Spurs.com: Tony Parker Injury Update

[Freeze]

Yeah Olivier is a good friend of mine. I don't need you to tell me who he is

From today's l'équipe :

Parker s’est entraîné

SAN ANTONIO – de notre correspondant

À SAN ANTONIO, le passage en ville de Tony Parker a créé un peu d’agitation dans les médias, mais le silence radio a longtemps été de mise chez les Spurs. RC Buford, le manager du club, a distillé quelques perles d’infos par texto, avant de finalement confirmer dans un communiqué de presse lapidaire que tout allait assez bien pour Tony Parker. L’entorse de la cheville droite était donc bien “mild” (légère), et si TP ne le disait pas ouvertement, il avait du mal à comprendre le pourquoi de l’entêtement de son équipe NBA à lui faire traverser l’Atlantique en urgence, à quelques jours du match crucial, contre l’Italie, qu’il est désormais certain de rater. « J’ai recommencé à courir et je me suis entraîné sans problème, glissait-il pour confirmer ce qu’il savait depuis plusieurs jours. Pop (le coach Gregg Popovich) est passé voir, et ce qu’il a vu l’a satisfait. Je rentrerai en France jeudi et je donnerai une interview là-bas. »

Le retour est programmé. D’ici là, d’autres soins sont prévus avant de rejoindre les Bleus. Mais il faudra attendre pour en savoir plus sur l’état des relations entre Parker et les Spurs. Même si, comme le rappelait une chaîne de télévision locale : « Peter Holt (le propriétaire du club) paiera Tony Parker 12 millions de dollars, cette saison. Peter Holt obtiendra donc tout ce qu’il veut. » Tony Parker ne s’appartient pas vraiment.

OLIVIER PHEULPIN

TP has been practicing yesterday.
"I've ran and practiced without any problems. Pop came to see me and what he've seen satisfied him. I'll be back in France thursday, I'll give an interview there."

What bother me is the part after where the journalist wrote "we have to wait to know more about how are Spurs/Parker relationship"...

[Bambililos]

In San Antonio, Tony Parker's coming to town created a bit of agitation in the media, but for a long time the complete silence was displayed by the Spurs. RC Buford, the franchise GM, gave a few gems of information via text messages, then finally confirmed in a terse press release that everything was going relatively well for Tony Parker. The sprained right ankle was really "mild", and if TP wasn't saying it openly, he had a hard time understanding the reasons of the Spurs stubbornness in making him cross the Atlantic ocean in a hurry, with a few days left before the crucial game against Italy that he's now certain to miss. "I started to run again and I practiced without problems", he said to confirm what he already knew for a few days. "Pop came to see me, and he liked what he saw. I'll be back in France on Thursday and I'll give an interview there."

The come back is set. Till then, other treatments are planned before rejoining Les Bleus. But only time will tell us the state of the relationship between Parker and the Spurs. Even if, as reminded a local TV: "Peter Holt will pay Tony Parker $12M this season. Thus Peter Holt will get everything he wants". Tony Parker doesn't really own himself.

Olivier Pheulpin


Now tell me, is it still French media making things up or is it the mods' friend telling the truth?
Because this article tells us nothing new or different from what we read from L'Equipe of the NT website before...

[kace]

Do you have a link to Parker denying something Ludden wrote about him? I have a link of Parker denying what the French media wrote about him.

Game over.

http://www.lavoixdessports.com/fr/fo...18parker.phtml

"Despite the handicap and the pain, he was ready to try against Argentina: "I would have played with the lef hand if needed, no problem""

anyone honest understand, "i would have played IF THE SPURS ALLOWED ME". and the interview from TP9.net that someone posted says it clearly.

TP wanted to play but after the spurs refused, he made some diplomatic comments. that's clear.

what else ? can we get over that now or does your ego, which is as big as your bball and spurs knowledge and bball writer talent, prevent you to do that ?

I'm not sure how much we disagree on this. We both acknowledge that in these cases the player makes the final decision.

i got to agree. TP hadn't the same strong character as manu, it seems. don't know if he was reasonable or weak, but he surely could have said NO to the spurs. indeed, i wish he did.

[kace]

In San Antonio, Tony Parker's coming to town created a bit of agitation in the media, but for a long time the complete silence was displayed by the Spurs. RC Buford, the franchise GM, gave a few gems of information via text messages, then finally confirmed in a terse press release that everything was going relatively well for Tony Parker. The sprained right ankle was really "mild", and if TP wasn't saying it openly, he had a hard time understanding the reasons of the Spurs stubbornness in making him cross the Atlantic ocean in a hurry, with a few days left before the crucial game against Italy that he's now certain to miss. "I started to run again and I practiced without problems", he said to confirm what he already knew for a few days. "Pop came to see me, and he liked what he saw. I'll be back in France on Thursday and I'll give an interview there."

The come back is set. Till then, other treatments are planned before rejoining Les Bleus. But only time will tell us the state of the relationship between Parker and the Spurs. Even if, as reminded a local TV: "Peter Holt will pay Tony Parker $12M this season. Thus Peter Holt will get everything he wants". Tony Parker doesn't really own himself.

Olivier Pheulpin


Now tell me, is it still French media making things up or is it the mods' friend telling the truth?
Because this article tells us nothing new or different from what we read from L'Equipe of the NT website before...

don't worry, when tony will have polite and diplomatic words to downplay this, timvp will tell you that it proves it was all lies from the french medias.

[completely deck]

don't worry, when tony will have polite and diplomatic words to downplay this, timvp will tell you that it proves it was all lies from the french medias.

IT'S JUST ALL A WEB OF LIES! LIESSSS!!

[Obstructed_View]

For the americans, France has 1 century of existence.
You know it's an old country and french won many, many wars.
You know some guys like Louis XIV, Napoléon...

You should go there for a start
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_French_monarchs

Actually, I'm only 38, so for me, France has only 38 years of "existence". I don't think they've had to surrender to anyone in that time, so by your own logic, you win. Yay!

[Yao明]

Fail

[rjv]

this will all blow away as we all know the french will not fight.

[JPB]

Parker will play vs Finland :

Vincent Collet, french coach on lequipe.fr

"I think We couldn't stop him from playing vs Finland, I think he'll want it too much... Saturday on the phone, he still was a bit upset being obliged to stay in SA some more days but also very happy to come back"

[Cant_Be_Faded]

The best thing about this thread is that hot piece in KBP's signature.

[ohmwrecker]

For the americans, France has 1 century of existence.
You know it's an old country and french won many, many wars.
You know some guys like Louis XIV, Napoléon...

You should go there for a start
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_French_monarchs

Hey, asshole. I think most Americans know that France is a wee bit over 100 years old. It's condescending bags like you that make Americans hate the French. Go take a shower.

[timaios]

Hey, asshole. I think most Americans know that France is a wee bit over 100 years old. It's condescending bags like you that make Americans hate the French. Go take a shower.

o internet xenophobic coward.

[ducks]

pop say tp
pop and tp got everything resolved
if pop said go play
tp is healthy

[SequSpur]

pop say tp
pop and tp got everything resolved
if pop said go play
tp is healthy

are you taking your re meds or what? Also, are you an indian? I mean what the is wrong with you...

[ducks]

are you a racist?

[ducks]

I am a computer repair geek

[Solid D]

pop say tp
pop and tp got everything resolved
if pop said go play
tp is healthy

are you taking your re meds or what? Also, are you an indian? I mean what the is wrong with you...

It's actually a very rare 4-11-5-5 haiku

[SequSpur]

It's actually a very rare 4-11-5-5 haiku

no dude.... when ducks post something, I feel like i am reading a dr. seuss book.... wtf?

[ohmwrecker]

o internet xenophobic coward.

I'm not xenophobic, you idiot. I lived in Paris for a year. I've been all over Europe. You are the one who is making broad generalizations and assumptions. So, only Americans can be xenophobes?

[timaios]

I'm not xenophobic, you idiot. I lived in Paris for a year. I've been all over Europe. You are the one who is making broad generalizations and assumptions. So, only Americans can be xenophobes?

You approve that :

This is the only place in the entire world that the French refuse to surrender...

Then you insult me for nothing for my sarcastic response to that ^

Hey, asshole. I think most Americans know that France is a wee bit over 100 years old. It's condescending bags like you that make Americans hate the French. Go take a shower.

You are the idiot full of xenophobic clichés.
I was sarcastic and Obstructed_View understood it (see his response to my post). My "generalizations and assumptions" are that the americans don't know the history of France, it's a fact not an insult.

You are not insulting me, you are insulting all the french... just because they are french. And that is xenophobic.

And as you said in your post that you lived in Paris for a year, you certainly can testify that french people never take showers...

[SpurOutofTownFan]

Man we need to start a trade tony thread with facts about his injury and why he's now damaged goods and will start from the bench and we can get more money from him now before it all goes downhill and whatnot and blah blah blah,,.,,,../..../,dmfrklj fdljgfodhs dklghflkgh flkhgfk lshgfklsgjhfdlk shgfdlksgh fklsjhgfdlkghf lkdsghf klhgklsf ghfklsdgh fksdjh slkjghf lksghfd

[ohmwrecker]

timaios,
I don't expect you to understand any of this because you clearly do not possess the mental capacity for reason. My post and insult was directed at you, and you alone. I met a lot of lovely and kind people in France, but I also met a few Anti-American jackasses, such as yourself. People who form opinions with no prior knowledge or basis of fact. I like France, I am well aware of the history of the country. I like the French people, especially the women, but I don't like ignorant people of any culture.

[Milo]

We're getting close to the Godwin's point...

Being from France and having lived 4 years in Texas, I have to say that in general, I found much less xenophobia and stereotypes in the US than in France. After all, America is a country of immigrants; and its not much where you come from that matters, but what you do.
French people falling into basic anti-americanism should just turn off their TV, travel accross the sea and stay long enough to get an educated idea by themselves.

[blueindigo]

It's become easy to have anti-american people in France now when we see the Parker's case... it's just an american bull .

[Brazil]

timaios,
I don't expect you to understand any of this because you clearly do not possess the mental capacity for reason. My post and insult was directed at you, and you alone. I met a lot of lovely and kind people in France, but I also met a few Anti-American jackasses, such as yourself. People who form opinions with no prior knowledge or basis of fact. I like France, I am well aware of the history of the country. I like the French people, especially the women, but I don't like ignorant people of any culture.

yeah right by saying Go take a shower you are not using a BS stereotype