posted on by Ken Iikura-Gross
New One Piece footage that includes Luffy enjoying basketball deliberate for recreation on February 28
The Los Angeles Lakers basketball staff revealed that its “One Piece Evening” occasion on February 28 will function a primary take a look at a brand new animation of One Piece protagonist Monkey D. Luffy enjoying basketball, a restricted Lakers x One Piece T-shirt, and a One Piece Bounty Rush picture sales space on the principle concourse contained in the Crypto.com Area. As well as, randomly chosen followers will get to “compete for prizes in a particular on-court ONE PIECE recreation.” The official X (previously Twitter) account for the LA Lakers unveiled a One Piece Evening collaboration poster that options the ten members of the Straw Hat Pirates in Lakers uniforms enjoying basketball. The picture caption reads, “Friday night time: ‘The Straw Hat Pirates’ might be coming to LA within the Purple & Gold.”

©Eiichiro Oda/Shueisha ©Eiichiro Oda/Shueisha, Toei Animation ©Bandai Namco Leisure Inc.

©Eiichiro Oda/Shueisha ©Eiichiro Oda/Shueisha, Toei Animation ©Bandai Namco Leisure Inc.
— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) February 25, 2025
The LA Lakers initially announced the One Piece collaboration on December 20 with a picture of Luffy in a Lakers uniform performing a slam dunk.
Together with the LA Lakers One Piece Evening the Boston Purple Sox baseball staff announced their second One Piece Theme Day on February 19. The baseball staff beforehand collaborated in August 2024 for a One Piece Day. The occasion celebrated the One Piece anime’s twenty fifth anniversary and featured a cosplay, Jersey Road pregame efficiency by the Magnificent Hazard band, and a limited-edition Monkey D. Luffy bobblehead “repping a Purple Sox uniform.”
Sources: E-mail correspondence, LA Lakers’ X/Twitter account