Brooklyn Nets, East Rutherford, NJ

An SI cover shoot of Brooklyn Nets starters Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Deron Williams, Joe Johnson, Brook Lopez and coach Jason Kidd came with these dreaded instructions from the team PR director: "You have 5 minutes, I'll time you." Fortunately it was around halloween and we were piggybacking an SI for Kids shoot. So with a minute left we pulled out the pumpkins and we got about an extra 90 seconds. This shot was never published but is one of my favorites. Anytime I can get athletes to really clown around, I feel I've accomplished something...I got them to forget about me and my camera.