"The French Basketball Federation has obtained sufficient insurance for its NBA players, clearing the way for Spurs guard Tony Parker and others to play in the Eurobasket tournament in Lithuania later this summer.

During the ongoing NBA lockout, the league has been either unable or unwilling to offer its standard share of insurance for international players to play in FIBA events.

As a result, the full burden of securing pricey insurance for players' NBA contracts has fallen to the often cash-strapped foreign federations. Earlier this offseason, the 29-year-old Parker said he would not play for France unless his contract could be insured."