Top 10 Worst Tattoos In The NBA Playoffs

[duncan228]

A random blog, just to pass some time.

Top 10 Worst Tattoos in the NBA Playoffs

Confession: I like tattoos. One of my favorite shows to catch on TLC is Miami Ink. You get to watch a bunch of people get tatted up and tell the stories behind their tattoos. Its pretty cool. But enough of that.

I also love the NBA playoffs. Sure, as Bitner pointed out about a week ago,the regular season is long and regular season games are a bit lethargic, except for maybe the occasional nail biting 4th Quarter. But the playoffs are a different. All of the sudden, games really matter. They matter to the players and they matter even more to the fans. The Bulls-Celtics series was incredible! Bill Simmons said it best:

“Think of all the crap we deal with as fans. "Bulls-Celtics 2009" explains why we put up with every story about Clemens and Bonds and Michael Vick and Terrell Owens and everyone else who conspires to make sports less fun.”

So I took two of my favorite things, the playoffs and tattoos, and present to you the Top 10 Worst Tattoos in the 2009 NBA Playoffs.

10. Lebron James - Chosen 1. Nothing wrong with the tat' necessarily, but how many of you knew that the NBA's poster child was that arrogant? No really, that arrogant.



9. Tim Duncan - Jester. I just don't really like Duncan. He has another tat' on his chest of a wizard. WTH?



8. Deron William - "Noguts, Noglory". The letters are too close together man.



7. Chris "Birdman" Andersen - Wings. This tattoo is just as ridiculous as his post-dunk flying act.



6. Kenyan Martin - Neck Kiss. Dumb. Period.



5. Luke Walton - Grateful Dead mockery. On Luke's right arm is a depiction of 4 Grateful Dead skeletons, representing him and his 3 brothers, dancing around a fire holding balls in their hands.



4. Stephon Marbury - Starbury. Marbury has a shoe line and decided to have the logo permanently placed on the side of his noggin.





3. Kobe Bryant - Vanessa. I still don’t understand this tattoo. Yes, I see the angel wings and the crown and the halo, but come on, let’s face it, its ugly.



2. Mike Bibby - Hoop. Did his kids draw this?



1. Brad Miller - Scrappy Doo. Come on, bro, you're 7' tall and 280 lbs. Time to cover that thing up with something a bit more "boss".



Honorable Mention - Tracy McGrady - Barbed wire. Since T-Mac is out , I couldn't put him in the top 10. But I couldn't leave it alone. Nothing says "street" quite like a single band of barbed wire. Maybe he and Pam Anderson got their tat's together.

[duncan228]

He has another tat' on his chest of a wizard.

[Strike]

10. Lebron James - Chosen 1. Nothing wrong with the tat' necessarily, but how many of you knew that the NBA's poster child was that arrogant? No really, that arrogant.

Should be number 1. Explains everything you need to know about him.

[benefactor]

Chris Andersen's wings kick ass if your asking me.

[gaKNOW!blee]

If I was on the cover of SI at age 17-18...I would get the headline tattoo'd on my back as well.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

The only ones that I think are lame are Deron Williams, Marbury's and Kenyon Martin's...Starbury and that Neck kiss are obnoxious... I don't know why.

Williams is just lame and boring, "No Guts No Glory." How unimaginative and cliche is that?

Chris Andersen's tats are well done, but he looks disgusting in general He looks like he's riddled with V.D.


James tattoo seems like a tattoo a 17 year would get. I initially thought he didn't match his "humility" claims when I first heard of him, but now it's like whatever. He's a flashy guy.

Duncan having a jester and a wizard.. I like how nerdy he is. He really does like Renaissance fair type stuff doesn't he?

[dirk4mvp]

Duncan's tattoos are pretty gay.

[Creation88]

Tim has the wizard and jester b/c he's a big dork. he likes to go to Renaissance fests etc. ha ha.

[duncan228]

Duncan having a jester and a wizard.. I like how nerdy he is. He really does like Renaissance fair type stuff doesn't he?

Dungeons and Dragons too. He's got a third tattoo, I'm pretty sure it's a dragon from Dungeons and Dragons. It's hard to catch, and the only pics I've got are too blurry to really tell what it is. But I'm pretty sure it's a Dragon.

Some background on the two mentioned.

Tim Duncan’s “Skele-jester.” What’s a skele-jester, you ask? Yeah, that’s what we asked.

“A skele-jester,” Duncan replied, shocked that he would have to offer any more information. He said it like anyone else would say, “It’s a cat. You know, a cat.”

"I got hooked on D&D at Wake (Forest). Me and some buddies would play for hours at a time until I had to go to practice. My character is a 13th level lawful evil sorceror named Merlin (after the magician from Arthurian legend). Today, he has 98 hit points and an armor class of 2. My Charisma is 21. That's perfect."

The game's jargon aside, Duncan has made a more permanent commitment to his love of D&D.

"I have a tattoo of Merlin. He's like my alter-ego."

His obsession with Merlin and the black arts led to Duncan's quiet feud with the NBA this off-season. Wanting the back of his jersey to read, "Merlin," instead of his last name, Duncan sought the help of the NBA Players Association. Citing the NBA uniform code, Duncan's unusual request was rejected by the league.

-1999

[arodz]

Tattoos huh? Uhhhhhh.....it really is the off season.

[Bukefal]

What about TP's tattoo on his hand. Eva has the same tatoo below her neck. It looks like a nine, and you would think that, cause of his number. but its a strange nine though Some say it says; nine, some say it says; june



Anyway, I like tattoos and im thinking of getting one too, but i want a small one, i dont like such big tattoos

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Dungeons and Dragons too. He's got a third tattoo, I'm pretty sure it's a dragon from Dungeons and Dragons. It's hard to catch, and the only pics I've got are too blurry to really tell what it is. But I'm pretty sure it's a Dragon.

Some background on the two mentioned.




Tim Duncan’s “Skele-jester.” What’s a skele-jester, you ask? Yeah, that’s what we asked.

“A skele-jester,” Duncan replied, shocked that he would have to offer any more information. He said it like anyone else would say, “It’s a cat. You know, a cat.”


"I got hooked on D&D at Wake (Forest). Me and some buddies would play for hours at a time until I had to go to practice. My character is a 13th level lawful evil sorceror named Merlin (after the magician from Arthurian legend). Today, he has 98 hit points and an armor class of 2. My Charisma is 21. That's perfect."

The game's jargon aside, Duncan has made a more permanent commitment to his love of D&D.

"I have a tattoo of Merlin. He's like my alter-ego."


His obsession with Merlin and the black arts led to Duncan's quiet feud with the NBA this off-season. Wanting the back of his jersey to read, "Merlin," instead of his last name, Duncan sought the help of the NBA Players Association. Citing the NBA uniform code, Duncan's unusual request was rejected by the league.


-1999

thanks for those quotes.

so he got into Dungeons & Dragons in College??? I remember the fringe kids in elementary school playing that stuff, I did not know there were people who played that stuff at a college age.


...I think the league made the right call in rejecting his request. I heard about Duncan going by "Merlin" but I did not know it went that far in detail....

Talk about too much information.

Duncan certainly is his own man.

[duncan228]

I'm not sure what it says on Parker's hand, but he has their wedding date on his ring finger.

[ploto]

Love the Scrappy Doo!

[rayray2k8]

Martin's "kiss" tattoo to me, is the stupidest one of them all.

[tomtom]

Hahaha Scrappy Doo! Mad props to Miller, that's so bad ass

[Frenzy]

kobe should put "sorry" over vanessa.

[gmanrulz]

what about jameer nelsons "ALL EYES ON ME" tattoo going across his back like lebrons

[balli]

I think all of Deron's tats are pretty lame, but they've gotten better since he graduated college and added the flames around them so as to make them not stand out as isolated figures so much. His worst is the panther on his arm that I'm pretty sure he straight up stole from Jason Williams.

All his tats reek of being young and stupid, though I'm not sure if he had the "no guts, no glory" in HS/college or not. However, you Texas nationalists should love his "Texas made" tat or whatever it is.

I think Birdman's wings are just awesome. The best tats are Sheed's and his commercial explaining them is one of the coolest Nike commercials I've seen.

I myself have a tattoo that I really wish I didn't have. It's not a bad looking tat, I just hate having it. So I have a hard time faulting any of these guys too much. ty decisions happen.

[mqywaaah]

Robert Swift? Tribal ink? Not a big fan of that design especially when it's that big. Just doesnt click on me

[Manufan909]

Martin's "kiss" tattoo to me, is the stupidest one of them all.

Easily. And that dude is a closet sexual for hating on Scrappy Doo.

How could the kiss and Chosen1 NOT make the top 2?

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

the kiss tattoo is easily the worst.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

the birdman wings shouldn't even be on this list.

[pwilliam]

Kenyan Martin's tattoos of chinese "患得患失" should be no. 1 on this list. Some one is "患得患失" meaning he is lost, doesn't know what to do...

[jdev82]

Should be number 1. Explains everything you need to know about him.

yeah and lookit all that disgusting back hair.