Charlotte Hornets veteran point guard and NBA champion Tony Parker saw fellow Frenchman Elie Okobo play long before they faced each other in the NBA.
MINNEAPOLIS — Tony Parker has played against Elie Okobo twice in a two-week span, but he had seen the fellow Frenchman play long before that.
“I’ve been watching him for a long time, since he was like 15-years-old, 16-years-old because I own a team in France,” Parker said Friday after practice in Charlotte. “He was on our radar and tried to recruit him.”
Years later, the 17-year NBA veteran for the Hornets sees qualities in Okobo which could help him have a long, successful career, too.