So what does a basketball player do during the long part of the offseason? Participate in some funny Youtube videos. At least that’s what Jeremy Lin does.
Space Jam 2 hasn’t come out yet, but Ryan Higa, who has the youtube channel nigahiga (over 17 million subscribers), came up with a good idea for Space Jam 3, which happens to have a very strong Anime theme, as opposed to the Looney Tunes starring in the original film.
The premise: After surprisingly retiring from the NBA, Jeremy Lin is keeping himself busy by watching Naruto and playing video games (he’s a big DOTA 2 fan), he gets sucked into the computer screen, and gets to train a bunch of Anime characters, about to play a game against the Anime All-Stars, basically the villains. The guys pulling him in were expecting Michael Jordan, but they got Jeremy Lin.
I won’t ruin everything else that goes on in a hilarious clip that runs for 6:45, with plenty of Anime references, and a lot of self referential humor from Lin, who was a great spot and was the butt of the joke a lot of the time.
While some players’ offseason highlights are about showing off to the world that they’re richer than their fans will ever be by documenting their own rich-and-famous lives, Lin keeps himself busy by immersing himself even further in geek culture, and showing off his sense of humor and acting chops as well.
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