NBA players and celebrity figures in general have long been mimicked by lookalikes from all around the world, sometimes intentionally and sometimes innocently.
Most of the time, these supposed lookalikes pull off harmless pranks as they pretend to be the star of whoever a random fan believes them to be (usually because the fan gets a random person confused with a celebrity) and that’s precisely what a young man appears to have done with a young woman who thought she was taking a photo with John Henson’s brother, as you can see below:
So @_John_Henson_ I think I was hanging out with your bro in the stl airport? pic.twitter.com/xak1289vky
— olivia lett (@omlett32) September 11, 2015
Unfortunately, the guy looks more like a young Toney Douglas without any facial hair than Henson, and the center made it clear to his fan that he had no idea who the man in question was:
#Imposter #IHaveNoBrother https://t.co/eeTm31FOmx
— John Henson (@_John_Henson_) September 11, 2015
Jim Park is a blogger and editor of Sheridan Hoops. Follow him on twitter @SheridanBlog.