Top 5 Tuesday: Best NBA media day portraits

The NBA season starts on Tuesday, so let’s take a look at the league’s most photogenic players. 
Top 5 Tuesday: Best NBA media day portraits
Top 5 Tuesday: Best NBA media day portraits /

NBA basketball returns on Tuesday night with a slate of three games, but basketball has already provided us plenty of entertainment this season.

At the start of training camp, players gathered for their media day photos. It’s where the players get their headshots taken for the team’s roster page, but they also get to have a little fun and take more creative portraits. 

Montrezl Harrell is a ballerina

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Bill Baptist/Getty Images

Quin Snyder is a Bond villain

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Melissa Majchrzak/Getty Images

Eric Bledsoe is an 18th century painting

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Barry Gossage/Getty Images

(Seriously, the resemblance is uncanny.)

Metta World Peace wants you to sit on his lap so he can tell you a story

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Aaron Poole/Getty Images

Chris Bosh has seen some stuff

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Ron Elkman/Getty Images

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Dan Gartland is the writer and editor of Sports Illustrated’s flagship daily newsletter, SI:AM, covering everything an educated sports fan needs to know. He joined the SI staff in 2014, having previously been published on Deadspin and Slate. Gartland, a graduate of Fordham University, is a former Sports Jeopardy! champion (Season 1, Episode 5).