Expert: Alessandro - 5/7/2003

Question
Hi Todd,

I was wondering if you could help me.  I'm doing a statistics project and I'm analyzing tattoos in the NBA.  I know they have gotten popular over the years & I wanted to find out if you knew how many players on the Celtics roster have tattoos?  I'm going nuts trying to find info about it and I hope you can help.  I got the idea from a MTV show aout tattoos and they talked to the "Stat Guy"  but I forgot his name and the book they cited (do you know who that is?) and it seemed really cool.  Thanks for your time and letting me pick your brain.

Sincerely,
Rosie

Answer
Well, off the top of my head :

(1) Eric Williams has the word "Original" tattooed on his right arm and "Creation" tattooed on his left ("Original Creation" is a nickname he picked up as a member of the Denver Nuggets)

(2) Paul Pierce has a very large tattoo across his back (to symbolize the stab marks that he suffered in a Boston night club a couple years back).

(3) Tony Battie has the "Batman" logo tattooed on his left forearm.

I'm sure there are several more Celtics with "tats", but I don't have any definitive information.

Alessandro
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