As much as Darius Rice has been referred to as a basketball player blessed with size and phenomenal skills, he's probably always been known because of the name of his uncle and former NFL great: Jerry Rice.
But he doesn't appear to be bothered by that at all. Rather, he seems happy talking about the ex-wide receiver, who's known as one of the greatest players to ever step onto the gridiron.
"I talk to (Jerry) all the time," said Rice, a 208-cm forward for the National Basketball League's Hitachi Sunrockers. "I saw him last summer. He came to Mississippi and we partied, went to my grandmother's house. Me and him are like a close uncle-nephew relationship."