NBA: 7 Former star veterans who are currently effective bench players

#2 Tony Parker

San Antonio Spurs v Washington Wizards

This season, the perennial All-Star has had to take a step back in production as he struggles to come back from an injury-plagued 2017. Gregg Popovich has reassigned Parker as a bench player, making room for Dejounte Murray in the starting lineup.

That takes nothing away from the glittering first-ballot Hall of Famer's career, as he was one of the most dominant players at the 1-guard position during his prime. His role was probably the biggest in the Spurs' Big Three of Parker, Ginobili and Duncan during the latter years of Duncan's NBA career.

Parker still packs a solid scoring punch with a well-rounded 3-pointer, mid-range and drive-and-kick. His reassignment to the bench is more a testament to the San Antonio Spurs' depth chart than any knock on his understandably lower levels of production.

Honours: 4 x NBA champion (2003, 2005, 2007, 2014), 1 x Finals MVP (2007), 6 x All-Star (2006-2007, 2009, 2012-2014), 4 x All-NBA honours, All-Rookie First team (2002)