TONY PARKER: The Life of a Basketball Player / Armel Le Bescon

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Armel Le Bescon

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Mareuil Éditions
June 2017

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TONY PARKER: The Life of a Basketball Player

Rights Holder: Mareuil Éditions
Original Language: French

The only biography of NBA superstar Tony Parker

Four-time NBA Champion, six-time All Star, Tony Parker is unquestionably the most successful French basketball player out there. Whether it be in San Antonio, the team that drafted him in 2001, or on the French national team, Tony Parker is a true leader.

This book — first published in 2012 and updated in 2017 — recounts his dazzling rise as the son of an American father and Dutch mother, who was inspired by Michael Jordan. His was an unusual path that began in Normandy, followed by Paris and then which led to the other side of the Atlantic.

Armel Le Bescon, journalist for the magazine « Mondial Basket », has followed Tony Parker since his early days in the NBA and interviewed him for this work making this an authorized biography.

Armel Le Bescon has been a journalist with the magazine « Mondial Basket » since 1993. He covers the NBA and all things related to basketball.

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