January 02, 2017
Kevin Hart's personality and talent have always surpassed his physical stature.
But should the actor originally from North Philly chose to accept the most recent challenge posed to him, his height won't be the issue.
On New Year's Day, Mani Love – aka Mani Fresh, aka The Athlete, aka Lil Engine, aka Jahmani Swanson, aka that guy whose crossover dribble made a girl look silly in the middle of a New York City crosswalk – challenged Hart to a game of one-on-one basketball, TMZ reported.
Love also challenged pop singer Justin Bieber, but we're not so concerned about that.
The Love versus Hart matchup pits Philly versus New York. Love, 29, is a New York streetball legend who stands at 4 feet 5 inches tall; Hart, 37, reportedly is 5-foot-four.
Love, long an Internet sensation in streetball circles, went viral last week with a video of his crossover breaking the ankles of 15-year-old Gillian Jordan, who, impromptu, tried to defend Love as he crossed a New York street dribbling a basketball. Then video concludes with Jordan on the asphalt and Love easily dribbling away.
Watch for yourself:
My ankles were destroyed pic.twitter.com/ME7wbkhhlC
— Gil (@GilllianJordan) December 28, 2016
And since you're already thinking about it. How would Love's crossover look compared to a rookie Allen Iverson that time he broke down a different Jordan – Michael Jordan?
Who did it better? 😂 (via @GilllianJordan) https://t.co/ojO1UId5kx
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) December 28, 2016
Granted the teen was not wearing sneakers and she likely was unaware who she had D-ed up against, but it's hard to image Hart wouldn't pose more of a challenge. Check out some of the actor's basketball cred below:
So far, there's been no response from Hart, at least not on his Twitter or Instagram accounts.
