

The plane is filled with lounge seats and tables where the players could stretch their legs and relax instead of a squeeze behind seats that people two-feet-smaller than them struggle to fit in. It is a Boeing 767, but a look inside shows that this is no passenger liner. The plane, called “Air Drake,” is filled with custom features that reportedly cost the rapper $185M.

The Sacramento Kings, for example, recently rented a private jet that is owned by rap superstar Drake as they traveled overseas to India. Now, chartering private jets to get from point A to point B is the norm, and the jets come decked out in luxury that is made for these larger-than-life people aboard. In prior eras, players had to wait in airports and fly commercially unless their owners had another way to do so. The NBA may be full of high-flyers, but this doesn’t mean they can take off in Sacramento and land in New York.
