Feb 01, 2008 5:30 AM EST

Damon Stoudamire has told the San Antonio Express-News that he knew he wanted to join the Spurs long ago and before Tony Parker was injured.

According to the Express-News, Stoudamire will fly to San Antonio today and sign a contract with the team before Saturday's practice and then will work out with his new teammates.

“I'd already decided to sign with the Spurs,” Stoudamire said Thursday, “and then I saw the news about Tony flicker across the bottom of the TV screen on the ticker.”

Via San Antonio Express-News