NBA Halloween: The running consume thread

Sep 30, 2013; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Phoenix Suns forward

poses for a portrait wearing Dracula fangs and cape while holding a Halloween pumpkin during media day at US Airways Center. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

NBA players are a creative bunch. From nicknames to Twitter handles to pregame rituals they typically find fun ways to add individuality into things they do. So on Halloween there are sure to be a bunch of guys dressing up in different and unique costumes. Since we at the Friendly Bounce are all about fun this will be the running thread for any and all NBA players dressed up in costumes that we see. So sit back enjoy and judge NBA players based on what they dress up as.

Iman Shumpert takes sneakerhead to a new level:

Iman Shumpert is a known sneakerhead. He has paid $6,000 for a pair of sneakers and gone to a sneaker convention with fans. So he took the chance on Halloween to dress a a literal sneakerhead. It is a strange costume but it fits the obsession that Shumpert has with shoes.

Jared Sullinger is Spiderman: By Matt Cianfrone Some Boston Celtics fans think Jared Sullinger is an actual superhero on the basketball court. For Halloween though he decided to be a different hero by dressing up as Spiderman. I’m sure Sullinger won’t be the only NBA player to dress as a superhero today but he was the first to share it on social media so any other NBA Spidermans are just copying Jared.

Jabari Parker tricks kids for a treat

I literally can’t imagine the thrill of going to a door, hoping for some candy and seeing the most exciting part of your favorite basketball team’s future walk through the door with bowl in hand.

Watch the thrones

Deron Williams is all the rage. Not necessarily for his on-court play of late, though we’re expecting a huge year from Williams this season. But the man knows what the people want, and the people want Game of Thrones.

Andrei Kirilenko is out of this world

AK-47, on a quest for the true Unobtanium of the basketball world — an NBA ring.

The hero we need

https://twitter.com/paulpierce34/status/528256759874744320

I must have missed the segment of the Marvel panel that revealed that Paul Pierce would be the new Captain America, but I approve of this change.

Double Trouble

Here is Steve Kerr with Steve Kerr:

Swag

Nick Young kept it Swaggy on Halloween and dressed up as Rick James:

Go, go Brook Lopez-anger

Easily the tallest Power Ranger in the show’s history.