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haha this happens every year. I had a friend from school. Nigerian dude about 6'8. He went to the All Star weekend parties and acted like he was an NBA player. Ladies believed him and he basically took a chik home every-night.
It also helps that the guy the Jazz actually took, Trey Lyles, is relatively anonymous and most couldn't pick him out of a lineup anyway.
Ironically he probably chose the Jazz because the franchise probably has the fewest out of state fans in the NBA thus it would easier for him to pull of the prank without a random Bulls or Rockets fan in New York calling him out.