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I The Nets started a new age in Brooklyn this season, and they���re doing it without Anthony Morrow, the 6-5 sharpshooter who spent the last two seasons with New Jersey. He was traded to Atlanta this summer. New beginnings mean Morrow must rely on the foundation in his life ��� faith, family, home ��� and he won���t need to look far to fnd them, either. They���re all over his body. W O R D S . S E A N S W E E N E Y I M A G E S . K E L L Y T U R S O T WA S D U RI N G Anthony Morrow���s rookie season in 2008. They were all just kicking it at Jermareo Davidson���s house. Chilling. At the time, Morrow and Davidson were teammates with the Golden State Warriors, and Davidson had a special friend in town. Hakim Alston was a tattoo artist from Alabama, and Davidson ���rst met him while playing for the Crimson Tide. Now going into his second year in the NBA, Davidson had ���own Alston out to California with instructions: bring your A-game. I need some more ink. Once there, Alston turned to Morrow, who didn���t get his ���rst two tattoos until the previous summer, and asked if he wanted one too. ���I don���t know. I might want one. I���m not sure,��� Morrow told him. Before the day was over, Alston had put Morrow���s daughter���s name on his chest. ���I loved it so much, man, I got like ���ve more tattoos,��� Morrow says. ���Ever since then, he���s done all my tattoos.��� Then Alston must be a busy guy. Nowadays, Morrow estimates he has over 40 tattoos, and by the time you read this 48 feature, he might be closer to 50. They���re constantly evolving, the tale of his life sprawling out across his body in new chapters. Every one of them has a story. Every one is connected. ���It���s kind of addicting,��� he says, ���especially when you have a space between two tattoos that you want to ���ll in.��� When we caught up with Morrow, he was excited to ���nally have time to go house shopping in Atlanta. Last summer���s trade sent Joe Johnson to Brooklyn, while Morrow and others went to the Hawks. It was a whirlwind for him. Yes, hearing