Boris Diaw is a unique guy. From his traveling the globe sipping wine instead of training in the offseason, to his magnificent indifference to the fact that many would consider him fairly overweight for a professional basketball player, Diaw consistently lives his life the way he wants, despite anything anyone else says.
Case in point: Diaw has a cappuccino machine at his locker.
You're gonna think I'm making this up. I assure you I am not. Boris Diaw has a working cappuccino maxhine plugged in at his locker.
— Jeff McDonald (@JMcDonald_SAEN) January 7, 2016
This news is even more legendary considering that the best Diaw story ever includes him and cappuccino. From a great Marc Stein feature on Diaw during the 2014 NBA Finals:
"“Boris walks into the gym one day wearing flip-flops and holding his customary cappuccino, which was a staple for him every morning,” Griffin recalled. “It was during pre-draft workouts, so he sees the Vertec [machine] and asks what it is.“We tell him it measures your vertical leap by determining how many of the bars you can touch. He asks what’s the highest anyone has ever gone, and we tell him Amare’ [Stoudemire] cleared the entire rack.“Boris puts down the cappuccino, takes off his flip-flops and clears the entire rack on the first try. Then he calmly puts his flip-flops back on, picks up his cappuccino and walks away, saying, ‘That was not difficult.'”"
I will now forever imagine Boris Diaw getting to practice every day, having a cup of cappuccino and dominating Spurs practice. Because he probably does.