Filipino Web Designer » offensive picture of spain http://www.shawie.com Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:22:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Spanish Basketball Team Photo http://www.shawie.com/2008/08/16/spanish-basketball-team-photo/ http://www.shawie.com/2008/08/16/spanish-basketball-team-photo/#comments Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:52:19 +0000 admin http://www.shawie.com/?p=111 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]

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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)

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