of Recent articles about GQNew Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson opens up about his love When it comes toto the point where it becomes the focus of the entire feature.
You might think I’m joking, but only two paragraphs show something like this:
Williamson speaks of Naruto with the same reverence that other NBA players speak of the Bible. This past year has been an unusually turbulent one for any other star’s career, but Naruto was his North Star.
That “tumultuous” year was one in which Williamson was injured, unable to recover, put on weight, and his future in New Orleans (and the league itself) was in constant question. For real really like When it comes to.
However, what really caught my attention in this feature is this (emphasis mine):
Zion estimates that about 80% of the league’s players are into anime.they just don’t admit itThose familiar with the conventions of the format know that it is difficult to create a genre more suited to professional athletes. (Dragon Ball Z) to fight alien warlords. They are not the same goals that drive athletes.
Its stats are both wild and completely reliable. Most NBA players are in their 20s. By that, they mean that anime grew up far beyond its (often unfair) wee-boo association and grew up in a culture that liked Japanese series. dragon ball z It’s not just a piece of furniture, but it resonates with the young black men who make up the bulk of the league..
Now, I’m not going to say Zion is the only NBA player to publicly announce his love for anime.Here’s Stephen Adams in 2016.
More famously, 2018 Superstar Joel Embiid relaxes in his pre-game routine.
And that’s before entering the lineup of small but important players. on record to talk about their love dragon ball zlike Embiid teammate Tobias Harris and Cavaliers forward Lauri Markkanen.
But if Zion’s 80% figure is even remotely true (he’s in his third season in the league and has had enough discussions in locker rooms and training courts to at least make a good guess). ), there should be more numbers. There are 450 players of his in the NBA, and the number of fans in the anime is in the hundreds instead of the dozens. Pre-fight dance He can, and maybe should, watch a lot more, including routines and post-fight interview quotes. slam dunk players with nicknames from kill la kill Instead of old DC comics.
Perhaps many players still feel attached to some sort of stigma of looking nerdy and weakened by (outdated and inaccurate) associations. If the two biggest and meanest people in the series can be here like this, anyone can.
