code: def get_player_img(player_id):
      
      url = "http://stats.nba.com/media/players/230x185/"+str(player_id)+".png"
      img_file = str(player_id) + ".png"
      pic = urlretrieve(url, img_file)
      player_img = plt.imread(pic[0])
      return player_img
docs: Returns the image of the player from stats.nba.com as a numpy array and
      saves the image as PNG file in the current directory.
  
      Parameters
      ----------
      player_id: int
          The player ID used to find the image.
  
      Returns
      -------
      player_img: ndarray
          The multidimensional numpy array of the player image, which matplotlib
          can plot.