Alex Abrines acquires his American dream car

Forgive the title not really making much sense. Some things (like me) don’t translate.  But dreams do, and Alex Abrines has those. Transformational ones.

Now that Chris Herring has moved to FiveThirtyEight, I’ve found that the “Life and Arts” section of the Wall Street Journal has the best basketball coverage. Sure that seems like a ridiculous thing to say, and it is, but consider this lovely essay from Alex Abrines.

In it, Mr. Abrines talks about having seen Transformers back in his home country of Spain and dreaming of owning a Chevrolet Camaro like the one in the movie. Unfortunately, those are all rare and expensive over there.

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However, when he came to America he found that they were available and expensive. Pro basketball players make quite a bit of money. Alex Abrines decided to spend some of it on his dream car.

While part of me wants to complain that Luigi Datome’s Tumblr post about finally being able to purchase a real American eight pound bucket of Taco Bell refried beans upon being drafted by the Pistons didn’t get nearly equivalent press coverage, the other part of me thinks this is really nice. It’s always fascinating to see NBA Players write about themselves, but it’s even cooler to see them write something somewhat relatable on a human rather than superhuman level. Plus, anyone who can turn having watched Transformers into a positive life experience deserves to tell his story.

It’s also worth clicking on the article for the slideshow of Abrines’ American life. It’s like the opposite of the life in America depicted in Primus’ song “American Life.” He’s got a cool house, a cool car and a shirt that has “RCKLSS” around the collar at least four times. That’s close to his average points-per-game this year. Is that coincidence? It either is or it isn’t.

Hopefully we can expect a followup from his European rookie teammate Domantas Sabonis about the kind of car he drives. I expect it to be a truck, and I fully expect stories about drag racing around Oklahoma. It’d be even better if there’s a story about Russell Westbrook chasing them down on foot and suplexing both cars simultaneously. I will let you know if this happens.