Tony Parker he will travel to Rio in August? Doubt flat. The leader of the team of France basketball could miss both the Olympic qualifying tournament and the Rio Games (5-21 August) because of new fatherhood, he was announced Monday night on his show on RMC. “Before we begin, I have an announcement. My wife is pregnant and my first son, Josh, will have a little brother. It is scheduled for late July,” First said Spurs point guard San Antonio.
The first son of Tony Parker and his wife, Francine Axelle, was born in May 2014. “We will have to see the France team. I do not know what decision I will take. This is a big news. He’ll have to talk with the team of France. Negotiate with my wife. It will not be easy as timing. It’s a very complicated schedule, “admitted athletes.
Batum and Diaw present?
The Blues must play a TQO (Olympic Qualifying Tournament) statement of July 4 to 10 in Manila (Philippines), where only the winner will pick up a ticket to the Olympics-2016.
In the first round, he will appear in an affordable chicken alongside New Zealand and the host country. It is from cross semifinals that complicate things for bronze medalists of the last European Championship. They may pass on their way to Canada or Turkey, even if the two finals.
And the French do not yet know if they will have for this competition some other NBA players (Nicolas Batum, Evan Fournier, Boris Diaw …) to insurance problems.
Premature end for Parker?
Tony Parker, 33, had hoped to end his international career in Rio in case of qualification of France .
When contacted by AFP, neither the coach Vincent Collet, neither Patrick Beesley DTN nor the President of the French Basketball Federation Jean-Pierre Siutat were not immediately available.
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