The NBA season is upon us and the clubs were in action this past week with NBA Media Day – a chance for the local and national media to interview the players about this upcoming season, have the players stick their feet in their mouth, pose for photographs, and have a jolly old time.

Below is an image gallery of International NBA players during the NBA’s 2009-10 media day.

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(Photos are courtesy of the AP, Reuters, Getty Images, and the NBA)