Spanish Basketball Team Photo

Spain’s Olympic basketball team posed for an advertisement prior to the Games which appears to show all its players slanting their eyes, a move that could offend its Olympic hosts in Beijing. The ads, for a Spanish courier company, appeared in the Spanish-language newspaper La Marca. [Yahoo Sports]

Below are the list of Spain Basketball Team players:

• Carlos Jimenez – Forward
• Juan Carlos Navarro – Guard (Memphis Grizzlies)
• Jorge Garbajosa – Forward (Toronto Raptors)
• Raul Lopez – Guard
• Ricky Rubio – Guard
• Jose Manuel Calderon – Guard (Toronto Raptors)
• Pau Gasol – Centre (L.A. Lakers)
• Marc Gasol – Centre
• Berni Rodriguez – Guard
• Alex Mumbru – Forward
• Felipe Reyes – Forward | Guard
• Rudy Fernandez – Guard

Tomorrow they will compete the Redeem Team USA at 10:05 PM (China Time). This will be a good battle between L.A. Lakers teammate Paul Gasol and Kobe Bryant. (Updated: US defeats Spain, 119-82)