Maybe the only thing worse would be a tattoo of Shaq's rap album cover.  Keyword: Maybe. 

While even having an NBA season to root for is never certain, NBA fans are still passionate about their favorite teams and players. So passionate, in fact, that a few have been known to get drunk, walk into a tattoo parlor and make a mistake that will last far longer than many marriages to NBA players. Here are our 5 favorite examples of such fans.

Get it? Thunder Thighs!

Dirk on the Donk.

At least it was probably consenual, unlike with Kobe.

"He was that Asian player. You don't remember him?" — this guy explaining his ink in 20 yrs.