After spending four years with the Los Angeles Lakers and enduring plenty of losing over the last two seasons, Nick Young gave himself an excellent chance at winning his first championship ring by signing with the Golden State Warriors this offseason. And while joining the reigning NBA champions will likely be the main highlight of his summer, Young has also used this offseason to confront one of his greatest fears – dolphins.
Back in 2015, Young’s former fiancee Iggy Azalea revealed on Twitter that her beau was deadly afraid of dolphins. According to Azaela, a dolphin tried to “kill” Young while they were snorkeling in Cabo.
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Speaking with reporters before a game that season, Young backed up Azalea’s Twitter story.
“He was playing with everybody else, doing what dolphins do – the ‘ack ack’ and all that,” Young said. “It was my time to ride the dolphin. For some reason, he took me all the way to the bottom. He was trying to drown me. But I saw it happening, so I jumped out of the water and took off the little life vest and threw off my little water shoes and stayed outside.
“He went straight down. He was trying to kill me. I think he was trying to get on Iggy. He was a little friendly, kissing her and stuff. He was trying to take my woman.”
While Young is quite the gifted storyteller, he also apparently is able to face his fears. On Wednesday, the Warriors guard went back to Cabo to swim with dolphins. Young not only swam next to and touched a dolphin; he also gave one a big ole kiss.
With his fear of dolphins vanquished, there is no telling what Young can accomplish in Golden State this season.
