Rawle Alkins was walking down a street in Hollywood last summer when he was stopped and asked for an autograph. He swelled with some pride. The U. of Arizona product hadn’t been drafted, but he played Summer League for the Toronto Raptors and had done well, finishing with a 25-point game. “I’m thinking he knows I play basketball,” Alkins said.
“So I write my name, ‘Rawle Alkins,’ and the guy looks at it,” Alkins adds with a smile, “and he says, “‘You’re not Daniel Kaluuya?’
“I started to laugh,” Alkins recalled. “People say I look like him, the guy from the ‘Get Out’ movie.