Spurs though...

I think TP also saw how important is for his status on France overall as country by participating of this and I support his will and comitment...

Allez TP!