"San Antonio Spurs point guard Tony Parker said he'll return to his native France to play professional basketball if the lockout results in the cancellation of the 2011-12 NBA season.

"If in January-February, the NBA says the lockout will last until the end of the season, I will come to France," Parker said during a recent press conference in the county, according to French-language site BasketUSA (via SB Nation). "But the NBA season can start anytime -- They will not say in October that the (lockout) will last all year, it does not work like that. But if so, I'd head over to the ASVEL because I'm general manager and executive director.""