Literally The Funniest Prank Of All Time

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http://deadspin.com/5663140/nba-is-...icle-quoting-people-pretending-to-be-russians

Quoting a story from FootballsFuture.com

A great prank was pulled tonight. UPDATE: Now on Deadspin!
The Miami HEAT took on a team from Moscow tonight in a preseason basketball game. A friend of mine I used to work with along with one of his friends who I don't know decided to go down to the game pretending to be fans of the Russian team. For the record, they are both 100% American and born and raised in South Florida. They painted their faces, wore the teams shirt and pants, wore team colored socks, and brought a sign. They pretended to be brothers from Russia who moved to Miami five years ago and made up the names Pavel and Yuri Kopeche to go by for the night. They spoke with a fake accents and cheered for the Russian team all game long. They were eventually noticed by a Moscow television station and were interviewed by them. After the interview with Moscow television another reporter for the Miami Herald interviewed them and published an article shortly thereafter titled "NBA's global appeal on display with Moscow team's visit" Every single thing in that article is a complete lie. Their names, the rapper mentioned doesn't even exist, every quote was made up on the fly, and the entire article is completely bogus.

I don't know if this is as funny as I think it is or if this is one of those you just have to know him in order for it to be funny kind of things. Either way, I think it's hilarious. The article is linked below as well as a picture of "Pavel" and "Yuri" and no it isn't a picture of me although I do wish I had thought of this incredible idea.

The interview:

While driving to AmericanAirlines Arena on Tuesday, brothers Pavel and Yuri Kopeche listened to Russian rap music to get into the mood for the Heat's game against CSKA Moscow.
The rapper, Don Zagru, is known for satirizing the state of Russian society and wearing LeBron James jerseys.
We know that King James has worldwide appeal. Here was confirmation that LeBronsky is the ultimate symbol of cool in cool-hungry Moscow.
Somewhere, basketball salesman David Stern is smiling.
"The NBA is the new vodka in Russia,'' said Yuri Kopeche, a Russian native who has lived in Miami for five years. "People cannot get enough basketball. If you're wearing a LeBron James shirt or a Knicks or Lakers cap, people know you are Americanized.
"Of course, Russia is usually about five years behind the United States. Britney Spears is very popular right now.''

Don Zagru

 

[BestGirl]

These guys must speak fluent Russian to fool a Moscow TV station.

 

[Mr.Webs]

These guys are my heroes.

 

[Wolfwood]

I wouldn't say funniest of all time, but that's pretty damn awesome nonetheless. I can't believe they fooled the Moscow reporter though, unless he really didn't give a crap.

 

[Hound55]

I like to think the Moscow news team immediately picked them up as fakes and cast them off, only for the Herald to dive on their scraps like a starving mongrel.

It works funnier in my head that way...