B-Ball Player Nicknames

[Khalid80]

I don't know if there was a thread created for this topic before but I think it's quite interesting and entertaining (Please post other nick-names that u had heard or know off if they’re not mentioned):

1) Boris Diaw: "3D" (After his jersey number, and his 3-Dimensional play)
2) Dennis Scott: "3D" (For his 3 point shooting ability)
3) Andrew Bynum: "A-Train"
4) David Robinson: "The Admiral" (He played at Annapolis, and served in the United States Navy for two years after graduation before being allowed to play in the NBA)
5) Stephen Jackson: "Action Jackson" (For his on and off court fights and confrontations), "Captain Jack"
6) Gilbert Arenas: "Agent Zero" (Zero is his jersey number) (I also remember that Arenas' friends in school used to say he would never make it to the NBA so he took that as a challenge and chose 0 as his number), "Hibachi" Self named. I remember he used to yell that when he was "on fire" ), "Gil", "The East Coast Assassin", "The Jester", "Nacho" (from the movie Nacho Libre), "Patient Zero" (Reference to his name 'Agent Zero' and the three knee surgeries he's had in the past two years)
7) Allen Iverson: "The Answer", "A.I.", "Bubba Chuck" (His high-school and college nickname).
8) Andre Iguodala: "Iggy", "AI2" (his initials plus the two, since Allen Iverson is the original AI).
9) Vince Carter: "Air Canada" (when he played for the Toronto Raptors), "Half Man, Half Amazing" (after his performance in the 2000 dunk contest), "Vinsanity", "Vince", "VC"
10) Michael Jordan: "Air Jordan", "His Airness", "Michael", "MJ" (initials)
11) Dikembe Mutombo: "Air Zaire", "Defende Reboundo" (for his spectacular skills on the defensive end and on the glass, also it rhymes with his name) (Congolese NBA player)
12) Mickaël Piétrus: "Air France", "MP2" (French NBA player)
13) Andrei Kirilenko: "AK47" (After his initials, jersey number, and with a play on the famous Soviet assault rifle (which was coincidentally designed in his birthplace of Izhevsk) (Russian NBA player).
14) Anthony Parker: "AP"
15) Jamario Moon: "Apollo 33"
16) Jason Kidd: "Ason Kidd" (because he had no J (jump shot) early in his career), "J-Kidd"
17) James Petersen: "The ATM"
18) Sebastian Telfair: "Bassy"
19) Baron Davis: "BD" , "B-Diddy", "B-Dazzled", "Boom Dizzle", "Ditty Bop," "Black Moses" , "The Body Guard" , "Bulletproof" (Since his body is so hard to stop on the basketball court), "Too Easy"
20) Al Harrington: "Baby Al"
21) Greg Oden: "Baby Gramps" (He is a remarkably old looking young man).
22) Harold Miner: "Baby Jordan" (twice NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion)
23) Larry Bird: "The Basketball Jesus", "The Hick from French Lick", "Larry Legend"
24) Nick Young: "Bean Burrito", "N1" (due to his first name and number)
25) Andris Biedrins: "Beans", "Biedrs" (Latvian for "Partner"), "Dre" (Latvian NBA player)
26) Kendrick Perkins: "Beast or Perk"
27) Michael Beasley: "B-Easy", "Beastly"
28) Patrick Ewing: "The Beast" (Due to his appearance ), " Patrick " , "The Beast from the East" "The Hoya Destroya"
29) Oscar Robertson: "The Big O"
29) Oliver Miller: "The Big O", "Pig"
30) Al Jefferson: "Big Al"
31) Glen Davis: "Big Baby" (I personally like to call him "Cry Baby" after he started crying when Kevin Garnett shouted at him )
32) Shaquille O'Neal: "Shaq", "The Big Aristotle", "The Big Diesel", "Diesel", "Big Cactus"
33) Ben Wallace: "Big Ben", "The Beast"
34) Jamaal Magloire: "The Big Cat" (Canadian NBA player)
35) Bryant Reeves: "Big Country"
36) Wilt Chamberlain: "The Big Dipper", "Wilt the Stilt"
37) Glenn Robinson: "Big Dog"
38) Tim Duncan: "The Big Fundamental" (For his fundamentally sound game), "Ground Hog Day" (everything repeats, given by Charles Barkley), "Timmay", "Timmy Deucecan"
39) James Worthy: "Big Game James"
40) James Posey: "Big Game James"
41) Corliss Williamson: "Big Nasty"
42) Arvydas Sabonis: "Big Red", "Saba" or "Sabas" (Lithuanian NBA player)
43) Robert Horry: "Big Shot Rob" or "Big Shot Bob"
44) Sam Perkins: "The Big Smooth"
45) Charlie Villanueva: "Big Smooth"
46) Jerome James: "Big Snacks"
47) Kevin Garnett: "The Big Ticket", "Go-Go Gadget Arms", "KG" (his initials), "The Kid or Da Kid"
48) Zydrunas Ilgauskas: "Big Z", "The Riddler" "The Lethal Lithuanian", "Z" (Lithuanian NBA player)
49) Vernell Coles: "Bimbo"
50) Amare Stoudemire: "Black Jesus", "STAT" (Standing Tall and Talented)
51) Kobe Bryant: "Black Mamba" (Because he will "not hesitate to strike with deadly precise shot"), "The Cobra" (used by Sportsnet during the 2007-08 season in a commercial. They later revised the commercial to say "Black Mamba"), "Ko Ditty Ko", "The Mamba", "The Dagger"
52) Brian Scalabrine: "The Boston Celtic Mascot", "Veal"
53) Leandro Barbosa: "The Brazilian Blur" (Brazilian NBA player)
54) Chris Andersen: "Bird Man"
55) Andray Blatche: "Bulletproof"
56) LeBron James: "Bron Bron", "King James", "The Chosen One", "Flight #23", "LBJ" , "The L-Train", "Videogame James" (It was first said by Drew Gooden after Lebron took over game 5.), "Breezy",
57) Daniel Gibson: "Boobie"
58) Carlos Boozer: "Booz", "The Booze Man"
59) Chris Bosh: "CB4" (Initials), "The Boshinator"
60) Dirk Nowitzki: "The Blonde Bomber", "The Diggler", "Dirkules""The Flying Deutschman" (due to his German heritage), "The Wunderkind" (German NBA player)
61) Channing Frye: "Buffet of Goodness" (he has described himself as a buffet of goodness because of his all around skills)
62) Greg Buckner: "Buc The World"
63) Marcus Camby: "The Cambyman"
64) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: "The Captain"
65) Steve Nash: "Captain Canada", "Hair Canada" (before he changed his hairstyle to a crew cut), "Kid Canada", "Nash Daddy", "Nashty" (Canadian NBA player)
66) Jalen Rose: "Captain Crunch"
67) Kirk Hinrich: "Captain Kirk"
68) Cuttino Mobley: "The Cat"
69) Chris Douglas-Roberts: "CDR"
70) Robert Parish: "The Chief" (after the mute, expressionless character in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest)
71) Darryl Dawkins: "Chocolate Thunder"
72) Charles Barkley: "Chuck", "The Round Mound of Rebound", "Sir Charles", "The Chuckster", "Prince Charles"
73) Walt Frazier: "Clyde" (after the film Bonnie and Clyde, due to his flamboyant clothes)
74) Clyde Drexler: "Clyde the Glide"
75) Luke Jackson: "Cool Hand Luke"
76) Cedric Maxwell: "Cornbread"
77) Chris Paul: "CP3"
78) Gerald Wallace: "Crash" (because of his physical play in blocking and rebounding), "G-Force"
79) Toni Kukoč: "The Croatian Sensation" (rhyming play on his Croatian origin, "The Waiter", "The Pink Panther" (As listed on his 93-94 Fleer Ultra "Famous Nicknames" card) (Croatian NBA player)
80) Brian Cardinal: "The Custodian" (because he cleans up)
81) Chris Webber: "C-Webb"
82) Dwight Howard: "D12", "The Daily Double" (for his consistent scoring and rebounding), "Doc Howard", "The Man Child", "Superman" (Received the nickname in Sprite Slam Dunk Competition 2008 – Saturday, February 16, 2008), "Young Thunder"
83) Erick Dampier: "Damp"
84) David Lee: "DaWhite Howard" (reference to him being a white player, and his similar penchant for snaring rebounds ala rebound king Dwight Howard)
85) Martell Webster: "The Definition" (a play on his surname (popularized by Webster's Dictionary), given to him by a personal friend)
86) Detlef Schrempf: "Det the Threat", "Grand Teuton" (German NBA player)
87) Antonio McDyess: "Dice", "Dice Man"
88) Manute Bol: "The Dinka Dunker" (Sudanese NBA player)
89) Derek Fisher: "D-Fish"
90) Donyell Marshall: "D-Marsh"
91) Darius Miles: "D-Miles"
92) Darrick Martin: "D-Mart"
93) Dwyane Wade: "D-Wade", "D-Whistle" (Dwayne Wade playing on the fact that during the 2006 NBA Finals he received a boatload of phantom calls that propelled his high scoring average), "Flash" (Named after his super-quick superhero counterpart: Flash)
94) Delonte West: "D-West", "Redz", "Wild Wild West"
95) Deron Williams: "D-Will"
96) Darrell Griffith: "Dr. Dunkenstein"
97) Julius Erving: "Dr. J"
98) Joakim Noah: "Dr. No" (French NBA player)
99) Tim Thomas: "Dog", "T-Tom"
100) Bill Bradley: "Dollar Bill"
101) Fred Brown: "Downtown Freddie" (for his proficiency in the 3-point basket "from downtown"), "Downtown"
102) Hakeem Olajuwon: "The Dream" (Nigerian-American NBA player)
103) Rik Smits: "The Dunking Dutchman" (Dutch NBA player)
104) Yao Ming: "Dynasty" (Given by teammate Steve Francis, pertaining to the Ming Dynasty), "The Great Wall of China", "The Ming Dynasty", "Shaquie Chan" (a play on the names of basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal and Chinese actor and martial artist Jackie Chan), "Yao" (Chinese NBA player)
105) Eddy Curry: "E-City"
106) Earl Monroe: "Earl the Pearl"
107) Earl Boykins: "Earl the Squirrel", "Earl the Girl"
108) Elden Campbell: "Easy Ed"
109) Elton Brand: "EB"
110) Eddie Jones: "EJ" (because of his initials)
111) Manu Ginobili: "El Contusione", "Flop", "The Poo God", "Manu" (A contraction of his real first name of Emanuel), "Obi One Ginobli" (Argentinean NBA player)
112) Antoine Walker: "Employee Number 8"
113) Emeka Okafor: "EO50" (his number in college and the pros is 50)
114) Sam Cassell: "Sam-I-Am", "Gollum" (from Charles Barkley)
115) Wálter Herrmann: "Fabio" (Argentinean NBA player)
116) Raymond Felton: "Felts"
117) Darrell Armstrong: "Flash"
118) Ronald Murray: "Flip"
119) Steve Francis: "The Franchise", "Stevie Franchise"
120) Carmelo Anthony: "The Future", "Little New York", "Melo"
121) Ricky Davis: "Get Buckets", "Mongoose Quick Rick", "Grits N Gravy", "Ricky Buckets"
122) Gerald Green: "G-Money"
123) Michael Bradley: "Garbage Man"
124) Jorge Garbajosa: "Garbo", "The Great Garbo", "The Spanish Armada" (Spanish NBA player)
125) Joel Przybilla: "Ghostface", "The Vanilla Gorilla"
126) Gary Payton: "G.P.", "The Glove" (for his defensive play, his defense "held" opponents like a "baseball in a glove")
127) Tom Heinsohn: "Ack-Ack"
128) Joey Graham: "Golden Graham"
129) Lamar Odom: "The Goods", "L.O"
130) Larry Johnson: "Grand mama"(from his role in a series of Converse commercials in which he portrayed his own grandmother), "LJ"
131) Allan Houston: "H2O" (after his jersey number)
132) Samuel Dalembert: "The Haitian Sensation" (Haitian NBA player)
133) Matt Carroll: "The Hammer"
134) Armen Gilliam: "The Hammer"
135) Shane Heal: "The Hammer" (Australian NBA player)
136) Hidayet Türkoğlu: "Hedo" or "Hido" (Turkish NBA player)
137) Bill Laimbeer: "His Heinous", "The Prince of Darkness"
138) Rafael Araújo: "Hoffa" (Puerto Rican NBA player)
139) John Havlicek: "Hondo" (after the John Wayne movie)
140) John Williams: "Hot Plate" (nickname from his large girth, and to distinguish him from John "Hot Rod" Williams).
141) John "Hot Rod" Williams: "Hot Rod"
142) Marvin Webster: "The Human Eraser"
143) Dominique Wilkins: "The Human Highlight Reel", "Nique"
144) Darko Milicic: "The Human Victory Cigar" (he only gets off the bench when Pistons had won) (Serbian NBA player)
145) Kris Humphries: "Humps", "The Hammer"
146) Hilton Armstrong: "Hungry Hungry Hilton"
147) Sean Pettus: "Hustla MD"
148) George Gervin: "The Iceman"
149) Fred Jones: "Indiana Jones" (plays for the Indiana Pacers)
150) Andrea Bargnani: "Il Mago", "The Italian Stalion" (Italian translation – "The Magician") (Italian NBA player)
151) Josh Childress: "J-Chill"
152) Jason Williams: "J-Dub", "J. Will", "White Chocolate",
153) Josh Smith: "J-Smoove"
154) Ray Allen: "Jesus Shuttlesworth" (His character name in the Spike Lee movie "He Got Game"), "Killer Ray", "The Rain Man" (His shots always drip, like rain), "Ray-Ray", "Sugar"
155) Ron Artest: "Rampant Ron", "Ron Ron"
156) Jason Terry: "The Jet", "J.T. Money"
157) Kenny Smith: "The Jet"
158) Josh Howard: "J-Ho", "J5"
159) Jason Maxiell: "J-Max", "Mad Max", "My Pet Maxiell"
160) Jason Richardson: "J-Rich"
161) Joe Johnson: "J.J.", "The Armadillo Cowboy", "Joe Cool"
162) Jim Loscutoff: "Jungle Jim"
163) Jerome Williams: "Junk Yard Dog" (for his willingness to do the dirty work)
164) Michael Olowokandi: "Kandi Man" (English NBA player)
165) Kevin Durant: "KD" (based on his initials), "Kid Delicious","K-Smoove"
166) Kevin Martin: "Kid n' Play", "K-Mart (the new)"
167) Reggie Miller: "Killer", "King of Clutch", "Miller Time", "Reggie"
168) Kenyon Martin: "K-Mart (the original)"
169) Ruben Patterson: "The Kobe Stopper" (based on his defensive performances on Kobe Bryant)
170) T. J. Ford: "The Little Engine", "Texas Tornado"
171) Avery Johnson: "Little General"
172) Lionel Simmons: "(The) L-Train"
173) Lamarcus Aldridge: "L-Train"
174) Antoine Rigaudeau: "Le Roi" (French for "The King")
175) Monta Ellis: "M8E", "The Mississippi Bullet", "One Man Fastbreak"
176) Sasha Vujačić: "The Machine"(for his ability to suspend in the air), "White Mamba" (reference to his more famous teammate Kobe Bryant's nickname "Black Mamba") (Slovenian NBA player)
177) Mark Madsen: "Mad Dog"
178) Vernon Maxwell: "Mad Max"
179) Corey Maggette: "Maggette Machete"
180) Earvin Johnson: "Magic"
181) Karl Malone: "The Mailman" ("A Mailman always delivers")
182) Jeff McInnis: "McNasty"
183) Etan Thomas: "The Poet"
184) Shawn Marion: "The Matrix"
185) Fred Hoiberg: "The Mayor" (Given to him by his Iowa State teammates because of his extraordinary popularity in the school's home city of Ames, Iowa, where he was raised)
186) Pau Gasol: "The Meal Ticket", "PG2010", "Pau", "The Spanish Inquisition", "The Spanish Fly" (Spanish NBA player)
187) Chris Quinn: "The Medicine Man"
188) Ramon Sessions: "Memo Man" (because of the career highs he sets every game)
189) Vinnie Johnson: "The Microwave" ("gets hot instantly")
190) Bruce Bowen: "The Rash" (for his close defense)
191) Damon Stoudamire: "Mighty Mouse"
192) Milt Palacio: "Miracle"
193) Chauncey Billups: "Mr. Big Shot", "Smooth"
194) Jerry West: "Mr. Clutch", "Zeke from Cabin Creak"
195) Mike Dunleavy: "Mr. Incredible", "The Natural"
196) Jeff Green: "Mr. Perfect"
197) Mehmet Okur: "The Money Man", "Memo" (Turkish NBA player)
198) Mike Conley Jr.: "Money Mike Jr."
199) Jamal Mashburn: "Monster Mash" (A play on his surname with the Bobby Pickett song, "Monster Mash")
200) Martyn Norris: "Moochie"

[Khalid80]

The list is too long so here is the continuation

201) Daron Blaylock: "Mookie"
202) Morris Peterson: "Mo Pete"
203) Pervis Ellison: "Never Nervous Pervis", "Out of Service Pervis"
204) Brandon Roy: "The Natural", "ROY" (For his Rookie of the Year award)
205) Nick Van Exel: "Nick at Night", "Nick the Quick"
206) Anfernee Hardaway: "Nickel", "One Cent", "Penny"
207) Andres Nocioni: "Noch" (Argentinean NBA player)
208) Jose Calderon: "The Ocho", "The Spanish Armada" (Spanish NBA player)
209) Otis Thorpe: "O.T."
210) Paul Pierce: "Pierco", "The Truth" (Having witnessed Pierce play one night, Shaquille O'Neal quoted "Paul Pierce is The Truth")
211) Pete Maravich: "Pistol Pete"
212) Paul Arizin: "Pitchin' Paul"
213) Mike James: "Pit Bull"
214) Stacey Augmon: "Plastic Man"
215) Lloyd B. Free: "Prince of Mid-Air", "World" (Once was his first legal name; since reverted)
216) Tayshaun Prince: "The Prince of the Palace" (The Pistons court is "The Palace of Auburn Hills")
217) Tyler Hansbrough: "Psycho T"
218) Quentin Richardson: "Q", "Q-Rich"
219) Matt Bonner: "The Red Rocket"
220) Michael Redd: "Redd Hot"
221) Kurt Rambis: "Rambo"
222) Marco Belinelli: "Rambo" (Italian NBA player)
223) Shareef Abdur-Rahim: "Reef", "Shareef"
224) Shawn Kemp: "The Reignman", "The Rainman"
225) Richard Hamilton: "Rip"
226) Šarūnas Marčiulionis: "Rooney" (Lithuanian NBA player)
227) Rasheed Wallace: "Roscoe", "Sheed", "Rasheed"
228) Richard Jefferson: "RJ","R-Jeff"
229) Paul Millsap: "Run of the Millsap","The Slave"
230) Šarūnas Jasikevičius: "Saras", "Sharas", "Jazzy Cabbages" (Given by NBA coach, Don Nelson, since Sarunas' last name is hard to pronounce) (Lithuanian NBA player)
231) Tom Sanders: "Satch", "Satch Sanders"
232) Harold Arceneaux: "The Show"
233) Jamaal Wilkes: "Silk"
234) Rafer Alston: "Skip to My Lou"
235) JR Smith: "Smitty"
236) Larry Hughes: "Smooth"
237) Pape Sow: "Snap Crackle & Pop"
238) Elliot Perry: "Socks" (Because he always wore his socks to his knees)
239) Sergio Rodriguez: "Spanish Chocolate" (A reference to his Spanish background, and a play, given their similar eye-catching games, to Jason 'White Chocolate' Williams) (Spanish NBA player)
240) Kelenna Azubuike: "Special K" (English NBA player)
241) Gregory Kelser: "Special K"
242) Craig Claxton: "Speedy"
243) John Salley: "Spider"
244) Anthony Webb: "Spud"
245) Adam Morrison: "The 'Stache" (for his much-scrutinised moustache)
246) Stephon Marbury: "Starbury", "Stephon"
247) Marvin Williams: "Starvin Marvin"
248) Stromile Swift: "The Stro Show"
249) Jared Dudley: "Studley"
250) Terrell Brandon: "Tee Bee"
251) Bill Mlkvy: "The Owl without a Vowel"
252) Sedale Threatt: "The Thief"
253) Dan Majerle: "Thunder Dan"
254) Tim Hardaway: "Tim Bug"
255) Nate Archibald: "Tiny"
256) Tracy McGrady: "T-Mac"
257) Caron Butler: "Tough Juice"
258) Tony Parker: "TP" (French NBA player)
259) Robert Traylor: "Tractor"
260) Troy Murphy: "Troy Toy", "Troy"
261) Vitaly Potapenko: "Ukraine Train" (Ukrainian NBA player)
262) Cliff Robinson: "Uncle Cliffy"
263) Wally Szczerbiak: "Wally World"
264) Mike Miller: "White Mike"
265) Anderson Varejão: "Wild Thing" (Brazilian NBA player)
266) Brendon Haywood: "WoodShaq"
267) Dennis Rodman: "The Worm" (for his wriggling when he played pinball)
268) Xavier McDaniel: "The X-Man" (play on the initial of his first name with the X-Men, a group of superheroes)
269) Zach Randolph: "Z-Bo"
270) Isiah Thomas: "Zeke", "The Baby-Faced Assassin"
271) Alonzo Mourning: "Zo"
272) Zane Johnston: "Zoolander"
273) Nenê (Hilario): "Nenê "(Born Maybyner Rodney Hilario, he was nicknamed Nenê as a child, and like many Brazilian athletes, he was generally known by his nickname. However, unlike most, he actually adopted his nickname as his legal name, though not until after he came to the NBA) (Brazilian NBA player)
274) Peja Stojaković: "Peja" (This is a common nickname in his homeland of Serbia for his real first name of Predrag) (Serbian NBA player)
275) Raja Bell: "Raja"
276) Rashard Lewis: "Rashard"
277) Scottie Pippen: "Scottie"
278) Vin Baker: "Vinny"
279) Trajan Langdon: "The Alaskan Assassin"
280) Latrell Sprewell: "The American Dream", "The Landlord"
281) Artis Gilmore: "The A-Train"
282) Nathan Jawai: "Aussie Shaq", "Baby Shaq" (Australian NBA player)
283) Clarence Weatherspoon: "Baby Barkley"
284) Barrett Johnson: "Backwards B"
285) Rick Mahorn: "Baddest Bad Boy of them all"
286) Tony Battie: "Batman"
287) Wang Zhizhi: "Big Dodger", "Big Wang", Da Zhi (Chinese for "Big Zhi") (Chinese NBA player)
288) Elvin Hayes: "The Big E"
289) Dave Cowens: "Big Red"
290) George Yardley: "Bird"
291) Kevin McHale: "The Black Hole"
292) Theo Edwards: "Blue"
293) Charles Outlaw: "Bo"
294) Andrew Toney: "The Boston Strangler"
295) Charles Williams: "Buck"
296) James Edwards: "Buddha"
297) Harry Jeanette: "Buddy"
298) Bob Love: "Butterbean"
299) Greg Anderson: "Cadillac"
300) Michael Russell: "Campy", "Mr. Moves"
301) Willis Reed: "The Captain"
302) Acie Law IV: "Captain Clutch"
303) Clarence Brown: "Chucky"
304) Cornelius Hawkins: "Connie", "The Hawk"
305) Michael Cooper: "Coop"
306) Fred Neal: "Curly"
307) DJ Fisher: "D-Fish"
308) Dennis Johnson: "DJ"
309) Didier Ilunga Mbenga: "DJ" (Congolese NBA player)
310) Dale Davis: "D Square"
311) DeCovan Kadell Brown: "Dee"
312) Glenn Rivers: "Doc"
313) Dan Roundfield: "Dr. Rounds"
314) Gerald Wilkins: "Doug E. Fresh"
315) Slater Martin: "Dugie"
316) Edward Stone: "The Edge"
317) Edward Johnson Jr.: "Fast Eddie"
318) Lafayette Lever: "Fat"
319) Horace Grant: "The General"
320) Joe Dumars: "Gentleman Joe"
321) Gheorghe Muresan: "Ghiza" (Romanian NBA center)
322) Earl Manigault: "The Goat"
323) Tom Gugliotta: "Googs"
324) Reece Tatum: "Goose"
325) Walter Davis: "Greyhound"
326) Henry J. Nowak: "Hammerin' Hank"
327) Harold Hairston: "Hap" or "Happy"
328) Larry Nance: "The High Ayatolla of Slamola"
329) Brad Daugherty: "Hooch"
330) Dan Issel: "Horse"
331) Malik Rose: "Horse"
332) Harry Gallatin: "Horse"
333) Rodney Hundley: "Hot Rod"
334) Bob Cousy: "The Houdini of The Hardwood"
335) Herman Reid Jr.: "J.R."
336) Isiah Rider.: "J.R."
337) Earl Smith III.: "J.R."
338) Chet Walker: "The Jet"
339) Joe Barry Carroll: "Joe Barely Cares"
340) Ulysses Bridgeman: "Junior"
341) Billy Cunningham: "Kangaroo Kid"
342) Shelden Williams: "The Landlord"
343) Cliff Hagan: "Li'l Abner"
344) Charlie Gehringer: "The Mechanical Man"
345) Bill Cartwright: "Mr. Bill"
346) Craig Ehlo: "Mr. Everything"
347) Larry Smith: "Mr. Mean"
348) Maurice Cheeks: "Mo"
349) Mo Williams: "Mo Wil"
350) Tyrone Bogues: "Muggsy"
351) Nate Thurmond: "Nate The Great"
352) Calvin Murphy: "The Pocket Rocket"
353) Jerome Richardson: "Pooh"
354) Ronald Jones: "Popeye"
355) Vladimir Radmanovic: "Rad-Man" (Serbian NBA player)
356) Johnny Kerr: "Red"
357) Ephraim J. Rocha: "Red"
358) Chuck Person: "Rifleman"
359) Justin Barry: "Sam"
360) Richard Barry: "Scooter"
361) David Thompson: "Skywalker"
362) Kenny Walker: "Skywalker"
363) Eric Floyd: "Sleepy"
364) William Parker: "Smush"
365) Sidney Moncrief: "The Squid"
366) Norm Van Lier: "Stormin' Norman"
367) Gail Goodrich: "Stumpy"
368) Nathaniel Clifton: "Sweetwater"
369) Todd MacCulloch: "T-Mac Canada" (Canadian NBA player)
370) Wayne Rollins: "Tree"
371) Gus Williams: "The Wizard"
372) Walt Williams: "The Wizard"
373) Rony Seikaly: "The Spin Doctor" (Lebanese-American NBA player)

International Players:
374) Robert Jaworski: "The Big J" (Filipino point guard)
375) Avelino Lim: "Skywalker" (Filipino bball player)
376) Sofoklis Schortsanitis: "Baby Shaq", "Big Sofo" (Greek bball player)
377) Richard Dacoury: "Le Dac" (French bball player)
378) Hubert Ausbie: "Geese" (U.S Harlem Globetrotters)
379) George Lemon: "Meadowlark"(U.S Harlem Globetrotters)
380) Doro Plakadopoulos: "El Toro"(Spanish, "The Bull") (Greek bball player)
381) Oscar Schmidt: "Mao Santa"(Portuguese for "Holly Land") (Brazilian bball player)
382) George Andrews: "Porky" (Canadian bball player)
383) Fadi Khatib: "Tiger"

Female Players:
384) Chamique Holdsclaw, Semeka Randall, and Tamika Catchings: "The Meeks" (used when all three were teammates at the University of Tennessee)
385) Becky Hammon: "Big Shot Becky", "Hammontime" (American-Russian point guard)
386) Candace Parker: "CP3"

Coaches:
387) Francis Hearn: "Chick" (LA Lakers announcer)
388) Mike Krzyzewski: "Coach K" (U.S Coach)
389) Adolph Rupp: "The Baron of The Bluegrass", "The Man in the Brown Suit" (U.S Coach)
390) Lowell Fitzsimmons: "Cotton" (U.S Coach)
391) Richard Phelps: "Digger" (U.S Coach)
392) L.J Cooke: "Doc" (U.S Coach)
393) Bob Knight: "The General"
394) Joe Bryant: "Jellybean" (bball player and WNBA Coach)
395) Jerry Sloan: "The Original Bull", "Spider" (bball player and NBA Coach)
396) Arnold Auerbach: "Red" (U.S Coach)
397) William Holzman: "Red" (U.S Coach)
398) Morice Winter: "Tex" (U.S Coach)
399) John Wooden: "The Wizard of Westwood" (U.S Coach) (Specific to his coaching career at UCLA)
400) Phil Jackson: "The Zen Master" (bball player and NBA Coach)

New Additions:
401) Goran Dragic: Tragic, Dragon

[And1ao]

my favourit Andrei Kirilenko AK47 its like gun and on hes shoes is write hes nickname

[the.stig]

Seriously, how long did it take to put together that list?! Respect!

[Levenspiel]

136) Hidayet Türkoğlu: "Hedo" or "Hido" (Turkish NBA player)

Yes this "he-did/he-do/he-does" thing was very popular esp. last season.
Now I noticed they simply call him "Turk" most of the time.

There was also something about his "sleepy eyes", but I cannot recall.

[Khalid80]

Seriously, how long did it take to put together that list?! Respect!

Thanks bro!
It took me quite a while (approx. 10 days) to gather this info from different links and I had to go over it a few times so that I wouldn't repeat the same names and nicknames .

[Charbel Sakr]

Thanks bro!
It took me quite a while (approx. 10 days) to gather this info from different links and I had to go over it a few times so that I wouldn't repeat the same names and nicknames .

gd job man

[Khalid80]

gd job man

Thanks bro!

[JureEe]

Goran Dragic- Tragic, Dragon

[hustlerlt]

Nice list,but you should correct the mistake with Potapenko,because it says that he's a Lithuanian basketball player,but in reality he's from Ukraine.

[Khalid80]

Nice list,but you should correct the mistake with Potapenko,because it says that he's a Lithuanian basketball player,but in reality he's from Ukraine.

Oops
Corrected (I know he's Ukrainian but got so used to writing the word Lithuanian that I missed out on it )

[CKR13]

Sacramento Kings:

I was never a fan of the said fan nicknames of the following former Sacramento Kings players:

Chris Webber = C-Webb (Awful)

Kevin Martin = K-Mart (Reminds me of a convenience store)

Lawrence Funderburke = Thunderbird

Jon Brockman = The Brockmonster



Today's Sacramento Kings players:

Tyreke Evans = Reke, Tyriffic Evans, Disco DooLittle

DeMarcus Cousins = DMC, Boogie (Grandma Cousins used to call him), Colossus-Cousins (Over Exaggeration)

Jason Thompson = JT (Initials Duh.)

Eugene Jeter = Pooh (Grandma Jeter used to call him)

Darnell Jackson = Action Jackson

Marcus Thornton = The Thorn

Omri Casspi = Air Israel, Air Casspi, O.C. (Since the Kings are moving to the Orange County, Anaheim)

Others:

Baron Davis = B.Diddy, Boom

Blake Griffin = Terminator, Blake "The Quake" Griffin, The incredible Griff

Adam Morrison = Ammo

Shelden Williams = The Shield

Nate Robinson = Nate the Grate (From his twitter)

Kevin Durant = K-Du

Kobe Bryant = The Black Chumba Wumba (Black Mamba Parody)

Kevin Love = Big Love, The Great White Hope (Reference to the next White NBA Star), White Wolf

Michael Beasley = B-Easy, The Beast

John Wall = J-Wall

Brandon Jennings = Young Buck, B-J

Evan Turner = E.T.

Steve Francis = Wink

Yi Jianlian = YJ (Blatche and McGee have been calling him YJ, what's so hard in calling him Yi?)

Retro NBA


George Mikan = Ike, Geo Mike, G-Mike

Tommy Heinsohn = Ack Ack (The Best!)

Jack Ramsay = The Ripper

Non-NBA:

Yuta Tabuse (JBL) = Shinden (Magnificent Lightning)

Shinsuke Kashiwagi (JBL) = The Kamikaze

Sharavjamts Tserenjanhor = Shark, Mongolian Shark