By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
Tony Parker retired on Monday after a long career that saw him win four NBA titles with the San Antonio Spurs and a gold medal with France in the 2013 EuroBasket. Parker opens up a series of EuroLeague vlogs on euroleague.net, aiming to bring the fans closer to the protagonists of the sport.
Per EuroLeague.net:
“The ultimate goal for me was always to be in the EuroLeague,” Parker says to start his EuroLeague VLOG. “I wanted to give back to my country, help French basketball go very high, and the highest you can go is the EuroLeague in Europe.”
It is the culmination of a plan that he dreamed about when he became a minority investor in the club back in 2009 and started to put in place when he became ASVEL’s full owner five years ago.
“The growth of the EuroLeague is…I don’t think they have a limit, you know,” Parker said. “People love basketball in Europe, and the EuroLeague is taking the right steps to make it grow, so for me as an investor, it’s just great to be affiliated to that.”
Watch the vlog below: