2013 NBA rookie photo shoot: ‘Otto Porter falls asleep’ and other works of art

Tuesday was the NBA’s rookie photo shoot, which, if you didn’t know, is one of the best events of the year. A bunch of NBA young’uns get to hang out in front of cameras, and we get to see the results.

There are weird magical moments where a bunch of people shouldn’t be wearing NBA jerseys, but are:

2. Most people have taken one drink, but Kentavious Caldwell-Pope has a Gatorade, an energy drink, and a SmartWater. Public service announcement: You shouldn’t leave stuff in the fridge if you don’t want Kentavious Caldwell-Pope to drink it.

3. Otto Porter is delivering the “Alas, poor Yorick” speech from Hamlet (h/t Michael Lee whose joke I just stole).

It’s also cool because OH MY GOODNESS, JUST GIVE TONY MITCHELL THE NBA DUNK CONTEST RIGHT NOW:

However, in addition to just the coolness of just seeing rookies in their new team duds and rookies doing some of the most impressive dunks imaginable, we were provided with some out-of-context vignettes that I found to be works of art. A gallery of Tweets and Vines from the day:

Related: “OTTO PORTER THROWS BALL INTO A FIELD”

When you get to see the making of the sausage, sometimes it isn’t so cool. Porter’s SWEET JAM picture is actually him running and losing control of the ball.

Whoever was running the NBA Twitter feed had a fun game. He or she clearly went up to every player and said something like “HEY, MAKE A SILLY FACE!” and for the most part, they did, and the pictures got tweeted out with the phrase “What do you think of my new look?”

Sure enough, for the most part, guys made silly faces:

Nerlens Noel did not enjoy the hijinks:

I guess what I’m trying to say is he seems pretty pumped to be a Sixer.

It’s terrifying how his eyes follow you in the first two shots, like a creepy old painting. Either way, Jeff Withey is possibly a statue-man and should not be in the NBA.

Either that or this is the rare “Devil Horns Roc” logo that signifies you have been accepted into the Illuminati. While we’re talking about devil horns ...

They might have to take their friendship to AIM sooner rather than later, as Wolters was the only player who didn’t get a certain something...

Also in the “outswagged by a bemohawked toddler” department:

We’ve been looking through NBA rookie pictures for a bit too long, and we’re starting to get a little bit sleepy -- oh wait, so is somebody else:

Good night, rookies.

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