Joel Embiid proved once again last night why he’s the most interesting man in the NBA, watching anime on the court while getting worked on by a trainer. (Several people have pointed out that he was watching Dragon Ball GT.)
The enigmatic Embiid isn’t alone in his admiration of Japanese cartoons. At the start of last NBA season, Thunder big man Steven Adams said he skipped watching the Warriors’ first game with Kevin Durant in favor of some “Japanese anime, man.”
(Adams’s pronunciation of “Japanese anime” in that clip is one of my favorite recurring bits on the great podcast Real Good Show.