Los Spurs take the court during éne-bé-a

[duncan228]

Los Spurs take the court during éne-bé-a (http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/86029007.html)
By William Pack - Express-News

The San Antonio Spurs will change their name to Los Spurs for two home games later this month as part of the NBA's new Hispanic marketing program called éne-bé-a.

The campaign, much of it designed by San Antonio-based Bromley Communications begins today when the Detroit Pistons play the New York Knicks, renamed Nueva York for the initiative.

Fourteen more games are included in the Noche Latina celebrations through the end of the month. Those games feature special telecasts and in-arena festivities with Latin-tinged performances and contests.

Spurs home games March 10 against the Knicks and March 24 against the Los Angeles Lakers are part of the celebration, along with a road game March 16 against the Miami Heat.


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[Dex]

Well those should jinx any hope we have at gaining some continuity. :lol

[boutons_deux]

"Latin-tinged" brown? :)

[ElNono]

Being a person whose native language is Spanish, I cannot express in mere words how disgusting is to read 'éne-bé-a.'
You never, ever, spell out an acronym in Spanish. NBA is NBA es NBA.

Whoever came up with that should be shot.

[boutons_deux]

What is NBA in Tex-Mex dialect?

[Obstructed_View]

Being a person whose native language is Spanish, I cannot express in mere words how disgusting is to read 'éne-bé-a.'
You never, ever, spell out an acronym in Spanish. NBA is NBA es NBA.

Whoever came up with that should be shot.

"Los Spurs" offends my sensibilities as well, and I'm very anti-PC. We had a contest last year of things that could be more insensitive, and there surprisingly aren't that many. But they could dress the players in sombreros and panchos and it would frankly show less ignorance.

[Obstructed_View]

what is nba in tex-mex dialect?

nba

[easy7]

They should also change their name to the Spurs G'z during Black history month. :hat

[Brazil]

not a big fan of this stuff

[Behrooz24]

No one is

[Dex]

It would make more sense if our jerseys said "The Spurs" the other 99.5% of the time...But they don't.

Do any Spanish / Latino people really get a kick out of this?

"OMG, the NBA knows our culture exists!"

[ElNono]

"Los Spurs" offends my sensibilities as well, and I'm very anti-PC. We had a contest last year of things that could be more insensitive, and there surprisingly aren't that many. But they could dress the players in sombreros and panchos and it would frankly show less ignorance.

To be honest, IMO, the whole PC thing doesn't really fly that much with latinos.
I don't mind 'Los Spurs' at all, because that's really how a lot of us call them when we refer to them in Spanish.

My actual problem with what I mentioned before was solely linguistic.
The way they wrote that is the way we pronounce it, not the way we write it.
It's like saying, we're gonna have a 'an-be-ay' night in English. It's like you're retarded or something.

[TDomination]

Shouldnt it be los es-spurs

[ElNono]

If you want to be PC, it should be "Las Espuelas"...

[baseline bum]

Crap. They never win in the Los Espurs jerseys.

[easy7]

Why add a "Los" which means "The," when their Jerseys just say Spurs not The Spurs, that is what gets my goat, pinches westsiders que no saben hablar espanol y siempre salen con pendejadas. "Lost Spurs " sound better the way they are playing now.

[TDomination]

If you want to be PC, it should be "Las Espuelas"...
Now this i would enjoy

[Obstructed_View]

To be honest, IMO, the whole PC thing doesn't really fly that much with latinos.
I don't mind 'Los Spurs' at all, because that's really how a lot of us call them when we refer to them in Spanish.


We refer to them in English as "the Spurs" but you don't see a "the" on the jersey, so it still seems ignorant to me. Doing an "Espuelas" team logo might actually be cool, even though nobody calls them that. That would be a much cooler collector's jersey IMO.

[TIMMYD!]

If you want to be PC, it should be "Las Espuelas"...

+1

Sounds much better.

[boutons_deux]

They can invite that Hispanic gang member who got beat up in FL for driving too slow, is probably a cheech&chong stoner, man.

[ElNono]

We refer to them in English as "the Spurs" but you don't see a "the" on the jersey, so it still seems ignorant to me. Doing an "Espuelas" team logo might actually be cool, even though nobody calls them that. That would be a much cooler collector's jersey IMO.

I get you. But if I have to translate "San Antonio Spurs" in Spanish, then I have to write "Las Espuelas de San Antonio". Omitting "Las" would be bad form in Spanish.

I absolutely agree that mixing Spanish-English is also a bastardization, even though it's a popular form used by Latinos in the US.

But eventually, this is not to pay homage to Spanish, but mostly to the Latinos.

[baseline bum]

We refer to them in English as "the Spurs" but you don't see a "the" on the jersey, so it still seems ignorant to me. Doing an "Espuelas" team logo might actually be cool, even though nobody calls them that. That would be a much cooler collector's jersey IMO.

Espuelas sounds too much like Abuelas to me, though Las Abuelas seems fitting right now (maybe less so after cutting Finley's ass though).

[LakerHater]

If you want to be PC, it should be "Las Espuelas"...
Shouldn't it jus be Espuelas?

[ElNono]

Shouldn't it jus be Espuelas?


I get you. But if I have to translate "San Antonio Spurs" in Spanish, then I have to write "Las Espuelas de San Antonio". Omitting "Las" would be bad form in Spanish.

[DAF86]

The NBA should stop this "ene-be-a", "los" crap it's lame and kinda of racist and ignorant.

[DPG21920]

I don't think it is racist.

[LakerHater]

I get you. But if I have to translate "San Antonio Spurs" in Spanish, then I have to write "Las Espuelas de San Antonio". Omitting "Las" would be bad form in Spanish.


But it doesn't say San Antonio Spurs on the jersey it just say Spurs, so again I ask, shouldn't it jus be Espuelas?

[Russ]

There are two things I will always associate with the decline of the Spurs post 2007 -- one is the "Los Spurs" jerseys and the other is a current member of the roster.

[Juanobili]

this shits retarded

[FeZZy]

If it was true spanish it would las espuelas

[crc21209]

Here we go again with these crappy ass jerseys! Don't do it Spurs, you hardly win when you were those ugly ass things! :td

[ElNono]

But it doesn't say San Antonio Spurs on the jersey it just say Spurs, so again I ask, shouldn't it jus be Espuelas?


While that is true that would be the female tense of the Spanish "the" which I don't think would look good since it is a lot of guys. On top of that a Spur is a person, not an object based from a English word. This is limited knowledge on the subject of Spanish, but while speaking in other tounges I think the Spurs would still be called Spurs.

It's a matter of grammatical rules of the Spanish language, not of translation.
When you're actually referring to an object all alone ("sustantivo"), you need to add what is called an "artículo determinante". In this case, since we're referring to a feminine word and plural, the proper one would be "Las".

While some of these items have a parallel in the English language (Substantive, Definite Article), the rules are not the same.

The rules for this in Spanish are explained here (in Spanish): LINK (http://www.monografias.com/trabajos33/los-determinantes/los-determinantes.shtml)

Translation between Spanish and English is not literal. As you translate you need to apply the grammatical rules of each language.

[Libri]

Al que se le occurió esta monstruosidad de "éne-bé-a" es un pendejo.

[FkLA]

Agree about 'ene-be-a'...thats fucking retarded.

As for 'Los Spurs' I dont mind that really, although I would prefer simply 'Espuelas' especially since you can keep the whole U as the Spur thing...Id buy that jersey.

[Josepatches_]

"Los Spurs" offends my sensibilities as well, and I'm very anti-PC. We had a contest last year of things that could be more insensitive, and there surprisingly aren't that many. But they could dress the players in sombreros and panchos and it would frankly show less ignorance.

Los Spurs or Los Lakers is how we name those teams.That's true.

But I never saw "The Spurs" in the jerseys.

San Antonio is a spanish name so use that name instead Los Spurs and it would be better.We use only San Antonio to refer the team a lot of times too.At least here in Spain. But I'm sure then NBA would put "El San Antonio" in the jerseys.

[ElNono]

At any rate, my main beef was with éne-bé-a...

The rest was for the curious... :lol

I guess it's going to be "Los Spurs" wether we like it or not...

[Avitus1]

I was thinking this shit was done with but dammit its back...

[Obstructed_View]

It's a matter of grammatical rules of the Spanish language, not of translation.
When you're actually referring to an object all alone ("sustantivo"), you need to add what is called an "artículo determinante". In this case, since we're referring to a feminine word and plural, the proper one would be "Las".

While some of these items have a parallel in the English language (Substantive, Definite Article), the rules are not the same.

The rules for this in Spanish are explained here (in Spanish): LINK (http://www.monografias.com/trabajos33/los-determinantes/los-determinantes.shtml)

Translation between Spanish and English is not literal. As you translate you need to apply the grammatical rules of each language.

You're basically putting a Spanish article in front of an English word, that only has a gender because it's a proper noun. If it's a proper noun, like the name of a team, does it need an article? All of the Spanish Euroleage teams I can think of have corporate names, so I'm genuinely curious.

[DJ Mbenga]

sons just be happy the nba didnt go with El SPurs

[e20dylan]

dumb mexicans

[Trainwreck2100]

not this stupid shit again

[Bukefal]

The NBA should stop this "ene-be-a", "los" crap it's lame and kinda of racist and ignorant.

This racist?! No.

Is it stupid? Yes :lol

[polandprzem]

Ostrogi


en bi ej

[easy7]

Em eye see kay he why em oh you ass see. :hat

[jermaine]

No one is

I am Black an when I play 2K10 those are the jerseys I use. I love them but if they offend their fans they should get rid of them. You'll should check into that!

[I. Hustle]

So why don't one of you 'puter nerds make an Espuelas jersey for us to see what it would look like?

[I. Hustle]

They should do that for all the teams
Los Espurs
Nueva Jork
Los Angeles... HEY WAITASECOND
Los Epaceros
Los Lobos (Timberwolves not the band)
Los Gatos de Bob

[silverblk mystix]

los angeles....that should say: los putos...then that would be cool...

[LoneStarState'sPride]

The whole "latin nights" thing is kinda redundant/retarded, but I do love my "los Spurs" jersey. If they made a "Las Espuelas" one, it'd be even better!

[I. Hustle]

Is there someone we could petition to have it changed to Las Espuelas? That would be cool. I bet they would even sell in other spanish speaking countries.

[Kriz-Maxima]

I would definitely buy a las espuelas jersey or simply espuelas. However the whole ene-be-a thing is fucking lame.

[carina_gino20]

Ah crap. Just when I was hoping for a win...

The ene-be-a thing is stupid.

[LoneStarState'sPride]

Is there someone we could petition to have it changed to Las Espuelas? That would be cool. I bet they would even sell in other spanish speaking countries.

I'll bet someone already tried to do this, only to get shot down by NBA teams that want to be known by their english names (i.e., the San Antonio wanting to be known as "the Spurs" or "los Spurs" instead of "Espuelas"

Still, if a vote were to be held, mine'd be cast for "Las Espuelas" in a heartbeat!

[Muser]

Well ain't that a bitch.

[DAF86]

Nueva Jork

That doesn't work, it should be Nueva York though a lot of people Spanish speaking people say New York either way.


Los Epaceros

Who are those?

[nkdlunch]

so for Hispanic heritage they make teams sound like a mexican cartel?

Los Spurs vs. Los Zetas


fucking ignorant Stern :bang

[Budkin]

Those jerseys should just say "Lose Spurs," cause that's what happens every time we wear them.

[PDXSpursFan]

If they want to honor the latin community why not use the right translations?

NBA = "National Basketball Association"
ANB = "Asociacion Nacional de Baloncesto"
Spurs = "Las Espuelas"

[superbigtime]

Fucking stupid. Translating "the" when it isn't on the jersey in the first place and then having "Spurs" remain on the jersey without translating it. What a way to honor Spanish heritage.:sombrero:

[Sean Cagney]

not a big fan of this stuff

That loss is one letter off LOST! I hate that jersey, it usually means we lost.
Those jerseys should just say "Lose Spurs," cause that's what happens every time we wear them.

LOL beat me to it.

[PublicOption]

las espuelas

[I. Hustle]

That doesn't work, it should be Nueva York though a lot of people Spanish speaking people say New York either way.



Who are those?

The Pacers.

[NostalgicSpursFan]

BS marketing ploy to sell jerseys and "respect the hispanic community" in cities where the NBA wants to expand their market. The NBA wants more money and they plan on exploiting our market with crappy jerseys.

[Obstructed_View]

Bump for new avatar. It's my THIRD attempt. While not close to being perfect or evendone, it's the first one I'm not completely ashamed to show people. I'm pretty good with Photoshop, and this has been the most difficult thing I've ever done.

EDIT: I couldn't stand looking at it and had to fix it. I may never sleep again. :lol

[kuato]

Rá-Císm !

[FeZZy]

:lmao BUMP

[Phenomanul]

If you want to be PC, it should be "Las Espuelas"...

^this

+1000

[Phenomanul]

They should do that for all the teams
Los Espurs
Nueva Jork
Los Angeles... HEY WAITASECOND
Los Epaceros
Los Lobos (Timberwolves not the band)
Los Gatos de Bob

:lmao

[smeagol]

They should do that for all the teams
Los Espurs
Nueva Jork
Los Angeles... HEY WAITASECOND
Los Epaceros
Los Lobos (Timberwolves not the band)
Los Gatos de Bob

Las Redes de Nueva Jersey
El Calor de Miami
Los Guerreros de Golden State
Los Cohetes de Houston
La Magia de Orlando
Los Hechizeros de Washington
El Trueno de OKC

and so on and so forth . . .

[Manu-of-steel]

Loss spurs? I hope not!