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The NBA has regular-season games on Halloween, Christmas, New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Inauguration Day and President’s Day. As for today, Election Day, the NBA and the leader of its players prefer the focus be on the polls and not the court as the President of the United States and local government officials are elected. “It was important,” New Orleans Pelicans guard CJ McCollum, who is also the president of the NBA Players Association, told Andscape about being off on Election Day. “It was something that [the NBPA] talked about and I was vocal about. There is an importance of us being able to spread information to others. It’s important for us to take the time off to make sure everybody goes out and votes and point a spotlight to that.”

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Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo is all set for Halloween. He came dressed as Mr. Potato Head to Friday's postgame press conference at Fiserv Forum. His team had just fallen to the Chicago Bulls, 133-122, in their home opener. When asked about his get-up, Antetokounmpo said that once you get married "you don't have no say in things." Antetokounmpo and his longtime partner, Mariah, are newlyweds, marrying over the summer in Greece.

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Eurohoops: 😂🥔Giannis wore a "Mr Potato" head costume in the press conference! pic.x.com/Mgm9rmoPpj

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NBA on TNT: “What the hell is that? Halloween was two weeks ago!” Chuck reacts to Jordan Clarkson’s pregame fit 😅

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Clutch Points: Celtics star Jayson Tatum stopped by the Boston Children’s Hospital on Halloween to show love to the kids ❤️ (via @BostonChildrens / IG) pic.twitter.com/sof5Duimin

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Vinny Benedetto: In unsurprising news, Nikola Jokic is not planning to dress up for Halloween. In a more surprising development, Jokic gave a good answer about triple-doubles. He's tied with LeBron James and Jason Kidd for fourth all-time with 107. H/T to @NBABlackburn for the triple-double ?.

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Law Murray: Chauncey Billups says that Scoot Henderson looked up to Russell Westbrook, says that tonight might be very emotional for Scoot. Also said his first NBA game was against Michael Jordan. That was the Last Dance Bulls. The Celtics won that game against the Bulls on Halloween.

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Dave McMenamin: LAL guard Juan Toscano-Anderson on the elaborate team costume party thrown by Anthony Davis on Halloween: "I always say, ‘I like hanging out with my rich friends.’ I’m a kid from East Oakland. I didn’t grow up with a lot of money. So now that I got rich friends, it’s pretty cool"

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Plumlee and Martin dressed in Monsters Inc. costumes – Mike and Sully, respectively – and were joined by Hugo as they went room-to-room to deliver Halloween gift bags to children and their families.

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Eric Walden: Quin Snyder: "I don't know what I'm going to do next year, as far as coaching. I know I'm going to be at Halloween with my daughter. That's the silver lining of me stepping down now."

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Nick DePaula: Cody Zeller is wearing “Thank You, Charlotte” custom shoes tonight for his return to play the Hornets, with artwork from Halloween costumes he’s worn when visiting kids at the Hemby Children’s Hospital. His “Like A Child” foundation is also donating $25K to the Hospital.

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Because this isn't a normal October, the NBA regular season hasn't begun - it's at least two months away - so Scott is at home with his family, able to do take the time to get creative with his Halloween costume. And Scott took to Instagram on Friday night to showcase what he came up with. Please observe the brilliance that is Scott dressing up as Denver Nuggets-era Carmelo Anthony:

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With Curry missing most of the season and fellow multiple-time All-Star Klay Thompson possibly sidelined for its entirety, stark realism flooded the hallways and meeting rooms of Chase Center on Halloween. Everywhere except on the court, according to multiple team and league sources, the organization immediately began looking past this season, toward the next and beyond.

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Calavera makeup often leaves those donning it almost unrecognizable, but Spurs guard Patty Mills isn't just anyone. Some sharp Spurs fans were able to pick him out of the crowd at a Day of the Dead festival in Alamo City, and he stopped to take a picture with them.

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