When most tourists visit the Roman Colosseum, they are no doubt struck by the sheer size and scale of the ancient amphitheater, the history it embodies, and the unimaginable determination it took to build. But when Warriors guard Buddy Hield visits the Colosseum, he's thinking about something else.
Speaking with ESPN during Summer League action in Las Vegas, Hield said his trip to the Colosseum was lacking because he learned an upsetting fact about the 2000s blockbuster Gladiator—specifically, that Russell Crowe's character Maximus was not a real person.
