Nicknames for Current NBA Players
If you know of any nicknames I missed, leave a comment at the bottom and I will update the list. Thanks!
A
Sharef Abdur-Rahim – Reef
Aaron Afflalo – Afflalo Creed
LaMarcus Aldridge – L-Train, LMA
Ray Allen – Jesus, RayRay, Sugar
Rafer Alston – Skip to My Lou
Chris Anderson – The Birdman
Carmelo Anthony – Melo
Gilbert Arenas – Agent Zero, Hibachi, Gil, Nacho, Agent Arenas, The Black President
Hilton Armstrong – Hungry Hungry Hilton
Carlos Arroyo – Carlitos
Ron Artest – RonRon, TruWarrior, The Straitjacket
Kelenna Azubuike – Buike (Booky)
B
Leandro Barbosa – Leandrinho, The Brazilian Bomber, LB, the Blur, Brazilian Blur
Jose Juan Barea – JJ
Andrea Bargnani – Il Mago
Brent Barry – Bones
Brandon Bass – B Bass, The Animal
Maceo Baston – Wide Mouth
Tony Battie – Batman
Shane Battier – Alien Nation
Michael Beasley – Beastley, B-Easy, Easy Mo Be
Marco Belinelli – Beli
Mike Bibby – Bib
Andris Biedrins – Dre, Beans
Chauncey Billups – Mr. Big Shot
Steve Blake – Los
Andray Blatche – Bulletproof, Cabbage Blatche, Ziploc
Mark Blount – Big Basic
Matt Bonner – The Red Rocket
Andrew Bogut – Bogey, Bogues, The Bogey Man
Carlos Boozer – Booze
Chris Bosh – CB4
Elton Brand – EB, E-Beasie
Corey Brewer – The Drunken Dribbler, C-B, C-Brew
Ronnie Brewer – Brewdog
Aaron Brooks – AB
Kobe Bryant – The Black Mamba, KB-24, Kob-Me, Lord of the Rings
Caron Butler – Tough Juice, Caronimo, CB3
Rasual Butler – Sual Bop
Andrew Bynum – Socks, The A-Train, Bynumite
C
Jose Calderon – The Ocho, Ocho Special
Marcus Camby – The Cambyman
Brian Cardinal – The Janitor, The Custodian
Matt Carroll – The Hammer
Sam Cassell – Sam I Am
Vince Carter – Vinsanity, Half-man Half-amazing, VC, Air Canada
Mario Chalmers – Super Mario, Superintendent, Super Nintendo
Josh Childress – J-Chill
Nick Collison – Border Collie
Mike Conley – Money Mike
Daequan Cook – The Chef
Austin Croshere – Cro, the Crusher
D
Samuel Dalembert – The Haitian Sensation, D-Bert
Erick Dampier – Damp
Marquis Daniels – Quis
Baron Davis – B-Diddy, Boom Dizzle, B-Dazzled, Too Easy, The Baron
Glen Davis – Big Baby
Ricky Davis – Get Buckets, Grits N Gravy, Slick Rick, Ricky Buckets
Luol Deng – The Man from Sudan
Boris Diaw – 3D
Yakhouba Diawara – Kooba
Desagana Diop – Gana
Juan Dixon – Da Juan
Keyon Dooling – KD
Chris Douglass-Roberts – Buckets, CDR
Jared Dudley – Studley, Junkyard Dog
Chris Duhon – Du
Tim Duncan – The Big Fundamental, Timmay, Groundhog Day
Mike Dunleavy – The Natural
Kevin Durant – KD, K-Dog, K-Smoove, The Second Coming, The Durantula
E
Monta Ellis – The Mississippi Bullet, Big Bucks
Francisco Elson – Geico
Reggie Evans – The Collector, The Joker
F
Jordan Farmar – J-Farm
Raymond Felton – Felts
Michael Finley – Fin
Derek Fisher – Fish, D-Fish
TJ Ford – The Little Engine, Texas Tornado
Adonal Foyle – The Cobra
Steve Francis – Stevie Franchise
Channing Frye – Buffet of Goodness
G
Dan Gadzuric – The Flying Dutchman, Big Dan, Gadzooks
Danilo Gailinari – Il Gallo (The Rooster)
Francisco Garcia – Latin Assassin, Frank
Jorge Garbajosa – Garbo
Kevin Garnett – The Big Ticket, The Kid, KG
Marc Gasol – Tanketa
Pau Gasol – The Meal Ticket, Picasso, PG, Spanish Fly
Daniel Gibson – Boobie
Manu Ginobili – Gino, El Contusion, Balki Bartokomous, Obi-Wan Ginobili
Drew Gooden – The Truth (*he claims this was his before Pierce), The Big Drizzle
Ben Gordon – Gentle Ben, Madison Square Gordon, Air Gordon
Eric Gordon – The Hobbit
Gerald Green – G-Money, Ice, High-5
Jeff Green – Green Monster, The Predator
Adrian Griffin – The Hawk
Danny Granger – Danny G
H
Richard Hamilton – Rip
Matt Harpring – The Bulldog
OThella Harrington – The Big O
Devin Harris – The Cheese Factor
Jason Hart – J-Hart
Udonis Haslem – U-D, Udominator
Spencer Hawes – Hee
Brendan Haywood – Baby Huey
Walter Herrmann – Fabio
Grant Hill – G-Money
Kirk Hinrich – Captain Kirk
Al Horford – The Dominican Stallion, Horf
Robert Horry – Big Shot Bob, Big Shot Rob
Eddie House – E-House, E-Money
Dwight Howard – D12, Thunder, Man Child, Thundercat, D-Bo, Superman
Josh Howard – J-Ho, Jo-How
Troy Hudson – T-Hud
Larry Hughes – Smooth
Kris Humpries – K-Hump, Humpty-Hump, Hump
Lindsey Hunter – The Hunter
Steven Hunter – The Postman
I
Andre Iguodala – AI 2.0, Iggy, Dolla Billz
Zydrunas Ilgauskus – Big Z, The Riddler, The Wall
Allen Iverson – AI, The Answer, Jewelz, Me Myself and Iverson, The Third Degree, Bubba Chuck
Royal Ivey – Cheese
J
Jarett Jack – JJ
Luke Jackson – Cool Hand Luke
Steven Jackson – Action, Captain Jack
Jerome James – Big Snacks
Lebron James – King James, Bron Bron, LBJ, The Chosen One, L-Train
Mike James – Pit Bull
Sarunas Jasikevicius – Jazzy Cabbages
Al Jefferson – Big Al, the Big Classic
Richard Jefferson – RJ
Yi Jianlian – The Chairman
Joe Johnson – Joe Cool, JJ
Damon Jones – The Specialist, DJ
Eddie Jones – EJ
Fred Jones – Indiana Jones
K
Chris Kaman – The Caveman, Shaggy, The Zombie, Crazy Clown
Jason Kapono – Jay-K
Jason Kidd – J-Kidd, Mr. Triple Double, Ason Kidd
Andrei Kirilenko – AK-47
Linas Kleiza – The Menace, TV-L
Kyle Korver – K2, K-Squared
Nenad Krstic – Curly, Ballistic Krstic
L
Acie Law – Captain Clutch
Courtney Lee – Spiderman
David Lee – Da White Howard
Rashard Lewis – Young Fella, Sweet Lew
Kevin Love – K-Love
M
Mark Madsen – The Mad Dog
Jamal Magloire – The Big Cat
Stephon Marbury – Starbury
Shawn Marion – The Matrix
Kenyon Martin – K-Mart, Bad Ass Yellow Boy, Sir Dunks-A-Lot
Kevin Martin – Kid N Play, K-Mart, K-Money
Donyell Marshall – D-Marsh, Yell
Desmond Mason- The Cowboy, D-Mase
Jason Maxiell – J-Max, Mad Max
OJ Mayo – Grocery List
Lus Richard M’bah a Moute – The Prince
Antonio McDyess – Dice
Tracy McGrady – T-Mac
Jeff McInnis – McNasty, J-Mac, The Maestro
Darius Miles – D-Miles, The Punisher
Darko Milicic – Donny Darko, The Human Victory Cigar
Andre Miller – The Penguin
Yao Ming – The Dynasty, The Wall, The Great Wall, Shaqie Chan
Cuttino Mobley – Cat
Nazr Mohammed – The Prophet
Jamario Moon – The Screwdriver, Super Jamario, Apollo 33
Adam Morrison – Stache, Pornstache, Mo, Ammo
Alonzo Mourning – Zo
Ronald Murray – Flip
Dikembe Mutombo – Mt Mutombo, Cookie Monster, Deke
N
Bostjan Nachbar – Boki
Eduardo Najera – The Flying Mexican
Steve Nash – Nashty, Hair Canada, Captain Canada
Juan Carlos Navarro – La Bomba
Jameer Nelson – Lightning
Rasho Nesterovic – ShoSho
Joakim Noah – Dr. No, The Noble One
Andres Nocioni – Chapu, Noch, The Glue Factory
Dirk Nowitzki – Diggler, Batman, Irk
O
Fabricio Oberto – Fabio
Lamar Odom – The Goods, Odominator
Emeka Okafor – EO-50, Blackula, Oak Tree
Mehmet Okur – Memo, Money Man
Patrick O’Bryant— Notorious P.O.B.
Jermaine O’Neal – JO
Shaquille O’Neal – Shaq, The Diesel, Shaq-Fu, Big Aristotle, Wilt Chamberneezy, Officer Shaq, Big Daddy, The Big Baryshnikov, Dr. Shaq, The Big Cactus
Travis Outlaw – Trout
P
Anthony Parker – AP
Tony Parker – TP, Mr. Longoria
Ruben Patterson – The Kobe Stopper, The Nanny Stopper
Chris Paul – CP3
Oleksiy Pecherov – The White Hole
Kendrick Perkins – Perk, Swamp Thang
Morris Peterson – Mo-Pete, MP3
Paul Pierce – The Truth, P-Sqaured
Mickael Pietrus – MP2, Air France
Eric Piatkowski – The Polish Rifle
James Posey – The X-Factor, Po-Po
Tayshaun Prince – Prince of The Palace, Tay
Joel Pryzbilla – The Vanilla Gorilla, Ghostface
R
Vladimir Radmanovic – Radman
Zach Randolph – Z-Bo
Michael Redd – Redd Hot, Silky, Max
JJ Reddick – The Poet
Luke Ridnour – Frodo, The Mop, Cool Hand Luke, Lucky Luke
Jason Richardson – J-Rich
Quentin Richardson – Q-Rich
Nate Robinson – Nate The Great, Krypto-Nate
Sergio Rodriguez – Spanish Chocolate
Derrick Rose – D-Rose, Pooh
Malik Rose – Shaq of The NAC
Quinton Ross – Q-Ross
Brandon Roy – The Natural, The Golden Boy, B-Roy, The Blade
Kareem Rush – K-Rush
S
John Salmons – Buck
Brian Scalabrine – Veal, Scal, The Ginger Ninja
Mouhamed Sene – Flavor Flav
Bobby Simmons – Chinese Food
Craig Smith – Cookie, Cookie Monster, Jax, The Rhino
Josh Smith – J-Smoove
J.R. Smith – The Prodigy
Eric Snow – E-Snow, The Snowman
Darius Songalia – Gypsy Number 9
Jerry Stackhouse – Stack
DeShawn Stevenson – The Lock Smith, Poppa Smurf
Amare Stoudamire – Stat
Rodney Stuckey – RS3, Hot Rod
Robert Swift – Big Redhead
Stromile Swift – Stro
Wally Szczerbiak – Wally World
T
Sebastian Telfair – Bassy, Seabass, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Seba
Jason Terry – JT, The Jet
Eton Thomas – Uncle Eton
Kenny Thomas – K9
Kurt Thomas – Dirty
Tim Thomas – T-Tom
Tyrus Thomas – Free Money, TNT, T-Time
Alando Tucker – Doe
Hedo Turkoglu – Glu, Turk, Turkey Glue
V
Anderson Varejao – Wild Thing, Sideshow Bob
Charlie Villanueva – Skillanueva, CV, CV3, C-Elite, Big Smooth
Sasha Vujacic – The Machine
W
Dwyane Wade – D-Wade, Flash, Pookie
Antoine Walker – ‘Toine, Employee #8, A & W
Ben Wallace – Big Ben, Beast from The East, The Body
Gerald Wallace – G-Force, Crash
Rasheed Wallace – Sheed, Roscoe
Luke Walton – Little Wheats
Hakim Warrick – Hak, Helicopter
Martell Webster – The Definition
Bonzi Wells – The Bonz
David West – D-West, The X-Factor, DX
Delonte West – Red, Redz, Donuts
Aaron Williams – A-Train
Deron Williams – D-Will, Kingpin, Slick, D-Nasty
Jason Williams – J-Dub, J-Will, White Chocolate
Mo Williams – The Hitman
Shelden Williams – The Landlord
Julian Wright – Ju-Ju, Raptor
Y
Nick Young – Bean Burrito, The City
For nicknames by team, click on one of the links below:
Part I (Atlantic Division)
Part II (Central Division)
Part III (Southeast Division)
Part IV (Pacific Division)
Part V (Southwest Division)
Part VI (Northwest Division)
Brandon Bass: The Animal
“Hornets.com: Your teammates call you “The Animal.” Where did that come from?
Bass: Coach came up with that name. I guess because I’m so aggressive down low… People always have nicknames that they made up for themselves, but it’s better to have someone else call you a nickname. It’s a great nickname too; it’s great to be called an animal in the NBA.”
Nick Young: The City, Nickm Cannon
Oleksiy Pecherov: The White Hole
Actually, Hedo is Turkoglu’s nick, his first name is Hidayet. Since that is very hard to pronounce in English I guess his nick became like his name.
Mehmet Okur: “Money Man”
Deron Williams: “Slick,” “D-Nasty”
Awesome work. I was in fact, looking for nicknames this very morning. I came across a strange one that I don’t know if it’s true because I’ve never heard it. Andres Nocioni: The Big Glue Factory.
Thanks guys, I updated the names.
Re pembici: I didn’t include nicknames that everyone assumes are someone’s first name (Turkoglu, Smush Parker, Speedy Claxton, Peja, etc.)
Derrick Rose – And 1
One of DRose’s actual nicknames hes ever had since he was in highschool is Poohdini
Kevin Durant – Kid Delicious
Kevin Durant – Durantula
You misspelled “piece of trash” next to Carlos Boozer’s name
Varejao: Sideshow Bob
And for some reason, I couldn’t stop laughing at “Shaqie Chan”.
Dalembert is Canadian, not Haitian
Reggie Evans was known as the Joker in Denver
Ben Wallace: The Body
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Ron Artest – The Straitjacket
Sammy Dalembert IS actually Haitian.
His nicknames also include: Sammy, Slammin Sammy D, Bert, D-Bert, Slammin Sammy
Andre Iguodala actually hates being called Iggy.
Ben Wallace – Big Ben, Beast from The East, White Chocolate
Isn’t White Chocolate JWill?
Plus,
Dirk – Dirty, Uberman
Nash – Nasty
Finley – Fin, Filthy
I think that Pierce has another nick: P-Double!
“Ben Wallace – Big Ben, Beast from The East, White Chocolate
Isn’t White Chocolate JWill?”
Yeah, it must have got messed up when I was putting this together. Ben Wallace is definitely not “White Chocolate” : )
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Travis Outlaw’s new nickname is Mr. Fourth Quarter.
and Catfish
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Rodney Stuckey – Fiddy. I mean he looks so much like 50 cent
Two more for your list…
Kevin Durant: The Durantula
Rashard Lewis: The Quiet Man
tell me Nick Young: Not old Nick, isnt SICK
I hear they’re calling Chris Kaman “White Howard” these days.
I think you’re thinking of David Lee aka Da White Howard
For Lebron–how about LeBreezy. That’s what he called on the street
Primoz Brezec: Slovenian Butterfly
That’s what some Charlotte fans referred to him as while he was there.
Where’s some love for my main man, Caron Butler? A.K.A CB3 or Tough Juice.
Oleksiey Pecherov is also called “Greasy”
Oh yeah and Darius Songalia is called “Gypsy Number 9″
I read that here:
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2008/01/pecherovs_brozer_from_anozer_m.html
“Manu” is actually a nickname too, the dude’s name is Emanuel Ginobili. Sort of akin to “Shaq” for Shaquille O’Neal.
leandro barbosa is also called “the brazilian blur”
Nash – Captain Canada, The Nash Rambler, Nashy,
Andrew Bogut: “the bogey man”
we actualy call him that
Manu Ginobili – Obi-Wan Ginobili
Lol i like that one
The best is Chris Anderson- The Birdman!!
TD for Tim Duncan, Dre for Andre Iguodala, The Glove for Gary Payton and Irk for Dirk Nowitzki. I think u missed those ones
Some Rucker earned names:
Kobe Bryant: Lord of the Rings
Steve Francis: The Answer [yeah they called him this]
Stephon Marbury: The Franchise [^^]
Jamaal Tinsley: Mel Mel the Abuser
Damn there’s some more, I’ll have to get back on that.
In SLAM they called Josh Howard: Jurassic 5
Come on, Smush is Grim Reaper, probably top ten in the NBA right now. Too bad you can’t say the same about his game!
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Kevin Martin … Speed Racer
Dwayne Wade … Wade County
Al Harrington … Baby Al
Jameer Nelson … Meer Meer
Juan Carlos Navarro … JC
john aka little, bittle, bittles, bobby hill, hitndajz
also john balls, i will arrest you
Vladimir Radmanovic – Vlade – Vlad Rad
Sasha Vujacic – The Machine, Shasha Vucavich
I heard Bill Walton call Sasha Vujacic pronuncing it Shasha Vukavich…not sure if that’s a nickname though.
Also:
ry- feek, foota
Bruce Bowens – Bruise Bones
Vince Carter – Wince Harder, Half-Man, Half-Season
Dirk – Irk…no D
Chris Kaman – HulKamania
Lebron James – Lebronze, The Global Icon
Quentin Richardson – Q-Tip
Nate Robinson – Nasty Nate
Sam Cassell – E.T., Gollum
Jason Kidd – Wife-beater
Dwyane Wade – D-Whistle
Bonzi Wells – Super BonBon
Ronaldo Balkman – Osama Bin Ballin’
I remember hearing that Jorge Garbajosa was called ‘The Porn Player’ in Europe :S
Greg Oden – Bill Russel’s Father
michael redd is also the left handed asassin
barbossa- the blur
Thank you!! This is great.
Under LeBron you might want to include
L-Train
That’s what Austin Carr calls him.
Dalembert – Dally
Ben Gordon – Notorious BG
Haslem – Udon
Eddie Jones – Mr. Jones
Kyle Korver – Ashton
Okafor – Mecca
Jermaine O’neal – Babyface
Morris Peterson – Mo-P
Charlie Villanueva – Charlie V
Ricky Davis – Young Buck
Sasha V.- the Machine
Monta ellis – Mont Teezy
Troy Hudson – Ziggy
V. Radmanvich – Space Cadet
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jamario moon – moonshine
and there are plenty more i cant remember right now
jose calderon – the spanish fly
Dwight Howard – The Centaur
i dont know if that’s an official nickname, but thats what me and my friends call him and I think it’s great.
Kyle Korver – Ashton Kutcher.
I know it’s been beaten into the ground..but come on. that has to be there.
he’s not officially retired so…
Latrell Sprewell: The Breadwinner
to feed his family of course..
can’t believe you forgot:
Juan Dixon – The Juan and Only
and here’s a few more:
Jamario Moon – Moonwalker
Jameer Nelson – Jameeracle on 34th Street, Meer Meer
Damon Stoudamire – Mighty Mouse
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another 1 for brian scalabrine
THE GINGER NINJA
Ricky Davis-Ricky Buckets
Dwight Howard – Superman (sorry Shaq)
Tracy McGrady – Mizzle, T-Mizzle
they call biedrins GOOSE
Lebron James- Lebronathon
Emanuel Ginobili is:
emulator of MJ
Sergio Rodriguez “The Magician”
Aaron McKie “Blue”
Vitaly Potapenko “Ukraine Train”
Shaq “Kazaam”
Greg Olden (Greg Oden)
“Skip to my Lou” I think was Rafer Alston.
Did you have Starbury? (Steph Marbury)
Nice list anywho.
LOL i read your list again.. you had Steph and Rafer on there…. my bad.
Oh and also – someone please get my man Derrick Rose a name to. He’s gonna make a big splash for… hmm…. Seattle anyone?
Baron Davis: BD
Monta Ellis: The One Man Fast Break
Excellent list btw.
Garbajosa – The Garbage-Man
Bosh – Boshasuarus
Bowen – Bruce Lee Bowen
Villanueva- No Brow
Shane Battier- Class President
Mutombo – Deke, Says No
Davis – Bodygaurd
don’t we have to add pookie for d-wade? he pretty much set himself up for it.
Sasha Vujacic “The Machine”
Brian Cook “Cookie”
Javaris Crittenton “Crittentones”
lamar odom – lamarvelous
marco belinelli – beli
i live in england and often watch the best sport off a spanish website that has been translated to english these are some of the top nicknames they always mention…
david west = the best from the WEST!
chris paul = cp3 c’paul
kevin garnett = the black blocker KG
monta ellis = big bucks
Shaqie Chan…Man, that’s cooooooollll!!!!!!!!!!!!!
kob-me is weak ….. fuckin fag! stop hating !
Patrick O’Bryant— Notorious P.O.B.
Al Harrington— TMNT Harrington
Brandan Wright— Ears
Jason Richardson— Jrich
Mickael Pietrus— Air France
Andris Biendrins— Beans
Mike Dunleavy— Dun Dun
Leandro Barbosa— Brazilian Blur
Michael Olowakandi— Kandi Man
Tony “Pretty” Parker
Delonte West – Red Man
Tony “Pretty” Parker
Delonte West – Red Man
Manu Ginobili – Manudona
Steve Nash “sick nashty”
Rashard Lewis “Raw Lew”
Steve Nash “Canadian Bomber”
Kobe Bryant “The Nightmare On L.A. Street”
Hey, what about Chairman Yao? That’s a good one!
Andre Iguodala is also called “Dala Billz” (some spell with an s)
austin croshere – the crusher
Carmelo Anthony AKA – DUI
Steve Nash AKA- The Canadian Ladies Man
Kobe Bryant – The Lord of the Rings
Nickname was given to him at NYC’s Rucker Park by the MC Hannibal in the Summer of 2002
who is the swat?
Gilbert Arenas – Captain Quirk
lebron james is also nicknamed as THE L-TRAIN… ty..
vince carter is also nicknamed as THE INVINCEABLE…ty…
al jefferson is also nicknamed as THE BIG CLASSIC
kevin garnett is also nicknamed as THE FRANCHISE
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Sasha Vujacic – The Machine
Andrew Bynum – Bynumite!
Jason Kidd – Captain Chick Slapper (lol)
Shaq – Night Stalker (lol)
What’s Tyson Chandler’s nickname??
Can’t find it on this list…
Haha, I see you’ve had a couple people mention that Leandro Barbosa is known as “The Brazilian Blur” simply as “The Blur”. Steve Nash is also sometimes referred to as “M V Steve”. Robin Lopez doesn’t really have a nickname, but people have been pushing for “RoLo” and “Sideshow Rob”.
sasha vujacic – the machine
jamario moon – SICK WIKED AND NASTY jk i made that up
lebron – shitface
tim duncan – idk
many/raja- flopp!!!!
Barbosa – Brazilian Blur
Tony Parker- France Flash
Dwight Howard is also called the Superman
Dirk Nowitzki- Dirkty
lmao, supposed to be Nashty and Dirkty (at the time in Dallas)
..get it, nasty and dirty?
Lebron James in 2004, Le’Bronze’ ..haha
Tyron Lue = The Answer Machine (for D-ing up Iverson in the 2001 finals)
Dikembe mutombo is also called the cookie monster
Linas Kleiza – sexy boy
Matt Bonner-The Penetration
Joel Pryzbilla nickname, dating back to his time at the University of Minnesota, is “The Vanilla Gorilla”
While in Portland, his nicknames have included:
“Joel Dolla-Dolla-Billa”,
“Przybila the Thrilla”,
” Joel Daddy”,
“White Kong”,
“Joel Zilla”,
“Ghostface Przybilla,”
and most notably “Przydent.”
Some Bucks nicknames to add:
Luke Ridnour: Crazy Luke
Michael Redd: Fans are referring to him as “Max” after his contract.
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute: The Prince; LR-MaM
Charlie Villanueva: Charlie V
Charlie Bell: Charlie B
Joe Alexander: Potsie
Ramon Sessions: Sesh
Dan Gadzuric: Gadzooks
healt insurance first program insurance healt
Jamal Crawford:”The Invention”, “Raw Crawssover”
Dee Brown: “The One Man Fast Break”
Ricky Davis: “Bucketz”
Derrick Rose: “Pooh”
Bobby Jacskon: “Bo Jax”
Joe Johnson: “The Silent Assassin”
Dajuan Wagner: “Wag”
Joe Alexander – “Vanilla Sky”
-Pau Gasol= Pow!!!!
-The connection Rudy Fernandez-Sergio Rodriguez= The Spanish Connection, The Spanish Armada.
These are the literal translation of some of the nicknames we have in Spain for some NBA players:
Kevin Garnett: The Shadow, The Mask
Allen Iverson: Licence to shoot.
Shaquille O’neall= Twister O’neall
Tony Parker: oh la la!
Knick’s Gallinari’s nickname is “Il Gallo” (the rooster)
carlos boozer: booze bus
dirk nowitzki: dirkus malurkus
robert swift: rocky dennis
lebron-L-train
tony parker- le blur
barbosa-the brazilian blur
Here’s one that I think you missed and one of the best in the game nickname:
Dirk Nowitzki – Dirk Diggler
Oh yeah and Sasha Vujacic is also know as “The Machine” LOL.
Rudy Fernandez (Is a nickname already, since his real name is Rodolfo) I have heard called (by announcers) “The Assassin” and “The Spinning Dagger.”
We need a better nick name for Deron Williams and in Utah Paul Milsap is sometimes called window wiper and i used to think that they called Shaquille oneal shaq-attack but im not really sure
Is Michael Beasly caleed B-easy? and Nate robisnon is Krypto-nate now becuase of the 2009 dunk contest.
Wicked blog – the guys commenting here are full of it! I’ll be keeping up with your posts :)
you should called tyson chandler the rim snachter
you should called rudy gay the memphis gyser
leandro barbosa- the brazilian blur
Hi there,
How would I find out who “STUFF” was? I have a pair of Celtics sneakers with “STUFF” printed on the heal, and can’t figure out WHO the hell it is??? Can you help?
THANKS!!
Rebecca :-)
PS… they’re old, and also came with a pair of McHale’s…
:-) Rebecca
ben gordon. the microwave
How can you forget Dwight Howard is call Superman
and Michael Beasley is called B-easy and Buckets
Dirk Nowitzki: The Dirkus
Shaquille O’Neal- The Big Shaqtus
Jose Juan Barea- The Freakin’ Puerto Rican
James Posey- The PoPo
Jason Kidd- The Comeback Kidd
Jason Kidd- The Sundance Kidd
Andre Iguodala- The Other AI
Jason Terry- The Terry-Rizer
Gerald Green- Hops
Amar’e Stoudemire- That’s Amar’e!
Ben Gordon- “The Assassin”
Dirk Nowitzki:
- Dirkules
- German Wunderkind
- ‘irk (That means: No defense, so a “D” is not necessary…)
Amare Stoudemire – Air Force One
Clear for liftoff.
Amare Stoudemire – Hellboy
Derrick Rose- Poohdini
JJ Redick is NOT “The Poet”
James Posey – “Big Game James”
Dwight Howard – “Superman”
Nate Robinson – “Krypto-Nate”
Courtney Lee – “Spiderman”
Hakim Warrick – “The Dream”
Ray Allen is “Jesus Shuttlesworth”, not “Jesus”
Shelden Williams – “The Landlord”
Josh McRoberts – “The Value Meal”
Joe Johnson- The Silent Assassin
Zydrunas Ilgaukas- Z
Lebron- Flight number 23
Delonte West-Red
Mo Williams- The Hitman, Mo
Joe Smith- Joe Beast
You forgot Shelden Williams “The Landlord”.He got the nickname when he played at Duke.
Danny Granger = Granger Danger
Devin Harris “The Cheese Factor” – he played at Wisconsin
Omeka Okafor “The Oak Tree”
Brandon Roy “Captain Clutch”
Anthony “No Neck” Carter
Chris Douglas-Roberts – “Buckets”, “CDR”
Every memphis fan called him this because of his awkward scoring techniques
Derick Rose – “D-rose”
The list is awesome though!!!
I just updated this for the first time in over a year – adding nicknames for some rookies and others. Keep the comments coming! I will try to update this again soon.
- Chris
wrong spelling of paul pierce’s nickname… P-Squared
Devin “Blur” Harris… Devin “Daredevil” Harris
Hedo Turkoglu – The Michael Jordan Of Turkey
Nice List!
Here’s a few you’ve missed:
Jameer Nelson = Mighty Mouse
OJ Mayo = Juice
Derrick Rose = D-Lightning
Mickael Pietrus = The French Jordan
JR Smith = JR Swish
Delonte West = The Prince of Thieves
Kobe Bryant = K8 (back when he was sporting #8)
Al Horford- The Godfather
(That was his nickname in college)
Dee Brown- The One Man Fastbreak
Odom nickname is Candymen and Stuckey is Young 50 and Curtis Jackson jr.
You forgot me! I am the polish hammer!
devin harris- the blur
Hedo Turkoglu – Michael Jordan of Turkey
Lamar Odom – Candyman (Loves the candy)
One more Ben Wallace is Ben Wallets for ripping off the Bulls!
Oh and Corey Maggette is known as “Bad Porn” because with him there’s scoring and penetration but do you really like what you’re seeing.
Kobe Bryant – The Doberman.
Rashard Lewis – Quiet Man, Ice, Rod, Shard, Raw Lew, Lew, RL.
Shaquille O’Neal – Shaqovic, The Big Witness, The Shaqtus, The Big Diesel, Shaqalier…and more. You’re missing a lot of his, man.
Vince Carter – Vintage Vinsanity.
Vladimir Radmanovic – Vlad Rad.
Oh, also,
Andre Iguodala – Dre Dala.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas – Z.
Mo Williams – Mo Money.
Steve Francis – Franchise.
LaMarcus Aldridge – LA.
Aaron Brooks – Speedy.
Travis Outlaw – Catfish
The Black Mamba KB-24 Kob-Me Lord Of The Rings.
‘Nuff Said
Chris Bosh – CB4
Elton Brand – EB, E-Beasie
Corey Brewer – The Drunken Dribbler, C-B, C-Brew
Ronnie Brewer – Brewdog
Aaron Brooks – AB
Kobe Bryant – The Black Mamba, KB-24, Kob-Me, Lord of the Rings
Caron Butler – Tough Juice, Caronimo, CB3
Rasual Butler – Sual Bop
Andrew Bynum – Socks, The A-Train, Bynumite
Chris Paul-Master PG
Kobe Bryant-Mr.Fade away
LeBron James-Mr. Clutch Shooter
kobe bryant-mr.clutch free throw
baaahahaha this site is straight comedy! Props to the creator!!!
PS. Im adding it to my favorites just to read the comments.
oh yah, vladimir radmanovic was being called “Air Radmanovic” over in his homeland. Heard it during a game swear to God!
nowadays dwight howard calls vince carter “half man half retired”
Pau Gasol – Gasoft
Chris Bosh – Bosh “Man”
hahaha. gasoft
pecherov is also known by few as stewie griffin
Anthony “Rumble” Johnson
Anthony Carter “Old Man River”
Kobe Bryant The Master
Another one:
Mo Williams – Mogotti
Might want to add a rookie to this list.
Brandon Jennings aka….
Mr. Excitement.
Lamar odom : Lamarvellous
Turkoglu : The Turkish
Kobe Bryant – The Rapist
Lamar Odom- candy man
Shaq- big cactus
Amare Stoudemire – Rim Rocker
Dirk Nowitzky-referred as Dirkules and Dirkzilla
And a big one Brandon Wright-the Bat
marcin gortat- the white howard
you forgot about michael jordan!!!!!come on!air jordan and his airness. mang!
manu ginobili- the bat
SLAM DUNK CONTEST SHANNON BROWN IN IT TO WIN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
ShowTime Shannon,TNT,Thunder
TNT,Thunder
David Lee- The Human Double-Double
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Kendrick Perkins- Oscar the Grouch
Glen Davis- Booger (Since he doesn’t like “Big Baby”)
Hedo Turkoglu- Turkey Burger
Kobe- Hoe-be
John Salmons- Keloid or Loid for short
Rasheed Wallace- Just Blaze
Kirk Hinrich- The Hobbit
forgot d rose-poohdinie
i heard about dwight howard sumthin like dwunkght howard
will bynum-will the thrill and he’s actually bynumite not andrew
tony parker-oh la la and mista longoria
Jamal crawford-tha crawssover
bobby jackson-bo jax
you might wanna add these peace :D
Al Horford – The Boss
Tony Battie – Batman
Leon Powe – The Show
dURANT—durantula
LBJ = the akron hammer
Not anymore
I’m worried that the Pit bull wants a unique type of proprietor…these pet dogs, no matter how ‘adoring’ still have teeth, are nevertheless animals not having moral concepts and once they DO bite, won’t allow go. As in all animals…some tend to be a lot more suseptable to instinctual habits and time and time once again, this breed tends to do just that.
Francisco Garcia is often called Cisco
and how could i forget
jason kidd- tha Wifebeater
shut the fuck up
Steve Nash- Mr. Canada
Baron Davis- The Bodyguard
Danny Granger – Grange Rover
Al Horford – The Boss, Da Boss, El Jefe
Marcin Gortat- the Polish Hammer
Ruben Patterson-The Pirahna
Brandon Jennings-Young Buck, Young Money
Carlos Delfino-Del3no
kevin Garnett is the green machine
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I’m trying to get this moving.
Goran “The Dragon” Dragic.
It just makes sense. Post it. Let’s get it to him, he’ll like it.
Glen Davis- Ticket Stub
Rajon Rondo- Ragin Rondo, Green Goblin
Gortat- Polish Hammer
Derek Fisher- The Fish that saved LA
Brandon Roy- The Roy Wonder
Lebron- Monarch of Mid-Air
Rudy Gay – Fag, Butt-pirate, The Big Brown Eye
Paul Pierce nick name is also P-Dub as in P-Dubble.
Mo Williams – Mo Gotti
Lebron James – Lebronze
Shaq – The Big Freeze
Anderson Varejao – Andy
Antawn Jamison – The Jump Shooter
Jamario Moon – The Rising Moon
Anthony Parker – AP
Lance Stephenson – Born Ready
Nene Hilario – Brazillian Beast
Tim Duncan – Timmy D.
Danny “Texas” Granger was what his nickname was listed as on 2k8.
manu ginobili – king of ruddle dazzle !
Paul Pierece – “Wheelchair”
cj watson = the quiet storm
g-force is very nice, i love all the characters in that animated movie *”*
Jared Dudley (PHO)- Deadly Dudley
Miami Heat – Heatles
meansome 3some
Tim Duncan – Slam Duncan
Shaquille Oneal – The Big Shamrock
Chris Bosh – Uno
Carmelo Anthony – Melo-Drama
Blake Griffin – High Griffinition
Brandon Jennings – Young Money, BJ3, Young Buck
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute – The Prince
Larry Sanders – Colonel
Carlos Delfino – Del3no
Andrew Bogut – Thunder from Down Under
Jon Brockman – Brockness Monster
Kevin “Windex” Love.
that man cleans the glass.
pass it on
here in phoenix we call Steve Nash MVSteve!
Demarcus Cousins is also known as The Notorious D.M.C.
Brandon Jennings- Young Buck
Blake Griffin- High Griffinition
Melo also the basketball Bully or Bully, Thats what they’ve been calling him on NBA t.v and ABC.
One more for Lebron James: King Travel
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Josh Smith – The Game
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Dirk – The Germinator
Patrick mills -Patty
Yea go Australia
Robin Lopez is Boy Wonder though we in phoenix az call him side show Bob
Kenneth Faried is The Manimal
Paul Pierce:Captain Clutch
So may going with the first initail and then an abbreviation of the name. i.e. J-Rod . Get a little more creative?
Vladmir Radminovic-Vlad Rad
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Jamal Wilkes-Silk
Darryl Griffith-Dr Dunkenstein
George Gervin-The iceman
Dan Issel-the horse
Walter Davis-the greyhound
a lot of names are missing like even common ones like wilt the stilt, magic and air jordan
larry legend bird
darryl dawkins-chocolate thunder
world b free-prince of the mid air
lafayette lever-fat
vinnie johnson-the microwave
kenneth faried – The Manimal
hahaha, this is a great list! :D
Metta World Peace: The Artest Formerly Known as Ron
Arron Afflalo – Double A
David Leee – WCW, White CHris Webber