Dirk Nowitzki, 150 Other NBA Players Receive Personalized Potatoes from Company

Nothing goes together quite like basketball and potatoes.

This week, Dallas Mavericks veteran Dirk Nowitzki tweeted about a personalized potato he received in the mail. The 38-year-old loved it, though he didn't seem entirely clear on where it came from.

Golden State Warriors superstar Kevin Durant was next. He felt inspired:

Miami Heat big man Hassan Whiteside got a spud that also featured his South Beach pal DJ Khaled:

Charlotte Hornets forward Frank Kaminsky got a picture of himself on his tater:

As discovered by Charles Curtis of For The Win, there's no mysterious potato bandit behind these gifts; it was a company, Potato Parcel, which got a deal with Kevin O'Leary on Shark Tank.

Owner Riad Bekhit told Curtis that almost every player in each starting five got a potato, so about 150 were sent out. Obviously, this was a marketing campaign—and a successful one at that.

"It's just really cool," Bekhit said. "To see it in the public eye with these players, that's the beauty of the digital age."

[Twitter, h/t For The Win]