French basketball player goes viral for interesting name

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The American basketball world was introduced Tuesday to two possible top picks in next year’s draft in Victor Wembanyama and Scoot Henderson, as the G League Ignite squad took on France’s Metropolitans 92.

As Wembanyama scored 37 points and Henderson scored 28 points, NBA fans’ attention turned to another French basketball player – Steeve Ho You Fat. The power forward immediately went viral.

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Steeve Ho You Fat, of Boulogne Metropolitans 92, warms up during the EuroCup Basketball match between Partizan Nis Belgrade and Boulogne Metropolitans 92 at Aleksandar Nikolic Hall on March 16, 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia. (Nikola Krstic/MB Media/Getty Images)

Ho You Fat was born in Cayenne, French Guiana and has been playing professional basketball across France since 2008. He has played for Cholet Basket, Olympique Antibes, ALM Evreux Basket, Chorale Roanne Basket, BC Orchie, Rouen Metropole Basket, ALM Evreux Basket and Metropolitans 92.

Ho You Fat is in his second full season with the Metropolitans. He averaged 3.2 points and 1.9 rebounds last season.

As he went viral, Ho You Fat commented on his sudden rise to social media fame on Instagram.

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Steeve Ho You Fat, of Boulogne Metropolitans 92, warms up during the EuroCup Basketball match between Partizan Nis Belgrade and Boulogne Metropolitans 92 at Aleksandar Nikolic Hall on March 16, 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia. (Nikola Krstic/MB Media/Getty Images)

"Looks like they really want that jersey," he wrote on his Instagram Stories.

Wembanyama is a 7-foot-2 center who is slotted to be