You’ve got to hand it to NBA players for fully embracing the spirit of Halloween. We’ve got Ricky Rubio dressing up like Luigi. We’ve got Carmelo Anthony sharing his fantastic Game of Thrones Night King costume. And, of course, Russell Westbrook and Nick Collison’s fantastic White Men Can’t Jump parody photoshoot. What else could you possibly ask for? How about NBA players trying to navigate through a Haunted House? Does that sound like something you’d be interested in?
Nike and media network Cycle, along with Anthony Davis, DeMarcus Cousins, and a few other New Orleans Pelicans teammates, just changed the NBA Halloween game. Davis released a video on Sunday featuring him and his crew visiting a Haunted House in Tickfaw, Louisiana.
If you’ve never been to a seasonal haunted house like this, don’t let the obvious ‘fakeness’ of it all fool you. A disheveled man revving up a chainsaw while he’s running at you down a narrow corridor is frightening, no matter how fake you know it is.
Davis opened up the video claiming he loves Halloween but is afraid of the dark, and somehow also loves haunted houses. That sounds like a recipe for disaster, but at least he’s got his “protector” DeMarcus Cousins with him.
Getting into the Halloween spirit. @nikebasketball pic.twitter.com/4mtxLhsHHu
— Anthony Davis (@AntDavis23) October 29, 2017
It’s an excellent video, but I can’t be the only one worrying about injuries when you see half of the New Orleans Pelicans sprinting through this thing. That’s rule no.1 for every haunted house everywhere. No running.
DeMarcus Cousins is still missing, by the way. Anthony Davis just left him in there, so, if the Pelicans have some questionable on-court chemistry moving forward, you know why.
