{"id":1575286,"date":"2023-07-25T15:37:22","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T19:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1575286"},"modified":"2023-07-25T15:37:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T19:37:23","slug":"the-5-greatest-moments-of-tony-parkers-hall-of-fame-nba-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/the-5-greatest-moments-of-tony-parkers-hall-of-fame-nba-career\/","title":{"rendered":"The 5 Greatest Moments of Tony Parker's Hall of Fame NBA Career"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For a time, the San Antonio Spurs<\/a> made a habit of finding undervalued foreign talents and polishing them into diamonds, and Tony Parker remains one of the finest examples of their approach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Spurs selected Parker, an unknown and undersized French point guard<\/a>, with the No. 28 pick of the 2001 NBA<\/a> Draft. He became one of the pillars of San Antonio's decade-spanning dynasty and was voted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on his first ballot as a member of a star-studded 2023 class. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To honor Parker's entry into the HOF, here are the five moments, listed chronologically, that helped define the floor general's 18-year NBA career due to their impressive nature and ability to stick around in the collective basketball consciousness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Tony Parker's historic rookie season with the San Antonio Spurs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At first glance, Tony Parker's raw numbers as an NBA rookie don't look like much. He averaged 9.2 points, 4.3 assists, and 2.6 rebounds in 29.4 minutes per game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the context surrounding those stats makes them more significant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parker paved the way for the likes of Victor Wembanyama<\/a> as the third French-born player to ever play in an NBA game, and he became the first foreign guard to make the All-Rookie First Team. Plus, the fact he earned head coach Gregg Popovich's trust so early was a key sign that he was capable of special things.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Tony Parker's star turn in the 2007 NBA Finals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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