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NBA star Tony Parker seeing life differently after freak eye injury before Olympics
LONDON - Tony Parker stared into the darkness while confined to his hotel room following a freak eye injury that nearly ended his career.
As hours turned to days, the San Antonio star guard's thoughts raced back to a night of partying in a New York club that turned fateful. Parker was a bystander trapped in the middle of a bottle-throwing melee,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a shard of glass almost cost him everything.
Parker was lucky, and he knows it. squad overloaded with superstars and expected to leave London carrying gold.
The accident has altered him, made him cautious - but unafraid.
"It's so funny, because I just had my best year in the NBA and in one night it can change,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," said Parker, who will wear goggles during the Olympics. "It just puts life in perspective and you think,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], 'OK,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], next time I have to be careful,' but at the same time you can't stop living because then you don't even cross the street.
"You don't want to dramatize too much, but it still puts it all in perspective."
On Thursday night,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a relaxed Parker sat on a sofa with his back to the Thames and briefly discussed the events leading up to what will likely be the 30-year-old's only Olympic appearance as a player. He did not reveal any details of the incident at Greenhouse,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the trendy club which has been closed since R singer Chris Brown and members of rapper Drake's entourage fought.
Parker got caught in the crossfire during the brawl and wound up with a piece of glass embedded in his cornea. Doctors later told him that he came within "two millimeters away of losing my eye."
There are no visible traces of trauma in Parker's eye. If there are any scars, they're hidden.
"It scared me a lot,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," he said. "It was like a crazy situation, you can't believe it's happening. It was almost like you were in a movie."
He was banned from flying and ordered to avoid any light. So he stayed his hotel room for eight days before travelling to San Antonio. The time alone allowed him to reflect on things,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and it was also a period when Parker's friends and teammates worried about his future.
"I was beyond scared because it goes beyond basketball," said French forward Ronny Turiaf. "Tony and I have been friends for the last 15 or 16 years. We've shared so many moments and have been there for each other as much as possible throughout our careers,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and when you hear about one of your friends going down with a freak injury like that you panic.
"The one thing I know about Tony is that he never gets down or gets defeated. I knew he was going to pull through,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]."
Turiaf hasn't noticed any dramatic change in his close friend,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
"I haven't seen anything different," he said. "Actually,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], I lied, he plays with goggles now."
Respect for Parker runs deep and outside the edges of France's roster. Chris Paul,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], who said Parker is one of his closest friends and has one Parker's old French jerseys hanging in his house,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], said he called Parker after the incident happened.
"I was worried about him," Paul said. "I talked to him when he went to the doctor. I was just happy, he was definitely happier than I was,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but I was happy to hear he was OK."
LeBron James also was concerned about Parker's well-being,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
"You never want to see a freak accident take anyone's livelihood away,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," James said Friday. "I'm happy that it wasn't severe and he's still able to play. It was definitely a scary thing,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], not only for him but for a lot of people."
Following doctors' orders,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Parker didn't practise for several weeks and only recently rejoined the French team,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], which is already missing centre Joakim Noah because of an injured left ankle. Parker said a combination of this year's condensed season and the surgery haven't allowed his body to bounce back.
"I just started training like 10 days ago so I'm not 100 per cent," he said. "I'm not even close to being in shape. We had a terrible preparation but we're going to try and do the best we can."
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