While this photo would have seemed incredibly odd a couple of years ago, the fact that Yao Ming got together with Delonte West and Michael Beasley to have lunch isn’t that surprising in the Year of Our Basketball Lord 2014. Beasley recently signed with the Shanghai Sharks, a team that has West on the roster and is owned by Yao Ming and it looks like the trio sat down for lunch aboard a boat yesterday.

Still, as great as, well, ANY picture with Yao Ming standing next to people is, there are so many questions left unanswered here. What did they eat? What did they talk about? Why are they having lunch on a boat? What is with Yao’s flood pants/Capris? Why is Delonte in his lazy Sunday’s best? Inquiring minds want to know.

[Deadspin]