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The NBA made rookies look like Dave Chappelle as Prince

The NBA had their rookies pose for some “living portrait” glamour shots on Instagram. You know what that means? Smoke machine video effects!

Here’s Karl-Anthony Towns mean-mugging in front of wispy blue smoke:

Kristaps Porzingis looks like he’s not worried about the fire behind him:
And D’Angelo Russell is chilling in front of purple smoke, like he’s Prince:
Speaking of which, all these glamour videos could use a tune-up:

(via NBA / Instagram)

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