Halloween Costume Champs: OKC THunder

Happy Halloween everybody.  Although the holiday typically involves little kids dressing up as cute animals and little animals being dressed up like little kids, with the NBA season starting right around Halloween, I would say over the last couple years, I'm begun associating the day more with gigantic NBA players dressing up in ridiculous costumes.

This year's outstanding dresser-uppers have got to go to the Thunder and their firm commitment to the culturally popular (see Nick Collison's costume below), the cliche (KD's Jason mask with what looks like regular clothes from his closet), and the classic (Serge Ibaka's outfit also below).

Noteworthy for 10/30/2013

What just happened: Heat were down 19-0 to start their game against the...Sixers.  Then they decided to start playing like the champs and took a 9-point lead going into the 4th.  Long story short, they blew that lead and end up losing by 4 to the same Sixers that have guys you wouldn't even recognize in a Justin Bieber wig.

Ballin':  Kevin Love hit a 3 to push the game into overtime. Then he asked for lots of noise.  The Plumlee that plays for the Suns had 18 and 15, which is impressive.  Even more so when you consider that he only allowed Lamarcus Aldridge to grab four rebounds.  Klay Thompson was 15 for 19 from the field and had 38 points in 3 quarters.

Video: Anthony Bennett Already Forgot The Donuts

Maybe we should be kind of nervous for Anthony Bennett, the season is barely in its infancy and he's already forgetting his responsibilities.  I mean if an experienced employee (Jarret Jack) needs to dress up a promising new-comer (Bennett) in a ridikilous outfit to make sure he's less forgetful, I say 'bring on the colorful vests and matching fedoras'.

Video: Tnt's NBA Future Promo Is Kind Of Creepy and Cool at the Same TIme

A lot of these things could happen in the new NBA season, or if you're like me, they may have already happened in Association mode of your last NBA 2k13 season.