Retired NBA point guard and Memphis Grizzlies assistant coach Nick Van Exel is a late bloomer in terms of discovering some of the wonderful variants of coffee. The 47-year-old jut recently came across iced coffee, and as a result, has had an instant love affair with the caffeinated concoction.

This life-changing turn of events for Van Exel has been well-documented via his own Twitter account, where we are all able to witness his conversion into a true iced coffee aficionado.

Van Exel first came across the iced beverage over the weekend, and immediately took to Twitter to announce his groundbreaking discovery:

Van Exel seemed to have been so smitten by the drink that he did some additional research on it, eventually coming across its cold brew variety:

That same evening before he finally called it a night, iced coffee was still running through his mind, as he announced his excitement to wake up the following morning to get his caffeine fix:

True enough, the former Los Angeles Lakers guard did not lose sight of his objective the following morning. As a matter of fact, it was probably the first thing on his mind the moment he opened his eyes:

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A lot of people seemed to have gotten invested in Van Exel's amusing series of tweets, as they started sending out some suggestions to the former NBA guard — all of which have gotten him even more excited:

This is not typically the type of breaking news we feature here on ClutchPoints, but this was too funny a tale to pass up. Our sincerest congratulations to Nick Van Exel for his recent discovery. Now I want an iced coffee myself.