Four-time NBA Champion and bona fide San Antonio Spurs legend Tony Parker played alongside the two opposing head coaches in this year's NBA Finals — Boston Celtics boss Ime Udoka and Golden State Warriors HC Steve Kerr. As both teams enter a pivotal Game 5, Parker is happy for both of his former teammates, but he finally picked whom he believes will lift the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy by the end of the series.
Tony Parker picked the Warriors in 7. Via KSAT.com:
“I played with both of them. Won a championship with Steve. Won a championship with Ime. I cannot really have a favorite. I love Ime, and I love Steve… so I did predict Warriors in 7.”
Parker won an NBA title with Steve Kerr in 2003, beating the New Jersey Nets in six games. The French national also won a title with current Boston Celtics head coach Ime Udoka, this time in 2014 when Udoka served as an assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs.
Four-time NBA Champion Tony Parker recently lent his private collection of life-size statues to the San Antonio Museum of Art for an exhibit called "Tony Parker's Heroes and Villains." https://t.co/4WsrFH6psv
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Having won multiple rings, Tony Parker also believes experience is going to be crucial in the 2022 NBA Finals, which is a big reason he feels the Warriors will eventually find a way to win their fourth title in the last eight years.
Parker does give credit to Boston for being a very good defensive team, though he still believes the Warriors' experience will make a huge difference.
“They're (Boston) a great team, and they definitely will have a chance to try to beat the Warriors. I just think in the end, that experience is going to be a big factor.”
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