Reid literally wrote: "This ISN'T about the MERITS of body art. Wall, 22, has the right to put whatever he wants on his body, and one of the advantages of youth is that you can reinvent yourself."

He questioned Wall's flip-flopping on the issue of getting a tattoo, clearly suggesting that Wall is about to go buck fucking wild once he gets this contract...and he threw out Gilbert and Blatch as examples.

Now, I'm all for being indignant, but let's at least focus on what we supposed to be mad about.

Bomani just wasted a whole fuckin column arguing some shit that's not even the point.

Tatts are not the issue. It's Wall's state of mind on the eve of a big ass payday, the one he's been angling for since being drafted. And I do remember Wall carefully crafting a clean cut image for marketing purposes and saying he don't want tattoos. He coulda said he ain't want a gaudy ass luxury vehicle and Reid's column about Wall going back on his word about luxury vehicles would have been just as valid.

And let me be really clear, since niggas love being emotional: Argue Reid's actual fucking premise and put your emotions about athletes and tatts to the side. As for what I think about all this: I didn't care until Bomani wrote all that unnecessary shit and D12 and Birdman and Durant and Iverson, as if Reid didn't explicitly say tatts are not the issue...WALL CHANGING HIS STANCE on tatts is the issue, because it all looks calculated, like "NOPE...I'm bout to get maxed...fuck this marketing shit...I want my tatts now."

And, yes, I get that Wall was 19 when he said tatts would harm the marketing of his image. He was a kid and he has the right to flip-flop. I completely agree. And that's why I think Reid's column was trivial and unnecessary. However, I didn't think it was about tatts. I thought it was a clear shot as Wall's state of mind, that after a nice 6 week run, Wall thinks he's a superstar, max player now...and given the Wizards history, that's a bad sign of things to come. I don't agree with Reid on that, because John Wall isn't Gil or Blatch. However, At least I fucking understand what I'm disagreeing with.