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But Does Michael Gbinije Only Drink Artisanal, Locally-Sourced Pickle Juice?

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Michael Gibinje plays a lot of basketball and wants to avoid cramps. The solution? Chugging some pickle juice.

Just in time, we might have found the Syracuse Basketball Lede of the Year, courtesy of Donna Ditota.

Michael Gbinije sat on the edge of a table in the Syracuse locker room and took a small sip out of a bottle of pickles.

No, Gbinije isn't engaging in some kind of super-sneaky product placement or getting ready to start his own artisanal pickle juice company in Brooklyn. Apparently this is all part of a regimen the grad student created to help prevent cramping.