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Wesley Matthews: "It's expressive," Wesley Matthews said of getting tattoos. "If done right, I think they can be tasteful. Until I got these, if I wore a shirt, you would never know I had one. But these, they're not gaudy and they mean something. They're not an expression of ignorance."

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Will Barton: "I like them all -- no regrets," said Will Barton, who plans to get more this summer. What will he get? "I don't know. I have a tattoo artist, he's real good. And most of the time I go in there, unless I have something in mind -- like my mom -- I give him some ideas and I just let him freestyle with it."

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Tattoos are of the devil.
 
LaMarcus Aldridge: "My praying hands, the rosary with the clouds is my favorite," Aldridge said. "I wanted to get tattoos to express myself. I think it's a way of getting stuff on your body that you believe in."

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JJ Hickson: "I was definitely going through things in life and I wanted to remember those moments," JJ Hickson said of his tattoos. "Others were just spur-of-the-moments. That's just how I was feeling at the time." There have been mistakes. "Right before college, I got this whole arm blasted and I was like, 'Oops,'" he said of his left arm. "I regret this whole arm. But this (right) arm definitely has a lot more meaning."

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Nolan Smith: "I got this when I was 16; it was my first tat," said Nolan Smith, who has 10 tattoos. "It's the only one I have that's visible, the only one I'm going to keep visible. And it's my dad, the reason I play basketball, the reason that I love the game. He's my idol, my role model and I always look down at him."

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Damian Lillard: "When I first started getting them, everybody was getting them, so it was cool," Damian Lillard said. "I'm just happy that they all have some type of meaning to me. It's just stuff that I take interest in, stuff that I value: My mom, my sister, basketball ... my friends, my brother, scripture. Everything is something that I felt was worthy of being on my body."

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Jared Jeffries: Jared Jeffries' pride and joy fills his back and has taken eight years and 21 hours of work to complete. Except it's not compete yet. He had work done earlier this month and will continue to accentuate the striking display of art for years to come. "I think it's just an expression," Jeffries said. "I think it's art. Just an expression in what you believe in. So most of mine have some kind of religious theme. Like Bible verses, a guardian angel on my wrist. And then I have Jesus on my back. That's my favorite."

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Nolan should get an extension on that tat: "Forever watching.......from the bench."
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Wesley Matthews: "It's expressive," Wesley Matthews said of getting tattoos. "If done right, I think they can be tasteful. Until I got these, if I wore a shirt, you would never know I had one. But these, they're not gaudy and they mean something. They're not an expression of ignorance."

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those don't look like Wesleys arms, I wonder what filter they used to make the players look like ghosts/very pale.
 
julius said:
those don't look like Wesleys arms, I wonder what filter they used to make the players look like ghosts/very pale.
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Oops, they adjusted the contrast to make it easier to see. I guess I should have posted a "Graphic" warning.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Oops, they adjusted the contrast to make it easier to see. I guess I should have posted a "Graphic" warning.
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for a second, I thought the Blazers were doing white-face! I was almost offended.
 
Got 9 of 'em...... Each represents
Important moments of my life or people(except my blazer one) Too each his own, I understand why some don't like tattoos, but I dig em. My man Beerboy has some nice ink!


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HCP said:
Got 9 of 'em...... Each represents
Important moments of my life or people(except my blazer one) Too each his own, I understand why some don't like tattoos, but I dig em. My man Beerboy has some nice ink!


Sent from HCPs Baller-Ass iPhone 5...FAMS!
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I just have one. It is a neat view of my grandmother's piano keyboard on my chest (which I later on bought and moved into my living room). I write all of my songs on it and deserves a spot on my body!
 
For me personally, I don't see the point. I've had some important moments in my life, but none have made me want to get a tattoo. Never know though, I got a lot of livin' to do (hopefully) and I have absolutely nothing against tattoos.
 
I feel like after I get one, I'll just start putting random ones all over my body.
 
My wife keeps getting on me to get a Tattoo, been working on a few designs but nothing fully fleshed out yet. Love the way they adjusted the contract to make the Tattoo's pop out on the players.
 
What do you guys think about brands? Does anyone in the NBA have any? You see them all the time in the NFL.
 
VanillaGorilla said:
What do you guys think about brands? Does anyone in the NBA have any? You see them all the time in the NFL.
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It's mostly a midwest frat thing with drunken coat hanger branding from what I've heard, so probably not many NBAers coming from those schools/houses.
 
It's amazing how many of them have religious themes(?).
 
We need a tattoo thread for us to share images of our ink.....
 
Zags, you don't have one? I bet you have a tramp stamp that says....... WHAT CAN BROWN DO FO' YOU?
 
handiman said:
It's mostly a midwest frat thing with drunken coat hanger branding from what I've heard, so probably not many NBAers coming from those schools/houses.
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This is?

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handiman said:
It's mostly a midwest frat thing with drunken coat hanger branding from what I've heard, so probably not many NBAers coming from those schools/houses.
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He said branding, not an abortion.
 
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