Bulls guard Kirk Hinrich arrived at training camp sporting a tattoo.

Hinrich got the tattoo, a chain wrapped around his left wrist, as a tribute to his maternal grandfather, Frank Burton Huston, who passed away at age 95 on July 24.

?We were real close,? Hinrich said. ?I grew up at their house. My parents were both teachers. I?d be over there before school, after school. I spent just as much time over there as I did at home.?

?As far as the tattoo goes, I guess a couple friends kind of talked me into it,? Hinrich said. ?I?m scared to death of needles and stuff like that. But it was a lot easier than I thought. I was nervous getting ready to go in there.?