When LeBron James first ran into Andre Drummond at the practice facility shortly after the Lakers signed the veteran center, there was just one question he desperately needed to ask his new teammate.
“Yo, is your nickname Big Penguin?” James asked.
It’s a story Drummond himself recalls while laughing, while also claiming he had no idea where the nickname came from.
“All I know is that someone must have found out that penguins are one of my favorite animals, and kind of put and two together,” Drummond said.
But to say penguins are merely one of Drummond’s favorite animals, however, is an understatement on par with saying that basketball is one of his best sports.