Battle of the tats at Staples Center
18.05.12
For the past two decades, the decision was easy: If you liked fat chances and underdogs, you followed the Clippers. If your taste was for dominance, dynasties or thumbing your nose at L.A. haters, the Lakers were your team.
But now, you can't throw a sock at the TV during a home game without hitting an all-star, a legend or a youthful phenom. So who will get the jump on the other?
While idly pondering this subject during the last matchup (go Lakers!), I found myself wondering about player tattoos. The Clippers' young stars, Chris Paul and Blake Griffin, have no visible ink. Is the NBA tattoo craze tailing off? And does that make the Clippers the team of the future?
Absolutely not, says Laker Matt Barnes , who talked to me after practice in the team's gleaming high-security gym last week. In the hallway, rap artists Cypress Hill; their dubstep producer, Rusko ; and a black-clad entourage waited to shoot a video with World Peace (who changed his name from Ron Artest
Source: Los Angeles Times