Robert Swift’s Muscles And Tats

Until Antoine Walker ever stops shimmying long enough for his tattoo artist to finally finish that Steve-O-like self-portrait he’s getting done on his back, it looks as though Sonics center — and rebel soul child — Robert Swift will walk away with this season’s best off-season tattoo.

Percy Allen from The Seattle Times reports:

This summer was a period of reflection. He grew his hair out “just because I wanted a change” and returned home where he added four new tattoos.

“Every one tells some type of a story,” Swift said. “I don’t look at them as making me any tougher or mature or anything like that. They just explain me without me ever having to say a word.”

He’s particularly fond of a couple of new tattoos on his arms that read: “Anything Is Possible” and “Just Believe.”

Now I’m no expert with “the ink”, but I imagine Swift’s smooth, pasty-white skin must be every tattooists’ dream canvas, no?

Robert Swift | “This is who I am” [The Seattle Times]

[Update: I just noticed Lang at SLAM! caught this earlier. Here’s his take.]

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By J.E. Skeets at 3:53 pm on 10.09.2006 — Tags: Tattoos, Sonics

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9 Responses to “Robert Swift’s Muscles And Tats”

  1. Unsilent Majority at 4:27 pm on 10.09.2006

    “Robert Swift will walk away with this season’s best off-season tattoo.”

    I”M TELLING GILBERT!

  2. J.E. Skeets at 4:42 pm on 10.09.2006

    UM, I wrote that on purpose. I win.

  3. Sportable» Blog Archive » Blog Roundup at 6:12 pm on 10.09.2006

    […] One of my favorite parts about October? The awful announcing team that is FOX Baseball’s Joe Buck and Tim McCarver. And we’re not even including the historically awful Joe Morgan. Awful Announcing is fast becoming one of our favorite blogs. It has a similar goal to us: making fun of people. And we all know most announcers are worthy of criticism. Gems from douchebags McCarver and Morgan are added continuously, which creates a nice database of their stupidity. [Awful Announcing] How does a gangly, white redhead suddenly become a little more imposing? When he goes freakshow in the offseason. Robert Swift is suddenly a tattooed beast bent on NBA domination. He’s made quite the transformation. Maybe it will help him improve on his career stats 5 points and 4 rebounds a game. [Basketball Jones] […]

  4. Slim at 8:20 pm on 10.09.2006

    I think he should still be refered too as “Napolean” until further notice. Just because you get some ink doesn’t make you tough. He still looks like a twig.

    Ofcourse they said the same about Yao, and we all know how that/is turning out (yes, I only commented to make another shamless Rockets plug).

  5. girls basketball at 11:14 pm on 10.09.2006

    It looks horrible. It may be “who he is” but it looks absolutely awful.

  6. Jeffpotts77 at 11:22 pm on 10.09.2006

    I know who inspired Swift

  7. the sockk at 12:50 am on 10.10.2006

    This just makes him seem like more of a dork.

  8. Jack at 1:25 am on 10.10.2006

    Yeah, now he’s just a dork that’s been colored on. Tattoos don’t help against being put on posters.

  9. The Basketball Jones » TBJ on AOL Sports Bloggers Live at 5:46 pm on 10.30.2006

    […] Anyway, yeah… if you want to hear me ramble on about A.C. Green’s blue-balls, the Knicks new UPS-sponsored shorts, and why Robert Swift’s body has rejected his new look… have a listen. […]

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