When José Manuel Calderón signed for the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2017, he was in for a big surprise. "I already knew a lot about LeBron James, but not as many as I thought. The current situation in Spain at that time was driven by the Catalan Process and the October 1 referendum. You could expect a lot of things from LeBron, but not that he would suddenly ask you during dinner: "Listen, what's going on in Catalonia?"