Olympic Basketball

Basketball at the Olympics is competed in by both men and women. Teams qualify according to the FIBA (Federation Internationale de Basketball Amateur) zone they are affiliated with. Wildcards qualify in another tournament a few weeks before the Olympics. Those teams that did not qualify automatically from each zone, compete for the remaining Olympic spots.

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[PICTURES] Olympics Day 3 in Pictures

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(L-R) Giovanna Trillini of Italy and Nam Hyunhee of South Korea compete in the semifinals of the women's individual foil fencing event at the Fencing Hall on Day 3 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 11, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts) Li Wenquan of China celebrates during the men's archery team round at the Olympic Green Archery Field on Day 3 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 11, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Ezra Shaw...Read Full Story

Spanish Basketball Team Apologizes for Disrespectful Photo

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Rule No. 1 of taking team photos for the Olympic games, don't mock the physical features of other ethnicities. Someone must have forgotten to tell the Spanish basketball team this important tidbit of information, because they full out mocked the eyes of the Chinese people in a photograph that ran in a Spanish newspaper. Don't they know poking fun at other people is rude? Where are there mothers to smack them on the backs of their heads? Spain's Pau Gasol, who plays for the Los Angeles Lakers...Read Full Story

The Spanish Basketball Team on Oriental Expressionism

By disgrasian on | From disgrasian.blogspot.com

Jose Calderon: Oriental Expressionist In response to media outrage over the Spanish national basketball team making a slit-eyed gesture in a recent newspaper advertisement, the team's point guard, Jose Calderon, who plays for the Toronto Raptors professionally, issued a statement on his personal website. No way, Jose! Dude, you are clearly unschooled in the way of our people and in desperate need of an educasian. First of all, everyone knows that if you want to make an Oriental Expression...Read Full Story

China vs. Spain Basketball

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Yi Jianlian #11 of China dunks the ball while taking on Spain in the preliminary basketball game held at the Beijing Olympic Basketball Gymnasium during Day 4 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 12, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images AsiaPac) In a recent Spanish basketball team photo, they celebrated the Chinese Olympic games by pulling their eyes into slits like old-timey racists. This photo of China's Yi Jianlian alone, dunking on all five of them...Read Full Story

SPORTS ILLUSTRASIAN: Congratulasians, Spain!

By disgrasian on | From disgrasian.blogspot.com

¡Hola España Basketball! Boy, that was a close one . You certainly gave Team USA, aka The Redeem Team, a run for their money in Sunday's gold medal game. And, sure, we've given you some shit over the last coupla weeks, but we're totally over that now and would like to congratulate you on winning Spain's first Olympic medal in basketball since 1984! You kept the game oh-so-close through four quarters, and now you can walk away with your heads held high, silver medal in hand. A silver medal...Read Full Story

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Basketball at the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing will be held from August 9 to August 22, with the Finals on August 23 & 24.

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