Rick Fox, the three-time NBA champion with the Los Angeles Lakers, played 13 NBA seasons before becoming the owner of esports organization Echo Fox.
Echo Fox players in a younger generation might not remember much about Fox, who at age 47 has said of being 6-foot-7, “It’s more than just height.” Fox can still play basketball, and he told WWG last month that nevertheless his esports players have challenged him to one-on-one in basketball.
“Yeah a lot of my players do,” Fox said. “A lot of them are too young actually, so they don’t really know Rick Fox the basketball player. They respect the Lakers. They respect the championships. But they for some reason — maybe it’s the gray hair — they think they can just take me. I don’t know what it is. It’s like riding a bike. Put a basketball in my hands, and it’s going to be second nature.”
It’s clear that Fox doesn’t think it would go well for any esports player he faces on the court. In gaming, he indicated to WWG that he can hold his own against his players. On the court? That’s apparently a completely different story.
