![]() Both claim that Parker said this in a joking tone of voice, which would be a reasonable context for his comments. UPDATE: Members of the press Matthew Tynan and Dan McCarney, both of whom were present in the locker room when Parker's interview occurred, have claimed on Twitter that these quotes were taken out of context. There's some question as to whether Cousy and Luisetti's shots can be called teardrops, but longtime NBA point guard and current Golden State Warriors head coach Mark Jackson used the shot throughout the '90s, well before Parker was drafted at the age of 19 in 2001. With all due respect to Parker, this suggestion is patently absurd. “I did that because I was small and it was the only way I could get a shot off on the bigs. The San Antonio Spurs’ Tony Parker, generally viewed as the league’s current teardrop master, insisted that he came up with the shot as a child. Others point to Hank Luisetti, a Stanford player from the 1930s known for his running one-handed shot. Some credit Bob Cousy, a Boston Celtics star of the 1950s. ![]() It is unclear who first shot a teardrop, or who first called it that. ![]()
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