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Klay Thompson Lookalike

Klay Thompson Lookalike

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Updated Oct 18, 2017 at 02:52PM EDT by Adam.

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Klay Thompson Lookalike refers to jokes made about YouTuber BigDawsTV attending the October 17th, 2017 season-opening game of the 2017-2018 NBA season between the Golden State Warriors and the Houston Rockets dressed as Warriors star player Klay Thompson.

Origin

On October 17th, 2017, YouTuber BigDawsTV attended the Golden State Warriors' opening game against the Houston Rockets dressed as Warriors star player Klay Thompson. Quickly, Twitter users noticed and a shot of BigDawsTV holding a camera went viral on the website (shown below).



Spread

Throughout the game, Twitter users joked about the image as though BigDawsTV were a discount version of the real Klay Thompson. For example, @FatKidDeals[1] tweeted "When your $30 Yeezys from Amazon come in" with the image, gaining over 2,000 retweets and 2,600 likes (shown below, left). User @tim_cato[2] used the image to compare the quality of play in the NBA's Western Conference vs. its Eastern Conference, gaining over 9,700 retweets and 19,000 retweets (shown below, right).


Fat Kid Deals @FatKidDeals Follow When your s$30 Yeezys from Amazon come in. Tim Cato @tim_cato Follow ) western conference vs. eastern conference 12:08 AM-18 Oct 2017

The Warriors Twitter account noticed BigDawsTV and tweeted a GIF of him mugging for the camera (shown below).




Jokes about the impersonation were covered by USA Today,[3] SI.com,[4] and ESPN.com,[5] as well as sports-centric blogs.

Various Examples


At this point they could put Fake Klay Thompson in the game and still blow out anyone. Dubs are just that good Vann R. Newkirk 11 Φ @fivefifths Follow) Klay is out there playing for his future self Kazeem Famuyide· @RealLifeKaz Follow When your girl sends you to the store to buy a Klay Thompson and you come back with this NBA RETWEET @RTNBA Follow Klay Thompson's stunt double Eric Fawcett @Efawcett? Follow Durant: I got a burner Twitter account. Klay: I got a burner body double. fraye @jaebberwock Made in China Klay is the 2:04 AM-18 Oct 2017

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External References

[1] Twitter – @FatKidDeals

[2] Twitter – @Tim_Cato

[3] USA Today – A Klay Thompson lookalike showed up to the Warriors game and everyone had jokes

[4] SI.com – There Are Lookalikes, and Then There's This Klay Thompson Doppleganger

[5] ESPN – Klay Thompson doppelganger takes fandom to a whole new level

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