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D’Angelo Russell accidentally does perfect Kobe impersonation

The Lakers were shooting around ahead of their Wednesday night game against the Timberwolves, and D’Angelo Russell accidentally pulled out a perfect impersonation of teammate Kobe Bryant.

The Lakers were shooting around ahead of their Wednesday night game against the Timberwolves, and D’Angelo Russell accidentally pulled out a perfect impersonation of teammate Kobe Bryant.

The rookie was engaged in some friendly one-on-one when he told his opponent he was about to unleash a Kobe impersonation on him, which he quickly followed up with an airball, as captured by Mark Medina of the L.A. Daily News.

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Bryant is shooting just 30.6% from the field this year in his 20th and final season in the NBA.

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