Kawhi Leonard doppleganger at Raptors parade is an Oakville local called Royce Lando

During Toronto Raptors championship parade, a Kawhi Leonard doppelganger was interacting with fans. In videos of parade, fake Kawhi Leonard can be seen signing autographs and posing for photos with Raptors. Some people believed  20-year-old Royce Lando was actually Leonard, who had let Raptors to ir first-ever NBA title in 2019. 

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As per reports, Kawhi Leonard lookalike is a 20-year-old Oakville local called Royce Lando, who was born in Angola. Lando is studying computer science at Brock University while working at Tim Hortons to develop a workout app. Lando attended parade wearing his Raptors jersey, braided hair and a gym bag. While ir faces are similar, Lando, who is six feet tall, is half a foot shorter than Los Angeles Clippers star. 

During an interview, Lando stated that people were going crazy and acting like y saw a famous person. After Raptors beat Milwaukee Bucks during Game 6 of Eastern Conference Finals, fans spotted Lando leaving bar and told him he looked like Leonard. Some moments later, fans picked Lando up and started MVP chants.

Though Lando was on a six-month social media hiatus back n, his friends convinced him to start an Instagram account called 'leardlookalike', which he would dedicate to impersonating NBA star. p had 1000 followers in days and reached 2000 followers in a week. Currently, p has 4558 followers. 

Lando later revealed that it was t 'really linear' and he just kind of chose to go with flow. As he was a lookalike, he got to eat through 'Ka’wine & Dine', which was a campaign that promised to feed Leonard throughout his life if he re-signed with Raptors. During NBA Finals, Monaghans Grill in Oakville reserved a table for Lando voluntarily where y gave him for free. 

After he started p, Lando messd Klay Thompson's impersonator, who manrs two YouTube channels – Big Daws TV and  Daily Dropout. y set up a camera crew for when Lando was impersonating Leonard. w, video has over 980,000 views on YouTube. Lando even responded to criticism he received, stating that he woke up that way as his hair has been braided for two years and his facial hair grows like Leonard's.

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(Im source: @leardlookalike Instagram, @NBA official Twitter)