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Spurs notebook: Parker, Longoria to be on 'Oprah'
Web Posted: 01/26/2006 12:13 AM CST
Johnny Ludden
Express-News Staff Writer
OKLAHOMA CITY — Tony Parker will take a day off from improving his jump shot to work on his Q rating.
Parker will fly to Chicago today to appear on "Oprah" with girlfriend Eva Longoria.
"I'm doing this more for Eva," Parker said. "I know it's a big thing for her, and she really loves Oprah (Winfrey).
"It's a good experience for me. I'll just enjoy myself and support Eva."
Longoria, who stars on "Desperate Housewives," and Parker have been dating for more than a year. The two met after a Spurs' game last season.
Parker's father grew up in Chicago, and his two brothers also attended school there.
"So my family knows this is a really big deal," Parker said. "I've watched the show sometimes since I've been in the (United) States, but they don't know too much about it France.
"I was talking to my friend and I said, 'I'm doing Oprah.' He said, 'Oprah? Who's Oprah?'"
Parker doubts he'll be talking too much about the Spurs.
"I'll guess they'll just want to talk about our relationship," Parker said.
Any chance he'll propose on the show?
"Noooo," he said, laughing.
On the mend: Robert Horry and Manu Ginobili didn't accompany the Spurs on their trip, and coach Gregg Popovich is unsure whether either player will be available for Saturday's home game against Minnesota.
"I wouldn't say there's a good chance," Popovich said. "Just a chance."
Horry has missed the past five games with a lower abdominal strain. Ginobili was expected to miss one to two weeks after spraining his right ankle in Friday's victory in Miami.
Welcome back: Melvin Sanders needed only 12 tickets for family and friends Wednesday night, a modest number considering he played at Oklahoma State three years ago.
Sanders' mother, brother and sister drove in from Arkansas, where he grew up. Since leaving college, Sanders has made Oklahoma City his offseason home, working out here with former teammates during the summer.
Sanders, who is on a 10-day contract with the Spurs, went undrafted out of college. He's always had NBA aspirations but never thought they would lead him back to the state of Oklahoma.
"It's funny seeing Oklahoma City mentioned with an NBA team," Sanders said.
Sanders played the final five minutes of Wednesday's game and made his first shot. It was the first time his mother had seen him play in person.
"It was nice to be in front of the home crowd," Sanders said. "It was fun."
Home sweet home: Oklahoma City might be new to the NBA, but the fans here already have made an impression on the rest of the league.
Minnesota's Kevin Garnett called the Ford Center — where the fans roar for each hustle play and stand until the Hornets make their first basket — "another world" after playing here for the first time. The Spurs made similar comments about the crowd's energy after their visit last month.
The Hornets' goal is to bottle that energy and take it on the road, where they are 8-14.
"It takes a group a certain amount of time to develop that toughness on the road to move up the ranks," Popovich said. "You can't expect those guys to be doing that right now. What they've already done is surpass most people's expectations.
"(Hornets coach) Byron (Scott) and his staff have done a great job, and players have reacted well to what he's trying to teach. The on-the-road stuff will happen in good time. They have the kind of character on that club that it will develop."
Briefly: The 66 points the Spurs' reserves scored in Tuesday's 104-76 victory over Charlotte were the most by the team's bench since it had 68 against Dallas on April 21, 1991. How long ago was that? Tony Massenburg was a rookie with the Spurs. ... Popovich reacted to Wednesday's Ron Artest-for-Peja Stojakovic trade with a yawn. "I don't have much of an opinion," he said. "I think it will help both teams."
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Lmao.
what is more exhausting, being on desparate housewives, or supporting the spurs?
I'm just happy its Oprah and not Dr. Phil
That comes later.
That's so cool! Movin on up Tony.
Eva is not enough? The boy has energy!
Oprah is very bad, like a cancer. Tony and Eva should not go there.
Does Tony have to jump around on her sofa?
My bull meeter is going to go through the roof for that episode
Tony is dooming himself to incessant teasing from teammates the rest of the season by going on Oprah. I can't wait to watch it.
Neither can I... it's gonna be interesting
'I'm doing Oprah.'
Eva is not enough? The boy has energy!
with special appearance jamie foxx?
Awesome! Anyone know when the exact date will be???
This is Oprah not Jerry Springer.
"Haters, party of fifty...haters, party of fifty."
God, I wish that someday, I'd be well-known enough to have people complain about who I'm ing on a message board.
I wonder who Oprah is more excited about meeting?
Depends on who you are ing, then you may just get some complaints.
She's already met the player. So the only new person is Tony.
shes not a player she just crush alot.
Kinda self-serving on Eva's part
That is messed up!
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