Worst Tattoo in the NBA belongs to our very own...

[indyceltic]

How has no one mentioned Marbury's Head tattoo.  Who gets a tattoo on their dome?

[davemonsterband]

What stick figures? Are you talking about the circle of Grateful Dead dancing bears?

I guess so, either way it's cheesy, dad and all.

[LarBrd33]

i think Kenyon Martin's lipstick tattoo is by far the worst.  It's the only tattoo that actually bothers me to look at for some reason.  lol

[indeedproceed]

people who get tattoos of their names on their bodies should just stop letting the fear possess them. Its okay, man. You won't forget your own name. And if you're scared other people won't know it unless its written on your body somewhere using gothic lettering, well hey bud...just tell them. People will respect you more if you share.

[Chief]

http://themax.mlblogs.com/archives/2008/10/bad_ideas_with_ink.html

[Eja117]

Any player (like Camby I think) that has an asian tatoo they can't read, which is pretty much any NBA player, except possibly Yi, and Yao.

I am telling you every single one of those tatoos say "ignorance"

Do you think kids in China go out and get tatoos written in English like "love" or "joy"?  Do you think they are misspelled?

[Gomesfan]

Agent Zero's Coq Diesel Tattoo is pretty stupid!

[Gomesfan]

It's fake.

[Gomesfan]

[dark_lord]

Any player (like Camby I think) that has an asian tatoo they can't read, which is pretty much any NBA player, except possibly Yi, and Yao.

I am telling you every single one of those tatoos say "ignorance"

Do you think kids in China go out and get tatoos written in English like "love" or "joy"?  Do you think they are misspelled?

i disagree wholeheartedly.  for starters there are a ton of resources to validate what the symbol's translation is so that you get the appropriate tattoo.  having an asian character representing a word, meaning, or phrase important in one's life can be a beautiful work of art.  asian characters have a beauty about them to alot of people.

[dark_lord]

its his body...if he likes it, thats all that matters

Like with fashion, people can have no idea what looks good on them. Tattoos are fair game.

i guess i just dont see the point in it.  a tattoo is for the individual, if they like it, its all that matters. 

I don't like mustard.  Lots of people do.  But I don't.  Doesn't make it a bad condiment.

So if I go out with white briefs over my jeans, you wouldn't comment?

Just like haircuts and clothes, tattoos are part of how you choose to present yourself.

It is weird that this discussion even came up since no one said he looks stupid or he made a mistake. They said it was an ugly tattoo and the reasons given were that the letters were done poorly. If tattoos have any art involved, then they are fair game for such criticism.

While I am not a fan of tattoos, I do respect the art involved. Some tattoos are poorly done.

for starters, my position has consistently been, as long as rajon likes it, thats all that matters. 

considering mocking, teasing, or simply talking about someone, based on their appearance is immature in my book.  but you consider it "fair game for such criticism".  i guess we can agree to disagree.

[greg683x]

Any player (like Camby I think) that has an asian tatoo they can't read, which is pretty much any NBA player, except possibly Yi, and Yao.

I am telling you every single one of those tatoos say "ignorance"

Do you think kids in China go out and get tatoos written in English like "love" or "joy"?  Do you think they are misspelled?

My exgirlfriends best friend had an asian tattoo that she said meant good health.  Well we go over my friend jeremys house (who is chinese) to meet up with him before we all went to a bar and his mom answers the door.  She sees the tattoo on maureens back (b/c she was wearing a Edited.  Profanity and masked profanity are against forum rules and may result in discipline.ty dress), looks at the tattoo, then looks at maureen, and says, "Youre not a doctor!"  Needless to say we laughed at her, and she shrugged and said, well I know what it means to me, and acted like she didnt care.  But I know it had to bother her.  So Stupid.

[dark_lord]

Any player (like Camby I think) that has an asian tatoo they can't read, which is pretty much any NBA player, except possibly Yi, and Yao.

I am telling you every single one of those tatoos say "ignorance"

Do you think kids in China go out and get tatoos written in English like "love" or "joy"?  Do you think they are misspelled?

My exgirlfriends best friend had an asian tattoo that she said meant good health.  Well we go over my friend jeremys house (who is chinese) to meet up with him before we all went to a bar and his mom answers the door.  She sees the tattoo on maureens back (b/c she was wearing a Edited.  Profanity and masked profanity are against forum rules and may result in discipline.ty dress), looks at the tattoo, then looks at maureen, and says, "Youre not a doctor!"  Needless to say we laughed at her, and she shrugged and said, well I know what it means to me, and acted like she didnt care.  But I know it had to bother her.  So Stupid.

that sucks, lol.  she should have done her homework b4hand.  some characters have different meanings depending if they are cantonese or mandarin. 

[mgent]

Any player (like Camby I think) that has an asian tatoo they can't read, which is pretty much any NBA player, except possibly Yi, and Yao.

I am telling you every single one of those tatoos say "ignorance"

Do you think kids in China go out and get tatoos written in English like "love" or "joy"?  Do you think they are misspelled?

i disagree wholeheartedly.  for starters there are a ton of resources to validate what the symbol's translation is so that you get the appropriate tattoo.  having an asian character representing a word, meaning, or phrase important in one's life can be a beautiful work of art.  asian characters have a beauty about them to alot of people.

For starters, with all the resources it just makes wrong spellings look even more retarded.
The two things i don't get is  1. If i had a word that was important in my life, i'd wanna see it in my own language.  I don't think looking at a chinese symbol would ever make me think of any concept other than chinese.  2. The purpose of tattoos is to express yourself; how do you do that when other people don't understand what your tattoos?  I would get so annoyed if people came up to me everyday asking me what my tattoo meant.

[mgent]

I like this one

Andre Brown

Yeah because I'm gonna get on the ground and sit there reading his leg...