Bitter with Tony Parker, his brother, TJ: “I take the way I was fired hard”

Embittered by the treatment he received from many, but especially from his brother, Tony Parkerstated JJ Parker. Last year he was fired in the middle of the period from Villerban and as he admitted his relationship with the former NBAer has been shaken.

“It wasn’t easy being Villeurbanne coach with the tag ‘Tony Parker’s brother’. After so many titles with the team, the achievements should speak for themselves, but the recognition I got in France was not what I deserved. For me now that I am an assistant at Bayern it is a new wind of change“, he emphasized to L’Equipe.

As for his dismissal from the French team? “I was disappointed with the way it turned out. I know what a coach’s life is like, you’re always under judgement, and we’ve discussed that with Tony. But I was annoyed that I was not informed. I brought it heavily. I learned from the media before the Fenerbahce match that this decision had been made. Tony refused and told me ‘carry on as we are’ but the next day it was over. How can you do that to someone who – regardless of titles – has sacrificed so much for the team?“, he said.

In fact, TJ Parker admitted that his relations with his brother, who remains president at Villeurbanne, have not yet been restored. “We don’t see each other much anymore. But such is life. The calendar is also heavy. Each of us moves forward alone. He has a busy life, he is everywhere, while I am busy at Bayern. We are in touch in a different way, but not to the extent we were before. Tony is the major shareholder, he is the president, it was his decision and this is it. I understand and accept it“, he said.