Longtime San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker has agreed to sign with the Charlotte Hornets, according to a bombshell report.
Tony Parker has agreed to sign with Charlotte, league sources tell Yahoo.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 6, 2018
This news is obviously a shocker, especially coming off the entire Kawhi Leonard fiasco still happening in San Antonio.
The Hornets agreed to sign Tony Parker to a two-year, $10 million contract. That's solid money for a player his age, and somewhat declining skills, but he remains a viable talent in today's NBA.
The point guard has spent his entire career with the San Antonio Spurs. Obviously, this changes all of that.
Tony Parker won four titles with the Spurs and was a six-time All-Star. Now 36 years of age, Parker averaged fewer than 20 minutes per game in the 2017-18 NBA season.
Obviously, this feels shocking, but:
Via The Woj Pod, h/t to Dime for the transcription:
Parker’s gonna be an interesting one because they’re trying to figure out in San Antonio what they’re doing. Can he sit around and wait for that? There is some money — Charlotte’s got some interest in him, Denver might have a little interest. Now Denver, they’re looking for a backup point guard so that might be a veteran — minimum guy, but Charlotte has an exception. They’ve got some money, and James Borrego, the new Charlotte coach, coached him with the Spurs. And there’s others. There’s not a team in the league who wouldn’t love to have Tony as a backup.
And, now, here we are. The Hornets now have a member of the Spurs on the roster.
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