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San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker suffered an eye injury during a nightclub fight, but it will not stop him from playing in this summer's Olympics.Parker told multiple media outlets that he got some shards of glass in his eye during the incident Wednesday in Manhattan.
"I was there with a bunch of friends when a fight broke out. They started to throw bottles about ... I got it all," Parker said.
"The cornea has been touched. I can't do anything for seven days. ... But I was lucky. The injury won't prevent me from competing the Olympics in any way."
Multiple media outlets reported that the fight centered around R&B singer Chris Brown and rapper Drake and was over singer/actress Rihanna.
The Olympics in London start in July.
"I was there with a bunch of friends when a fight broke out. They started to throw bottles about ... I got it all," Parker said.
"The cornea has been touched. I can't do anything for seven days. ... But I was lucky. The injury won't prevent me from competing the Olympics in any way."
Multiple media outlets reported that the fight centered around R&B singer Chris Brown and rapper Drake and was over singer/actress Rihanna.
The Olympics in London start in July.
Source: http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/80...tclub-incident
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