France’s Parker Cleared to Compete in Olympics After Eye Injury
By Michael Sillup -
2012-07-06T13:36:29Z
Tony Parker was cleared to play on the French national basketball team in the London Olympics after suffering an eye injury as a bystander to a nightclub brawl in New York, the team said in a statement on its website.
Parker, a guard who plays for the National Basketball Association’s San Antonio Spurs, underwent surgery after a shard of glass penetrated his left eye when the entourages of hip-hop artists Drake and Chris Brown clashed last month in Manhattan.
A four-time All-Star and three-time NBA champion, Parker has averaged 16.8 points and 5.9 assists per game in his 11-year
career, spent entirely with the Spurs.
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