Spurs to Wear Special Latin-Themed Uniform

[Kori Ellis]

I will have a video of the uniforms (they showed them on the Living Show) in about an hour.


SAN ANTONIO SPURS CELEBRATE FIESTA AT THE AT&T CENTER

Team to Wear Special Latin-Themed Uniform for Game

Against Portland Trail Blazers Monday Night

SAN ANTONIO, April 4, 2007 - It's Fiesta time in San Antonio - so what better way to enjoy the fun than to have a Fiesta with the Spurs Night on Monday, April 9, 2007, when the Spurs take on the Portland Trail Blazers at the AT&T Center at 7:00 pm.

As part of the night, the first 5,000 fans that enter the AT&T Center with a game ticket will receive a "Fiesta with the Spurs" maraca courtesy of Capital Group.

The Fiesta with the Spurs Night is a part of recognizing the support of the NBA and its players in Latin American Countries, plus the influx of Latin American players in the NBA. To honor that support, the San Antonio Spurs are participating in the NBA Noche Latina commemorative uniform program. The Spurs join the Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat and Phoenix Suns, all teams with a significant Hispanic fan base, as participants in this new NBA initiative.

The Spurs NBA Noche Latina uniform is a white Spurs uniform that features the following special elements:

- Special uniform piping element consisting of the flags of the 20 Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America and Brazil (Portuguese)

- A special NBA Noche Latina logo

- The traditional NBA logo in the Noche Latina colorway

- A special NBA Noche Latina supplemental jocktag

[angel_luv]

That sounds festive and fun.

I am curious to see the uniforms. :)

[ShoogarBear]

- Special uniform piping element consisting of the flags of the 20 Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America and Brazil (Portuguese)

Wait, wait . . . does that include Argentina????????

:stirpot:

[degenerate_gambler]

- A special NBA Noche Latina supplemental jocktag


say what??

[ShoogarBear]

say what??:lol Good question.

[Borosai]

Interesting.

[ThomasGranger]

Apparently the Spurs aren't the only team to sport Noche Latina uniforms. The Heat are doing this, too, but with their black uniforms:

http://www.nba.com/heat/news/heat_nochelatina_070307.html

[ShoogarBear]

Yeah, the article said it would be the Spurs, Heat, Lakers, and Suns.

I would think Denver and the Knicks would qualify, too, but oh, well.

[boutons_]

agreed, jocktag? but googling shows it's a pretty common term

http://www.mysimon.com/9015-11034_8-27613872.html

http://memphisgrizzliesnews.com/product/grizzlies_nba_mens_replica_roa--B0000AAHN0.php

[angel_luv]

The Pistons too right? Delfino?

[ThomasGranger]

Yeah, the article said it would be the Spurs, Heat, Lakers, and Suns.
\

My bad--I shoulda read more carefully.


Seems these may have some collectors value down the road.

[ShoogarBear]

The Pistons too right? Delfino?Just because they have one player doesn't mean they have a large Latin following.

[Solid D]

Until I just looked it up...I didn't realize that politically, The US Virgin Islands is considered Latin America.

[Samr]

Want festive uniforms? Bring back the old ones. We had pink and a green-ish-non-intimidating-thing goin' on in there. It was magical.

[degenerate_gambler]

Want festive uniforms? Bring back the old ones. We had pink and a green-ish-non-intimidating-thing goin' on in there. It was magical.


ugh...bob weiss flashbacks

[Solid D]

The Spurs warm-ups, logo and arena were colorful during the Red McCombs' ownership period but the uniforms were still Black, White, and Silver. It sounds like the actual unis will have colors on the logos and tags.

[ThomasGranger]

Want festive uniforms? Bring back the old ones. We had pink and a green-ish-non-intimidating-thing goin' on in there. It was magical.

I thought those cheezy "fast breaking fiesta" colors never actually made it onto the unis (thank God!), just the warm-ups and the court design, but my memory could be off.

Edit: SolidD beat me to it. (this just isn't my morning!)

[Solid D]

ugh...bob weiss flashbacks

No, Weiss was coach of the Spurs just before Larry Brown came in. The Fiesta colors were brought in to start Larry's 2nd year at the start of David and Sean's careers.

[baseline bum]

Man, I expected a pink and orange uni after reading the title.

[angel_luv]

Just because they have one player doesn't mean they have a large Latin following.

Valid point.

[DarrinS]

As long as they don't have these colors.

http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/brands/0009/1670/brand.gif

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Just because they have one player doesn't mean they have a large Latin following.
yeah, they're going off regions right? and general population?

Miami, LA, San Antonio

I wouldn't think Detroit has a large representative population, in proportion to cties like Miami.

[Solid D]

Edited - due to last month's damage at the Mission Drive-in, including stolen copper tubing, it is temporarily...if not permanently closed.

[DarrinS]

Will the Coyote be wearing this uniform?

http://www.bigfool.com/mascots/taco.jpg

j/k

[Kori Ellis]

Picture is here, I don't have a video yet.

http://www.centralmediaserver.com/WOAI/spurslatin-themeduniform.jpg

[Extra Stout]

The Spurs warm-ups, logo and arena were colorful during the Red McCombs' ownership period but the uniforms were still Black, White, and Silver. It sounds like the actual unis will have colors on the logos and tags.
It was a near miss. The black side panels with silver trim very, very nearly were going to be vertical stripes of turquoise, fuchsia, and orange instead.

[steppy]

More pics...

http://community.woai.com/photos/spurslatinuniform/default.aspx

[ShoogarBear]

It was a near miss. The black side panels with silver trim very, very nearly were going to be vertical stripes of turquoise, fuchsia, and orange instead.Oh.
My.
God.

[DarrinS]

Picture is here, I don't have a video yet.

http://www.centralmediaserver.com/WOAI/spurslatin-themeduniform.jpg


That's actually pretty cool looking.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Last time I checked none of the countries whose flags are shown have Latin as their national language.

GO SPVRS GO!

[angel_luv]

Picture is here, I don't have a video yet.

http://www.centralmediaserver.com/WOAI/spurslatin-themeduniform.jpg


I like the flags on the sides but not the button shaped patch on the top front part.

[Kori Ellis]

More pics...

http://community.woai.com/photos/spurslatinuniform/default.aspx


Yes, I was just going to post those. I don't think they are putting up a video now since they put up all those pics.

[DarrinS]

I saw this picture of the shorts and thought WTF? I thought the black area was the crotch area because of the white part on the bottom. The Spurs logo in that area would make a statement, though.



http://community.woai.com/photos/spurslatinuniform/images/1480273/480x375.aspx

[Kori Ellis]

http://www.woai.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=380285 video

[Phenomanul]

Ooooooh! The important question is whether they will go on sale to the general public????

[spurschick]

Ooooooh! The important question is whether they will go on sale to the general public????

Yes they will.

[Phenomanul]

Yes they will.


From the NBA store or only at the AT&T Center???

[T-Pain]

i like the uniforms

[DarrinS]

http://www.woai.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=380285 video


Kori, I couldn't help but notice the link to the video of your roundtable discussion on "small ball killing the Spurs". Assuming Horry is unable to play, who do you like out of Bonner, Oberto, and Elson?

[conversekid]

When are they going to wear irish to support the red rocket?

[T Park]

When are they going to wear irish to support the red rocket?

the same day they wear blue to honor manu and oberto.

[SRJ]

What's the big deal? They're like 0.5% different from the regular unis.

[Kori Ellis]

What's the big deal? They're like 0.5% different from the regular unis.

No one said it was a big deal :wtf It's just a press release, so it's here.

[Kori Ellis]

Kori, I couldn't help but notice the link to the video of your roundtable discussion on "small ball killing the Spurs". Assuming Horry is unable to play, who do you like out of Bonner, Oberto, and Elson?

Elson can't seem to stay out of foul trouble and Oberto can't jump, so I guess Bonner. Though there will be games they will need Elson.

[timvp]

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[SRJ]

No one said it was a big deal :wtf It's just a press release, so it's here.

Well, if it wasn't a big deal, I wouldn't think they'd make a press release out of it. It's a little like calling a press conference to announce that nothing's going on.

It's not that I hate the new uniforms; I couldn't - they're practically the same.

[Phenomanul]

http://spurstalk.com/spursdominican.jpg

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Allying a sporting super power may be enough for a Believe thread to emerge.

:lmao :lmao

Did it bring a tear of pride and joy to your eyes?

[ShoogarBear]

:lol

I still find it incredible that they would put the Puerto Rican flag on there and not include the Knicks.

[timvp]

:lmao :lmao

Did it bring a tear of pride and joy to your eyes?


http://www.allstates-flag.com/images/full-size/flags/international/dominican_republic.gif

Perhaps if they would have left our emblem on. Maybe spurschick can fix this travesty.

[ShoogarBear]

Well, if it wasn't a big deal, I wouldn't think they'd make a press release out of it. It's a little like calling a press conference to announce that nothing's going on.

It's not that I hate the new uniforms; I couldn't - they're practically the same.The actualy change to the unfirom may not be considered a big deal (actually, I think anything more would have been gauche) but the marketing symbolism is gigantic.

Whatever else you say about David Stern, he always knows where the future markets are going to come from.

[Phenomanul]

I guess Bush and Chavez can be friends for this night alone...

[Kori Ellis]

Well, if it wasn't a big deal, I wouldn't think they'd make a press release out of it. It's a little like calling a press conference to announce that nothing's going on.

It's not that I hate the new uniforms; I couldn't - they're practically the same.

Well it's a press release because it's a thing they are doing around the league to show the support of the Latin players emerging in the NBA and marketing to those countries. It doesn't matter how much the uniforms have changed, that isn't the point.

The NBA releases tons of press releases for every little thing they do. That's how publicity works.

[timvp]

http://www.allstates-flag.com/images/full-size/flags/international/dominican_republic.gif

Perhaps if they would have left our emblem on. Maybe spurschick can fix this travesty.

True. Especially considering they have more players playing professional sports in the US than the rest of those 19 flags combined.

:smokin

[Phenomanul]

So what's the official tally in the NBA?

Off the top of my head.......

Argentina = 5 NBA Players (Manu, Oberto, Delfino, Nocioni, Hermann)
Mexico = 1 NBA Player (Najera)
Puerto Rico = 2 NBA Players (Arroyo, Ariza)
Dominican Republic = 1 Retired NBA Player (Lopez)
Brazil = 3 NBA Players (Nene, Barbosa, Varejao)


Not included (but Spanish speaking country nonetheless):
Spain = 5 NBA Players (Gasol, Garbajosa, Calderon, Rodriguez, Szczerbiak*)

[ShoogarBear]

Szczerbiak???

Why, because he played for Miami . . . . of Ohio?

[Phenomanul]

Szczerbiak???

Why, because he played for Miami . . . . of Ohio?


I believe he was born in Spain.....

I placed an asterisk by his name since he hasn't officially played for the Spanish National Team.

[ShoogarBear]

I believe he was born in Spain.....Oh.

Of course, Sequ was born in England, so does he count as a limey?

[Kori Ellis]

International Players (not just Latin)

Argentina Carlos Delfino Detroit Pistons
Emanuel "Manu" Ginobili San Antonio Spurs
Walter Herrmann Charlotte Bobcats
Andres Nocioni Chicago Bulls
Fabricio Oberto San Antonio Spurs

Australia Andrew Bogut Milwaukee Bucks

Bosnia- Herzegovina Damir Markota Milwaukee Bucks

Brazil Rafael Araujo Utah Jazz
Leandro Barbosa Phoenix Suns
Anderson Varejao Cleveland Cavaliers
Marcus Vinicius N.O./Okla. City Hornets
Nene Denver Nuggets

Canada Jamaal Magloire Portland Trail Blazers
Steve Nash 1 Phoenix Suns

China Yao Ming Houston Rockets

Congo Didier Ilunga-Mbenga Dallas Mavericks
Dikembe Mutombo Houston Rockets

Croatia Gordan Giricek Utah Jazz

Dominican Republic Francisco Garcia Sacramento Kings

England Luol Deng 2 Chicago Bulls
Pops Mensah-Bonsu Dallas Mavericks

France Boris Diaw Phoenix Suns
Yakhouba Diawara Denver Nuggets
Mickael Gelabale Seattle SuperSonics
Tony Parker 3 San Antonio Spurs
Johan Petro Seattle SuperSonics
Mickael Pietrus Golden State Warriors
Ronny Turiaf Los Angeles Lakers

Georgia Zaza Pachulia Atlanta Hawks

Germany Dirk Nowitzki Dallas Mavericks

Greece Vassilis Spanoulis Houston Rockets
Jake Tsakalidis Memphis Grizzlies

Guyana Rawle Marshall Indiana Pacers

Haiti Samuel Dalembert Philadelphia 76ers

Ireland Pat Burke Phoenix Suns

Italy Andrea Bargnani Toronto Raptors

Latvia Andris Biendrins Golden State Warriors

Lithuania Martynas Andriuskevicius Chicago Bulls
Zydrunas Ilgauskas Cleveland Cavaliers
Sarunas Jasikevicius Indiana Pacers
Linas Kleiza Denver Nuggets
Darius Songaila Washington Wizards

Mexico Eduardo Najera Denver Nuggets

Montenegro Aleksandar Pavlovic Cleveland Cavaliers

Netherlands Francisco Elson San Antonio Spurs
Dan Gadzuric Milwaukee Bucks

New Zealand Sean Marks Phoenix Suns

Nigeria Michael Olowokandi 4 Boston Celtics

Puerto Rico Carlos Arroyo Orlando Magic
Jose Juan Barea Dallas Mavericks

Russia Viktor Khryapa Chicago Bulls
Andrei Kirilenko Utah Jazz
Yaroslav Korolev Los Angeles Clippers

Senegal DeSagana Diop Dallas Mavericks
Mouhamed Sene Seattle SuperSonics
Pape Sow Toronto Raptors

Serbia Zarko Cabarkapa Golden State Warriors
Mile Ilic New Jersey Nets
Marko Jaric Minnesota Timberwolves
Nenad Krstic New Jersey Nets
Darko Milicic Orlando Magic
Vladimir Radmanovic 5 Los Angeles Lakers
Zeljko Rebraca Los Angeles Clippers
Predrag Stojakovic NO/OKC Hornets

Slovenia Primoz Brezec Charlotte Bobcats
Bostjan Nachbar New Jersey Nets
Radoslav "Rasho" Nesterovic Toronto Raptors
Uros Slokar Toronto Raptors
Beno Udrih San Antonio Spurs
Sasha Vujacic Los Angeles Lakers

Spain Jose Manuel Calderon Toronto Raptors
Jorge Garbajosa Toronto Raptors
Pau Gasol Memphis Grizzlies
Sergio Rodriguez Portland Trail Blazers

St. Vincent & Grenadines Adonal Foyle Golden State Warriors

Switzerland Thabo Sefolosha Chicago Bulls

Turkey Ersan Ilyasova Milwaukee Bucks
Mehmet Okur Utah Jazz
Hidayet "Hedo" Turkoglu Orlando Magic

Ukraine Vitaly Potapenko Sacramento Kings

Uruguay Esteban Batista Atlanta Hawks

U.S Virgin Islands Tim Duncan San Antonio Spurs
Raja Bell Phoenix Suns

Key
1 = Born in South Africa, raised in Canada
2 = Born in Sudan, became British citizen in 2006
3 = Born in Belgium
4 = Born in Nigeria, raised in England and moved to U.S.
5 = Born in Bosnia-Herzegovina and raised in Serbia-Montenegro

[Kori Ellis]

PLAYERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WHOSE RIGHTS ARE HELD BY AN NBA TEAM

Country Name NBA Team
Argentina Federico Kammerichs Portland Trail Blazers
Luis Scola San Antonio Spurs

Australia David Andersen Atlanta Hawks
Ben Pepper Boston Celtics

Belarus Vladimir Veremeenko Washington Wizards

Belgium Alex Hervelle Denver Nuggets

Bosnia-Herzegovina Edin Bavcic Philadelphia 76ers
Nedzad Sinanovic Portland Trail Blazers

China Xue Yuyang Denver Nuggets

Croatia Kosta Perovic Golden State Warriors
Josip Sesar Boston Celtics
Roko Leni Ukic Toronto Raptors

Czech Republic Loukas Mavrokefalidis Minnesota Timberwolves

Denmark Christian Drejer New Jersey Nets

England Andrew Betts Indiana Pacers
Joel Freeland Portland Trail Blazers

France Alain Digbeu Atlanta Hawks
Ian Mahinimi San Antonio Spurs
Paccelis Morlende Seattle SuperSonics
Frederic Weiss New York Knicks

Georgia Viktor Sanikidze San Antonio Spurs

Germany Peter Fehse Seattle SuperSonics

Greece Sofoklis Schortsanitis Los Angeles Clippers

Israel Lior Eliyahu Houston Rockets
Yotam Halperin Seattle SuperSonics
Doron Sheffer Portland Trail Blazers

Lithuania Robertas Javtokas San Antonio Spurs
Aurelijius Zukauskas Milwaukee Bucks

Netherlands Ramon Van de Hare Orlando Magic

Nigeria Ejike Ugboaja Cleveland Cavaliers

Poland Marcin Gortat Orlando Magic
Szymon Szewczyk Milwaukee Bucks

Puerto Rico Guillermo Diaz Los Angeles Clippers
Ricky Sanchez Denver Nuggets

Russia Andrei Festisov Milwaukee Bucks
Sergei Karaulov San Antonio Spurs

Senegal Malick Badiane Houston Rockets
Cheick Samb Detroit Pistons

Serbia and Montenegro Dejan Bodiroga Sacramento Kings
Mladen Sekularac Golden State Warriors
Milos Vujanic Phoenix Suns

Slovenia Sani Becirovic Denver Nuggets
Erazem Lorbek Indiana Pacers

Spain Robert Duenas Miami Heat
Albert Miralles Boston Celtics
Juan Carlos Navarro Washington Wizards
Fran Vasquez Orlando Magic

Turkey Cenk Akyol Atlanta Hawks

Ukraine Sergey Lishok Memphis Grizzlies
Oleksiy Pecherov Washington Wizards

[timvp]

Dominican Republic = 1 Retired NBA Player (Lopez)


Charlie Villanueva
http://assets.espn.go.com/i/nba/profiles/players/65x90/3933.jpghttp://www.originalicons.com/images/icons/Civilization/Flags/1118359272_335478838.gif


Trevor Ariza
http://assets.espn.go.com/i/nba/profiles/players/65x90/3860.jpghttp://www.originalicons.com/images/icons/Civilization/Flags/1118359272_335478838.gif

Francisco Garcia
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Quincy Douby
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Luis Flores
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And coming to an NBA Lottery team near you:


Al Horford
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[ShoogarBear]

Kori's post has Trevor Ariza as being from Puerto Rico.

Not that I accuse you of padding your list or anything.

[Kori Ellis]

Kori's post has Trevor Ariza as being from Puerto Rico.

Not that I accuse you of padding your list or anything.

Ariza has dual citizenship between US and DR - he was born in Miami. I believe he chose to play (or wanted to play) with the Dominican National Team though.

[timvp]

Kori's post has Trevor Ariza as being from Puerto Rico.

Not that I accuse you of padding your list or anything.

Nice try. PhenoManul != Kori Ellis

:smokin

[Taco]

Charlie Villanueva
http://assets.espn.go.com/i/nba/profiles/players/65x90/3933.jpg

:eyebrows Where are this dudes Eyebrows? :eyebrows

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

Are you going to stock up on Dominicans for Dynasty League 3?

[timvp]

C Al Horford
PF Charlie Villanueva
SF Trevor Ariza
SG Francisco Garcia
PG Quincy Douby

First baseball. Now basketball.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

:eyebrows Where are this dudes Eyebrows? :eyebrows

Villanueva suffers from Alopecia areata, an autoimmune skin disease. This results in hair loss on the scalp and/or elsewhere on the body, but the disease is not otherwise life-threatening or harmful. Villanueva has become a spokesman for the NAAF (National Alopecia Areata Foundation) to help others growing up with the same condition.[3] In March 2006, the NBA recognized his efforts by giving him the league's Community Assist Award for the month of February.[4]

[timvp]

Another NBA player with dual citizenship between DR and US:


http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/nba/2003/playoffs/news/2003/05/29/mavs_spurs_ap/t1_jackson_all.jpg

[ShoogarBear]

Nice try. PhenoManul != Kori Ellis

:smokin:lol Honest mistake.

:stirpot:

[ShoogarBear]

Another NBA player with dual citizenship between DR and US:


http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/nba/2003/playoffs/news/2003/05/29/mavs_spurs_ap/t1_jackson_all.jpg
You're shittin me.

[Kori Ellis]

You're shittin me.

:lol He played there, so I'm guessing he applied for citizenship when he was there. A lot of the American players who go overseas do that.

Jax doesn't have any Dominican blood though. Ariza's mom was born in the DR.

[timvp]

Jax doesn't have any Dominican blood though.

Perhaps he does. That has yet to be confirmed.

He plays like does.


http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/nba/2003/playoffs/news/2003/06/15/jackson_sider_ap/t1_jackson_ap.jpg

[Oink Oink]

Earl Watson is also Mexican.

[Kori Ellis]

Earl Watson is also Mexican.

True. He's half Mexican/half Black.

[Phenomanul]

Nice try. PhenoManul != Kori Ellis

:smokin


My bad... and you're right... Ariza does have Dominican heritage....

I did state that I was populating the list off the top of my head....

[Phenomanul]

The way Pepe Sanchez played in the World Championships, there's no reason he shouldn't be a viable NBA player (again).

After all, he did work on his jumpshot... his notorious weakness during his stint in the NBA. The guy can flatout run a team. I'll go on the record again to state that the Sanchez >>> Beno.

[ShoogarBear]

True. He's half Mexican/half Black.Oh, man. Good thing the Spurs never got him to back up Tony, then. That would have started a fan civil war.

[timvp]

124 Dominicans in MLB
5 Dominicans in the NBA
1 Dominican in the NFL

130 professional athletes.

9,000,000 total population minus 4,500,000 females minus 2,000,000 males under age 18 minus 2,000,000 males over age 40 = 500,000 males between 18 and 40

One out of every 3,800 Dominican males between age 18 and 40 is playing professional sports in the US.

:toast

[DarrinS]

Canadians, like Nash, count as international players?


That just doesn't seem right, IMO.


Now, if they're French-Canadian, that's another story.

[Kori Ellis]

Canadians, like Nash, count as international players?


That just doesn't seem right, IMO.


Now, if they're French-Canadian, that's another story.

:lol Why shouldn't it count? He was born in South Africa and moved to Canada when he was 2 and lived there until he went off to college. He's definitely an international player.

[Trainwreck2100]

Perhaps he does. That has yet to be confirmed.

He plays like does.


http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/nba/2003/playoffs/news/2003/06/15/jackson_sider_ap/t1_jackson_ap.jpg


But he doesnt shoot like he does



(firearms, not the rock)

[DarrinS]

:lol Why shouldn't it count? He was born in South Africa and moved to Canada when he was 2 and lived there until he went off to college. He's definitely an international player.


And he was a soccer player. Definitely a foreigner.

[timvp]

124 Dominicans in MLB
5 Dominicans in the NBA
1 Dominican in the NFL

130 professional athletes.

9,000,000 total population minus 4,500,000 females minus 2,000,000 males under age 18 minus 2,000,000 males over age 40 = 500,000 males between 18 and 40

One out of every 3,800 Dominican males between age 18 and 40 is playing professional sports in the US.

:toast

Compare that to:

One out of every 75,000,000 Chinese
One out of every 3,000,000 Brazilians
One out of every 1,200,000 French
One out of every 830,000 Mexicans
One out of every 750,000 Argentines
One out of every 500,000 Australians
One out of every 175,000 Serbian
One out of every 95,000 Lithuanians
One out of every 75,000 Venezuelans
One out of every 50,000 Slovenians
One out of every 33,500 Americans
One out of every 3,800 Dominicans

[ShoogarBear]

What else is there to do on that island?

[Bruno]

Finland shouldn't be bad with the NHL.

[ShoogarBear]

And how do you figure that only 1/9 th of the entire male population is between 18-40?

[timvp]

What else is there to do on that island?

Grow sugar.

[nkdlunch]

Compare that to:

One out of every 75,000,000 Chinese
One out of every 3,000,000 Brazilians
One out of every 1,200,000 French
One out of every 830,000 Mexicans
One out of every 750,000 Argentines
One out of every 500,000 Australians
One out of every 175,000 Serbian
One out of every 95,000 Lithuanians
One out of every 75,000 Venezuelans
One out of every 50,000 Slovenians
One out of every 33,500 Americans
One out of every 3,800 Dominicans

you forget 99.9% of the above play soccer. and tons and tons play it professionally in Europe.

there are THOUSANDS of both Brazilian + Argentine professional players in Europe alone. It's crazy the athlete machines those 2 countries are.

[timvp]

And how do you figure that only 1/9 th of the entire male population is between 18-40?

Because we are killed if we don't play baseball.

[ALVAREZ6]

What's the big deal? They're like 0.5% different from the regular unis.Exactly...WTF is the point of wearing those things?


If you're going to honor something by adding a little patch, WTF...I don't know, it just seems like a retarded idea.

By the title, I expected some mariachi-looking uniforms.

[Spurs Brazil]

I'm very happy to see the Brazil flag in the Spurs uni

[ShoogarBear]

:lol

I think that 1/9th fraction is pretty low. I would guess it's more like the neighborhood of 25-40% of all males in that age range.

[ALVAREZ6]

1 out of every 2 Brazilians is playing professional soccer in the world.

[Kori Ellis]

:lol

I think that 1/9th fraction is pretty low. I would guess it's more like the neighborhood of 25-40% of all males in that age range.

I think it's about 17-18% in the U.S. (In 2000, ~23.5 million males were between 18-40 out of ~138M total males).

[ALVAREZ6]

The Spurs could just bring over Scola and wear Argentina jerseys.

[timvp]

I think it's about 17-18% in the U.S. (In 2000, ~23.5 million males were between 18-40 out of ~138M total males).

DR is 33-38% < 14 years old.

So not exactly sure of number of 18 to 40 males. Most likely 500K to 1M, although I never claimed we do math on that island.

:smokin

[ShoogarBear]

Yeah, I would expect things would be shifted towards a younger distribution in the DR.

Notice you didn't count boxers.

[samikeyp]

It was a near miss. The black side panels with silver trim very, very nearly were going to be vertical stripes of turquoise, fuchsia, and orange instead.

Very true. The Express-News had a layout of all the possible uniforms....it was scary.

[samikeyp]

And coming to an NBA Lottery team near you:

Al Horford

Big news up here. He played at Grand Ledge High School in this area and his dad still lives here. In fact, according to the sportscasters up here...his full name is "ex-Grand Ledge star Al Horford" :)

[T Park]

Wish we could find that article from the Express news.

[aaronstampler]

you forget 99.9% of the above play soccer. and tons and tons play it professionally in Europe.

there are THOUSANDS of both Brazilian + Argentine professional players in Europe alone. It's crazy the athlete machines those 2 countries are.


I agree, this stat would be more relevant if the U.S. had the best soccer league in the world that all the best players globally wanted to play in. A lot of countries have leagues with 1st, 2nd and 3rd divisions so those are like 60 team leagues in effect. Plus, there are all the hockey players from the Eastern European countries to consider.

[spurschick]

http://www.allstates-flag.com/images/full-size/flags/international/dominican_republic.gif

Perhaps if they would have left our emblem on. Maybe spurschick can fix this travesty.


:lol Sorry, not my department.

And I'm not sure if they'll have these at the At&T Center store or not.

[whottt]

Looks to me like they are using teams from former Spanish colonies...

Cali, Texas, Arizona and Florida...


Other areas of the US first colonized by Spain don't have NBA teams...I think. Maybe Utah...maybe Colorado.


Dunno why they qualify Brazil when saying Latin America...Portuguese is as much a Latin derived Language as Spanish, and I've seen Brazil consistently included as part of Latin America in many groupings.


In fact, Brazil is probably the reason they call it Latin America and not Hispania America in the first place.

[ploto]

They should have done that for the uniforms when they played in Europe-- meaning the flag trim. Maybe they will this fall for those teams that go this year.

[efrem1]

Last time I checked none of the countries whose flags are shown have Latin as their national language.

GO SPVRS GO!

In reality, Belize was a British colony and speaks English. :spin

[Tek_XX]

In reality, Belize was a British colony and speaks English. :spin

along with spanish.

[Kori Ellis]

English is the "official" language there, but the most popular language (even moreso than English) for everyday speaking is Belizean Creole. Only about 1/3 of the people there speak Spanish.

[DarrinS]

At the last minute, the Latin-Themed Uniforms have been changed.

Here's a photo

http://images.art.com/images/-/The-Three-Amigos-Photograph-C10101975.jpeg

[Peter]

Didn't we go through a decade of that? :wtf

DIE PINK DIE.

[MAVSARE#1]

Not so sure I would be proud of this!!!!!!

[J.T.]

Not so sure I would be proud of this!!!!!!

More mavfan jealousy, I see.

[MAVSARE#1]

Not talking about the Spurs Jersey, just the Latin Theme! But then again I guess that is necessary when you live in San Antonio.

[DarrinS]

Not talking about the Spurs Jersey, just the Latin Theme! But then again I guess that is necessary when you live in San Antonio.


City smack is weak.

[Melmart1]

Not so sure I would be proud of this!!!!!!
And why shouldn't people be proud of the strides the NBA has taken in bringing foreign atheletes into the NBA? Being a Mavs fan, if they wanted to honor European players and put a German-themed uni on, I bet you wouldn't have an issue.

[dg7md]

Not talking about the Spurs Jersey, just the Latin Theme! But then again I guess that is necessary when you live in San Antonio.

You live in Texas, so shut it. I live in Dallas (born and raised here), and spanish influence is everywhere can't you see?

[J.T.]

You live in Texas, so shut it. I live in Dallas (born and raised here), and spanish influence is everywhere can't you see?

So much that Rick Perry is considering giving Dallas back to Mexico.