France have received a long-term commitment to the national team by their biggest star, Tony Parker.

The San Antonio Spurs point guard met with Patrick Beesley, the head of the men's basketball team, and sports manager Crawford Palmer before a recent game against Cleveland and confirmed his availability to Les Bleus through the 2012 Olympics.

Parker signed a letter of engagement through the London Games.

Palmer, an Olympic silver-medal winner with France in 2000, and Beesley met with other French players based in North America and spoke with their respective NBA teams to gauge the likelihood of their taking part.

Other players counted on by national team boss Vincent  Collet will also need to sign the letter of engagement in the coming weeks.

France will this summer attempt to win the Additional Qualifying Round for EuroBasket 2009 in Poland.

They will go up against Italy and Finland in Group B, with the side that finishes top to take on the winner of Group A - Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium or Portugal.