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Parker was born in Bruges, Belgium, and raised in France. [13] [14] His father, Tony Parker Sr., an African American, played basketball at Loyola University Chicago as well as professionally in the Netherlands, in Belgium and in France. [15] [16] His mother, Pamela Firestone, is a Dutch model. [14]
Virgil Anthony Parker (born September 18, 1993) [1] is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins at both the center and power forward positions.
Tony Parker played two years with Paris Basket Racing prior to being selected 28th overall by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2001 NBA draft.Parker began his rookie season playing as the backup point guard to Antonio Daniels, eventually become the starting point guard for the San Antonio Spurs that season and played in 77 regular-season games, averaging 9.2 points, 4.3 assists, and 2.6 rebounds ...
In a span of several months in 2007, Parker released a hip-hop album, captured a Finals MVP award and married Eva Longoria, the star of that year's top-rated television drama, "Desperate Housewives."
Tony Parker retired from basketball in 2019 and has been pursuing other interests, like food and wine.
In the final season of the "Twin Towers", they, coupled with the newly formed "Big Three" of Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginóbili would lead the Spurs to an NBA-best record of 60-22 and would earn home court advantage throughout the entire playoffs for the third time in the last five years. The Spurs got past the Suns in a six-game series.
Longoria, for her part, went on to marry Tony Parker in 2007 before splitting in 2011. She married once more in 2016 to José Bastón, with whom she shares her son Santiago.
Longoria met Tony Parker, then the point guard for the San Antonio Spurs, in November 2004. On November 30, 2006, they became engaged, [119] and married in a civil service on July 6, 2007, at a Paris city hall. They had a Catholic wedding ceremony at the Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois Church in Paris on July 7, 2007. [120]