The work created by Masashi Kishimoto has somehow profoundly influenced all of modern culture. We actually saw it Naruto Mentioned by professional athletes and even at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The latest tribute comes from this commercial that identifies the NBA stars in the Konoha ninja.

To mark the upcoming start of the new basketball season, Bleacher Report shared a promotional video featuring the best-known players of the US basketball league embody the shinobi from Masashi Kishimoto's opera.

In the clip that you can find at the end of the article we see Lebron James and his Los Angeles Lakers as Naruto and the Leaf Ninjas, Steph Curry as Sasuke Uchiha, Jimmy Butler's Miami Heat as Tsunade and Jiraiya and Durant and Networks like the Alba organization.

The new NBA season promotional video then continues as if it were there Opening theme of the anime, whereby the different stars do not face each other on the field, but on the theater of the Fourth Ninja War.

This is just the umpteenth proof of how much Naruto still affects everyday life today. And you, what do you think of it found brilliant from bleacher report? We leave you to a tsunade cosplay that Jiraiya would have wished for and the top 10 of Naruto's strongest kunoichi.


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