WATCH: Spurs honor Tony Parker with emotional tribute video

Parker also surprised by friends, family who flew from France to attend game

(AP Photo/Darren Abate)

SAN ANTONIO – The Spurs honored Tony Parker with an incredible tribute video Monday night that led to a standing ovation and then cheers of "To-ny, To-ny" from fans in attendance.

The video lasted nearly two minutes and culminated with what appeared to be a choked-up Parker waving back to the fans who supported him through 17 seasons with the Spurs.

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"I appreciate all the love from the fans. It means a lot. I don't know what else to say. It was great," Parker said.

Parker scored eight points in his return to San Antonio as the Hornets defeated the Spurs.

The 36-year-old point guard and four-time NBA champion went through a gamut of emotions throughout the evening. 

"It was not being nervous; it was more like excitement. You can't prepare for a game like that. It's just a lot of emotions and I'm an emotional guy and I care so much about the Spurs," said Parker.

"It's just hard to explain," Parker said. "I don't know if it's nerves or happy excitement. It was a little bit of everything."

Part of Parker's emotional evening came in the form of a surprise visit from friends and family. 

“I didn't know my family was coming because they were in France and I talked to them in the morning and they said ‘Yeah, we’ll watch the game at 3 a.m.'" But when I got into warmups, I saw them and that was crazy," Parker said. "I started shaking a little bit and had goosebumps.” 

In the end, it was the start and finish the Spurs all-time great deserved.

Parker said before the game he never expected to end his career in another uniform. 

Monday night proved that Parker will always be a member of the Spurs family and his No. 9 jersey will ultimately go up in the rafters in silver and black.


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RJ Marquez is the traffic anchor/reporter for KSAT’s Good Morning San Antonio. He also fills in as a news anchor and has covered stories from breaking news and Fiesta to Spurs championships and high school sports. RJ started at KSAT in 2010. He is proud to serve our viewers and be a part of the culture and community that makes San Antonio great.