Here's What The Heat's Chris 'Birdman' Andersen Looked Like Before He Was Covered In Tattoos

Chris "Birdman" Andersen, who has had an outstanding year for the Miami Heat, is known as a guy covered in colorful tattoos. But there was a time when Andersen played in the NBA when he only had one visible, colorless, tattoo on his upper arm.

Here he is in 2003 when he played for the Nuggets. You can barely notice the faint tattoo on his right arm:

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By 2006, his arms were almost covered:

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In his return to the NBA in 2008, he had a tattoo on his neck:

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By the end of 2010, his entire neck (and his earlobe) was covered:

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By 2011, his neck and arms were completely filled in:

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And now, the most recent photo of Birdman, still rocking the mohawk:

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Before:

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