Former NBA participant Rondae Hollis-Jefferson has sparked comparisons to Kobe Bryant after a viral clip confirmed him making a number of on-court strikes that social media customers likened to a left-handed model of the late basketball icon.
The FIBA Basketball World Cup shared video of Hollis-Jefferson, a small ahead for the nation of Jordan within the match, that exhibits him swiftly shifting round defenders, nailing jumpers and preventing his technique to the basket in a 92-71 loss to Greece on Saturday.
“Kobe should be watching this, smiling. ,” the match wrote alongside the clip on X, the platform previously often known as Twitter.
Hollis-Jefferson, who performed six seasons within the NBA earlier than starting his profession abroad in 2021, has a lot of eerie similarities to the Los Angeles Lakers nice.
He’s rocking Bryant’s No. 24 within the match and, as SB Nation famous, he’s listed at 6 ft, 6 inches tall and 217 kilos — virtually the identical measurement as Bryant in his prime.
The participant is a local of Chester, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Chester Excessive College. Bryant was born in Philadelphia and graduated from Decrease Merion Excessive College, which is roughly half-hour away from Chester.
Hollis-Jefferson additionally put up 24 factors in Jordan’s loss to Greece on Saturday, simply two days after Kobe Bryant Day in Los Angeles.
One social media consumer mirrored the viral video to make it seem as if Hollis-Jefferson was right-handed, which is how Kobe shot the basketball.
Different customers weighed in on footage, with one claiming Hollis-Jefferson had been “watching Kobe movie all summer time for this second.”