J.K. Rowling and basketball player bond on Twitter over nasty 'Harry Potter' cut
Gigi Datome is an Italian professional basketball player who had a brief stint in the NBA but is better known for his super cool hair and beard.
Now you can add another distinctive piece to Datome's look -- one that gained him a famous new friend.
In a recent game, Datome suffered a nasty forehead gash. Look at this thing.
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But wait. Just. One. Damn. Minute. Here.
Looks a bit familiar, doesn't it?
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Datome himself noticed the coincidence and used it to give a shoutout to J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series.
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Lo and behold! Rowling, who's something of a Twitter legend, wrote back a day later.
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Finally, as noted by SB Nation, Rowling even follows Datome on Twitter now, an honor only 461 other people can claim.
Magic, man. It's everywhere.
Topics Harry Potter JK Rowling
Sam Laird is Mashable's Senior Sports Reporter. He covers the wide, weird world of sports from all angles -- as well as occasional other topics -- from Mashable's San Francisco bureau. Before joining Mashable in November 2011, his freelance work appeared in publications including the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Slam, and East Bay Express. Sam is a graduate of UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz, and basketball and burritos take up most of his spare time. Follow him on Twitter @samcmlaird.
