Nickname Project
As most Both Teamsters know, I’m big on nicknames. But as we thankfully try to put the tragic era of only referring to players as nonsense like KG, TMac and JKidd behind us, it’s more important than ever to remember all the great names of the past.
So the “NBA Nickname Project” is an attempt to catalog of all the actually utilized nicknames for past and current NBA players (plus a few I just think are humorous and/or am trying to get off the ground) to hopefully aid the promotion and creation of more magnificent monikers for the future. But since I’m not even thirty years old and certainly don’t have a lot of brain cells left, the only way to make sure we eventually get them all is to crowdsource this endeavor out to the whole NBA community in a wiki-like fashion.
So please let me know of any nicknames that are missing in the comments. And someday, we will have them all here on this one page — an achievement that Benjamin Netanyahu assures me will be the final step in the Mideast Peace Process.
Global security is in your hands, people.
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A.
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Action Jackson – Mark Jackson
The Admiral – David Robinson
Agent Zero – Gilbert Arenas
Air Canada – Vince Carter
Air Jordan – Michael Jordan
AK-47 – Andrei Kirilenko
The Animal – Ken Bannister
The Answer – Allen Iverson
Armadillo Cowboy – Joe Johnson
A-Train – Artis Gilmore
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B.
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Baby Al – Al Harrington
Baby Jordan – Harold Miner
Bad News – Marvin Barnes
Bad Porn – Corey Maggette
Bassy – Sebastian Telfair
Batman – Tony Battie
Batman – Danny Granger
B-Diddy – Baron Davis
The Beard – Baron Davis
B-Easy – Michael Beasley
Big Aristotle – Shaquille O’Neal
Big Baby – Glen Davis
Big Ben – Ben Wallace
The Big Cactus – Shaquille O’Neal
The Big Cat – Jamal Magloire
Big Country – Bryant Reeves
Big Dipper – Wilt Chamberlai
Big Dog – Antoine Carr
Big Dog – Glenn Robinson
The Big E – Elvin Hayes
The Big Fundamental – Tim Duncan
Big Game James – James Worthy
Big Nasty – Corliss Williamson
Big O – Oscar Robertson
Big Paper Daddy – Ricky Pierce
Big Red – Dave Cowens
The Big Sleep – Tracy McGrady
Big Shot Bob – Robert Horry
Big Smooth – Sam Perkins
The Big Ticket – Kevin Garnett
Big Z – Zydrunas Ilgauskas
Bimbo – Vernon Coles
Bird Man – Chris Anderson
Black Jesus – Earl Monroe
Black Magic – Earl Monroe
Black Mamba – Kobe Bryant
Black President – Gilbert Arenas
The Blade – Alex English
Bloodsport – James Johnson (BTPH / Straight Bangin’ original)
Bones – Brent Barry
Boobie – Daniel Gibson
Boom Dizzle – Baron Davis
The Boston Strangler – Andrew Toney
Brady Bunch – Walter Herrmann (BTPH original)
Brazilian Blur – Leandro Barbosa
Bropez – Brook Lopez
Bubba Chuck – Allen Iverson
Buck – Charles Williams
Buddha – James Edwards
Butterbean – Bob Love
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C.
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Cadillac – Greg Anderson
Cap – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
The Captain – Willis Reed
Captain Jack – Stephen Jackson
Cat – Cuttino Mobley
CB4 – Chris Bosh
Chairman Yi – Yi Jianlian
Cheese – Royal Ivey
Chick – Francis Dayle Hearn
The Chief – Robert Parrish
Chief Lightning First Step – Rodney Stuckey (BTPH original)
Chocolate Reign – Anthony Morrow
Chocolate Thunder – Darryl Dawkins
Chosen One – LeBron James
Chubby – John Cox III
Chuckster – Charles Barkley
Clyde – Walt Frazier
Coney Island’s Finest – Stephon Marbury
Cornbread – Cedric Maxwell
CP3 – Chris Paul
Crash – Gerald Wallace
The Croatian Sensation – Toni Kukoc
The Custodian – Brian Cardinal
Czar (of the Telestrator) – Mike Fratello
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D.
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Daddy Rich – Chuck Daly
Daggers – Brandon Roy (BTPH original)
Death & Taxes – Tim Duncan (BTPH original)
Dean the Dream – Dean Meminger
Deke – Dikembe Mutombo
Dice – Antonio McDyess
Diesel – Shaquille O’Neal
Dinner Bell – Mel Turpin
Doc – Glenn Rivers
Dollar Bill – Bill Bradley
Downtown – Freddie Brown
Dr. Dunkenstein – Darrell Griffith
The Dread Pirate Chris Douglas-Roberts – Chris Douglas-Roberts (Russ Bengston)
The Dream – Hakeem Olajuwon
Dr. J – Julius Erving
The Dunkin’ Dutchman – Rik Smits
Durantula – Kevin Durant
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E.
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Earl the Pearl – Earl Monroe
Einstein – Earl Monroe
Employee Number Eight – Antoine Walker
The Enforcer – Maurice Lucas
The Enormous Mormon – Shawn Bradley
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F.
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Fat – Lafayette Lever
Fiery Francophile – Tony Parker (via here)
Flash – Dwyane Wade
Flip – Ronald Murray
Franchise – Steve Francis
Frenchie – Tony Parker
Fresh – Chris Douglas Roberts (says CDR himself)
Frosty – Len Bias
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G.
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The General – Sherman Douglas
Get Buckets – Ricky Davis
Ghostface Przybilla – Joel Przybilla
The Gift – Danny Granger
The Glide – Clyde Drexler
The Glove – Gary Payton
The Goods – Lamar Odom
Goose – Wayne Embry
Grandmama – Larry Johnson
The Great Wall – Yao Ming
Groundhog Day – Tim Duncan
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H.
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Half-Man, Half-Amazing – Vince Carter
Half-Man, Half-A-Season – Vince Carter
The Hawk – Connie Hawkins
Hibachi – Gilbert Arenas
The Hick From French Lick – Larry Bird
Hondo – John Havlicek
Hot Plate – John Williams
Hot Rod – Rod Hundley
Hot Rod – John Williams
Houdini of the Hardwood – Bob Cousy
The Human Eraser – Marvin Webster
The Human Highlight Film – Dominique Wilkins
The Human Victory Cigar – Darko Milicic
The Human Victory Cigar – Stojko Vrankovic
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I.
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Iceman – George Gervin
Irk – Dirk Nowitzki [There's no D in Dirk]
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J.
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J-Chill – Josh Childress
Jellybean – Joe Bryant
Jesus Shuttlesworth – Ray Allen
The Jet – Kenny Smith
JET – Jason Terry
The Jordan Stopper – Gerald Wilkins
J-Smoove – Josh Smith
Jungle Jim – Jim Loscutoff
Junk Yard Dog – Jerome Williams
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K.
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Kandi Man – Michael Olowokandi
The Kangaroo Kid – Billy Cunningham
The Kentucky Colonel – Frank Ramsey
The Kid – Kevin Garnett
King James – LeBron James
K-Mart – Kenyon Martin
K-Mart – Kevin Martin
Kobe Stopper – Ruben Patterson
KryptoNate – Nate Robinson
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L.
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Large Infant – Glen Davis
Larry Legend – Larry Bird
Little General – Avery Johnson
Locksmith – DeShawn Stevenson
The Lord’s Prayer – Earl Monroe
The Logo – Jerry West
L-Train – Lionel Simmons
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M.
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The Machine – Sasha Vujacic
Mad Dog – Mark Madsen
Mad Max – Vernon Maxwell
Magic – Earvin Johnson
The Magician / Il Mago – Andrea Bargnani
The Magnificent – Marvin Barnes
The Mailman – Karl Malone
The Main Butter & Egg Man – Tony Parker (via here)
The Matrix – Shawn Marion
The Mayor – Fred Hoiberg
The Miami Greyhound – Rick Barry
The Microwave – Vinnie Johnson
Mighty Mouse – Damon Stoudamire
Money – Michael Jordan
The Money Man – Mehmet Okur
Monster Mash – Jamal Mashburn
Moochie – Martyn Norris
Mookie – Daron Blaylock
Mr. Big Shot – Chauncey Billups
Mr. Clutch – Jerry West
Mr. Inside – Elgin Baylor
Mr. Sonic – Nate McMillan
Mt. Mutombo – Dikembe Mutombo
Muggsy – Tyronne Bogues
Murdock – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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N.
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Nate the Great – Nate Thurmond
Sweetwater – Nathaniel Clifton
Never Nervous – Pervis Ellison
Nick at Night – Nick Van Exel
Nick the Quick – Nick Van Exel
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O.
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Ohio Flyer – Ron Harper
The Owl Without A Vowel – Bill Mlkvy
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P.
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Parisian Torpedo – Tony Parker (via here)
Pearl – Dwayne Washington
Penny – Anfernee Hardaway
Pig – Anthony Miller
Pike – Eric Piatkowski
Pistol – Pete Maravich
Plastic Man – Stacey Augman
Pocket Rocket – Calvin Murphy
The Polish Hammer – Marcin Gortat
The Polish Rifle – Eric Piatkowski
Pooh – Jerome Richardson
The Pterodactyl – Brandon Jennings
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R.
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Rambo – Kurt Rambis
The Rave – Dave Stallworth
Red – Johnny Kerr
The Red Rocket – Matt Bonner
Redz – Delonte West
Reignman – Shawn Kemp
The Rifleman – Chuck Person
Rip – Richard Hamilton
Rock – Mitch Richmon
The Rooster – Danilo Galinari
Roscoe – Rasheed Wallace
Round Mound of Rebound – Charles Barkley
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S.
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Sam I Am – Sam Cassell
Satch – Tom Sanders
Shaq Fu – Shaquille O’Neal
Shaq of the MAC – Gary Trent
Shaq of the NAC – Malik Rose
Shawn – Kris Joseph (via)
Shogun – Shaquille O’Neal
Sideshow – Anderson Varejao
Silk – Jamaal Wilkes
Sir Charles – Charles Barkley
The Skate – Nate Archibald
Skip to My Lou – Rafer Alston
Skywalker – David Thompson
Sky Walker- Kenny Walker
Sleepy – Eric Floyd
Slick – Donald Watts
Smooth – Larry Hughes
The Snake – Ken Norman
Socks – Elliot Perry
Speedy – Craig Claxton
Spell Check – Arron Afflalo
Spider – John Salley
Spud – Anthony Webb
The Stache – Adam Morrison
Stack Jack – Stephen Jackson
Starbury – Stephon Marbury
STAT – Amare Stoudamire
Stormin’ Norman – Norm Van Lier
Stumpy – Gail Goodrich
Superman – Dwight Howard
Super Nintendo (Chalmers) – Mario Chalmers
Sweetwater – Nat Clifton
Swish – JR Smith
Switchblade – Trevor Ariza (BTPH original)
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T.
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Thunder Dan – Dan Marjele
Tim Bug – Tim Hardaway
Tiny – Nate Archibald
Tommy Gun – Tommy Heinsohn
Tree – Wayne Rollins
The Truth – Paul Pierce
Truck – Leonard Robinson
Tru Warier – Ron Artest
Tractor Traylor – Robert Traylor
Tuff Juice – Caron Butler
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U.
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The Ukraine Train – Vitaly Potapenko
Uncle Cliffy – Cliff Robinson
Uncle Reg – Reggie Miller
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V.
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Vinsanity – Vince Carter
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W.
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The Waiter – Toni Kukoc
The Wall – Wayne Embry
Wally World – Wally Szczerbiak
White Chocolate – Jason Williams
WHIT EBOY – Jason Williams
Wilt Chamberneezy – Shaquille O’Neal
Wilt the Stilt – Wilt Chamberlain
The Wizard – Gus Williams
The Wizard – Walt Williams
World B. Free – Lloyd Bernard Free
The Worm – Dennis Rodman
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X.
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X-Man – Xavier McDaniel
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Y.
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Yaowa – Joel Anthony (BTPH original … probably)
Yogi – Michael Stewart
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Z.
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Zeke – Isiah Thomas
Zeke from Cabin Creek – Jerry West
Ziggy – Larry Siegfried
Z-Bo – Zach Randolph
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3D – Dennis Scott
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Great list, gave me a few chuckles. I wanted to add that Lionel Simmons was the L-Train, I believe.
Joel Pryzbilla’s team mates call him “The Eraser”.
Desmond Mason: “The Cowboy”
Air Apparent- Kobe Bryant
The Rapist- Kobe Bryant
The Natural – Brandon Roy
Baron Davis – Boom Dizzle
haha Vince Carter’s a bitch!
I like joel pryzbilla’s nickname Joel “ghostface killa” OR Joel” The Thrilla” Pryzbilla. Also, like the previous commenter said, Brandon Roy is truly known as “The Natural”.
joel pryzbilla is known as the vanilla gorilla
Eric Floyd was better known as Sleepy.
Bam Bam – Nate Robinson
Jammy C – Jamal Crawford
Mello-Carmello Anthony
Mr. No Defense-Carmello Anthony
Ray Allen is often called Jesus. And how has no one said The Answer, Allen Iverson. That’s like one of the most obvious ones.
maybe because its already on the list
Kyle Korver…. K2 (K squared) = 3
Corey Maggette – Bad Porn
Thanks for all these.
Do people actually call Pryzbilla any of those things though? Same with Brandon Roy? Can’t say I’ve ever heard Desmond Mason called “The Cowboy” neither.
But accuracy be damned when it comes to “Bad Porn” though — that right there is an instant classic. It’s now been added to the board along with Boom Dizzle, Jesus Shuttlesworth and Sleepy.
Keep em coming.
B-Easy-Michael Beasley
In-vince-able: Vince Carter
L-Train – Lebron James
Pablo Napkins – Adam Morrison
Turkey Glue – Hedo Turkoglu
Shaq Fu – Shaq
Superman – Shaq and Dwight Howard
Nachoooooooooooooooooooooooooossssssssssssssssssssss! – Gilbert Arenas (He said that his new nickname last season on his blog. Not just regular Nachos either, it must be long and have an exclamation point.)
Dunk on me – Shawn Bradley
sorry–old school
karl malone.== The Mailman
Tin Man – Vince Carter… gotta have that one
and i love that Chairman Yi is on the list… thank you Bill Simmons hahaha
Vitaly Potopenko – The Ukraine Train.
Always laughed at that one. Kevin Calabaro was my favorite commentator.
shawn bradley is missionary impossible as well as stick man.
Jeff Hornacek – Horny
Yeah, it’s a play on his name, but it’s funny.
Here are a couple that I can remember
John Stockton- Ironman
Darrin Williams – D-will
Greg Ostertag- The Osterfag
Tim Duncan and David Robinson- Twin Towers
sorry i mean deron williams
Gilbert arenas-Agent 0
run tmc-tim hardaway,mitch ritchmond,chris mullin
b nice-brandon roy
uncle cliffy-cliff robinson
pacman-robert pack
mercy mercy-jerome kersey
plastic man 2-gerald wallace
joe cool-joe johnson
the enforcer-maurice lucas
oh and:
the dirty 30-rasheed wallace
kevlar-kevin love
recede wallace – drew gooden
spliff robinson – cliff robinson
black jesus – earl monroe
Blazer list:
Maurice Lucas – The Enforcer
Dave Twardzik – The Alphabet
Brandon Roy – The Natural
Joel Pryzbilla – The Vanilla Gorilla
Sergio Rodriguez – Spanish Chocolate
Clifford Robinson – Uncle Cliffy
Brian Grant – Mr. Nice Guy
Channing Frye – The Buffet
Kevin Duckworth – The Duck
Sergio Rodriguez and Rudy Fernandez – The Spanish Connection/Armada
Nice list, here’s a few more from the past:
Bill Walton – The Redhead Deadhead
Marvin Webster – The Human Eraser
Maurice Lucas – Luke
Bob Love – Butterbean
Fred Brown – Downtown Freddie Brown
Willis Reed – The Captain
Larry Fogel – Machine Gun
AI – Allen Iverson
Mr. June – Robert Horry
Hot Rod – Rod Hundley
Very nice list! Keep it going!
Kobe Bryant – MR.81
Kobe Bryant – The Rapist
Dominic McGuire-Taser
Nick Young-Red Rooster
So many of these are Sonics…rip
Clyde the Glyde – Clyde Drexler
Two that Rockets fans used to call Ryan Bowen:
Air Bowen, and The Germanator
Il Mago – Andrea Bargnani (The Magician in Italian)
El Conquistador – Jose Calderon
Big Snooze – Charlie Villanueva
Don’t Call Me J.R. – Isiah Rider
Oak Tree – Charles Oakley
J Killa – Jason Kapono
Apollo 33 – Jamario Moon
Golden Graham – Joey Graham (Nothing golden about his game)
Mr. Triple Double – Jason Kidd
Disco – Dirk Nowitzki
Updates: This list is BANANAZ keep it going!!!
Mr.4th Quarter – Reggie Miller
His Airness – Michael Jordan
Doc – Glen Rivers
J.R. the Kidnapper – Isaiah Rider
Big Dukie Hooch (google it) – Brad Daugherty
Reef – Sharif Abdul Rahim
The Golden Boy – Chris Mullin
Great Ape – Patrick Ewing
Jewish Jordan – Tamir Goodman !!!!!!
The Hoop Nazi – Dirk Nowitzki
El Tre
LBJ
are both for lebron James
The Bizzle : Kobe Bryant
The Polish Rifle – Eric Piatkowski
Big Daddy – Ricky Pierce
James “100 Percent” Cotton
The Chef – Steve Sheffler
Prince of the Palace – Tayshaun Prince
Nate The Great – Nate Robinson
The Captain – Willis Reed
Guys what about Patrick Ewing? Let’s see what’s the best name for one of the greatest center all time? I think Mr. Knicks is proud name for him!Give it to him!
And i think we can give for Reggie Miller the Boom Baby!
Also,guys live Kobe alone with that “rapist” name,that was his personal life! This name collecting is about the Game, don’t take him to the wrong site he is one of the best player in the league right now or he is the best! He was young and everybody make mistakes!
Everybody say I LOVE THIS GAME!!!
this goes back a little, but Mario Elie was the Junkyard Dog when the Rockets were winning championships.
I second “The Cowboy” for Desmond Mason. Another one of Kevin Calabro’s creations during his Sonics days.
daniel gibson- boobie
C. Billups—> smoove
Joe Geezy – Joey Graham (fairly recent i believe)
Wince – Vince Carter
The Gangster – Primosz Brezec
Numero Ocho – Jose Calderon
Numero Sette, Il Mago, Bustnani(although i don’t agree with the last one yet, it seems generally accepted)- Andrea Bargnani
that’s all for now
ason – Jason Kidd (because he had no J)
Jason Collins- Twin
Brian Scalabrine- Veal
http://hotboxsports.com/
Gary Payton – The Glove
Lafayyette “Fat” Lever
Billy Paultz was the Whopper
The ‘Rado Resort Rapist – Kobe Bryant
“Triple R” will work.
Captain Stabbin’ – Paul Pierce
Wifey McBeaty – Jason Kidd
Sir Miss Alot (or Sure Miss Alot) – Shaq
Circuit City – Ron Artest
The Big T
Two Teasy
Technical Ecstasy
Technical Festival
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Rasheed Wallace
Front Row
Piles
Pine Sol
Splinters
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Stephon Marbury
One more for Rasheed…
Technical Receptacle
agree with Dr Retrobeef
Armadillo Cowboy – Joe Johnson
Pip – Scottie Pippen
Zo – Alonzo Mourning
Googs – Tom Gugliotta
Ice – Cedric Ceballos
Captain Kirk – Kirk Hinrich
Mr. Longoria – Tony Parker
Reggie Miller- The Knick Killer
Kobe Bryant- “no” means “yes”
Brett Gasswint- Captain Brick
Blake Boggs- Air Boggszilla Black Mamba Daddy
Jaydon Branburns- The Metric System
Jeff Cambra- Sir Strokes A Lot
Blake Boggs- What’s Birth Control?
Nathan Moody- The Finless Dolphin
Andrew Hall- The Anorexic Shawn Bradley
Brett Gasswint- The Redheaded Plantation Owner
Sherman Douglas was “The General”
Byron Scott used to be known as “B” or sometimes “Baby B”
Kareem was known forever as “The Captain”
and not an NBA player but not to be omitted in any real discussion of the NBA, Francis Dayle Hearn was known as “Chick”
Uncle Reg – Reggie Miller
Joe Alexander – Vanilla Sky
G-Force = Gerald Wallace
Hakeem “The Dream” Olajuwon
Jamario Moon – Apollo 33
Andrea Bargnani = Il Mago
damon Stouamire = Mighty Mouse
John Wallace = Buckets
Kobe bryant and king james are the best
I think all the actual ones have been entered on the main list. Obviously some of them are debatable as to whether or not they’re real. Unless they’re particularly funny or really entrenched locally, I’m erring on the side of leaving em off for the most part (though I probably give foreigners the benefit of the doubt. Did anyone call Piatkowski “The Polish Rifle”? Whatever. They should have. I would have.) Ultimately, I’d rather this this didn’t turn into the Wikipedia list. But if you have a legit argument for a guy, let me know.
You forgot Jerome James – Big Snacks.
KOBE = G.O.A.T ( G r e a t e s t O f A l l – T i m e)
I know he’s out of the league but
Primoz Brezec is the “Slovenian Butterfly”
http://www.bobcatsplanet.com/joomla/blog/30-primoz-brezec/118-random-stupidity-the-slovenian-butterfly-edition
Brandon Roy: The Natural.
brandon roy is “The Natural” and lamarcus aldridge is “L-Train”
joel pryzbilla is either “tha thrilla” or “the vanilla gorilla”
Quentin “Poo” Richardson was PG on the Clippers back in ’97…i’m surprised that’s not on there already!
Also Shaq should have his own section: Big Luggage (“Cuz I got handles.” when he went coast to coast) Math (colliding with Tony Parker and explaining how he didn’t foul it was just physics, science, math) Man of Steel…damn there are probably a dozen other Big X names for him.
And my favorite Charles Barkley nickname: Food World
Dirk “Hold the D” Nowitzki
Paul “Jesus” Pierce
Baron “Snakes of a Plane” Davis
Pau Gasol – “The Spanish Rainmaker”
LeBron “No Clutch” James
LeBron “5-Step” James
Raefer “The Reefer” Alston
Luke “Fratboy” Walton
Dwyane “Deez Nuts” Wade
Tony “La Petite” Parker
David “I got my best friend killed” Wesley
LeBrick James-Lebron James
The “New” A.I.-Andre Iguodala
The Game- Josh Smith
Andre Iguodala is known as A.I. 2.0
Quentin Richardson aka Q-Rich
Jason Richardson aka J-Rich
Boris Diaw aka 3D
Mickael Pietrius aka Air France
Jamario Moon aka Apollo 33
Kendrick Perkins aka Perk
Andris Biedrins aka Biedrs ( meanin’ Partner)
Glen Davis aka Ticket Stub
Zydrunas Ilgauskas aka Big Z
Carlos Boozer aka The Booze Man or Booz
Greg Buckner aka Buc The World
Steve Nash aka Captain Canada
Chris Douglas-Roberts aka CDR
Clyde Drexler aka Clyde The Glide
Robert Parish aka The Chief
Chris Webber aka C-Webb
Martell Webster aka The Definition
Darius Miles aka D-Miles
Dwayne Wade aka D-Wade
Elton Brand aka E.B.
Raymond Felton aka Felts
Lamar Odom aka The Goods
and many more….
I can’t believe ya’ll forgot one of tha greatest of all-time. Number 6 on tha scoring honor roll and number 5 on tha rebound, 1983 nba champion, 3 time MVP, first cat to go straight to tha big time out of high skool, NBA 50 greatest, Hall of Famer and Chucks “Dad”……
MOSES “MANCHILD” MALONE!!!
Respekt!
What about these two teammates who played together in the 70s for the Chicago Bulls?
Storming Norman- Norm Van Lier
Bob “Butterbean” Love
Moses Malone was called Manchild? Can anyone confirm that?
Glen Rice = G Money
Charles”Buck” Williams Earvin Johnson was also called “buck” by his older teammates short for young buck
A tremendous – and important – project.
Two additions:
I believe 7’2 Celtics Croatian import Stojko Vrankovic was the original “Human Victory Cigar”.
Gary Trent was known as the Shaq of the MAC.
Nate McMillan is known as “Mr. Sonic”
Shawn Kemp is “Rainman”
According to a poll at his unofficial blog, Rudy Fernandez is El Machetero. This literally translates as “the machete wielder” but in a more general sense means “the trail blazer.” See http://blogderudyfernandez.blogspot.com/2009/04/el-machetero-su-servicio.html
Captain Kirk – Kirk Hinrich
J-Smoove – Josh Smith
The Man from Sudan – Luol Deng
Rodolfo Fernández-rudy
kevin durant – the oklahoma city bomber
greg oden and joel pryzbilla- gregzilla
travis outlaw- trout
Greg “Cadillac” Anderson. Younger fans may have to Google him. He was known for his dunks in the 80′s, now known for his federal cocaine conviction..lol.
Ron Harper “Ohio Flyer”. Given to him by Nike his rookie year with the Cavs (he came out of University of Miami at Ohio)
Finally, a new moniker for Shaq: “The Big Cleveland Steamer”. Google “Cleveland Steamer” if you dare..
Kryptonate – Nate Robinson
Larry Johnson was also the L-Train
Dr. Dunkenstein came from the planet Lovetron……….and his name was Darryl Dawkins
Tony Parker – French Vanilla….cause he plays like a white guy
Slick – Bobby Leonard
What, no love for the ABA?
John “Spider” Salley- that’s some old school Miami Heat for you…
Kind of a personal one, but
Back when the Bulls were winning championships in the 90′s there was a player named Randy Brown that rode the bench for them. But one night my cousin Ryan and I were watching a game and saw him take it most the way from half court on a outlet pass and completely blow an uncontested dunk with such force it sent the ball into the crowed off camera while he fell full force on his back. The announcer mentioned something about the ball ending up in ‘downtown”, so from that day forward, we called him:
Downtown Randy Brown.
For some reason if we were having a rough night on the court we reverted to calling ourselves Downtown Randy Brown, but to get the full effect, you have to say the name like one of the barbers from the movie Coming To America.
Anyway, thanks for the list sparking some memories from 10+ years ago, keep it going!
“John “Spider” Salley- that’s some old school Miami Heat for you…”
Or Pistons even.
You have Earl the Pearl – Earl Monroe, but how about Dwayne “Pearl” Washington?
in Chicago We Call da kid 1-Quick-Rose(Derrick Rose)
I like the 24ft Layup for Kevin Durant
Where’s T-Mac? Tracy McGrady’s nickname!
and btw, are you sure its Big Shot Bob for robert horry? isnt it big shot rob instead? also i can confirm dwight howard’s nickname is the manchild.
Not sure if this has been said, but
Andre Iguodala – Iggy Hop
Nate Robinson – Kryptonate
Ken “The Animal” Bannister
“Jungle” Jim Luscutoff
Nate “The Skate” Archibald
The Ninja – Sean Elliott
Where’s Kevin ‘Durantula’ Durant?
“The Oakman”… Charles Oakley. “Zo”… Alonzo Mourning. “Spree”… Latrell Sprewell
‘Il Mago’ (The Magician) Andrea Bargnani
Delonte West – Redz (his own nickname for himself, tattooed on his neck) or Brother Redbush (referring to the huge red fro he rocked for most of last season). Both are majorly entrenched locally here in Cleveland. Check RealCavsFans.com for local confirmation. Both are used all over the board.
Olliver Miller –The Pig
Shock and Hawes – Jason Thompson and Spencer Hawes
Pretty Boy – Rick Fox
Speed Racer – Kevin Martin
Shaolin Space Ninja; Hurricane; the Freke – Tyreke Evans
The Baconator – Kris Humphries
Geico – Pau Gasol (so easy a caveman can do it)
Pig – Anthony Miller
The Elevator – Robert Pack
kevin Durant-”35 bones” HE’S A SKINNY LITTLE DUDE!!!
Elliot “Socks” Perry…take it to the bank.
Silk – Jamaal Wilkes
duh guys Nate Robinson is Kryptonite
Dave “The Rave” Stallworth
les here it f0r Tree Rollns and Lloyd WORLDBFREE
I think we’re back up to speed. Thanks. Keep em coming.
The Ninja – Sean Elliott, Captain Late – James Silas, Special K – Larry Kenon
Dwight Howard = Young Dunkenstein
Kevin Durant – Baby Ice (reference to Gervin the Ice Man)
Jeff Green – Uncle Jeff
Amon Ones aka Damon Jones – he has no ‘D’ and no ‘J”
Mehmet Okur – The Turkish Tornado
I seem to remember Joel Przybilla being “The Shot Killa” in his Milwaukee days. And how about the famous journeyman center, Ervin “Tragic” Johnson?
Who was the Greyhound?
kobe bryant-hardworking
vince carter-the unstapable
Pretty sure that Robert Horry’s nickname is Big Shot Rob. I remember watching the 2005 finals and robert horry was making some clutch shots and the announcers said that. Also I second Desmond Mason’s nickname as the “Cowboy.” Prevalent during his early sonics days. Also I’m not sure if you ever would consider it but I remember Patrick Ewing was nicknamed as “Beast of the East” during his prime years.
Corey Brew(ing up buckets in Greg Oden’s grill)er
Corey “Bad Facial” Brewer
Baron “Bird’s Nest” Davis
Derrick “Moses” Rose
Jordan “Coulda had Brandon Jennings” Hill
“Moped” Monta Ellis
Chris Douglas Roberts “Compact Disc Recordable”
Danny “The Stranger” Granger
Chris “caveman” Kaman
Ramon “BBC” Sessions
“Bland” Elton Brand
Brook “Snook in the Snizz” Lopez
Beno “Janet Reno” Udrih
William “Give it to me, coach” Avery
What about Lebron’s nickname “The Akron Hammer”?
Fennis Dembo – “The Electric Man”
Shawn Kemp was also the “Manchild”
Jason Maxiell is the “Baby Eater”
Manu Ginobili – The Dare Devil
Harvey Putungan – The Dare Devil
All right kids, here’s an oldie:
Bob Cousy – Mr. Basketball
Hasn’t been used since!!
How on earth could you leave out.. “Clyde the Glyde” Drexler?!?!?
Who briefly played for the supersonics in the early 80′s with the nick name “the duck”? Thanks!
via The Basketball Jones (JE Skeets and Tas Melas): The Poo God-Manu Ginobili
Some Kings nicknames from over at Sactown Royalty:
1. Kevin Martin – Speedracer
2. Jason Thompson – Shock
3. Carl Landry – Mandry / Hot Carl
4. Tyreke Evans – Reke Havoc / Too Easy / PG-13
5. Omri Casspi – The Zohan / Playa from Judea
6. Jon Brockman – Brockness Monster / Mancakes
7. Andres Nocioni – Chapu
8. Francisco Garcia – ‘Cisco / El Flaco
9. Donté Greene – Buckéts / The Show / Doratio Kane
10. Beno Udrih – WaBeno / Draino / The Tasmanian Slovenian
11. Mike Bibby – Bibbilicious
12. Spencer Hawes – Hawesome / Shawes Shank Redemption
I’m doing a reasearch paper for school on NBA nicknames and I was assigned L-Train….sooo does anyone know WHO he got his nickname from?
@HiMyNameIsBob
(1) You go to the best school I’ve ever heard of.
(2) I have no idea. Maybe ask the guy who wrote this:
http://thestartingfive.net/2010/03/23/lionel-simmons-quiet-storm-south-phillys-finest/
John Williamson – “Super John”
Joe Barely Cares for Joe Barry Carroll.
So there are versions of a couple you have that are missing. You’ve got Shaq as Diesel, but not The Big Diesel (for that matter, you’ve got Shaq Fu but missed Shaq, it’s probably just too obvious). Similarly you’ve got King James… but sometimes I hear him just called The King, too. On the other side of things, you have James Francis listed as Franchise, but Garnett has also been called that.
regarding charles barkley nicknames, i seem to remember occasional use of “the crisco kid” and “chuck wagon”.
Joe Barry Carroll – “JOE BARELY CARES”
Shannon Brown – Uptown
D-Will : Deron Williams
and
Horny : Jeff Hornacek
definitely belong on the list.
Where there’s a D-Will there’s a way.
Okay you basketball heads, did you know or remember …..?
Detroit Pistons, Bob “The Dobber” Lanier and Dave “Mr. Unsung About” Bing?
I had to pull out the scrapbook for those…LOL
Dick “Fall Back Baby” Barnett
Cedric “Club Ced” Ceballos
Ernie (NO) D’Gregorio
Walter “The Greyhound” Davis
Dan “Gadzooks” Gadzuric
Gary “General” Grant
“Sweat Lou” Hudson
Kenny “Snake” Norman
“Stormin” Norman Nixon
Kurt “Clark Kent” Rambis
Pat(‘Riles”, “GQ”) Riley
Reggie “Rush Street” Theus
72-73 Sixers Philadelphia Spectrum———–Filthydelphia Rectum
Kev Durant- Velvet Hoop
Ron Artest- The Manimal
Manu Ginobili- Batman
Elden Campbell- Easy
Ronald Jones- Popeye
Billy Owens- The natuarl, Billy o
Anthony Mason- Mase
Latrell Sprewell- The Wild Dog
Xavier McDaniel- X-Man
Ced Maxwell- Cornbread
“Smush” Parker and “Scooter” Barry
Robert Pack- Pack-Man
Theo Edwards- Blue
Dan Majerle- Thunder
Mahmmoud Abdul Rauf- Action Jackson (Chris Jackson)
Kenny Anderson- Handles
I dont think things like D Will and J Chill and stuff like that should be on a list of nicknames
Erving “Magic” Johnson and Michael “Air” Jordan are nicknames or Hakeem the Dream
peoples abbreviated names are not nicknames…they may sound flashy, but “Fat” Lever and Kenny the Jet will be remembered. Joe Geezy and D Will and J Chill will not
and how about Trajon Langdon – the Alaskan Assassin
was he in the league long enough to merit a spot on this website?
Add these nicks:
The Abuser (Jamal Tinsley)
The Revolution (Garnett)
The Difference (Jamal Crawford)
great list man!
Glen Davis a.k.a. big baby, should be called big slobby because slobbered all over Nate Robinson’s arm.
A couple Laker-related nicknames:
-Rick Fox was called Foxy by Chic Hearn, and Pretty Ricky around my part of L.A.
-Sasha Vujacic dubbed himself “The Machine” — leading to all of Lakerdom calling out “The Machine is broken!” every time he jacks up a three. . .
-The Captain for Kareem Abdul Jabbar
-Big Game James for James Worthy
-Third or whatever Big Shot Rob (not Big Shot Bob) for Robert Horry
-The Logo for Jerry West
-And of course, “Magic” is Earvin Johnson’s nickname. . .
The biggest omission by far is Ronald Jerome Jones–Popeye
Also, Latrell Sprewell–Spree, Tayshaun Prince–Palace Prince, Long Arm of the Law, Joel “The Thrilla” Pryzbilla
My 2 favs:
Joel Pryzbilla, The Vanilla Gorilla
Danny Granger: Granny Danger
The Akron Hammer – LeBron James
Very nice list of nicknames!
Birdman – Chris Anderson
what about Will’s ones? Will the Thrill and Bynumite?
surely Sheed has more…sure there is something related to him being a hilarious walking technical foul…
The Twin Towers – Ralph Sampson and Hakeem Olajuwon
the storming mormon- Shawn Bradley
The microwave – Vinnie Johnson
La bomba – Navarro Juan Carlos
the Worm – Dennis Rodman
Plastic Man – Stacey Augmon
Gran Mama – Larry Johnson
The Raptor – Julian Wright (now with the Raptors…)
The Alaskan Assassin – Trajan Langdon (my favorite)
Le Freak Elastique – Area 51 – Shawn Williams
“Eeny, meeny, miny, Mo” Williams
Ice man -George Gervin
Marlboro Man (smoke addicted) – Vlade Divac
Mozart – Drazen Petrovic
choccolate Thunder – Darryl Dawkins
Baby Shaq – Sofoclis Shorthanidis
From wikipedia
Pervis Ellison
Ellison was made the first overall pick in the 1989 NBA Draft by the Sacramento Kings. An injury kept him on the sidelines for 48 of 82 games of his rookie year, after which he was traded to the Washington Bullets. (A Sacramento teammate, Danny Ainge, had nicknamed him “Out of Service Pervis.”)
Derek Anderson – The Prosecutor
Tan – Dan Marjele
Paul “The Spaniard” Gasol
That one is used all the time during Laker games.
Excuse me, Pau********
Can’t believe these aren’t on here yet:
Ersan Ilyasova = Turk Nowitzki
David Lee = DaWhite Howard
just a suggestion you should put the players names in alphabetical order. that way it would be easier to find their nick names instead of spending forever trying to find one.
On the “to do list,” kyle.
Craig “Rhino” Smith
The Alaskan Assassin-Trajon Langdon
charles barkley aka the round mound of rebound
The Human Water Spider – Manute Bol (RIP)
The Kid
is actually Jason Kidd
Hindsight — Kevin Love
because, like Love, hindsight is often 20/20.
also: The Fresh Prince — Luc Richard Mbah a Moute
Greg Monroe’s nickname is Monrobot
Sidney “Sid the Squid” Moncrief
Eugene “Pooh” Jeter
“Lord” Byron Mullens
…Byron “Buster” Mullens?
Also, I’m pretty sure Kevin Durant once called Thabo Sefalosha “The Sniper,” wonder why that one hasn’t caught on?
Quake – Blake Griffin
Rated RR – Rajon Rondo, because when he’s playing hard, it’s filthy.
The Coroner – Jamal Crawford, because this dude puts teams (and ankles) in body bags.
Turkish Delight: Omer Asik
Hot Sauce: Kyle Korver
Big Sexy: Kurt Thomas
Dirk nowitski -dirty, or the dunking deutchman,
Peja sto……-the serbian sniper
Tyson chandler -the black giant
Manute bol= The Sudanese Swat Team
Sam Cassell – The Alien
George Mikan – Mr. Basketball
Serge Ibaka – Air Africa
Ronald Jones – Popeye
Andris Biedrins – Beeds
DARVIN HAM
Dunkin Darvin
Ham Slamwich
WILL BYNUM
Will “The Thrill” Bynum
RASHEED WALLACE
Sheed
dwight howard- The ManChild
Tim Duncan-Mr Fundamental
Derrick Rose- Poohdini
In response to post 157, AB asked about “the Duck” – Kevin Duckworth.
Luis Scola – The Ice Cream Man
Reggie Miller- Killer Miller
Charles Barkley- Chuck
Kareem Abdul-Jabar- Cap
“Ice”- Cedric Ceballos
“Petro” and “Draz”- Drazen Petrovic
“The Kid”- Kenny Anderson
Dr. Nasty = kevin Durant
Beastly- Michael Beasly Air Congo- Serge Ibaka
Bynumite- Will Bynum The Showstopper- Ty Lawson
Bean Burrito- Nick young Colliflower- Darren Collison
Boshtrich- Chris Bosh
LeBreezy Jizzle- Lebron James
the Prodigy- JR Smith
Pooh- Derrick Rose
The Bogey Man- Andrew Bogut
I have the “Best Nickname” for Derrick Rose! How can I get it out there? What is the best way so I can take credit for it? Everyone will agree on this one once I release it so help me guys?
Ok, everyone keeps emailing me about this so here goes the best nickname ever;
D-ROSE a.k.a. “THE SILENT ASSASSIN”
Now help me promote it and watch it take off!
-Ryno H out of “Hometown”
Bill- Bill Rusell
Magic- Earvin Johnson
The Big Dipper- Wilt Chamberlain
The Landlord- Shelden Williams
White Mamba- Brian Scalabrine
I have no web site! I just want to find my sister who married Bian Pack. I am so sorry that he is gone.
Please, help me find my sister Sandy. I don’t care what you think of her. I love her with my whole heart and I always have.
Brian and Sandra Pack from Raymond Alberta.
Thank you.
The BIg Ticket – Kevin Garnet
The Abominable Orangutan – Lebron James
Danny Granger- Street Ball Nation
Paul George- King George
Roy Hibbert- Area 55
Tyler Hansborough- Psycho T
George Hill- Naptown Thriller
David West- The 17ft. Assassin
Darren Collison- Double-time
Dauntay Jones- Jonestown Massacre
Charles Barkley- Sir Comference or Circumference
Serge Ibaka – IBlocka or The Serge Protector
Jason Richardson – Gorilla Black
Brian Scalabrine – The White Mamba
Jeremy Lin – Lin-sanity
Kobe Bryant – The Black Bean or The Mean Bean (Middle name is Bean)
Brian scalebrine – the white mamba
Please include
1. Bill ” the Hill ” McGill, University of Utah, Lakers.
2. Ernie ” No D ” Gregorio, Providence, NBA
James “Hollywood” Robinson
The Montenegrin rapist – nikola pekovic
Clem “the gem” Haskins
Rick “the rocket” Mount
Steve “Snapper” Jones
Gus “honeycomb” Johnson
James “Fly” Williams
Kenneth Fareid- “The MANIMAL”
Brook Lopez (Post-Move to BK)- “BROOKlyn” Lopez
Marshon Brooks (Post-Move to BK) – Marshon “BrooksLYN”
Kenneth Faried- The Manimal
Jeremy Lin-Linsanity
Kyle Korver-Hot Sauce
Brian Scalabrine- White Mamba
linsanity
serge protector
Mike Gminski – G-Man
Veal – Brian Scalabrine
Derrick Rose – Mr.MVP
Amon Ones (Damon Jones) No “D” no “J”
Patrick Ewing: “The Beast of the East” and “The Hoya Destroya”
Rajon Rondo-Green Goblin
Andrew Bynum-Cyborg17
Pau Gasol-Spanish Knight
Metta World Peace-Bad Boy Peace
Dirk Nowitzki-German Superman
Serge Ibaka a.k.a the Serge Protector
Cap’n Kirv for Kyrie Irving. Cap’n (like captain) Kirv (pronounced curve, and first initial and first three letters of last name.
… Also Uncle Drew for Kyrie Irving
Superman – Shaquille O’Neal
Rafer Alston – Skip 2 My Lou
Some of them have funny nicknames. Great list by the way and thanks for sharing!
Blake “Earthquake” Griffin
Kevin “I Am Legend” Durant
Brandon “Young Money” Jennings
Derrick “Pooh/The Pride Of The South Side” Rose
Baron “Too Easy” Davis
Chauncey “King of the Hill” Billups
Kobe “The Last Samurai/ Lord of the Rings” Bryant
Michael “The Black Cat” Jordan
Allen “A.I./ The Reason” Iverson
Dwight “Daily Double/D-12″ Howard
Chris “The Puppet Master” Paul
Carmelo “The Student” Anthony
Tim “Forever 21″ Duncan
Derron “Too Hard To Guard” Williams
Jeremy lin is Linsanity.
I never knew shaq was shotgun.
Tony Parker is TP3X3
Jail Blazers, anyone who played with the Trail Blazers with Rasheed Wallace
Monta Ellis: Mississippi Bullett
Jeremy Lin: Linsanity (Duh)
Drew Gooden: Male Genitalia
“The Vanilla Gorilla” Joel Pryzbilla
“Melo” not “Mello”- Carmelo Anthony..
The Manimal- Kenneth Faried
The most appropriate nickname ever: Sam Cassell = The Alien
A variety of techniques and stokes are used. Chiropractors and Massage Therapists:.
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Stephen Curry – Spicy Hot/Spicy Curry
Kevin Durant – Velvet
How about “the dark knight” for Brandon Knight
The “man of many nicknames”-shaq. That’s what he said he wanted his nickname to be.
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