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PARKER TO PLAY IN 2012
04/17/2009
San Antonio Spurs point guard Tony Parker has committed to play for France until the London Olympics in 2012.
The San Antonio Spurs point guard met with Patrick Beesley, the head of the men's basketball team, and sports manager Crawford Palmer before a recent game against Cleveland and signed a letter of engagement.
Other players counted on by national team boss Vincent Collet will also need to sign the letter of engagement in the coming weeks.
France will this summer attempt to win the Additional Qualifying Round for EuroBasket 2009 in Poland.
They will go up against Italy and Finland in Group B, with the side that finishes top to take on the winner of Group A - Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium or Portugal.
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