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

[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.

[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

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

[T Park]

Crazy lunatic .

Goodness. Someone forgot their meds.

[rjv]

. . . 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.

[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.

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

[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

I’ll still be a Spurs fan tbh...just not one that downplays our 3rd best player of all time.

[Spurs Brazil]

Zach Lowe
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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]

[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
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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.

welp, that just means after they let him go, he's coming back to San antonio. ..

[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 nuts , 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

[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.