Tony Parker

Knuckleheads with Quentin Richardson & Darius Miles

The Players' Tribune

Arts, Comedy, Sports

5 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2025

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

This week, we are blessed to be knighted, as Sir Tony Parker joins Q and D on Knuckleheads. The NBA champion and Hall of Famer looks back at his journey from France to NBA legend. Tony reflects on the Spurs’ dynasty and on playing alongside Tim Duncan, and revisits some iconic playoff series. He also touches on France’s Olympic run, Victor Wembanyama, and how proud he is of the European players in today’s game. Four-time NBA champion Tony Parker — tune in! Meeting MJ at 14 years old (5:45) Playing professionally in France, skipping U.S. college (9:49) Rookie year with Spurs, establishing a dynamic with Tim Duncan (21:34) Tony’s first championship in his second season (26:50) Winning Finals MVP in 2007 (42:18) Heat-Spurs rivalry, Spurs coming back after losing in 2013 (46:18) Manu Ginobli and his impact (1:00:34) France’s 2024 Olympic Team, almost beating the USA this past summer (1:08:33) About Our Hosts: NBA veterans Quentin Richardson and Darius Miles are lifelong friends and bona fide truth-tellers. Listen as they invite special guests, high-profile athletes, musicians and entertainers to get brutally honest about everything from current events to untold stories from the golden era of sports and culture. Named for the on-court celebration they made wildly popular, this unfiltered, hilarious and surprising podcast is like playing NBA 2K with no fouls. Other places to find Knuckleheads: Subscribe on Youtube Follow on Instagram Follow on Facebook

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0:00.0	First of all, bro, we appreciate you being on the show, you know, big fan of yours, a lot of wars against you.
0:07.6	You got the opportunity to play against you in high school.
0:10.3	So I appreciate you being on our show rocking with us, bro.
0:13.7	We really do.
0:14.2	Thanks for having me.
0:15.2	Thanks.
0:15.4	Yes, sir.
0:16.2	When you first got to the league, who's the first person to bust your ass?
0:20.8	The first person, I got to the league, who's the first person to bust your ass? The first person, I got to go with Stefan Marbury.
0:27.1	Stefan Marbury, man, he was really good and very physical.
0:32.0	Is this one?
0:33.2	Phoenix or New Jersey?
0:33.3	Yeah, no, Phoenix.
0:34.4	Phoenix.
0:35.3	Phoenix.
0:36.3	I remember, we played them in the playoffs in 03,
0:39.7	and you know he banked that shot, you know, game one.
0:42.1	He beat us, and he banked that buzzer beater as an unbelievable shot.
0:46.1	And, man, he was killing me.
0:48.1	The first two games, he was going at me and basically welcome to the NBA.
0:53.5	Because, you know, my my rookie year I did very
0:56.1	well played great against Gary Payton and and we lost against the Lakers but I played well
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