What is the strangest name in the NBA?

blizzard · Post #21 » by **blizzard** » Mon Feb 8, 2010 9:21 am

Rafael Arajuo...

Then LeBron James. James LeBron would make much much more sense.

SKR · Post #22 » by **SKR** » Mon Feb 8, 2010 10:33 am

dunleavyjr wrote:Mutombo's name is awfully long. Anybody remember?

Here You go -> Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo.

SKR · Post #23 » by **SKR** » Mon Feb 8, 2010 10:39 am

Alexis Ajinca
Jodie Meeks
Ime Udoka
Primoz Brezec
Sundiata Gaines
DJ Mbenga
OJ Mayo

and ofcourse the legend of that sort - God Shammgod.

triangleoffense · Post #24 » by **triangleoffense** » Mon Feb 8, 2010 11:10 am

99 Problems wrote:Nana Papa Yaw Dwene "Pops" Mensah-Bonsu..

Didier Ilunga-Mbenga

Žydrūnas Ilgauskas

those, and ersan llysa or whatever his name is is pretty weird.

jolbin · Post #25 » by **jolbin** » Mon Feb 8, 2010 11:36 am

How Radoslav "Rasho" Nesterovič hasnt been brought here yet?

carrottop12 · Post #26 » by **carrottop12** » Mon Feb 8, 2010 12:33 pm

Kyrylo Fesenko

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Post #27 » by **blkout** » Mon Feb 8, 2010 1:33 pm

My favourite names are the ones where the parents clearly didn't know how to properly spell them so just pretended they were trying to be unique. Dwyane, Micheal etc.

prekazi · Post #28 » by **prekazi** » Mon Feb 8, 2010 1:52 pm

Hidayet's name is even weird in Turkish.

Devilzsidewalk · Post #29 » by **Devilzsidewalk** » Mon Feb 8, 2010 2:06 pm

Dr Mufasa wrote:I

Shaquille O'Neal is rather odd

and theres a Shaquille Johnson on Marshall, born before Shaq got to the NBA too, so somehow Shaq isn't an original name I guess

Devilzsidewalk · Post #30 » by **Devilzsidewalk** » Mon Feb 8, 2010 2:07 pm

PS all these non American, non Bible names are weird

6_Rings · Post #31 » by **6_Rings** » Mon Feb 8, 2010 2:20 pm

Tracy Mcgrady.

biggest nba name that i haven't seen in 5 years. in fact i forgot his face.

illiance · Post #32 » by **illiance** » Mon Feb 8, 2010 3:21 pm

BLKOUT wrote:My favourite names are the ones where the parents clearly didn't know how to properly spell them so just pretended they were trying to be unique. Dwyane, Micheal etc.

Jrue Holliday says hi :lol:

ToffKobe · Post #33 » by **ToffKobe** » Mon Feb 8, 2010 3:41 pm

prekazi wrote:Hidayet's name is even weird in Turkish.

Hidayet means gift in Arabic.

Anyways DeMar DeRozan deserve sa mention here.

Lionel Messi · Post #34 » by **Lionel Messi** » Mon Feb 8, 2010 4:02 pm

I forget Mutombo's full name.
But it's wild enough.

Lionel Messi · Post #35 » by **Lionel Messi** » Mon Feb 8, 2010 4:03 pm

illiance wrote:
BLKOUT wrote:My favourite names are the ones where the parents clearly didn't know how to properly spell them so just pretended they were trying to be unique. Dwyane, Micheal etc.

Jrue Holliday says hi

Antawn says hi also...

prekazi · Post #36 » by **prekazi** » Mon Feb 8, 2010 4:29 pm

ToffKobe wrote:
prekazi wrote:Hidayet's name is even weird in Turkish.

Hidayet means gift in Arabic.

Anyways DeMar DeRozan deserve sa mention here.

Gift? I'm not sure where did you get that but;

In Arabic, Hidayet means "true way" or "right way" which refers to Allah's way=Islam.

Hidayet's name is "weird" because it's uncommon in Turkish. That's what I meant.

ropjhk · Post #37 » by **ropjhk** » Mon Feb 8, 2010 4:41 pm

World B. Free

prekazi · Post #38 » by **prekazi** » Mon Feb 8, 2010 5:45 pm

ropjhk wrote:World B. Free

That's actually the best name ever. Too bad his real name was Lloyd Bernard.

Deadpool_X · Post #39 » by **Deadpool_X** » Mon Feb 8, 2010 6:00 pm

Chad Ochocinco? Anyone?

Seriously though,

American: Jrue (Seems like parents were trying as hard as they could to sound unique.)
Non-American: Hedo (His real turkish name of course.)

WEFFPIM · Post #40 » by **WEFFPIM** » Mon Feb 8, 2010 6:04 pm

Utah Jazz