PARIS -- Tony Parker will play with a French team during the NBA lockout, earning a mere $1,995 per month despite his star power on and off the basketball court.
ASVEL, based in Villeurbanne, near Lyon in southeast France, announced Wednesday that Parker will join the team.
Parker told the sports daily L'Equipe that the decision is "logical." He is vice president of the club and wants to help it advance.
"I'll be playing nearly for free ... If I play the entire season, we'll go for the title," he said.
I not suprised he signed in France, I we were all expecting him to go there. But while all these other guys are signing these huge deals overseas Tony's going to be getting 2,000 dollars a month. I know he's already the VP of the team but he could payed himself a little more.
