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Found November 30, 2011 on Project Spurs: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Tony Parker
TEAMS: San Antonio Spurs
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After spending six weeks playing for Asvel in Lyon-Villeurbanne, San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker is happy to be back in the 210 area code. Saturday was a bit mixed, but now I'm going back to my life, my dogs, my house, it's still ten years that I live in San Antonio, so it will make me happy to go home. In an interview with French newspaper, Le Monde (via Google Translate), Parker talked about his experience playing for his team, even saying it is something he will not forget. It is truly an experience I will never forget. To play for my coach Pierre Vincent, with whom I was in junior it was really great to play with Ronny (Turiaf)in France, too, is an opportunity that will never happen again, and then help my club, to advance projects on a daily basis, helping young people. I saw his tear-Westermann to drop last night, it means that I looked good during this month and a half. Parker said playing back in France for the first time since he played for Paris Basket Raci...
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