Jack's New Tattoo: Revisited

by gsdubz on Oct 4, 2007 11:16 AM PDT Comment 16 comments

Hey guys, I know it's been discussed a few times, but references to Jack's new tattoo on here have been a little off. I was suspicious at the analysis that it's "a picture of him holding a gun", cuz I saw it a little bit differently. I thought it was him praying under a cross with a gun in his hands, or something really deeper than him just "holding a gun". Alas, on the front page of espn.com, there's a story on his new leadership role and they discuss exactly what I THOUGHT the tattoo was of:

Jackson, who is sporting a new tattoo, says the ink references his past while looking to his future. The image shows two praying hands in front of a church window holding a gun.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3048676

I give props to Jack for his leadership and maturity. Just a friendly reminder that he had no criminal past before the palace brawl, worked his butt off to make it into the NBA, and I personally was never against him either before he was a Warrior or even during his trial when he first became a Warrior while many people were still saying dunmurphy might have been better, or were presumably accusing him and predicting he would be locked up.

Go Dubs!

Poll

Jack's Tattoo:

Is OK

29 votes

Was uncalled for

5 votes

Is hella cool

31 votes

Would look better on Jr./Daddy's Boy

5 votes

70 votes | Poll has closed

This FanPost is a submission from a member of the mighty Golden State of Mind community. While we're all here to throw up that W, these words do not necessarily reflect the views of the GSoM Crew. Still, chances are the preceding post is Unstoppable Baby!

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Awesome

That's so great that you're so awesome at deciphering tattoos.

by Point Of Blame on Oct 4, 2007 12:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

And...

it's equally awesome that people are so awesome at discrediting the captain of our team!

Awesomely awesome!

LOL

If War brings peace Dubz wit' it den!

by gsdubz on Oct 4, 2007 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

getting tattoos of prayer hands holding a gun

does not strike me as mature. Love Jax on the court and as a warrior but worry about him trying to glamorize guns esp after all the trouble they got him in.

by BiedrinsORBust on Oct 4, 2007 4:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Glamorize?

I wouldn't go that far, but I guess since religion is involved in this issue some might not agree with it. At least his attitude of moving in a new direction should be universally accepted.

By the way there's no "they", there was only 1 gun incident.

If War brings peace Dubz wit' it den!

by gsdubz on Oct 4, 2007 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The nature of art

It's not supposed to be "mature," and it doesn't give a crap if people "agree" with it. If it gets you to think for a second, and maybe feel something, it's done it's job. In this case, it seems to have done that.

And crap, even if it's not art, it's his frigging body. People need to lay off the guy. I'd go insane if I had to live under the microscope he deals with every day.

by Sleepy Freud on Oct 4, 2007 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I could kiss you

If War brings peace Dubz wit' it den!

by gsdubz on Oct 4, 2007 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

you

have to give the man some credit for trying to change. I like his attitude of trying to be a leader on the court and keep his cool. It's gonna be a true test to see if it actually happens, but I think he will do a lot better this year. One dub.

The Squad

by tadams1080 on Oct 4, 2007 5:14 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

remember the where's waldo books?

ur webpin should be "where's andris?"

hahaha

If War brings peace Dubz wit' it den!

by gsdubz on Oct 4, 2007 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

i found him!!

he's behind Barnes!! all you could se is ^^^^ ahahah

by PhaNxTasY on Oct 4, 2007 7:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Awesome.

I think you may have hit on the perfect nickname for Biedrins that we've all been looking for:

^^^^

I'm going to start using it and see if it catches on. Of course I'll credit you.

Now as far as how to pronounce it...

by Sleepy Freud on Oct 4, 2007 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

ha if your gonna do that

than we should call him bart simpson

What you thought that I only played basketball? I AM A Golden State WARRIOR!

by 24k state fan since 87 on Oct 4, 2007 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That is the funniest thing I have

read in a long time. If I were one to go all "LOL" on something, it would be that. The ^^^^ movement has begun.

by bloodsweatndonuts on Oct 4, 2007 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jack's tattoo

The explanation I read from Jackson, states that the tattoo means

"What that says," Jackson pointed out, "is that I pray I never have to use a gun again."

Source

Go dubs!

jusgo

by tobin on Oct 5, 2007 9:35 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

i'm a little more skeptical of...

the gang sign to the left of it. anyone watch that "day in a life" bit he did while still in Indiana, where he mentions emphatically while getting dressed that he only wears red t-shirts, never blue?

...i do want to love jax. i'm struggling a little to reconcile his lovability and stated desire to hold it together, with his somewhat subversive gangster persona and how absolutely nuts he looked while being escorted off the floor in Dallas.