Groin shots are becoming the norm in Olympic basketball

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Groin shots are becoming the norm in Olympic basketball

France’s Nic Batum is the latest Olympian to target an opponent’s groin. This photo shows Batum punching Spain’s Juan Carlos Navarro below-the-belt in the closing seconds of today’s quarterfinal game.

Batum, who was not ejected, seemed proud of his actions. Here’s a tweet from Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski:

Finally, I asked Batum if he felt like his punch ultimately gave Navarro a ‘good reason’ to flop. “I hope so,” Batum said.

This nut-punch follows the groin shot Team USA’s Carmelo Anthony suffered at the hands of Argentina’s Facundo Campozzo. Campozzo and his teammates blamed Chris Paul for starting the nut slap-fest.

Memo to all Olympic basketball players: start wearing cups.

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