VIDEO: Brutal Nutpunch Highlights Spain vs. France Olympic Basketball

By ·

While you were at work this afternoon, Portland Trail Blazer Nic Batum was busy punching Spain’s Juan Carlos Navarro in the groin during the Olympics. Batum is playing for France in the London Games and took quite the swing at Navarro’s down-there toward the end of Wednesday’s game against Spain. He later said he hit Navarro there to give him something to flop about. Spain won the contest and advanced to the semifinals where they’ll take on Russia for the right to eventually lose to the United States by a million points. In case you were busy actually working, here’s the clip of the below-the-belt punch:

Also, Deadspin was kind enough to sloooooow that clip down and set it to indie music.

Here’s what the Internets had to say about the incident:

Twitter Reactions to Nic Batum’s Olympic Nutpunch

Storified by PhiladelphiaMagazine · Wed, Aug 08 2012 11:47:03

Batum’s swing might lead to better anti-flop, anti-tank rules. Nic Batum, nutpuncher for reformEthan Strauss
@SherwoodStrauss Nic Batum, killing two birds with one stone (I feel like that works on multiple levels)BaldHead BlackSockz
To be fair, Nic Batum did ask Juan-Carlos Navarro what the capital of Thailand was before he did this.. http://www.twitpic.com/ah00y2Not Brian Scalabrine
Nutshot Vigilante is the hero London deserves, but not the one it needs right now.Barry Petchesky
Somewhere Zidane saw Batum’s nut punch and thought, "What a disgrace"Ethan Strauss
Nic Batum = The French Metta World PeaceKobe Logic

Read More About:

Trending

  1. The Best Philadelphia Magazine Long Reads of 2025

  2. How Philly Fell for Krampus — and a Darker Kind of Christmas

  3. Youth Sports in Philly Are Uneven — and the Gaps Are Growing

  4. Philly Writer Michael Hochman Sentenced for Child Sex Offenses

  5. The Editors’ Cut: What We’re Reading, Watching, Doing, and Liking This Week