Tattoo U: Nate Robinson's Tattoos

Thanks to Mouthpiecesports.com. This video is tight!

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More Reasons to Hate LA Sports

This behind the scenes video of Lakers Media Day give us even more reasons to hate all LA sports. Well, "hate" is such a strong word. Let's go with "really dislike" istead. Enjoy the Cross Promo at it's finest.

Do Tha Jason Terry AKA Jet

Trilli Trill is supposedly a pretty dope rap outfit out of the Dallas area. Hopefully this single about the 6th Man of the Year will get them season long front row seats and appearances on Mark Cuban's jumbotron. Will the Trilli Trill's be campaigning for an All Star Game 2010 performance (it's in Dallas)? One can only hope.

DeShawn Stevenson; Abe Lincoln & Pittsburg Pirates Fan

Washington Wizard DeShawn Stevenson showed up to training camp with a few new pieces of ink. The increasingly popular face tattoos show a "crack" on his forehead and a backwards Pittsburg Pirates "P" on his left cheekbone. There's also a "Londyn" scribble referring to his 1 year old son. Last, but definitely not least, DeShawn has a 5 dollar bill on his neck.

The Baseline and Ball Don't Lie have some pretty good thoughts on what all this awesome ink means.

If you happened to creep down into the comments section of The Baseline article, you might haved seen the supposed real meaning of DS's tats. Peep this: The P is a symbol of the People Nation gang, which claims the Bloods and Latin Kings among its allies. Among their symbols is the number 5, which explains the neck tattoo. Stevenson is a thug and an active gang member.

That being said, can the opening of NBA training camps be touted a little more? There's some seriously cool shit that we learn every year on this Monday. Monta Ellis this year saying he can't play with Stephen Curry not to mention the Stack Jack "praying hands" tattoo on the belly of 2007. This is some good stuff.

Delonte West..........Still Cwazy!!

Delonte West was arrested on Thursday night, 9/17/09. He was first pulled over for cutting off a police vehicle while riding his 3-wheeled motorcycle. 3-wheeled motorcycle....wtf?! Then as he was being questioned, he told the cop he had a gun in his waistband. The police went on to find another gun strapped to his leg and a shotgun in a guitar case strapped to his back. A guitar case...wtf?!

So, it turns out Delonte is still as loco as ever! Question is, what the hell was he going to do??!!

Time will tell. Until then, goooooooooooo Cleveland

Rick Barry; The Potrait of Awesome

I always wondered what the heck was up with Rick Barry. I knew he was an awesome baller and lead The Warriors to the NBA Championship in 1975, but I also had heard that he was a dick. I had a relatively blank slate on Mr. Barry when he was on KNBR 680 with Rod Brooks on the mid-day show a few years back and hadn't thought much about him since.

That is until I decided to listen to the Simmons Podcast last week where Billy Boy interviewed Tony Kornheiser of current PTI fame. Part of the discussion centered on the excellent article Kornheiser wrote in 1983 about Rick Barry. And the point of this post is to have you check out this splendid prose (thanks to SI Vault) that reveals so much about an incredible NBA player that it makes me hate the walls that these guys put up today....that is, until, Twitter hit the scene and sent Michael Beasley to rehab.

Was Rick Barry really a dick? Or was he just so competitive that he would do whatever it took to win (a-la Tiger Woods chucking his club into the bushes last week and making Steve Williams, his caddy, go get it)? Perhaps we will never know the truth.