2014 NBA Season Doppelgangers
The 2014 NBA season is here, and we all know what that means: Superfluous doppelgangers time.
There's no better way to ring in another season of hoops than needlessly finding the obscure pop-culture lookalikes of NBA players, coaches and executives. All of these comparisons are 100 percent spot-on and identical, and any argument to the contrary is patently false.
So sit back, relax and treat yourself to some doppelgangers. Today is a day of new beginnings. At this moment, everyone is undefeated. Except for the Philadelphia 76ers. Pretty sure they have rollover losses.
In any case, it's time to dopp out. Enjoy.
Adam Silver—Arthur Slugworth
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Oh god. It's that creepy dude.
I almost feel bad making this comparison, because so far, Adam Silver has proved to be the opposite of Arthur Slugworth, whom you may remember as the creepy dude from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory who looked like the demon offspring Jaws and Oddjob.
Slugworth was always up in everyone's business, whispering sweet promises into the ears of children as they happened upon their golden tickets. Silver is a good guy. He's yet to overplay his hand as NBA commissioner.
That being said, they both look like they were born to test mechanical pencils.
Marc Gasol—Kenny Loggins in 'Archer'
2 of 10
"Highwayyy to the...Grizzlies zooone...!"
Kenny Loggins/Marc Gasol remix, anyone? No? We're not doing that today? Fair enough.
Terry Stotts—Peyton Manning
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It's like staring into the future.
Portland Trail Blazers head coach Terry Stotts can at times look like an older, world-weary Peyton Manning. Give it about 15 years and a very Stotts-like Manning will be cutting it up with an ageless Tom Brady and a Rascal-bound Chris Berman on your Sunday morning pregame show.
Norris Cole—Vince LaSalle
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I only remember two things about Recess: I loved it, and Vince LaSalle looked like a Billy Badass.
LaSalle and Norris Cole share the working man's flat-top fade. It's not a Nerlens Noel monument to vanity. It doesn't require a band saw and a cake mold to maintain.
This is a lunch-pail, rubbed-the-eraser-down-to-the-nub 'do. It's just enough flat top to get the job done.
Kawhi Leonard—Reggie from 'Bad Boys 2'
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"Who the [bleep] is Reggie?!"
Reggie is a quiet, young man from Bad Boys 2 whose only mistake was trying to take Megan out on a date. He is Kawhi Leonard in cinematic form. He will have your daughter home by 10:01 p.m.
Gregg Popovich—Jigsaw from 'Saw'
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Jigsaw is a terrifying genius who enjoys watching frightened people squirm in the presence of his twisted brilliance.
Replace "Jigsaw" with "Gregg Popovich." Rinse and repeat.
Brandon Davies—Drake
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Brandon Davies is part of the straw the Philadelphia 76ers have shipped in to stuff the scarecrow that is their 2014 roster.
The former Brigham Young power forward continues to claw his way into NBA locker rooms, possibly due to him being mistaken for Drake's taller brother.
In any case, he's got a smoother jumper than Drake.
Klay Thompson—Cory Matthews
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Boy Meets World was one of the better shows ever produced.
It taught us the importance of friendship, family and having a wise teacher/owl-man as your next-door neighbor. Having a vaguely delinquent best friend and weird older brother doesn't hurt, either.
Also, Klay Thompson looks like a grown-up Cory Matthews—if the real Cory Matthews hadn't copped out and gotten a nose job.
Steve Kerr—Ellen Degeneres
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With all due deference to Steve Kerr, the Golden State Warriors head coach looks like Ellen Degeneres tried to morph into Neil Patrick Harris and stopped halfway.
Roy Hibbert—Larry the Cucumber
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Awkward fact: Veggie Tales debuted in 1993.
That's about 10 years earlier than I would've guessed, and I unfortunately never had the pleasure of watching the show as a child. Nonetheless, there's something about that cucumber that smacks of Roy Hibbert. I think it's the body geometry and facial expressions.
To me, Hibbert has always looked a bit like a tall, doe-eyed zucchini jammed into a pair of basketball shorts. I can't be the only one who thinks this.
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