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PHOTO: Serge Ibaka Tries To Eat A Basketball

by Brian Floyd
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Continuing our series of basketball players looking awkward in photos with basketballs, we reached new heights on Thursday night. Previously, Drew Gooden was terrified by a basketball, then enamored by a basketball, and finally he became a basketball.

Serge Ibaka, however, went right for the kill shot. For whatever reason, he tried to eat a basketball. It was as if the object was just an orange or something.

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Via @DailyThunder

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