← HOOP.Portrait credits
Licensed photographs used in HOOP. player features. Images are cropped, compressed, and in some cases masked to isolate the original subject. No athlete faces were generated for this update.
BOS
Jayson Tatum — Hameltion · CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped, resized, and compressed to WebP. Current Boston uniform. Licensed original team-uniform photo retained. Source-specific silhouette removes court/crowd; local vector preview reviewed, browser composition not reviewed. Subject outline baked into the alpha channel; original photograph preserved.
Derrick White — The White House · Public domain. Cropped, resized, and compressed to WebP. Neutral suit portrait.
BKN
Michael Porter Jr. — All-Pro Reels · CC BY-SA 2.0. Archival Denver warmup Archival Denver warmup, not Brooklyn uniform. Source EXIF orientation 8 must be auto-oriented. Upper-body dribbling composition retains real basketball. Subject isolated from licensed source; no face generation or uniform alteration. Subject outline baked into the alpha channel; original photograph preserved.
Julius Randle — Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0. Cropped, resized, and compressed to WebP. Neutral face crop; historical Lakers uniform completely excluded.
CHA
Brandon Miller — Chris Gillespie / Gamecock Central · CC BY 2.0. Archival Alabama uniform. Preserve watermark or crop above it. Archival Alabama uniform. Deliberate upper-body crop ends above source watermark at y≈585/640; watermark not erased or painted over. Attribution retained by parent. Subject isolated from licensed source; no face generation or uniform alteration. Subject outline baked into the alpha channel; original photograph preserved.
Naz Reid — All-Pro Reels · CC BY-SA 2.0. Cropped, resized, and compressed to WebP. Neutral face crop; historical Minnesota uniform completely excluded.
CHI
Josh Giddey — Erik Drost · CC BY 2.0. Cropped, resized, and compressed to WebP. Neutral face crop; historical Oklahoma City uniform completely excluded.
Matas Buzelis — Brady Saylor · CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped, resized, and compressed to WebP. Current Chicago uniform. Promote Matas Buzelis in Chicago uniform. Foreground person occludes left arm in original; silhouette follows visible player boundary. Tight upper-body framing; lower fade needed. No invented anatomy. Subject outline baked into the alpha channel; original photograph preserved.
CLE
Donovan Mitchell — Erik Drost · CC BY 2.0. Cropped, resized, and compressed to WebP. Current Cleveland warmup clothing; framed as upper-body portrait. Licensed Cavaliers warmup portrait with actual ball retained; no invented uniform. Local vector preview reviewed; browser composition not reviewed. Subject outline baked into the alpha channel; original photograph preserved.
Evan Mobley — Erik Drost · CC BY 2.0. Cropped, resized, and compressed to WebP. Current Cleveland uniform.
DAL
Cooper Flagg — Hameltion · CC0. Archival Duke warmup. Same source as existing; all other licensed candidates had worse distant/obstructed face. Original CC0 Duke practice warmup; no Dallas uniform available. Low-resolution source remains soft. Source pixels preserved. Subject isolated from licensed source; no face generation or uniform alteration. Subject outline baked into the alpha channel; original photograph preserved.
Kyrie Irving — Erik Drost · CC BY 2.0. Cropped, resized, and compressed to WebP. Neutral social-justice T-shirt.
DEN
Nikola Jokic — All-Pro Reels · CC BY-SA 2.0. Cropped, resized, and compressed to WebP. Denver uniform. Licensed original team-uniform photo retained. Source-specific silhouette removes court/crowd; local vector preview reviewed, browser composition not reviewed. Subject outline baked into the alpha channel; original photograph preserved.
Jamal Murray — All-Pro Reels · CC BY-SA 2.0. Cropped, resized, and compressed to WebP. Denver uniform.
DET
Cade Cunningham — Chensiyuan · CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped, resized, and compressed to WebP. Detroit uniform. Licensed original team-uniform photo retained. Source-specific silhouette removes court/crowd; local vector preview reviewed, browser composition not reviewed. Subject outline baked into the alpha channel; original photograph preserved.
Jalen Duren — Pikraken · CC BY 4.0. Cropped, resized, and compressed to WebP. Detroit uniform.
GS
Stephen Curry — Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0. Original licensed photograph in the featured NBA franchise uniform. WebP optimization, responsive framing and hand-traced SVG subject mask; no face generation. Masked adaptations retain the source license shown here. Only the visible source region is served; the rest of the photograph is cropped to reduce transfer size. Subject outline baked into the alpha channel; original photograph preserved.
Jimmy Butler III — Xuthoria · CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped, resized, and compressed to WebP. Neutral jacket and shirt.
HOU
Alperen Sengun — Chensiyuan · CC BY-SA 4.0. Original licensed photograph in the featured NBA franchise uniform. WebP optimization, responsive framing and hand-traced SVG subject mask; no face generation. Masked adaptations retain the source license shown here. Only the visible source region is served; the rest of the photograph is cropped to reduce transfer size. Subject outline baked into the alpha channel; original photograph preserved.
Kevin Durant — Clément Bardot · CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped, resized, and compressed to WebP. Neutral USA training T-shirt.
IND
Tyrese Haliburton — Chensiyuan · CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped, resized, and compressed to WebP. Indiana uniform. Licensed original team-uniform photo retained. Source-specific silhouette removes court/crowd; local vector preview reviewed, browser composition not reviewed. Subject outline baked into the alpha channel; original photograph preserved.
Pascal Siakam — Chensiyuan · CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped, resized, and compressed to WebP. Indiana uniform.
LAC
Darius Garland — DeAndre Patrick · CC BY-SA 4.0. Archival Cleveland uniform. Quality improvement over prior charity casualwear. Archival Cleveland uniform, actual player preserved. Source-specific outline includes braids and shooting sleeve. Subject isolated from licensed source; no face generation or uniform alteration. Subject outline baked into the alpha channel; original photograph preserved.
Brandon Ingram — Erik Drost · CC BY 2.0. Cropped, resized, and compressed to WebP. Archival face crop; former-team lettering and uniform context excluded.
LAL
Luka Doncic — Erik Drost · CC BY 4.0. Original licensed photograph in the featured NBA franchise uniform. WebP optimization, responsive framing and hand-traced SVG subject mask; no face generation. Masked adaptations retain the source license shown here. Only the visible source region is served; the rest of the photograph is cropped to reduce transfer size. Subject outline baked into the alpha channel; original photograph preserved.
Austin Reaves — Erik Drost · CC BY 2.0. Cropped, resized, and compressed to WebP. Lakers uniform.
MEM
Cameron Boozer — CIarke · CC BY 4.0. Archival Duke uniform. Full body instead of face-only crop. Archival Duke uniform, upper-body composition avoids foreground player and lower-leg occlusion. Subject isolated from licensed source; no face generation or uniform alteration. Subject outline baked into the alpha channel; original photograph preserved.
Zach Edey — Alexander Jonesi · CC BY-SA 2.0. Cropped, resized, and compressed to WebP. Archival face crop; former-team lettering and uniform context excluded.
MIL
Tyler Herro — Thomas Savoja · CC BY 2.0. Archival Kentucky uniform. Opponent overlaps lower left; head and torso clear. Licensed archival Kentucky uniform, not Milwaukee uniform. Opponent occludes lower left; cropped upper body follows visible boundary. No generated anatomy. Subject isolated from licensed source; no face generation or uniform alteration. Subject outline baked into the alpha channel; original photograph preserved.
Myles Turner — Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0. Cropped, resized, and compressed to WebP. Archival face crop; former-team lettering and uniform context excluded.
MIN
Anthony Edwards — All-Pro Reels · CC BY-SA 2.0. Minnesota uniform, December 1, 2021. Original photograph: WebP encoding, responsive reframing and hand-traced SVG subject mask; no face generation. Masked adaptation offered under CC BY-SA 2.0. Only the visible source region is served; the rest of the photograph is cropped to reduce transfer size. Subject outline baked into the alpha channel; original photograph preserved.
LaMelo Ball — Erik Drost · CC BY 2.0. Cropped, resized, and compressed to WebP. NBA All-Star uniform, not a Minnesota uniform.
NO
Zion Williamson — Erik Drost · CC BY 2.0. Cropped, resized, and compressed to WebP. New Orleans uniform. Licensed original team-uniform photo retained. Source-specific silhouette removes court/crowd; local vector preview reviewed, browser composition not reviewed. Subject outline baked into the alpha channel; original photograph preserved.
Dejounte Murray — Erik Drost · CC BY 2.0. Cropped, resized, and compressed to WebP. NBA All-Star uniform, not another NBA franchise.
NY
Jalen Brunson — Erik Drost · CC BY 2.0. New York uniform, April 26, 2023. Original photograph: WebP encoding, responsive reframing and hand-traced SVG subject mask; no face generation. Only the visible source region is served; the rest of the photograph is cropped to reduce transfer size. Subject outline baked into the alpha channel; original photograph preserved.
Karl-Anthony Towns — lam_chihang · CC BY 2.0. Cropped, resized, and compressed to WebP. Neutral off-court photograph; other participants cropped out.
OKC
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander — All-Pro Reels · CC BY-SA 2.0. Original licensed photograph in the featured NBA franchise uniform. WebP optimization, responsive framing and hand-traced SVG subject mask; no face generation. Masked adaptations retain the source license shown here. Only the visible source region is served; the rest of the photograph is cropped to reduce transfer size. Subject outline baked into the alpha channel; original photograph preserved.
Jalen Williams — Daiei Onoguchi · CC BY 4.0. Cropped, resized, and compressed to WebP. Oklahoma City uniform.
ORL
Franz Wagner — All-Pro Reels · CC BY-SA 2.0. Original licensed photograph in the featured NBA franchise uniform. WebP optimization, responsive framing and hand-traced SVG subject mask; no face generation. Masked adaptations retain the source license shown here. Only the visible source region is served; the rest of the photograph is cropped to reduce transfer size. Subject outline baked into the alpha channel; original photograph preserved.
Paolo Banchero — Al Ward · CC BY 3.0. Cropped, resized, and compressed to WebP. Neutral summer exhibition jersey without another NBA franchise.
PHI
Tyrese Maxey — Chensiyuan · CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped, resized, and compressed to WebP. Philadelphia uniform. Philadelphia uniform. Vector cutout preserves full face and jersey; arm opening removed. Subject outline baked into the alpha channel; original photograph preserved.
Joel Embiid — All-Pro Reels · CC BY-SA 2.0. Cropped, resized, and compressed to WebP. Philadelphia warm-up clothing.
PHX
Devin Booker — Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0. Original licensed photograph in the featured NBA franchise uniform. WebP optimization, responsive framing and hand-traced SVG subject mask; no face generation. Masked adaptations retain the source license shown here. Only the visible source region is served; the rest of the photograph is cropped to reduce transfer size. Subject outline baked into the alpha channel; original photograph preserved.
Jalen Green — All-Pro Reels · CC BY-SA 2.0. Cropped, resized, and compressed to WebP. Archival face crop; former-team lettering and uniform context excluded.
POR
Ja Morant — Erik Drost · CC BY 2.0. Neutral 2022 All-Star warmup. Full-body pointing pose, foreground person overlaps lower left leg only. Identity-checked Ja Morant source 51914772716 only. Neutral 2022 All-Star warmup, not Portland uniform. Upper body framing retains truthful pointing pose; source face moderately small. Subject isolated from licensed source; no face generation or uniform alteration. Subject outline baked into the alpha channel; original photograph preserved.
Deni Avdija — All-Pro Reels from District of Columbia, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0. Cropped, resized, and compressed to WebP. Archival face crop; former-team lettering and uniform context excluded.
SAC
Domantas Sabonis — Augustas Didžgalvis · CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped, resized, and compressed to WebP. Lithuania national-team photography, not a Sacramento uniform. Licensed Lithuania national-team basketball uniform, explicitly not Sacramento uniform. Clean cutout and player identity valid, current Kings uniform remains limitation. Subject outline baked into the alpha channel; original photograph preserved.
Zach LaVine — Erik Drost · CC BY 2.0. Cropped, resized, and compressed to WebP. Neutral NBA All-Star T-shirt.
UTAH
Keyonte George — Brady Saylor · CC BY-SA 4.0. Utah Jazz uniform, January 14, 2026. Original photograph by Brady Saylor; per-source vector subject mask, responsive framing and WebP compression. This adapted portrait is distributed under CC BY-SA 4.0; no face generation. Subject outline baked into the alpha channel; original photograph preserved.
Lauri Markkanen — Don Bigileone · CC BY 2.0. Cropped, resized, and compressed to WebP. Finland national-team hoodie, archival photograph, not a Jazz media-day portrait.
Jaren Jackson Jr. — Erik Drost · CC BY 2.0. Cropped, resized, and compressed to WebP. Archival face crop; former-team lettering and uniform context excluded.
WSH
Trae Young — Erik Drost · CC BY 2.0. Neutral All-Star warmup; detailed head and shoulders. Neutral All-Star warmup; archival photograph, not Washington uniform. Transparent horizontal padding avoids oversized face. Original shoulder crop retained, background removed with smooth vector contour. Subject isolated from licensed source; no face generation or uniform alteration. Subject outline baked into the alpha channel; original photograph preserved.
Anthony Davis — Erik Drost · CC BY 2.0. Cropped, resized, and compressed to WebP. Neutral black hooded top; former-team lettering below the crop is omitted.
Ultra collectible photography
The arena and foil are commemorative graphic artwork. Photographic subjects retain their original source license. Editorial crops, masks and color grading are identified in each card’s inspection details; share-alike photographic adaptations retain that license.
Bam Adebayo · 2026 · HEAT CHECK
Joe Glorioso / crop by Shakeydeal33 and HappyBoi3892 · CC BY-SA 2.0
March 8, 2020 — Miami-era photograph, not the 83-point game
Authentic Miami-era photograph; a licensed photograph from the 2026 performance is still preferred.
Original photograph and license record ↗Klay Thompson · 2015 · HEAT CHECK
Keith Allison · CC BY-SA 2.0
February 3, 2016 — Warriors-era photograph, not the 37-point quarter
Original photograph and license record ↗Kobe Bryant · 2006 · HEAT CHECK
Sgt. Joseph A. Lee / derivative by JoeJohnson2 · Public domain
October 11, 2005
Original photograph and license record ↗Luka Dončić · 2024 · HEAT CHECK
Erik Drost · CC BY 2.0
2021 Dallas portrait
Original photograph and license record ↗Allen Iverson · 2001 · CULT CLASSICS
Lipofsky / Basketballphoto.com · CC BY-SA 3.0
2001 archival photograph
Replacement required: the licensed 2001 source is only 284 × 350 pixels and does not pass full-resolution Ultra review.
Original photograph and license record ↗Jeremy Lin · 2012 · CULT CLASSICS
Scott Mecum · CC BY 2.0
March 6, 2012 — Knicks warmup photograph
Original-resolution warmup photo retained. The reviewed game-action alternatives were too soft or had conflicting copyright metadata.
Original photograph and license record ↗Baron Davis · 2007 · CULT CLASSICS
Greg Ma / crop by Ytoyoda · CC BY 2.0
April 2008 — Warriors-era portrait, not the 2007 playoffs
A sharper licensed photograph from the 2007 playoff run is still needed. This is a clearly identified Warriors-era substitute.
Original photograph and license record ↗Other collectible portraits
Modern player cards retain the existing ESPN player-identification assets. HOOP. does not claim a new redistribution license. Custom portraits are owner-authorized artwork. Historical cards preserve their individual source and license in the full card details.
Draft photograph credits · Inspect official editions and historical sources