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Gilbert Arenas Gets a Barack Obama Tattoo

by Jon Azpiri | November 10, 2008 at 02:29 pm

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Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas has gotten a tattoo of Barack Obama as a way to celebrate the Democratic candidate convincing win last week's election. Many NBA players have voiced their approval of Obama, who himself is a die-hard basketball fan.

Still, no basketball player has gone farther in showing their love for Obama than Arenas.

Arenas had the words "Change We Believe In" tattooed onto the fingers of his left hand in cursive writing. Then, Gilbert showed the outside of his pinky finger, which had "44" inked on it.

Arenas shortened Obama's campaign slogan, "Change We Can Believe In," choosing not to add ink to his thumb. Arenas has "change" written on the outside of his index finger; "we" on the inside of his middle finger; "believe" on the inside of his ring finger; and "in" on the inside of his pinky and "44" on the outside of his pinky. In case you didn't already know, Obama will be the 44th POTUS.

It's surprising that the injured Washington Wizards guard would be so enamored of Obama. Earlier this year, Arenas said he wasn't even going to vote.

"People get sour-faced when you talk about politics and voting," said Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas, adding that he doesn't plan to vote.

Arenas, who is slated to earn $14.5 million this season after signing a six-year, $111 million contract this past summer to remain with the Wizards, said he is fearful that both candidates will raise his taxes.

"The first Bush said he wasn't going to tax nobody," Arenas said. "It doesn't really matter who the president is. They say whatever they need to say to get in office."