“ The inclination for a player in foul trouble is to hold back, even just a little. Not so for Andre Iguodala, who played with so much energy and passion right when the Americans needed it that one of the Russian players actually thought he was swearing at him — in Russian.
“He say in Russian a bad word. I don’t know how he know this. I won’t even translate it. It’s bad,” said Russian forward Andrey Vorontsevich, who got yelled at by Iguodala after being a little too physical with Lamar Odom.
“All I said was, ‘watch it, watch it,’” Iguodala said, bewildered. “I don’t speak any Russian.”
Apparently (according to bilingual Russian journalist Vladimir Gomelsky of NTV+), if you say, “watch it, watch it” fast enough, it can be misconstrued as the Russian euphemism for a female canine.
“He say in Russian a bad word. I don’t know how he know this. I won’t even translate it. It’s bad,” said Russian forward Andrey Vorontsevich, who got yelled at by Iguodala after being a little too physical with Lamar Odom.
“All I said was, ‘watch it, watch it,’” Iguodala said, bewildered. “I don’t speak any Russian.”
Apparently (according to bilingual Russian journalist Vladimir Gomelsky of NTV+), if you say, “watch it, watch it” fast enough, it can be misconstrued as the Russian euphemism for a female canine.
Chris Sheridan shares this amazing story from Team USA’s win over Russia. I wish I could root for Team USA year round; with players around him, Andre Iguodala is infinitely less annoying. Also, Kevin Durant had “1972” written on his sneakers today!
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