Rui Hachimura (C) with his parents, Makiko (L) and Zakari (R) Rui’s parents are Zakari Jabil and Makiko Hachimura. Rui’s mother, Makiko, is Japanese, and his father, Zakari, is from Benin ...

The Los Angeles Lakers leaned heavily on Rui Hachimura throughout the regular season, as he averaged 13.1 points and 5.0 ...

“This is home for me,” Rui Hachimura said. “LA was my home before I got traded here. It's a crazy story.” Rui’s California dreams are something people close to him still joke about today ...