With a slew of injuries to key point guards for the Los Angeles Lakers, Kendall Marshall was brought in as an emergency replacement in mid-season for the team last season. He wasn’t expected to do much, but actually made quite a name for himself playing under Mike D’Antoni’s point-guard friendly offense, averaging eight points and a whopping 8.8 assists in just under 30 minutes.
Almost instantly, he became a fan favorite. It was a feel-good story for the guard who took advantage of an opportunity after spending plenty of time in the D-League. All the NBA fans around the league know who he is and what he looks like at this point. Unfortunately, he has had some cases in the Los Angeles area where certain casual fans simply don’t recognize him. While that’s mostly understandable, this particular story he shared on vine during the season was particularly funny and probably a little sad.
For some reason, these funky scenarios seem to follow Marshall around. On Thursday, he ran into another fan who didn’t recognize him as a Lakers player. Here are the details of that story:
walkin through the hotel lobby and two guys walkin towards. one makes eye contact and I can see him tryin to figure out who I am.
— Kendall Marshall (@KButter5) July 18, 2014
he gets directly in front on me and comes to a complete stop. I’m thinkin, ok he figured it out. I’ll take a pic, handshake, etc.
— Kendall Marshall (@KButter5) July 18, 2014
he goes… “are you an Israel basketball player?”
— Kendall Marshall (@KButter5) July 18, 2014
nahh scrap, not me.
— Kendall Marshall (@KButter5) July 18, 2014
his friend goes, “sorry man, you look like a famous Israeli player.”
— Kendall Marshall (@KButter5) July 18, 2014
I swear I can’t make this up.
— Kendall Marshall (@KButter5) July 18, 2014
why do I constantly get played. lls
— Kendall Marshall (@KButter5) July 18, 2014
now I wanna know who this Israeli hooper is..
— Kendall Marshall (@KButter5) July 18, 2014
so many questions now. would he give me buckets? can I put him in the mix? I gotta play this guy now
— Kendall Marshall (@KButter5) July 18, 2014
but I digressed, play me no mind. good day people
— Kendall Marshall (@KButter5) July 18, 2014
At least they recognized him as a basketball player this time.
With Steve Nash hoping to come back healthy next season and the acquisition of Jeremy Lin, playing time may be difficult to come by for Marshall. Hopefully, he will find a way to carve out a role with his unique ability to consistently make plays for his team. If not, this probably won’t be the last story we hear from the guard about his still-obscure status with casual fans of the NBA.
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Now they can say hey you were the guy the lakers just waived
Cold.