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If you're a rapper and you pick the wrong baller to compare yourself to, "I'm like [name of player]" can very quickly switch from meaning "I'm awesome" to "I'm irrelevant, unsuccessful and probably overweight." Below, the finest examples of this phenomenon, with hat tips to Spin, Bleacher Report, and this excellent Both Team Plays Hard compilation.
Hedo Turkoglu
"Hit the three-point shot like Hedo" — Twista, "American Gangster"
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Chris Duhon
"When I get my Duke on, crossover like Chris Duhon." —The Game, "Red Bottom Boss"
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Larry Brown
"I'm Larry Brown, New York was fucked up so they signed me to fix shit." —Joe Budden, "World Takeover"
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