NBA players are not excempted when it comes to Animes, especially the ones who are born at late 80s and early 90s where anime popularity explodes and sipped into the whole world like a virus.
In this video you can see Utah Jazz Allstar Center Rudy Gobert and also the reigning defensive player of the year wearing a customized Nike shoes with Straw Hat Jolly Roger in front of the shoe and at the sides you can see Monkey D. Luffy's face, who is the main protagonist in the best selling manga of all time One Piece.
Looks like Big Rudy have a little kid's heart inside of that towering frame.
