TONY PARKER PRESENTATION

TONY PARKER

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the beginning

William Anthony Parker jr. Was born on the 17th may 1982 in Bruges, Belgium, and raised in France.

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his family

His father, Tony Parker Sr., an African american, played basketball at Loyola University Chicago as well as professionally overseas. His mother, Pamela Firestone, is dutch. Parker enjoyed close relationships with his brothers, T.J. and Pierre, and they would often attend their father’s basketball games together.

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BASKETBALL

Initially, he was more interested in soccer, but after watching the evolution of Michael Jordan into a global basketball superstar during summer trips to his father’s native city of Chicago, he changed his mind.

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CAREER

He was selected by the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 2001 and and quickly became their starting point guard.

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NBA

ASVEL

HORNETS

RETIREMENT

He finished his career after one season with the Charlotte Hornets.

He also played for ASVEL Basket in France during the 2011 NBA lockout.

He retired as the ninth leading postseason scorer in NBA history.

Parker won four NBA championships 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2014.

ACHIVEMENTS

NBA

TODAY

France National Team

He was named to six NBA All-star games, three All-NBA Second Teams, and an All-NBA Third-Team. He was also the 2007 NBA Finals MVP.

He is the majority owner of ASVEL Basket in LNB. Pro A, French professional basketball team located in the city of Villeurbanna, in the Suburbs of Lyon, France.

Named the MVP of EuroBasket 2013, He finished as the tournament’s top scorer. In 2015, he became the all-time leading scorer in the EuroBasket competition.

WHY TONY PARKER?

I Love watching ´´ Basketeers ´´, a cartoon with Tony Parker, and I Love Basketball.

Tony Parker - Wikipedia

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Eduardo Macieira Nunes Nº5 6ºF