Brandon Armstrong might just be the guy who robbed Win Butler of a Celebrity Game MVP at the All-Star Game in New Orleans earlier this year if you’re only into Arcade Fire, but basketball fans know him as the guy who can impersonate the styles of the NBA’s best players.
Armstrong’s latest target is Lonzo Ball, and the Los Angeles Lakers rookie took a pretty good roasting in the video Armstrong posted to Twitter on Monday night.
https://twitter.com/BdotAdot5/status/894728251339231232
The key to the impression isn’t Lonzo’s unique elbow placement on his jumper, but the motionless finish. In fact, that lack of motion and emotion is something Armstrong focuses on in the video.
After mimicking his shot and Lonzo’s generally placid demeanor, though, the video gets absurd. Armstrong pretends to propose to a girl with the same placidity with which Ball seems to approach everything else in his life. While the woman and her friend freak out with excitement, Armstrong stands there motionless, saying “I’m so happy” and “Love you babe” in a monotonous voice before walking away.
You might think Ball wouldn’t be a fan of a parody like this but it turns out he loved it, quote tweeting Armstrong’s link to the video and adding “LMAO” and then “I’m weak lol” which implies he thought they were, you know, funny.
— Lonzo Ball (@ZO2_) August 8, 2017
I'm weak lol
— Lonzo Ball (@ZO2_) August 8, 2017
It’s impossible to know if Ball actually laughed at these or if he did that thing when you watch stand-up alone or at work and —though you find it funny — find it funny but don’t react with any outward emotion. Ball has shown he can be and find things funny, but he’s definitely a deadpan kind of guy. Because as Armstrong pointed out in the video, even at Ball’s happiest moments like when he was drafted by the Lakers, he seems as level-headed as they come.
Have to wonder where he got that from.
