891: Want to See the Grizzlies Flip Over (1/5)

Before the Christmas Day Games, Gasol posted photos of the Grizzlies players' gathering on social media.

For a time, they became the desktop wallpapers of countless people in Memphis.

The group photo of Link and the others was indeed nothing like an ordinary player photo. The air of "banditry" the Grizzlies exuded perfectly matched the team's villainous image.

In truth, the photo's outlaw vibe was not merely because everyone wore suits and held cigars, nor was it just the black-and-white filter.

It was because the people in the photo did not look like good guys to begin with.

There was no need to mention Randolph. That guy had never had anything to do with the words "good person."

Vince Carter, holding a cigar between two fingers, also had something of an old-school mobster about him.

Even Dellavedova, wearing sunglasses, looked exactly like a mafia member. Of course, he looked more like the bodyguard beside the boss.

And there was even less need to mention Link, seated right in the middle. ESPN's "most untouchable man in the league"—without some villainous aura, he really could not have lived up to that title.

What was more, the bottom of the photo blatantly bore the caption "Memphis Mob." Anyone unaware of the context might have thought it was a still from a movie called Memphis Mob.

The photo was beloved by fans, going viral not only in Memphis but all around the world.

Fans even called it "the most iconic group photo in Grizzlies history."

The league, however, certainly did not care much for a group photo filled with such a "negative image." The Grizzlies and Link were like the naughtiest kid in a classroom.

But the most infuriating part was that this naughtiest kid also happened to have the best grades...

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