About four years ago, Nicki Jhabvala — then of the New York Times, now of the Denver Post — set about the business of tracking how the appearance of Chris Andersen, the ever-colorful and high-flying “Birdman,” had changed in the 13 years since he entered the NBA. The resultant photo collage was kind of jarring.
The moving image offers something that still shots rarely can, though. And man, does this GIF created by the folks at SportsBettingExperts.com capture just how drastic a shift Birdman, who started the season with the Cleveland Cavaliers before suffering a torn right ACL in December, getting traded to the Charlotte Hornets in February, and being waived to open up a roster spot u2010 has seen since the year 2000:
That is … well, that’s something, all right.