From
NZ Herald report:
"The Spanish basketball federation declined to comment Wednesday. "The players explained what happened," Villanueva said. "We think that's enough."
bahahaha - nice palm off - it's the players fault.
"We have great respect for the far East and its people,
some of my best friends in Toronto are originally Chinese, including one of our sponsors, the brand Li Ning," Calderon wrote. "Whoever wants to interpret it differently is completely confusing it."
Frank Zhang, Li Ning's director of government and public affairs, played down the incident.
"We don't think this is an insulting gesture to the Chinese," Zhang said. "In fact, the gesture shows that the Spanish team is so humorous, relaxing and cute. They sat around a dragon pattern, which we think showed respect to the Chinese.
"Li Ning Ltd. will not change any business plans with the Spanish team because of this," Zhang added. "People should focus on great Olympic Games instead of something else."
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That's original - the old "some of my friends are...." - but with a twist. He's specific "in Toronto" - and he's not even sure if they were Chinese - "originally Chinese".
hahahaha
Possibly they could have been of Korean extraction - or maybe Hong Kong-ese??
Money talks baby.
This is the Olympic$ - it's all about the deal. Doing it - and keeping it.