Nicknames

[wrafman]

Another member reminded me of one of the reasons I like the NBA and collecting - nostalgia and nicknames

Here are some of my favourites:

Dennis Rodman - 'The Worm' (I guess for his physique and elusiveness)
David Robinson - 'The Admiral' (was in the navy before joining the NBA)
Michael Jordan - 'Air' Jordan (no explanation necessary)
Dominique Wilkens - 'The Human Highlight Film' (same as above)
Shawn Kemp - 'Rain Man' (in his early years with the Sonics when he dunked he jumped so high and came down - it was like rain. Later he became overweight and distracted by his 13 illegitimate children)

'Rain Man' was also the name of a good movie with Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman(plays an autistic man who his brother calls Rain Man)

What are yours?

[MatthewLee]

Nice thread!

Stacey Augmon – Plastic Man (My favorite)
Shammgod Wells - God Shammgod
Kenyon Martin – K-Mart (My least favorite)

[newguy24]

kobe bryant-the black mamba!

[hector234]

Paul Pierce - The Truth
Anfernee Hardaway - "Penny" (probably the 2nd most marketed player, behind MJ, of the 90s)

[garnett_21]

Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlain
Clyde "The Glide" Drexler
"The Big Ticket" (KG)

There are loads and loads of great nicknames...I'm sure there's a list online somewhere of alot of the nicknames.

[nadeau01_johnson48]

I'm partial to Mo Gotti, The Akron Hammer, and Brother Red.

[lebron-bgs]

D-Wade - Flash and LeBron - King James!!!

[tarheelsnipe]

Some of my favorites not named above....

The Glove - Gary Payton
Iceman - George Gervin
Eric "Sleepy" Floyd
Larry "Legend"
Baby Jordan - Harold Miner
Man-Child - Shawn Kemp
Caucasian Sensation - Tarheelsnipe

[GilbertArenas0]

Caucasian Sensation - Tarheelsnipe

ROFL!!!

Here's some I like:

Big Baby-Glen Davis
The Mailman-Karl Malone
The Big E-Elvin Hayes
Fast Eddie-Eddie Jordan
Tough Juice-Caron Butler

[tarheelsnipe]

A local nickname for Rasheed Wallace - "What foul"