The Hair Apparent

A Knicks rookie takes a follicular tour of the NBA

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ORIGINAL LAYOUT

LAST WEEK, PHOTO EVIDENCE emerged of a young Kristaps Porzingis sporting some very Allen Iverson--esque cornrows. This spurred speculation about what the 20-year-old, 7'3" forward/center would look like with a few other classic NBA do's. Thanks to Photoshop and SI's art mavens, wonder no more.

THE MICHAEL JORDAN

THE RIK SMITS

THE J.R. REID

THE ARTIS GILMORE

THE CHRIS ANDERSEN

THE A.C. GREEN

THEY SAID IT

"SHE'S LIKE BEYONCÉ. SHE'S BASEBALL BEY."

Mr. Met's handler

Explaining the demand for appearances by Mrs. Met at weddings, parties and bar mitvahs to RollingStone.com

SIGN OF THE APOCALYPSE

The latest candidate for president of FIFA is a former political prisoner turned multimillionaire from South Africa named Tokyo Sexwale (center).

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NATHANIEL S. BUTLER/NBAE/GETTY IMAGES (PORZINGIS ACTION)

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YOUTUBE.COM (YOUNG PORZINGIS)

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PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY SI PRIMEDIA: DAVID RAHR/NBAE/GETTY IMAGES (PORZINGIS FACE); NANCY BROWN/GETTY IMAGES (BALD HEAD)

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PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY SI PRIMEDIA: FOCUS ON SPORT/GETTY IMAGES (GILMORE)

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PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY SI PRIMEDIA: MITCHELL LAYTON/GETTY IMAGES (SMITS)

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PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY SI PRIMEDIA: GARRETT W. ELLWOOD/NBAE/GETTY IMAGES (ANDERSEN)

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PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY SI PRIMEDIA: ROCKY WIDNER/NBAE/GETTY IMAGES (REID)

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PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY SI PRIMEDIA: MIKE POWELL/GETTY IMAGES (GREEN)

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GALLO IMAGES/GETTY IMAGES (SEXWALE)

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JIM MCISAAC/GETTY IMAGES (MRS. MET)