Boris Diaw excused from start of Spurs camp

While the rest of the Spurs open training camp in San Antonio starting Monday, Boris Diaw will be relaxing at home in France.

The French forward has been excused from the first part of camp and he will meet the team in Berlin.

The Spurs were one of the NBA teams heading to Europe to spread the NBA gospel in some preseason games, San Antonio travels to Berlin to face Alba Berlin on Oct. 8, then travels to Turkey for a game in Istanbul.