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Top 10 Tats in the NBA

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This is from the bleacher report, but luckily consists mostly of pictures so I thought it was okay to post.

Some pretty interesting/funny stuff. guess who's #1!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/308851-the-10-best-tattoos-in-the-nba

just a note, there's a link to the 40 hottest female athletes of the decade there to... you know in case anyone is interested

No. 10 - Gilbert Arenas
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Gilbert Arenas, a.k.a Agent Zero a.k.a Hibachi has one of the more creative tattoos in the league. When President Barack Obama was elected to office, Arenas had, "change we believe in" tattood on his left hand. If only Gilbert could change his field-goal percentage and become the elite guard we all thought he would be.

No. 9 - Kenyon Martin
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Those lips! Probably one of the most original tattoos in the NBA; Martin's bright red lips on his neck are exact replicas of his girlfriend's, rap-star and professional music video ho-fessional, Trina.

No. 9 Kenyon Martin Continued
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The Tattoo on his back reads, "I shall fear no man but God". If I saw a dude Martin's size with that tattoo I would fear him more than God.

No. 8 - Brandon Jennings
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Brandon Jennings has officially arrived. I'm not sure if the, 'Young Money' inscribed across his back will make sense when he's using his senior discount at the movie theater later in life but for now, it's adding plenty to his street-cred.

No. 7 - Marcin Gortat
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Gortat may not be the flashiest player in the league but his tattoo speaks volumes. Reebok gave Gortat an ultimatum - cover the Jordan logo or no sponsorship. Gortat's response: "It helped me get to the NBA... it's not going anywhere."

- "Even If they don't know my name, they know I'm the big white guy with the Jordan tattoo."

No. 6 - A.I.
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What, you don't have a spider web tattood on your neck that says, 'Virginia Slim'?

No. 5 - Amare Stoudemire
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Amare Stoudemire is the self-proclaimed, "Black Jesus".... Enough said

No. 4 - LBJ
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LeBron James, such a humble man. 'King James' has 'Chosen 1' tattooed on his back in size 72 font. I say he should have to cover the tattoo in duck-tape until he wins a championship.

No. 3 - Stephon Marbury
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Marbury has a tattoo on his head and is still not number one! Starbury took his nickname to the next level and opted for prime product placement rather than looking like a normal member of society

No. 2 - Marquis Daniels
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Florida's finest, Marquis Daniels is reppin' his click to the fullest. Born and raised in Orlando, Daniels has the state for Florida inked on his back with his area code, 407 highlighted.

No. 1 - DeShawn Stevenson (not a big surprise)
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Winner, winner, chicken dinner! DeShawn is officially the most ghetto player in the league after the latest addition of ink to his jugular region.
DeShawn's $5 bill on his neck is equally as disturbing as his permanent jersey on his back. Keep on doin' what you do DeShawn; making my job easy.

They should've mentioned the crack tat on his forehead
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Few points:

Man, is DeShawn an ignorant moron with his tats.

I'm blown away by the amount of spelling errors in that article.

Allen Iverson nicknamed himself after a brand of women's cigarettes???
 
Few points:

Man, is DeShawn an ignorant moron with his tats.

I'm blown away by the amount of spelling errors in that article.

Allen Iverson nicknamed himself after a brand of women's cigarettes???

also, if anyone one should have dibs on 'black jesus' i'd think it'd be ray allen
 
Jack's praying hands tattoo is just too much to fathom...

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also, if anyone one should have dibs on 'black jesus' i'd think it'd be ray allen

Umm... or Earl Monroe, the man who inspired that nickname for his fictional character :dunno:
 
How is Gilbert's tattoo one of the most original in the league? He took a political slogan and had it tatted on his fingers. I'm sure there are more creative tats than that one.
 
really? didn't know that, guess that shows how much knowledge i've got!

Haha, no sweat. People are forgotten over generations. There's actually a brief explanation of why Ray was named Jesus in He Got Game, when Denzel's character tells him about Monroe.

There's also this sick Undrcrwn shirt :thumbup:

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Hopefully this tattoo thread is better than the last one when some stubborn jackass persistently claimed that Carmelo's WB tattoo stood for "Warna Brotha" because he read it on someone's blog, despite the fact it clearly reads "West Baltimore" :chuckles:

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Hopefully this tattoo thread is better than the last one when some stubborn jackass persistently claimed that Carmelo's WB tattoo stood for "Warna Brotha" because he read it on someone's blog, despite the fact it clearly reads "West Baltimore" :chuckles:

look at this fuckin blogger dissing blogs :chuckles:
yes, it would take a stubborn jackass to completely deny the possibility that an inherently referential "warner brothers" tattoo could potentially reference multiple things, especially when the two potential references being argued over (warna brotha and west baltimore) are themselves directly related
chuckles, baby, chuckles all day
 
look at this fuckin blogger dissing blogs :chuckles:
yes, it would take a stubborn jackass to completely deny the possibility that an inherently referential "warner brothers" tattoo could potentially reference multiple things, especially when the two potential references being argued over (warna brotha and west baltimore) are themselves directly related
chuckles, baby, chuckles all day

Could potentially reference. But it clearly reads "Baltimore" to the right and "West" to the left. Melo's not savvy enough to incorporate multiple meanings into his tats. Just like his other B'More tats (an ugly raven, oriole, and the Baltimore area code), someone showed him something related to where he came from (in this case a customization of a corporate logo) and he ran with it. The tat isn't as deep as he probably thinks it is, though :chuckles:
 
Marquis is most known for this tatt though

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And Deshawn's jersey on his back isn't a big deal, A lot of players in all sports have those kinds and even people not in pro leagues
 

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