SPAIN 2006 World Basketball Champion - Medal Ceremony

[penguinsarebeast33]

This was a great victory in which spain played as kings, but that time is now the past. 2008 Olympics (very close) and the US upset in the 2010 FIBA world championship.

[wencesbahena]

Im surprised most of the catalans on the team are shouting the spanish anthem

[TemplarReturns]

@wencesbahena Im not Catalan but my father's side of the family has roots deep in Navarre, Spain; which in some case, makes us neighbors with the Catalans.From what i gather, its always been like that but the Franco dictatorship put unnecessary fear in the catalan people which made them only identify themselves as a catalan identity, but thankfully the Spanish world cup victory among these victories here pave the road for future unification of my father's country even though we live in the USA.

[trousis]

the best national team in europe.....congrats from greece to spanish team!! i hope to beat you in muntobasket 2010.

[carlospa22vlc]

@shankar383 you are retarded , they are the best , you´re racist

[nanutoto]

@shankar383 my friend....you know nothing about spanish people....

[xuane1]

@shankar383 The only thing we hate are pricks like you.

[zozuef]

I thought the US were the champions, cuz they always say the NBA champion is the "world champion"... have u already seen that? world champion my ass...

[armyinhell]

this game is so EASY.

[Messermitch73]

Memorable. Me acuerdo como si fuera ayer pero increiblemente ya han pasado poco mas de tres años, el tiempo pasa volando, aun así sigue siendo la segunda mejor seleccion del mundo .... o la primera, ya sabemos de las trampas que se hicieron en las pasadas olimpiadas para que el equipo de USA, que no le quito ningun mérito, ganara.

[kofrage]

no mames ganaron esos weyes no sabia q españa fuera tan bueno

[McTMac]

Yeah!!!, Greece 4 ever losers!!! xDDD

Como lloran los griegos jajajajajaja, que penita dan y por cierto, que pana les metimos xDDDD.

[manrikPLA]

venga va q ganamos pero hay que respetar al rival:)

[rapsodoi]

FUCK SPAIN!!!!GREECE 4 EVER!!

[dirkaras]

pau gaysol

mark gaysol

they are gay...

mouaxaxaxaxaa

[makinamachine750]

Barcelona 92 ignorante jaja

[TitoMena]

Barcelona is a Spanish City, don't you know that? 1992 Summer Olympics...

[manrikPLA]

is a spanish and catalan city because catalonia is inside spain :)

[wencesbahena]

@manrikPLA Catalonia is a state like California for example.

[wencesbahena]

@wencesbahena yeah but the they identify themselves more as Catalans. they have been wanting independence for awhile

[TemplarReturns]

@wencesbahena The margin for independence in Catalonia is small. Pau stated in an interview here on youtube that times are healing and they are a lot better than what they used to be. Catalans are not just calling themselves Catalans but also Spaniards.

[franchi1234567890]

WHY YOU DONT APOLOGY ABOUT GUANTANAMO

[fungwan2006]

A racist, uncivilized society like Spain (which they have proven time and again from Medieval times, for example killing the native Americans, and now slanting their eyes to mock Chinese people) is EXACTLY where they should be right now: NOWHERE (militarily and economically) !!!

[bardandminstrel]

Do you really want to start such senseless discussion for a really stupid photo?

Racist? Uncivilized?

Anyhthing to say about what China has done in Tibet? Death penalty & massacres from the Chinese communist dictatorships to their own people still in the 20th century????

[fungwan2006]

Please, bardandminstrel, take my advice: you and the majority of non-Chinese around the world need to stop talking about Chinese people like you know something about them, because you don't. Your minds are only capable of thinking something like "Oh! He (or she) is Chinese...He (or she) must currently be from China !"

You people need to either be Chinese yourselves, or have a deep-rooted understanding of the whole Chinese history and culture 1st before you start arguing with me, okay amigo ?!

[fungwan2006]

And btw, bardandminstrel, if you like, I can educate you about the Chinese society, culture, etc. that exists around the world...you know, just to open up your mind a little, that's all. (Let me know, hombre).

[bardandminstrel]

Amigo Fungwan,

Have I expressed any 'opinion' about China or its people? Have you properly answered my questions about human rights violations or Tibet?

We do have a big Chinese community established in Spain and we live quite happy with them. My sister has adopted a 2-year old Chinese girl that we try to keep in contact with her language & culture the best we can.

Will we stop talking about China & the Chinese? Are you some kind of censorship agent?

Have we beaten today Germany? YES!!

[fungwan2006]

Senor Bard, first, let me say Congrats on beating Dirk and the Germans.  Now, your real challenge will be against team USA. Second, no idea what a "censorship agent" is, so i can't answer that question. Third...look, you still don't get it, do you? There is a HUGE difference between China Chinese, Taiwan Chinese, Singapore Chinese, ABC (American-Born-Chinese), and HK Chinese. What kind of difference, you may ask? Space is limited here, so let me know if you want to know more, and i'll email u.

[bardandminstrel]

So you started with insults about today's Spanish society, talking about 500 years ago Southamerican history (I am still asking myself what do you know about all that, past & present). Now you want to challenge me on my knowledge on different Chinese communities(?). I presume there are as many differences between them, as between Spaniards from Navarra, Murcia, Galicians in Argentina,.. (I am sure you know all this). You still don't get it, do you? That photo was just a STUPID MARKETING IDEA!

[bardandminstrel]

Challenge against team USA ?

NBA > 50 x Spanish ACB league !!

But may not be so easy.

Do I want to know more about China & Chinese peoples? Yes, but maybe not more than about other great countries or continents such as: India, Russia, Africa,... But when I do it, I will try not to start so arrogantly as to call their societies 'racist' or 'uncivilized', based on a single photo (or even a single massacre of deffenseless civilians, as happened yesterday in a place I do not want to remember).

[fungwan2006]

Hey, let's remember that I wasn't the one who started insulting today's Spanish society inasmuch as the Spanish PROFESSIONAL team were the ones who started insulting a whole Chinese race. I don't really care if it was a "stupid marketing idea"...the bottom line is that everybody in that photo (that SHOULD be representing Spain PROFESSIONALLY) agreed to pose in the insulting gesture FIRST.

[fungwan2006]

Also, my whole point is that, while I don't start labeling those people from Argentina, Navarra, etc. as being from Spain, the majority of you non-Chinese automatically label just ANY Chinese person you come across as being from China....THAT is why, without knowing what race of Chinese I really am, you start bringing up the China points about Tibet and human rights as IF I WAS from China...you see my meaning now ?...or you still don't get it ?

[bardandminstrel]

If I am not wrong, the photo was for a sales campaign in P.R.of CHINA of clothing made by a company from P.R.CHINA!! Therefore if somenone, like yourself, gets all fired up by it and starts saying "SPAIN=RACIST+UNCIVILIZED SOCIETY"(please go back to your own words), my 1st guess is that you are from that CHINA, & not Taiwan, or.... Do YOU get it?

Now, if you insist on having a disrespectful view of the whole Spain (including Murcia)because of that single photo,...man! That really is RACISM !

[fungwan2006]

Look, we can argue about this round and round until you Spaniards get it into your heads. That whole gesture was directed by a Spanish (not Chinese) PR group (even tho' it is a Chinese comp.), and it was made to mock THE WHOLE Chinese race around the world, NOT JUST the Chinese from China...you don't see us going around painting our faces White (or Black), like you White Europeans do to the Black people, do you ? You guys are just a bunch of low-down racists naturally...just admit it, man !!!

[angelesoinsectos]

You ignorant slant eyed yellow fucker... English assholes like you were the ones who killed most of them friking arrow throwers, we just stripped them of their money and women for their own good in good ole south and central america, btw, we also had possesions of some yellow fuckers country (Philippines), why don´t you pay respect to a country who played a huge role in world history and STFU? BTW Spain is the 8th economy atm.

[kelspeed]

my american friends and i wish spain nothing but the best in the olympics. you have a good chance of beating us in the olympics if you can slow the game down and keep us from getting out in the fast breaks. hope to play you for the gold.

[harrylarry101]

spain sucks everone knows united states is going to win with Lebron, Kobe, and Howard

[zirexx]

ye whatever, but till then, show some respect to the current world champions, and I tell u beat spain wont be as easy as beating canada

[iamthewalrus1983]

yes of course...like last time ...hummm

[pury87]

You suck. Gasol brothers, Calderon, Rudy, C. Jimenez, Garbajosa, Navarro and now Ricky wil kick USA ass

[armyinhell]

They fenished it 118-107

[makinamachine750]

10 points jajajaja patetic

[FFCgiapanta]

Greece i guarantee to you is going to take a medal in the olympics.

Spain sucks.When Gasol leave they will be the easiest oponnent

[immssanchez]

greece really.. USA GOLD MEDAL

[iamthewalrus1983]

greece just got smacked again against spain today

[wolfman19892]

spain may have won a game , but the us all over is far better in basketball than the rest of the world , its like ... tradition

[iamthewalrus1983]

of course the nba is the best league in the world, no question about that but internationaly a lot of countrys are doing great: france, greece, argentina,lithuania, italy, serbia, spain....kobe and his friends better start playing as a team......you know what they say, ''theyre is no I in team''

[johannesjuanes]

spain has a long bball tradition........ Yeah the USA re favourite but they also were the favs and greek kicked your ass....... and also argentina. You never know maybe Spain wins ?

[rawdawg15]

USA is gonna kick their ass in the Olypics. I guarantee it..

[makinamachine750]

a ti voy a dar yo por el culo mamon

[makinamachine750]

JAJAJAJAJAJA your nba patetic, JAJAJAJA

[pablobierzo15]

impresionante...............!!­!!!!!!!

[Ajaxjood91]

lol nice, with al those starplayer the losexd

[SpainGreatestEmpire]

We beat u by 20 points pathetic sore loser

[makinamachine750]

Spain world champion, where is Usa jajajajaja, The nba is patetic, are scared

[pistonsfan1991]

Lets hear you say that in the next few months. Its over for spain

PG-Chris Paul-Jason Kidd

SG-Kobe Bryant-Dwayne Wade

SF-LeBron James

PF-Amare Stoudemire

C-Dwight Howard

Remember the dream team if not you will be reminded

[makinamachine750]

The nba is patetic, are scared

[pistonsfan1991]

ok thats why the players that arn't good enough to play NBA get sent to rec leagues like the euroleague its like the 1 step above college basketball and 1 step down from the nba

[sportsmaniac872]

Envy tastes bad, doesn't it?

[abelpower]

I dont think so Spain beats Grece

[ericssson]

spain is hard core

USA what is that ? a disease

[zikutamix]

Spain crush USA even with Kobe Bryant.

[laurettam]

ole y ole

=)

viva españa

[olXlo]

VIVA ESPAÑA !

[t9700]

usa will dominate the next olymips in 2008

USA!!!!!!!

[Hellasole2008]

With Kobe Bryant in your squad, of course you'll be stronger.

[hkt90]

SPAIN POWER!!!! WOW!!!!!

[xxxxtinaki]

yes its you play better than us and u win....good luck to the next competition i would love to play togethere again it will be vr nice!

[FENIXtube]

nice words from you guys, good luck Greece in the next competition :)

[Hellasole2008]

I want to say congrads to Spain for your gold medal, you played your hearts out and fully deserve this. I'm Greek btw, and we hope to see you in the finals in Eurobasket 2007.

[ILLUVATAR85]

Well Spain fans I'm from Greece, but I have to give it to you. You played better than us you were better and more organized than us and you have won us fair and square.

Qongratzulation to you and allways aim higher.

(we will have our rematch eventually :P).

[mariohds86]

para que vena estos gringos que no son los mejores en sus propios deportes

[ShArInGaN17BcN]

q makinas si señoooooooor cagondioooooos

[ppdinamita]

VIVA ESPAÑA OSTIA

[humantoilet62]

go spain

[spanishgirl19]

pedazo equipo!!!! ole ole y ole, no me gusta el baloncesto pero su actitud, incluso despues de ganar el mundial, es admirable

[mirzadzomba]

La web de los Campeones

(www.loschicosdeoro.tk)

[SpanishExpatriates]

God Bless Spain despite the Comunist Government we have got

[Karraxe]

jajajajaja