By the time that the 2011-12 NBA season rolled around, San Antonio Spurs floor general Tony Parker was pushing 30 and nearing the end of his athletic prime. Parker wasn’t the type of player to rely on high-flying antics or physicality, depending on smarts, wit and craftiness with the basketball to put together a Hall of Fame-caliber basketball acumen instead.
Considering he was always a skill-based player who used his high basketball IQ and cutthroat mentality to be the best version of himself, Parker was cut out for the 2012 Taco Bell Skills Challenge in Orlando, FL.