Tony Parker

Position: Center
Height: 6-8 / 199 cms
Weight: 270 lbs / 122 kgs
School: Miller Grove High School -12
Hometown: Lithonia, Georgia

As of April 22, 2009

USA Basketball Notes

• Named to the 2009-10 USA Basketball Men's Developmental National Team on May 28, 2009.

High School Honors

• Named the Georgia Hoops 2009 Freshman of the Year.
  
• Named February 2009 and October 2008 Player of the Month.
  

High School Notes

• Attends Miller Grove High School (Ga.), where he helped lead his team to a 30-3 record in 2008-09 and the Georgia Class 4A state championship; started 32 games and averaged 7.5 ppg. and 10.3 rpg.
  
• Miller Grove finished ranked No. 38 nationally and No. 6 in the Southeast Region on the ESPN Rise Fab 50 listing.
  
• Plays in the summer for the Southern Kings.
  

The Personal Scoop

• Born on Sept. 18, 1993, in Lawrenceville, Ga.
  
• Son of Hazel and Virgil Parker, has two sisters, Kelsey (21) and Jasmine (19).
  
• Father played college basketball.
  
• Carries a 3.4 GPA.
  
• Favorite food: red beans and rice.
  
• Favorite magazine: Slam.
  
• I play: the drums.
  
• Favorite basketball player of all-time: Bill Russell.
  
• Favorite team: Cleveland Cavaliers.
  
• Best player I've ever faced: Derrick Favors.
  
• I want to play one-on-one against: LeBron James.
  
• Always at my bedside is: a basketball.
  
• Always in my fridge: Powerade.
  
• One piece of clothing I can't live without: gym shorts.
  
• Away from basketball I enjoy: watching basketball games.
  
• Can't live without: my basketball.
  
• Most people don't know: I write poetry.
  
• This right-hander wears No. 32.