This tricycle driver from Isabela looks a lot like NBA legend Kobe Bryant

From his moves down to his looks, this Kobe Bryant look-a-like has it all.

According to a Wednesday report by Oscar Aida on "24 Oras," folk in their town said Leovic Panganiban resembles the late basketball icon.

Even people who do not know him request to take pictures with him.

Panganiban said it was Bryant, also known as the Black Mamba, who inspired him to play basketball.

He was fond of playing the sport which resulted in an injury when he was a kid.

But despite the pain, he still lived by the motto "ball is life."

"Pinatigil ako maglaro ng tatay ko pero nagba-basketball pa rin ako 'pag tinatawag ng tropa," Panganiban said.

Aside from the looks and hobby, Panganiban said he is also a good husband and father just like Bryant to his wife Vanessa and his four daughters Natalia, Gianna, Bianka and Capri.

Like most basketball fans all over the world, Panganiban was devastated upon finding out the news about Bryant's death last January 27 (PHL time).

The former Lakers superstar died along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others in a helicopter crash in California. —Ma. Angelica Garcia/LDF, GMA News