We all know the famous nicknames of the NBA stars be it "The Mailman", "The Round Mound of Rebound", "The Human Highlight Reel", "King James", "CB4" or "Mamba" but what about those guys sitting at the end of the bench, those lesser known guys? Do those guys have nicknames? Or do those local commentators create ridiculous handles for their team's players? I did some research and got an overwhelming response on the lesser known nicks of the league.Let`s start off with the Raptors:
The Lesser Known Nicknames of the NBA
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This is what these players are called on Knicks board:
Jarred Jeffries - O-Face, J-Slim, Mr Indiana, Effries
Al Harrington - No Sharrington, Free Candy
Chris Duhon - Dudu
Quentin Richardson - Q-Rich, Q-Brick, Q-Fat
Nate Robinson - Gimmick boy
Jarred Jeffries - O-Face, J-Slim, Mr Indiana, Effries
Al Harrington - No Sharrington, Free Candy
Chris Duhon - Dudu
Quentin Richardson - Q-Rich, Q-Brick, Q-Fat
Nate Robinson - Gimmick boy
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Thanks Rasho, I know that there's a ton more, sometimes they're just within a message board, sometimes they're on blog, either way I know there's a ton of these nicknames out there.
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Excellence wrote:http://www.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=872486&start=0
Wow those are comedy gold!
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Can't forget RuPaul.
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Orlando Magic (Courtesy of Ben @ ThirdQuartercollapse.com)
Tony Battie - Batt-Man (he has the Batman symbol tattooed on his left arm)
Marcin Gortat - The Polish Hammer
Rashard Lewis - Sweet Lew (he has this nickname stitched on the tongue of his sneakers, which you can see in this photo if you zoom in far enough); The Quiet Man; The Silencer
Mickael Pietrus - Air France
Tony is correct.
For Marcin you can also add 'Warlock', and our radio guys call him the 'Polish Prince'.
Pietrus is also called 'Peaches' (related to his jump-shooting/3-point shooting). 'Air France' is for when he takes off to the basket.
Jameer Nelson can be 'Mighty Mite' or 'Mighty Mouse'.
Courtney Lee can be anything from 'Spider-Man', to 'CLeetoris'. My personal favorite is 'Leesus':
Hedo can be referred to simply as 'Turk' (duh).
Anthony Johnson we refer to as 'Old Man River'.
Rafer is universally known as 'Skip 2 My Lou', obviously.
Dwight is 'Superman'. But he has others like 'D12', 'D-Flight', 'Beast of the East', 'Man Child'. Numerous other ones.
Redick we just call him by his real name of 'Jonathan Clay'.
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i heard the kings announcers use this a couple times when i had league pass last year, but never mentioned on this board.
i heard the kings announcers use this a couple times when i had league pass last year, but never mentioned on this board.
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Anybody got any Celtics ones, Mavs, Kings or Bucks ones? They were missing from that post...
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mamba was probably more known as "the ocho" before the number change to "the new jack bauer"
but kobe has always been known on a first name basis
but kobe has always been known on a first name basis
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Sac Kings:
Bobby Jackson - BJax or BobbyJ
Kevin Martin = K$ or Kmart
Spencer Hawes = Hawesome
Beno Udrih = Turnovermachine
Francisco Garcia = 'Cisco
Alot of new players on our team, these are ones that I could think of off the top of my head.
Bobby Jackson - BJax or BobbyJ
Kevin Martin = K$ or Kmart
Spencer Hawes = Hawesome
Beno Udrih = Turnovermachine
Francisco Garcia = 'Cisco
Alot of new players on our team, these are ones that I could think of off the top of my head.
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Calvin Booth - "The Thief"
"Because he's pretty much just stealing paychecks at this point."
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Roy is called "The Natural" on radio.
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Back when Detroit used to have both Jerome Williams and Mikki Moore, everyone knew Jerome's nickname was the Junk Yard Dog but Mikki Moore was also known as Scrappy Dog.