Sports When Athletes Show Their True Gangster

Does NBA golden boy Deron Williams play with dead bodies?

You probably don’t think there’s anything remotely gangster about Utah (besides polygamist Mormons forcing young girls to marry and have sex with old men, of course). Well, there is. In his new spot for Nike/Foot Locker’s House of Hoops campaign, Olympic gold medalist and court leader of the Utah Jazz Deron Williams reveals that his childhood hoops court was just a jump-step from a dumping ground for bodies.

In the ad, he says he learned to shoot well at a young age because if he missed, his ball would roll down into a creek where he might run into snakes, rats and insects. Smiling, the West Virginia native concludes, “Could’ve been a couple bodies down there. Who knows!” What?! We’re not sure when Nike, Foot Locker and D-Will decided that joking about finding murder victims is a good way to sell sneakers, but it’s equally gangster and hilarious (and now we kinda wanna buy some ball kicks). After the jump, watch the Williams commercial and check out other unexpectedly gangster athlete moments…