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Spurs' Parker threatens to leave French club ASVEL

San Antonio Spurs' Tony Parker, of France, sits on the bench late in the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Sunday, April 5, 2009, in Cleveland. The Cavaliers won 101-81. (AP)
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Updated: 9/08/2012 12:42 pm
By Jeff Garcia, Project Spurs.com

Sounding like NBA Commissioner David Stern over teams building new arenas to remain competitive, so is San Antonio Spurs' Tony Parker with French club ASVEL Villeurbanne.

Parker, who is a minority owner in ASVEL and played for the team during this past season's NBA lockout, is on the record telling the team he will step back his role in financing the team or all together leave the team's ownership staff if a new arena isn't built (via French site Le'Equipe).

"I want to do my project (new arena) ASVEL but if I can not, I have to consider other possibilities,"

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