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 ...

“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 ...