During his Showtime documentary: ‘IVERSON’ — The Answer, Allen Iverson talked about all his tattoos and how each one held a special meaning to him.
Fans that weren’t paying attention may have noticed that Iverson had a huge panther tattooed on his right arm. During an interview with the Huffington Post, Iverson admitted that the panther has no true meaning.
It was really a coverup for a Grim Reaper tattoo that he got after entering the NBA.
“I can say my kids, my mom, my grandma, my girl. And then everything else I love those too because they all mean something,” the former NBA superstar told The Huffington Post about his favorite tattoos.
“Except this one right here,” he added, pointing to a large tattoo on his right forearm. “My friend … used to tease me about a tattoo I had right here, but it was so big and what he was teasing me about — he said it looked like a flying monkey. It’s supposed to have been a grim reaper holding a ball. But it did look like a monkey.
“He was teasing me so much that I had to cover it with the panther. I had to,” he continued. “It had to be something big. So this really is the only one that don’t mean anything. This was just a cover up.”
h.t Complex