After he was traded to the Jazz this offseason, Boris Diaw decided to drive from San Antonio to Utah and check out a few national parks on the trip. Which wouldn’t be that strange, except the NBA journeyman decided to bring his espresso machine with him. It’s what we’ve come to expect from Diaw, who at age 34 and entering his 14th season in the league, might be the NBA’s version of the most interesting man in the world. This summer, for example, he spent some time in the Philippines, learning about the country's love of basketball and eating his way through cities like Manila...

GQ: You enjoy the food there?

Food was great. There was one thing I wanted to try that I didn’t get a chance to. It’s called the balut. I saw Andrew Zimmern eat it on The Travel Channel and said I’ve got to try it. It’s a duck egg that’s already turned into a fetus. There’s different stages, a beginner level, an expert level, and an in-between. So the beginner level is more like an egg. They boil it, it’s like a hard egg. They say when you eat it at expert level, it’s a bit of yolk, but mostly you’re eating a baby duck. The hardest part is eating the beak. I wanted to try it but I didn’t so I have to go back. I think I will try the beginner level first though.

Is there anything else you still want to try that you haven’t?

There’s a few. I love the underwater world. Last summer I went into a submarine and we went 300 meters deep. I also like the world out of this world. Space is a new hobby that I want to explore. I love watching documentaries on that.

You must be excited that going into space and maybe even living on Mars seems like a realistic possibility in your lifetime at this point.

For sure. I’m not kidding when I say it. I want to go to space. I would try to do it if it’s possible and I think it will be in my lifetime. Mars, I don’t know if that’s going to be possible. They’re probably going to send some professional astronauts there first. I heard it might be a one way mission.

If it is, would you consider living on Mars?

Definitely. I would do the one way trip. 100 percent. If they were looking for candidates, I would definitely apply for it. Just even going to space for a few days and then coming back down would be cool. I think that’s something that’s already possible for civilians, it’s just very, very expensive but maybe the price might go down.

So there’s intelligent life out there, you think?

There’s life. Now, is it just living cells? Or maybe just fish? There’s not just life on one planet, there’s life on a lot of different places. It might just be a couple worms living on one planet, and then another planet there might be a civilization that’s already ahead of us. There’s definitely something out there.

Changing gears, how did you find out about the trade from San Antonio to Utah?

It was while I was in Philippines, actually. I had read the Spurs were looking to get Pau Gasol, so if they did, they would have to make some room for him, which meant I was probably going to get traded. I knew I was going to be traded, I just didn’t know to where for a week.

Did you get a chance to talk to Pop?