Guests hang "We Don't Lose to Spanish Players" sign in locker room for motivation

[Clipper Nation]

The Portland Trail Blazers had a laminated card in their locker room at the FedExForum on Sunday that included the phrase "We don't lose to Spanish players."

The Memphis Grizzlies, the Trail Blazers' opponent in their Western Conference first-round series, feature one of the NBA's most prominent Spanish players, All-Star center Marc Gasol.

Gasol, who was born in Barcelona, responded to the comment Monday. "I don't know where it comes from, and I don't know what it means," Gasol said after practice, according to The Oregonian. "I have better things to think about than what they're writing on the wall. They've had Spanish players on their team in the past. I can think of three in the recent past. I don't know and I don't care."

"First of all, that wasn't the only thing that was on that [card]," Trail Blazers coach Terry Stotts said Monday, a day after his team's 100-86 Game 1 loss to the Grizzlies.

"I wouldn't classify that as the only message of the day. But that being said, it was a motivational thing, and I think the Spanish thing was a little lighthearted. It was the things we needed to do to win the series."

http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2015/story/_/id/12729286/portland-trail-blazers-posted-lose-spanish-players-sign-locker-room-playing-marc-gasol-led-memphis-grizzlies

:lol Hopefully they also hung a sign at Lollard's locker saying "we don't get anally devastated by Slovenian players."

:lmao tlongII

[100%duncan]

Lol gonna get swept by memphis

[Malik Hairston]

I don't get it..what's the back story? They just randomly decided to go with "We don't lose to Spanish players" or what?

What a shitty franchise, tbh:lol..

[unforeseen]

Lol gonna get swept by memphis

Portland will win at least 1 game at home, tbh.

[phxspurfan]

By the same guys who drafted Spanish Manu. tsk tsk

[Venti Quattro]

By the same guys who drafted Spanish Manu. tsk tsk

Manu is An Argie and they're more close to their Italian roots

[ElNono]

Didn't that loser Rudy Fernandez play on the Blazers?

[blkroadrunners]

Didn't that loser Rudy Fernandez play on the Blazers?

Sergio Rodriguez too, and that Martin guy in the 80s.

[Silver&Black]

tlongII was just viewing this thread....

Guess he had nothing to say. Probably just another non-issue.

[Venti Quattro]

Sergio Rodriguez too, and that Martin guy in the 80s.

Fernando Martin.

They also drafted Victor Claver and had Sergio Rodriguez in their roster

[blkroadrunners]

That's right, and I forgot about Claver too.

[unforeseen]

More reason to bet MEM-6.

[RD2191]

:lol

[LakerHater]

The same Spanish team player that was making the chink eyes?

[Strange Love]

Didn't that loser Rudy Fernandez play on the Blazers?

One of the Lopez fags play on there, too amirite?

:lol Blazers
:lol dumbass racist cant tell who's from where
:lol alienating their own players

[Sean Cagney]

tlongII was just viewing this thread....

Guess he had nothing to say. Probably just another non-issue.

He gets quiet anyways around this time of year.

[Clipper Nation]

One of the Lopez fags play on there, too amirite?

:lol Blazers
:lol dumbass racist cant tell who's from where
:lol alienating their own players
The Lopez brothers are Cuban, so it's fine :lol

[CitizenDwayne]

Wtf :td

[Stabula]

Doesn't seem like the sign is working.

[LkrFan]

What a motivational sign. But where was it in 2004?:

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ5FaTp4vtd7YNwNe4k07ixPKw_DKaLx 6ApCIxmfweTyIVX_rTWOg

Because Timmay the Olympic Chump...

...and

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTpa6pVod8674yFwXcFD-_Yhy_2ABSaoFIFOdU_2FX8v_0czypR

LeBronze could have used that shiiiiiiiiiiit! :rollin :lmao :rollin

[Venti Quattro]

LkrFan Esteban with the goods

[Texas_Ranger]

Beno is not from Spain.

[Venti Quattro]

Beno is not from Spain.

After that Game 1 performance, he has been naturalized and has been integrated to the Basque autonomous community. Rumour is that his new name is now Beño

[Killakobe81]

I don't get it..what's the back story? They just randomly decided to go with "We don't lose to Spanish players" or what?

What a shitty franchise, tbh:lol..

Like Marc said Rudy Fernandez played for them ... not that long ago ...
the guests ... smh

[RD2191]

The Lopez brothers are Cuban, so it's fine :lol
Spanish ancestry so....

[LkrFan]

LkrFan Esteban with the goods

:lol

[Silver&Black]

:lmao "We don't lose to Spanish Players"

Yeah....you do.

[TimDunkem]

http://i.imgur.com/6QQ9U.gif

[Venti Quattro]

:lmao "We don't lose to Spanish Players"

Yeah....you do.

They also lose to Greeks

:lmao Guests

[Hemotivo]

The same Spanish team player that was making the chink eyes?

http://www.bleepingidiots.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/racist-spanish-basketball-team-photo-3.jpg

http://www.asianweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/f-spain-basketball-cp-53246.jpg