Tony Parker will be immortal. The former San Antonio Spurs point guard (40) made NBA history by winning the championship ring four times with his franchise (2003, 2005, 2007, 2014). He also earned six All Star Game selections (2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014).
In the Hall of Fame with Popovich and Nowitzki
His rich career will be rewarded on August 12 with an entry into the Hall of Fame, pantheon of American basketball. An announcement made by Adrian Wojnarowski, pen on basketball for the daily ESPN. Tony Parker will thus become the first Frenchman to integrate it. Historical.
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ESPN Sources: Dwyane Wade, Dirk Nowitzki, Pau Gasol, Tony Parker, Becky Hammon and Gregg Popovich are among the finalists who’ve been elected into Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame class of 2023. Formal announcement will come at Final Four in Houston this weekend.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) March 29, 2023
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Like a wink of fate, he will make his debut with his emblematic coach Gregg Popovich, still active on the Spurs bench at the age of 74. There will also be Pau Gasol, the Spaniard who won the NBA twice with the Lakers in 2009 and 2010. But also the American Dwyane Wade (13 times All Star), coach Becky Hammon (double WNBA champion) and the German Dirk Nowitzki (14 All Star, one championship title).
