It was the fourth quarter of the Charlotte Hornets’ 100-87 win over the Brooklyn Nets Friday, and Tony Parker, the Charlotte Hornets’ 36-year-old late-game savant, looked to coach James Borrego like he needed a breather. So, Borrego subbed him out... or at least tried to.
“JB thought I was getting tired, so I just told him, ‘I’m not tired. I’m ready to go.’ So then he put me back in,” Parker said. “He’s always worried about my body obviously at my age, and thinking about big picture, because the most important time of the year is playoffs.
“But at the same time, I always joke with JB, ‘We still have to get in, though.