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Nice story, and I guess he's paying their way too.Then Parker invited the young man, and two other campers, to attend his basketball camp in Paris in July.
Stay healthy Parker.
(Didn't see this posted)
Paris-bound Parker promises to stay healthy
By Mike Monroe - Express-News
Spurs All-NBA point guard Tony Parker is headed to France in a few weeks to begin training with Les Bleus, the French national team that will attempt to earn the final berth in EuroBasket 2009 in an additional round of qualifying next month.
During a stopover in San Antonio after a lengthy European vacation, Parker took time to visit the team's youth basketball camp, where he engaged in some spirited pickup games with youngsters barely topping 4 feet in height, and in spirited commentary on reports that Manu Ginobili believes a trade away from the Spurs no longer seems impossible.
“I don't know why he said that, but I don't think he's going nowhere,” Parker said. “Everybody loves him here, and I love playing with him, and I don't think he's going anywhere.
“If I was him, I wouldn't second-guess anything. He's like God here. Come on, man. He speaks Spanish and everything. He's not going anywhere.”
Parker is going back to France soon, where he will conduct his own youth basketball camp. During his visit to the Spurs' youth camp, at University of the Incarnate Word, he discovered a nemesis wearing a Dirk Nowitzki No. 41 Mavericks jersey, a youngster with a sweet perimeter shot he used to beat Parker in a game of H-O-R-S-E.
The Spurs star didn't mind. At the end of the day he hollered, “Hey, Nowitzki, come here.”
Then Parker invited the young man, and two other campers, to attend his basketball camp in Paris in July.
“I love spending time with kids, teaching them and having fun,” Parker said. “I'm going to do the same thing in Paris, between July 4-14. Pop (Spurs coach Gregg Popovich) is coming, too, between July 7-12.”
Parker joked with a local sports anchor that he could come to cover the camp if he would pick up the tab for the kids. He got an instant turndown.
“I guess I'll have to pay,” Parker said, laughing.
Parker will be in France for another camp too: In mid-July, he'll train with the French national team, seeking to claim the final berth for EuroBasket 2009 in an additional qualifying round next month.
Parker will be the only Spurs player involved in international play this summer, and he's confident he is young enough to compete for his homeland and still be fresh through an 82-game NBA season.
“Maybe after I'm 30 years old I will worry about it ... 31, 32. Then it might be tough to play a full season. But right now I'm young. Hopefully, everything will be fine.”
Parker said he was encouraged by the pronouncement this week that Ginobili, his teammate who suffered a stress fracture in his right distal fibula in early April, believes he will be 100 percent healthy by the start of training camp.
“I'm sure, I'm sure,” Parker said. “It's just one season. Everybody gets injured. Even Michael Jordan missed (most of a season) with his foot. ... So I'm not worried about anything. It will be good for us. It will be good for everybody.”
He recently returned from a European vacation that included stops for French Open tennis and a Spanish soccer tournament to watch his friend, soccer star Thierry Henry. Parker said there was one sports event that had not gotten much attention from him: the NBA Finals.
“I haven't even watched,” he said. “I know (the Lakers) are up 2-1. I'll watch Game 4 tonight.”
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/s...y_healthy.html
Nice story, and I guess he's paying their way too.Then Parker invited the young man, and two other campers, to attend his basketball camp in Paris in July.
Stay healthy Parker.
Somewhere, ducks is destroyed.“I don't know why he said that, but I don't think he's going nowhere,” Parker said. “Everybody loves him here, and I love playing with him, and I don't think he's going anywhere.
Tony's a better man than me.During his visit to the Spurs' youth camp, at University of the Incarnate Word, he discovered a nemesis wearing a Dirk Nowitzki No. 41 Mavericks jersey, a youngster with a sweet perimeter shot he used to beat Parker in a game of H-O-R-S-E.
I would have put him on his ass.
“Maybe after I'm 30 years old I will worry about it ... 31, 32. Then it might be tough to play a full season. But right now I'm young. Hopefully, everything will be fine.”
So, that's what, 4 years of international ball between now and then?
The suggestion that being below 30 makes him not likely to get injured or worn-down is pretty weak.
I understand his need to play for his country and don't want to hold it against him or anyone else, but it's getting harder and harder to do.
The Spurs' window is closing fast and they're going to need their Big 3 rested and healthy if they're going to have any shot at pulling out another le.
Stay healthy, Tony.
Slideshow of Parker at the Spurs Basketball Camp.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/slidesho...ball_Camp.html
Go TP! I wish the French NT makes the tournament.. with all the talent they have if they get in and there is good chemistry in between the players i believe they have a shot even at taking the whole thing!
If he hurts himself I am expecting a few trade Parker threads.
Doing Fort Boyard isn't the best way to stay healthy.
they do Fort Boyard last Week and no pain for TonyDoing Fort Boyard isn't the best way to stay healthy.
where's ducks? CIA Parker?
God you guys are obsessed with ducks.....
Further proof that the Mavericks are in the Spurs' heads.Parker is going back to France soon, where he will conduct his own youth basketball camp. During his visit to the Spurs' youth camp, at University of the Incarnate Word, he discovered a nemesis wearing a Dirk Nowitzki No. 41 Mavericks jersey, a youngster with a sweet perimeter shot he used to beat Parker in a game of H-O-R-S-E.
Good to see that Parker believes in Ginobili. I still think that when healthy, they are the most dangerous backcourt in the NBA.
And I love that Parker just says what's on his mind. No bull , he just speaks the truth.
Exactly! He is seen as a god, when he's obviously not. Manu is overrated big time!
andat the "he speaks spanish and everything" haha WTF?!
“I love spending time with kids, teaching them and having fun,” Parker said. “I'm going to do the same thing in Paris, between July 4-14. Pop (Spurs coach Gregg Popovich) is coming, too, between July 7-12.”
That's Tony's way of taking a jab at Manu.
do you really think they would try to lower manu's trade value and say they are looking to trade himwhere's ducks? CIA Parker?
gee's
and in San Antonio, the spurs are destroyed.Somewhere, ducks is destroyed.
you people keep confusing desire to see the Spurs to succeed with hatred for players.
No, just waiting for someone to actually suggest a realistic deal for Manu that actually improves the team's chance for a le.
gasol for brown was reastic right
do you actually know what manu's trade value is
You might make more sense if you stopped spinning on your head. As to Manu's trade value.do you actually know what manu's trade value is
I would estimate that Manu's current trade value is not high enough to bring back assets in a trade that will significantly improve the team.
So we should expect the FO to find some GM as stupid as Chris Wallace?gasol for brown was reastic right
This is your plan for improving the team?
Do you also plan on winning the lottery to finance your retirement?
Pop has already said that he couldn't say that Manu would never be traded because of the possibility of a stupid trade. If the Raptors want Manu for Bosh, I'm sure Pop will take the call.
For a guy who seems to wear down within each game, I do not see how Tony is so confident that years of summer play will not have an impact on him. Rasho did it for 5 years and it caught up with him this season.
Parker doesn't want him gone.. Manu is here to stay.
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