It’s hard to find one image that totally encapsulated the spectacle of Klay Thompson’s return to the Bay Area, but Bay Area photographer Noah Graham got as close as humanly possible.
For the former Splash Brother’s first regular season game against the Warriors since he was traded to the Mavericks, the Dubs’ arena was filled with 18,000 ceremonial captain hats that the team gave away in honor of Thompson’s nautical escapades. It was an unprecedented level of appreciation toward a visiting player that Graham captured in his photo. An anchored Thompson looks on from the court in the foreground, and a sea of captain hat-wearing fans fills the background.