Stephen Jackson played 14 seasons in the NBA, the final two with the San Antonio Spurs. A couple of weeks ago, Jackson went on the ESPN True Hoop podcast, and did not have nice things to say about Spurs point guard Tony Parker, calling him a “double agent” and claiming that Parker’s selfish play was the reason that the Spurs fell to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2012 playoffs.
Today, Jackson reaffirmed that sentiment with SiriusXM NBA Radio:
"I'm not the only one to see his selfish ways, I'm the only one with the b***s to say it."-@DaTrillStak5 on Tony Parker during 2012 playoffs
— SiriusXM NBA Radio (@SiriusXMNBA) August 24, 2016
Jackson seems to have some serious beef with Parker, who has never been widely-regarded as a selfish player. In fact, Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich has gone on record as calling Parker a great leader. Fact-checking Jackson, the numbers say that Parker (12 assists) wasn’t too selfish in the final game of that Spurs-Thunder series, while Jackson recorded just one assist.
