Dwight Howard

EFF · Post #1 » by **EFF** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:25 pm

how does this guy not have a nickname already? he needs one...bad. until an adequate one is decided upon i will continue to call him "baby daddy."

Post #2 » by **MagicMadness** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:25 pm

Daily Double? Superman?

LBPTarHeel27 · Post #3 » by **LBPTarHeel27** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:27 pm

I am pretty sure we have come up with hundreds.

Post #4 » by **MagicMadness** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:28 pm

I always liked 'Chairman of the Boards', but it never stuck.

Has that '80s nickname ring to it. Nicknames nowadays always have to be so short.

magicfan4life05 · Post #5 » by **magicfan4life05** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:38 pm

windex

MagicFan149 · Post #6 » by **MagicFan149** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:51 pm

MagicMadness wrote:I always liked 'Chairman of the Boards', but it never stuck.

Has that '80s nickname ring to it. Nicknames nowadays always have to be so short.

my favorite... but nobody really uses it

Orium · Post #7 » by **Orium** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:55 pm

Nothing has stuck thus far.. and nothing ever will. It's too late in the game for him to suddenly have a nick..

Post #8 » by **MagicMadness** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:57 pm

Daily Double has.

N4U|Redux · Post #9 » by **N4U|Redux** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:00 pm

^^^ Nothing has stuck.

Superman seems pretty good though.

Names like Daily Double and D12 are just awful.

huge4 · Post #10 » by **huge4** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:19 pm

The dude that writes the daily dime on Fox has been pushing the Centaur for years now, but it doesn't really roll off the tongue.

This is a little OT, but I remember it being mentioned earlier in the season that only one or two players in the history of the league have averaged 20pts, 60% shooting and 15 boards in a season (I think Wilt was the only one to do it). Obviously Dwight has been close all season, and currently has two out of three with his boards at 14.4.

Does anyone think he can do it this season, and who knows how many boards he needs to average a game to get up to 15?

wigglestrue · Post #11 » by **wigglestrue** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:23 pm

How is it not "Superman" now?

N4U|Redux · Post #12 » by **N4U|Redux** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:29 pm

wigglestrue wrote:How is it not "Superman" now?

I think it is, but we'll see if it sticks.

Are non-Magic fans using it? That's the real test.

I don't typically pay attention to things like Sportscenter, so I wouldn't know.

The Letter J · Post #13 » by **The Letter J** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:34 pm

wigglestrue wrote:How is it not "Superman" now?

Yeah, it's "Superman" now. Our announcers call him that. Other team's announcers call him that. People at NBA TV, ESPN, etc. call him that.

dwight4pres08 · Post #14 » by **dwight4pres08** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:35 pm

President Dwight Howard...think about it people haha

stick · Post #15 » by **stick** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:37 pm

Eh, I cringe every time I hear him called Superman. I hate it.

N4U|Redux · Post #16 » by **N4U|Redux** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:41 pm

stick wrote:Eh, I cringe every time I hear him called Superman. I hate it.

who are you?

paperboymafia · Post #17 » by **paperboymafia** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:41 pm

yeah every time i watch a game now its "superman"

im not the biggest fan of it, but whatever. he kind of asked for it after the ASW

Post #18 » by **MagicMadness** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:42 pm

I'm a Batman fan. I wish he had done something with that instead.

(Sorry Battie..)

wigglestrue · Post #19 » by **wigglestrue** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:44 pm

stick wrote:Eh, I cringe every time I hear him called Superman. I hate it.

It's infinitely better than "Deebo" or "D12", IMO.
I don't see what's wrong with Superman, it's not too corny.
All you have to do is think of it in its original Nietzschean context.
Dwight Howard is literally the next step forward in human history.

mhectorgato · Post #20 » by **mhectorgato** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:09 pm

The Letter J wrote:Yeah, it's "Superman" now. Our announcers call him that. Other team's announcers call him that. People at NBA TV, ESPN, etc. call him that.

Also, his team handing out posters of his Superman dunk and playing Superman music for him.