SALT LAKE CITY - JULY 18: Derek Fisher #8 of the Utah Jazz attends the game... - NBA - Yahoo! Sports
Golly, Derek Fisher sure looks a lot like Deron Williams, doesn't he?
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Evan Dunlap
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luckily we let go of Fish & not Deron.
Look-a-likes… that could’ve turned out bad. :)
Great find!
The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".
boozer looks a lot like random guy in the audience
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//080813/ids_photos_sp/r1095390418.jpg/
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//080813/ids_photos_sp/r295244255.jpg/
Those are classic.
Think we can trade that guy to another team for someone and still keep the real Boozer? “No really, that’s Carlos Boozer. If you don’t believe me, check out these pictures.”
by Basketball John on Aug 18, 2008 12:53 AM MDT up reply actions
He looks like a Hispanic version of Rob Riggle.
by Evan Dunlap on Aug 19, 2008 11:15 PM MDT up reply actions
I like how they even state
that he’s #8. Seriously, whoever creates these captions for pictures flat out sucks.
by Basketball John on Aug 18, 2008 12:50 AM MDT reply actions
Here's another classic from a few months ago
It even got posted on Basketbawful:
Derek Fisher’s been confused with Deron Williams and Ronny Turiaf. Oy.
as a newspaper dude
I can testify to the fact that copy editors (usually the folks writing the captions) are largely very un-savvy when it comes to sports. I got one of my first jobs in large part because I was a sports guy who wouldn’t let boners like these through.
I'll make it.
How hard is it though?
All they have to do is compare the number to a roster list, don’t they?
by Basketball John on Aug 21, 2008 12:11 AM MDT up reply actions
look at the Turiaf pic
his knees obscure the other number on his jersey — hence, why they assumed it was Derek Fisher. It’s precisely because most copy editors aren’t willing to do more than look at a roster list that errors like this slip through.
I'll make it.
another one
US basketball player Deron Williams falls down on August 18, 2008, in a preliminary round group B match against Germany at the Olympic Basketball Arena in Beijing for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The US beat Germany 106-57. AFP PHOTO / ANTONIO SCORZA
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