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After 17 seasons with the Spurs, Tony Parker will leave the Texas franchise this summer to join the Charlotte Hornets. Back in numbers on the exceptional course of the leader in San Antonio
Tony Parker has scored the NBA in his Spurs jersey
17 seasons NBA
Drafted in 28th position by the San Antonio Spurs in 2001, Tony Parker joined the 19-year-old Texas franchise after two promising seasons at PSG Racing. From the start, Gregg Popovich entrusts him with the keys of the game of his team and the young leader has for mission to feed the leader of the team, Tim Duncan.
4 NBA titles
The San Antonio Spurs have never been able to match two titles – the famous "back to back" – and have emerged as the best team of the 2000s by winning the Finals in 2003, 2005 and 2007. Three campaigns that have seen Tony Parker increasingly influence his team's play, to the point of winning the MVP Finals in 2007, against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Seven years later, reinforced by Kawhi Leonard, the Texans take their revenge against LeBron James' Miami Heat and win the fourth title of the Duncan-Parker-Ginobili era. The Spurs only lost once in the Finals in 2013.
1 MVP title of the Finals
Tony Parker became the first European player in history to win the Finals Player Award.
1198 regular season games
The native of Bruges (Belgium) started 1151.
226 play-off matches
The San Antonio Spurs have not missed a single play-off campaign with Tony Parker in the squad. That was almost the case in 2017-2018 but the franchise qualified in extremis. Tony Parker was a player in 213 games. Gregg Popovich has placed him on the bench eight times in 2010 and five times this season.
6 selections at the All-Star Game
Tony Parker will have had to wait five seasons to see his talent be recognized by his peers and the coaches of the League: selected for his first All-Star Game in 2006, "TP" was recalled for the All-Star Game again (2007, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014). Parker takes advantage of these festivities to win the leadership contest in 2012.
18943 points (in regular season)
To this total that earned him the 55th place in the best scorers in the history of the NBA, we must add 4045 points scored in play-offs, where he is in the Top 10 (9th).
6829 badists
The Frenchman is by far the most successful player in San Antonio. Avery Johnson, second in the category, has only 4474. Tony Parker is currently 19th in the ranking of the best smugglers in the history of the NBA.
A match at 55 points
On November 5, 2008, Tony Parker is unstoppable against Minnesota Timberwolves. With a huge 22/36 shot, he slams 55 points and allows his team to win after two extra time (129-125).
147.8 million dollars earned
For his rookie season, Tony Parker earns $ 744,480. His salary has steadily increased since then, from 1.5 million to 8.4 million in 2005-2006. Last season he received $ 14.4 million.
Amaury Perdriau
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