{"id":126826,"date":"2022-06-14T07:56:07","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T11:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=126826"},"modified":"2022-06-14T08:01:08","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T12:01:08","slug":"fake-nba-star-banned-for-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=126826","title":{"rendered":"Fake NBA Star Banned for Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dawson Gurley, a Klay Thompson look-alike, made his way past five layers of security guards and warmed up on the court for ten minutes until he was arrested. He is now banned for life from the stadium.<\/p>\n

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Warriors folk hero Fake Klay Thompson says he was banned for life from Chase Center shortly before Game 5<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

For the first time in a long time,\u00a0Warriors\u00a0folk hero Fake Klay Thompson was spotted outside of Chase Center on Monday. A stalwart of the Warriors’ 2015, 2017 and 2018 NBA title runs, Fake Klay\u00a0\u2014 who is portrayed by YouTube prankster Dawson Gurley \u2014 has been a topic of conversation\u00a0during previous ESPN broadcasts\u00a0and\u00a0Steve Kerr media sessions.\u00a0(“I turned around and I was like, ‘Klay, did you eat a few extra burgers?'” Kerr once joked.) Fake Klay has shown up to everything from Finals games to ring ceremonies, to the delight of NBA fans.<\/p>\n

Gurley tweeted two hours before tip-off on Monday that he had been banned for life from Chase Center. Has he actually? Who knows. Chase Center officials couldn’t be reached to confirm the banning prior to publication (they were likely busy getting ready for Game 5 of the NBA Finals).\u00a0According to Gurley,\u00a0he was banned after walking past five layers of security guards “who willingly let me through security without asking for ID,” at which point he says he shot around on the court “for 10 minutes.”<\/p>\n

Gurley then shared what he said was the official letter along with the ban, which appears to be signed by Chase Center’s vice president of security, Brian J. Herbert, which is the name of the actual Chase Center vice president of security.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Then…<\/p>\n

Gurley has benefited from the Fake Klay Thompson schtick through the years to the tune of tens of millions of views on everything from “Klay Thompson Plays Basketball with Strangers” to “Pretending To Be Klay Thompson.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I guess one could make a case that he is benefitting from his charade by getting YouTube views, but I think it is an obvious impersonation.<\/p>\n

He should get sympathy points for breaching the inner sanctum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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