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Parker: Duncan Didn’t Talk to Me as Rookie
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All posts by Basketball InsidersUpdated10 hours ago on April 27, 2024
“He (Tim Duncan) didn’t talk to me for a whole year,” (Tony) Parker said after practice Monday, reflecting on his rookie season in 2001-02 when it wasn’t just a French-English language barrier that wedged a gap between the two. “It was kind of weird coming from France and you have your superstar player that doesn’t talk to you as a point guard, it’s kind of tough, you know? Because you’re supposed to talk to everybody.
“But as we grew together in the league and he trusted me more, I can really say it’s a special relationship because I feel close to him on the court. But even off the court, we’ve both been through a lot of stuff throughout our career so I think it got us closer.”
