In Spain, doing this means the same as saying "a lot," as in "a full and heavy bag." (Just be careful doing this one in Italy, where the same gesture can mean "You fool!" ...

The photo, which has been running as a newspaper spread in Spain since Friday, shows all 15 players making the gesture on a basketball court adorned with a Chinese dragon.

Hugs as a socially acceptable greeting between two men became a thing in Eastern Europe and Russia in the 1800s, he says. And later the gesture spread to the West.