- Programming note: BamBam will join NBC Sports Bay Area’s “Warriors Live” at 6 p.m. Thursday night.
K-pop star BamBam has 15.9 million Instagram followers, 10 million Twitter followers and is a member of the hugely popular band GOT7.
He’s also a global ambassador for the Warriors, having notably tweeted earlier this season to support Andrew Wiggins for All-Star voting, which was instrumental for him being named a starter.
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So that’s what made the (assumed) initial introduction between BamBam and Warriors’ veteran Andre Iguodala at Chase Center wonderfully endearing. (Warning: The embedded tweet has explicit language.)
Iguodala, who’s known to be the team jokester, not to mention a tech investor who’s been open about NBA players diversifying their revenue portfolio, quips BamBam has "real money."
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BamBam was at Chase Center on Tuesday meeting Warriors players and personnel before performing during halftime for Thursday night’s Warriors game against the Los Angeles Lakers, who can sit back and enjoy his set since they were officially eliminated from the playoffs after losing to the Phoenix Suns.