Comments on: The Legend of Rudy Fernandez

By: carlos burgos a.k.a daquest?on

carlos burgos a.k.a daquest?on — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:30:50 +0000

im not saying i consider them europeans i said that they think themselves as europeans even though they are in south america

By: the real marcus

the real marcus — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:23:10 +0000

yao saying he’s an african – ROFL… that is an instant classic…

and heck, people need a refresher course on world geography… i just hope rudy fernandez is a better version of “the machine that ray allen shook off”…

we’re out like south american euros…

By: Spliff 2 My Lou

Spliff 2 My Lou — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:24:17 +0000

I don’t know any argentinians but I know a world map and Argentina is in south America. I know soccer and the argentine team didn’t play in the euro championship. Show me an Argentinian who says he’s European and I’ll show you an idiot.

On another note I remember one time in a DIME post I called Manu a European type player and everybody killed me on the fact that he wasn’t European.

This would be like Yao saying he’s African and wanting to be taken seriously. Its all good. We’re just all Earthlings anyway. Peace.

By: carlos burgos a.k.a daquest?on

carlos burgos a.k.a daquest?on — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:50:47 +0000

dude ask any argentine and they will say they are european

By: Spliff 2 My Lou

Spliff 2 My Lou — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:22:31 +0000

All this is up to interpretation. Of course Spaniards aren’t gonna refer to themselves as Latinos but unfortunately people from the U.S. refer to all spanish speakers as Latinos. We could all refer to ourselves as what country we most identify with. Latino is just a generic term. Its spans a wide variety of nationalties and skin colors unlike the term Black or White.

And to whoever said above that Manu sees himself as European in very wrong. He would call himself Argentenian first and south American second. But generically he is considered a Latino by U.S. Americans.

And yes I’m second generation Mexican.

By: carlos burgos a.k.a daquest?on

carlos burgos a.k.a daquest?on — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:47:01 +0000

@ Michorizo and Spiff 2 My Lou wtfff are u guys saying?? r u mexicans???? u must b mexicans

By: carlos burgos a.k.a daquest?on

carlos burgos a.k.a daquest?on — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:10:52 +0000

yea marcus is telling the truth, spaniards and argentines think they are better than all of the other spanish speaking ppl

By: Marcus

Marcus — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:25:47 +0000

@ Spliff 2 My Lou

In Spain we don’t buy the latino label. “Latino can even be used to describe carribean spanish speaking people who have African lineage” as you said. But not spaniards. It could be disrespectful for the other cultures in the country such as Basque, Catalan… and many others. Not that they’re all blond, but neither are latinos.

By: carlos burgos a.k.a daquest?on

carlos burgos a.k.a daquest?on — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:05:22 +0000

people from spain are not latinos, they are european. Not even ginobili is latino, he is argentinian and argentines consider themselves european. Puerto Ricans, dominicans, cubans and other south american groups such as mexicans are latinos

By: JC

JC — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:52:54 +0000

Petteri looked SHOOK. The point guard can’t turn his back to the defender 35 feet away from the basket as he’s bringing the ball up the court. That’s basically conceding to the defender that the ball handler can’t deal with the pressure. If he comes on the court in the NBA, teams are going to know to press him just when he gets past the 3/4 court mark. I agree he plays with some grit and toughness at times, but I think he’d be better served at the highest level overseas. Get your Euros Petteri. Check the exchange rate!