This basketball fan is into his favourite player just a little bit too much

One of the great things about basketball is the proximity with which fans can take in the sport.

From a ringside seat, supporters can almost reach out and touch their favourite basketball star, or in the case of this Indiana Pacers fan: sniff him.

The video of this fan giving Lavoy Allen's jersey a good old shameless sniff was captured in the Pacers' recent game against the Detroit Pistons. Worryingly, it looks like it gave him some sort of special powers too...