Why Does This NBA Player Have Emoji Tattoos?

You might be renowned among friends for always having the perfect emoji for any text-messaging situation — but we guaranteed your emoji game isn't as strong as Mike Scott's

Scott plays for the Atlanta Hawks. He's no NBA superstar, averaging under 8 points per game after being picked in the second round of the 2012 NBA Draft. But Scott's been the talk of this year's playoffs, at least among digitally-minded fans, thanks to his unusual tattoos — rendered in emoji

Given that the Hawks aren't exactly mainstays of national TV during the regular season, many of us are meeting Scotti's emoji ink for the first time this week. For stretches during Tuesday night's Hawks game against the Indiana Pacers, Scott's emoji tattoos seemed a hotter topic among fans and media on Twitter than the actual game did Read more...