"It's very weird to arrive to a team and you're like, 'There's no way we're gonna win'" - Tony Parker on why playing in Charlotte made him retire originally appeared on Basketball Network.
Tony Parker had an eventful NBA career with the San Antonio Spurs. After nearly two decades of competing at the highest level, lifting four championships and crafting one of the most enduring legacies as a European-born point guard, the final chapter arrived in a setting that didn't quite match the rest of the story.
His final chapter came in the mid-tier landscape of the Charlotte Hornets, a team struggling to define itself in a league increasingly built around superteams and big-market dominance.