Cool nickname for the Gilbert Arenas and John Wall backcourt

Post #41 » by **miller31time** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 5:03 pm

cdouglas wrote:
miller31time wrote:Where's good ol' La Sooz? She's behind this....somehow.

I'm sorry but who is La Sooz?

Susan O'Malley - former president of the Wiz.

Spence · Post #42 » by **Spence** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 5:58 pm

Wizards2Lottery wrote:The Great Wall of Chinatown.

That one will belong to Yi Jianlian as he makes it rain threes inside the Phone Booth.

cdouglas · Post #43 » by **cdouglas** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 6:04 pm

Spence wrote:
Wizards2Lottery wrote:The Great Wall of Chinatown.

That one will belong to Yi Jianlian as he makes it rain threes inside the Phone Booth.

Sorry but Wall has claimed the title.

Spence · Post #44 » by **Spence** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 6:57 pm

Yi and 1 billion of his closest friends beg to differ.

Donkey McDonkerton · Post #45 » by **Donkey McDonkerton** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 7:08 pm

Wall and Kirk now

Captain & Kirk

Captain Kirk
Captain n Coke

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #46 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 8:00 pm

Wall and Gil ==> Coming and Going

Kirk and Wall ==> Old Mentor and New Derrick Rose

Post #47 » by **montestewart** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 9:52 pm

Spence wrote:
Wizards2Lottery wrote:The Great Wall of Chinatown.

That one will belong to Yi Jianlian as he makes it rain threes inside the Phone Booth.

And if he doesn't and he's banished to the bench, his nickname can be The Forbidden City.
If he's resigned (yikes!) his nickname can be The Five-Year Plan.
For his weakness and failure to defend, his nickname could be The Yellow River.
If he becomes a star, his nickname can be The Jian Dynasty.

Or maybe, just maybe, he might end up with a nickname entirely unrelated to his ethnicity or country of origin. Like maybe Stretch. There will be plenty of opportunities, but The Greta Wall of Chinatown's taken. Unless he buys it from Wall.

cdouglas · Post #48 » by **cdouglas** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:39 pm

So does anyone know the story behind how Wall got #1 from Nick?

Post #49 » by **WizStorm** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 11:08 pm

cdouglas wrote:So does anyone know the story behind how Wall got #1 from Nick?

He didn't, he picked #2 (Shawn Livingston's number)...
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcspor ... _no_2.html

John Wall picks No. 2
After talking approvingly of Nos. 3 and 15, John Wall switched things up and announced on Twitter that he'll be wearing No. 2 this season Wednesday evening. I guess it's 1 plus 1, which might refer to his previous uniform number of 11, which is retired in honor of Elvin Hayes

fishercob · Post #50 » by **fishercob** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 4:16 pm

I don't know about a nickname for Arenas, but I am starting to like Flash for Wall for the following reasons:

1. This guy:

Wall's signature trait is his speed, and it's other-worldly.

2. I'm fully aware that Wade has that nickname. I like the idea of deliberately antagonizing him. Howard co-opted Superman from Shaq (for what he did in a dunk contest, not on the court), and Wall is more deserving of the Flash moniker than D-Wade, so I say we steal it.

After all, nothing is given. So let's take it.

fishercob · Post #51 » by **fishercob** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 4:17 pm

I dunno, maybe with Gil's buttery jumper we can call them "Flash n' Cash."

verbal8 · Post #52 » by **verbal8** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 4:43 pm

fishercob wrote:I don't know about a nickname for Arenas, but I am starting to like Flash for Wall for the following reasons:

1. This guy: Wall's signature trait is his speed, and it's other-worldly.

2. I'm fully aware that Wade has that nickname. I like the idea of deliberately antagonizing him. Howard co-opted Superman from Shaq (for what he did in a dunk contest, not on the court), and Wall is more deserving of the Flash moniker than D-Wade, so I say we steal it.

After all, nothing is given. So let's take it.

We could steal(or one up all the nicknames).

Heat
Flash(Wade)
King(LeBron)
Ru Paul(Bosh)

Wiz
Flash(Wall)
Emperor(Yi) - not that he has done anything to warrant this title, but it should annoy LeBron
Ron Paul(Arenas) - both Arenas and Ron Paul are a little crazy and entertaining

fishercob · Post #53 » by **fishercob** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 6:05 pm

Haha. I like it verbal, I think we should just start referring to Yi as The King or even "King James." He's done about as much to warrant the title.

Firewall · Post #54 » by **Firewall** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 6:16 pm

Firewall

CaPtaiN eYeSaNo · Post #55 » by **CaPtaiN eYeSaNo** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 11:49 pm

too bad wall didn't jack ny's number....
then if gil stayed with 0

BINARY CODE

pancakes3 · Post #56 » by **pancakes3** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 12:06 am

fishercob wrote:I dunno, maybe with Gil's buttery jumper we can call them "Flash n' Cash."

flash and dash? flash and smash?

i've always thought fat guy nicknames were WAY better than "cool" sounding nicknames.

john palm-the-ball wall...

what about blur?

what about a complete nonsequitur like... paintcan? i think i'm going to use paintcan for the next few weeks to see if it sticks.

Kanyewest · Post #57 » by **Kanyewest** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 12:39 am

Say no to Flash since that's already Dwayne Wade's. John Wall's previous nickname was "God's son". I was reading the dime magazine message board nicknames for John Wall and here are the interesting ones IMO:

The Pope
The Breeze
The Hybrid or Splice (since he's a combination of a pure point guard and scorer)
Sonic (from Sonic the Hedgehog)
Nestle (cuz he’s kwik)
Not Kwame
“Heeeere`s Johnny!!"
John “To The Window, To The" Wall

http://dimemag.com/2010/06/help-give-jo ... -nickname/

dnk · Post #58 » by **dnk** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 1:27 am

Kanyewest wrote:Say no to Flash since that's already Dwayne Wade's. John Wall's previous nickname was "God's son". I was reading the dime magazine message board nicknames for John Wall and here are the interesting ones IMO:

The Pope
The Breeze
The Hybrid or Splice (since he's a combination of a pure point guard and scorer)
Sonic (from Sonic the Hedgehog)
Nestle (cuz he’s kwik)
Not Kwame
“Heeeere`s Johnny!!"
John “To The Window, To The" Wall

http://dimemag.com/2010/06/help-give-jo ... -nickname/

Sonic is kind of intriguing. He wore blue at Kentucky and he'll be wearing blue here.

verbal8 · Post #59 » by **verbal8** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 1:50 am

Kanyewest wrote:Sonic (from Sonic the Hedgehog)
John “To The Window, To The" Wall

http://dimemag.com/2010/06/help-give-jo ... -nickname/

These two are my favorite.

dangermouse · Post #60 » by **dangermouse** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 2:03 am

Quicksilver was the Marvel version of The Flash. And he wore blue! It fits as well, because Agent Zero was a Marvel guy as well (he features in the Wolverine movie, he had superhuman reflexes and timing, he'd probably be able to shoot the ball like Arenas, so it fits!).

Unfortunately Quicksilver sounds like a horse.