Why Did They Do It?

Because in spite of anything they say, most Europeans are actually stupid bigots with the sense of humor of 10 year olds, that’s why.



Caught out, they had no choice other than to defend the ‘national pride’.

"We felt it was something appropriate, and that it would be interpreted as an affectionate gesture,"

Sadder still, one Canadian commenting on the story (which is big because team member Jose Calderon plays professionally for the Toronto Raptors,) tries salving their embarrassment:

Why is it assumed that the Spanish basketball team was making fun of the Chinese?

Now Spanish official are calling foul for fear of cutting into a meal-ticket they’re cooking up - an Olympic bi of their own. Samantha Chang wisely asks to that point:

[<---Excuse me, b*tches, but do my eyes look like that?]

Tellingly, the Spanish Basketball Federation declined to comment Wednesday. "The players explained what happened," said Juan Antonio Villanueva, the flak for Madrid's 2016 Olympic bid. "We think that's enough."