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NBA rookie photo shoot face superlatives

They all look so happy! Well, not all, but definitely a couple of them.

Photo by Joe Murphy/NBAE via Getty Images

The NBA rookie photo shoot is fun. Guys get to try on their new uniforms and mess around in front of cameras, and we get to enjoy the results. The group photos are always the best, and always fun to look back upon. Above is the whole class shot for 2014. Here are your superlatives:

Most obviously wondering if this jersey is actually his jersey or if he is currently participating in a curiosity of historic record: Andrew Wiggins, Cavaliers(?)

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Most trying to affect a “sultry” expression he thinks Rihanna will find alluring: Joel Embiid, Sixers

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Most likely to have just farted by accident: Julius Randle, Lakers

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Most likely to have just farted on purpose: Adreian Payne, Hawks

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Most likely to have just smelled Adreian Payne’s fart: Noah Vonleh, Hornets

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Most delighted you have to look up who Oklahoma City drafted because you don’t recognize him without hair: Mitch McGary, Thunder

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Most convinced this is a collegiate headshot and he’s wearing a team polo: Shabazz Napier, Heat

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Most terrified: Nik Stauskas, Kings

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Mostachioed: Spencer Dinwiddie, Pistons

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Most disappointed he can’t go to the movies without a chaperone seriously mom all my friends’ parents let them to go to the movies by themselves: Aaron Gordon, Magic

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Most irrationally exuberant over group photos: Jabari Parker, Bucks

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Most Blue Steel/possibly just farted: Doug McDermott, Bulls

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Most hair: Elfrid Payton, Magic

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Most Spock-like: K.J. McDaniels, Sixers

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Most P.J. Hairston: P.J. Hairston, Hornets

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Most tucking his hands under his biceps to accentuate their definition: Marcus Smart, Celtics

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Most proud he got to hold the basketball: Tyler Ennis, Suns

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Most SOON: Bruno Caboclo, Raptors

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