NBA: Last Active Member Of Spurs Big Three Torn Between Paris And Retirement

With most NBA teams now on break, there are several players who need to decide on their future. Some are weighing in on whether to stick or leave their current teams while others are considering if they should continue playing or call it quits. There are a lot of players facing that dilemma, one of which is Tony Parker.

As the final active member of the San Antonio Spurs Big Three, Parker revealed that he is seriously considering retirement. He added that he found difficulty trying to motivate himself last season with the Charlotte Hornets who were not in the running for the NBA title. He only saw 17.9 minutes of action for the Hornets with younger guards getting bulk of the playing minutes, Yardbarker.com reported.

Having won the NBA title four times (2003, 2005, 2007 and 2014), being named NBA Finals MVP in 2007 and making six NBA All-Star appearances, the Frenchman has little to prove. In fact, he has achieved everything any NBA cager would aspire for, giving him more than enough reason to call it a career.

However, there is something that has captured his fancy for the 2019-20 NBA season. This is with reference to the first NBA game that will be played in Paris in January. Aware of how monumental this would be, Parker says that he is 50-50 as far as playing one more NBA season, BeBasket reported. Parker is only 36 and perhaps good for a year or two. But injuries have bothered the 28th overall pick of the 2001 NBA Draft and apparently he wants to spend more time doing something else.

“I told the club that I will give them an answer in June. I really hesitate. I have nothing to prove. I want to spend time with my family. And there’s another part of me that wants to make one last season. There will be an NBA match in France, in Paris. It will be a beautiful event,” he said in that interview.

It remains to be seen if Parker can will his way to playing one more season. His lack of motivation could factor in at some point, perhaps entice the Hornets to do some thinking as well as far as the status of the four-time NBA champion.