Mathieu Warnier, Media365: published on Friday April 5, 2024 at 9:55 p.m.
Worn by Tony Parker between 2000 and 2016, the number 9 of the French men’s basketball team will be officially retired on June 12 during a ceremony organized on the sidelines of the match against Serbia.
French basketball will pay tribute to the height of the character. Selected for the French team 181 times between 2000 and 2016, Tony Parker will be in the spotlight on July 12 during a ceremony organized by the French Basketball Federation. This will be the opportunity to achieve a first in the history of the French men’s team and a still rare occurrence at the international level. Indeed, like NBA franchises for many years and even the North American league in its own right concerning Michael Jordan or Bill Russell, the FFBB will remove the number 9 made famous by “TP”, which the Spurs made it in November 2019 before inducting him more recently into their Hall of Fame, and it won’t be done just anywhere. The date was not chosen at random because it is on July 12 that the Blues will play the fourth of their six preparation matches for Paris 2024 against Serbia on the floor of the LDLC Arena in Décines. It is in this room that ASVEL, a club owned by Tony Parker, occasionally plays in the Euroleague. The same day, the French women’s team will also be on the floor against the Serbs.
The withdrawal of number 9 is not unanimous
A distinction which will salute a career rich in emotions under the blue jersey for the former leader. If he did not have the good fortune of having an Olympic or world podium, “TP” will have brought the Tricolores to the top of Europe in 2013, a gold medal to which are added silver in 2011 and bronze in 2005 then in 2015. In 181 matches, Tony Parker will have scored an average of 15.1 points with a best performance of 37 points against Turkey as part of the qualifications for Eurobasket 2009. A decision which does not However, not only happy people, especially on social networks. We were able to read “The French team does not belong to the players, no jersey should be withdrawn, TP or not”, “No number should be withdrawn in EDF” or even “Cancel while it is still time” in response to the message posted on the account Twitter official of the French teams. The withdrawal of the number 9 by the French team echoes the choice of the German Basketball Federation to no longer allocate the 14 long worn by Dirk Nowitzki after a ceremony organized at the opening of Eurobasket 2022.
2024-04-05 19:55:00
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