Best NBA Nicknames of All-Time

By Jason Jones



As I began to look into the upcoming NBA Finals, I was reminded of the players (and their nicknames) who dominated this series from the 1980's. Magic Johnson and Larry Legend helped to ascend the fan popularity to a new level. Too bad the nicknames of today's players are not as epic and creative as their predecessors.

	Player	Nickname
1	Dominique Wilkins	Human Highlight Reel
2	Larry Johnson	Grandmama
3	George Gervin	The Iceman
4	Ervin Johnson	Magic
5	Charles Barkley	Round Mound of Rebound
6	Larry Bird	Larry Legend
7	Vinny Johnson	The Microwave
8	Michael Jordan	Air Jordan
9	Earl Monroe	The Pearl/Black Jesus
10	Robert Parrish	The Chief
11	Karl Malone	The Mailman
12	Shawn Kemp	The Reignman
13	Stacey Augmon	Plastic Man
14	Sarunas Jasikevicius	Jazzy Cabbages
15	Lloyd Bernard Free	World B. Free
16	Antoine Walker	Employee #8
17	Darryl Dawkins	Chocolate Thunder
18	Kevin Garnett	The Big Ticket
19	David Robinson	The Admiral
20	Hakeem Olajuwon	The Dream
21	Pete Maravich	Pistol Pete
22	Julius Erving	Dr. J
23	David Thompson	The Skywalker
24	Lebron James	KingJames/TheChosenOne
25	Sam Cassell	E.T.
26	Oscar Robertson	The Big O
27	Joel Pryzbilla	The Vanilla Gorilla
28	Amare Stoudemire	The Man Child
29	Ron Artest	The Straight Jacket
30	Andrei Kirilenko	AK47
31	Gary Payton	The Glove
32	Tim Duncan	The Big Fundamental
33	Jerome Williams	The Junk Yard Dog
34	TJ Ford	The Little Engine
35	Lamar Odom	The Goods
36	Dennis Rodman	The Worm
37	Dwight Howard	The Daily Double
38	Tony Parker	Mr. Longoria
39	Tyronne Bogues	Mugsy
40	Ricky Davis	Grits 'N Gravy
41	Pau Gasol	The Meal Ticket
42	Adam Morrison	The Stache
43	Steve Nash	Hair Canada
44	Emeka Okafor	Blackula
45	Brian Scalabrine	The Ginger Ninja
46	Allen Iverson	The Answer
47	Kobe Bryant	Black Mamba
48	Paul Pierce	The Truth
49	Darrell Griffith	Dr. Dunkenstein
50	Olekskiy Pecherov	Stewie Griffin
51	Manu Ginolbi	Obi-Won Ginobli
52	Kevin Durant	TheSecondComing/Durantula
53	Wilt Chamberlain	Wilt the Stilt
54	Nate Archibald	Tiny
55	Jerry West	The Logo
56	Samuel Dalembert	The Haitian Sensation
57	Baron Davis	Boom Dizzle/Too Easy
58	Steve Francis	Stevie Franchise
59	Gilbert Arenas	Agent Zero/The Hibachi
60	Shaquille O'Neal	The Big Aristotle
61	Dwyane Wade	Flash
62	Leondro Barbosa	Brazilian Blur
63	Robert Horry	Cheap Shot Bob
64	Yi Jianlian	The Chairman
65	Kenyon Martin	K-Mart
66	Andre Miller	The Penguin
67	Andersen Varejao	Sideshow Bob
68	Bryant Reeves	Big Country
69	Clyde Drexler	Clyde the Glide
70	Scottie Pippen	The Condor
71	Chauncey Billups	Mr. Big Shot
72	Shawn Marion	The Matrix
73	Daniel Gibson	Boobie
74	Dan Majerle	Thunder Dan
75	Connie Hawkins	The Hawk
76	Corey Brewer	Drunken Dribbler
77	Caron Butler	Caronimo
78	Udonis Haslem	The Udominator
79	Linas Kleiza	The Menace
80	Charlie Villenueva	Skillanueva
81	Deron Williams	The Kingpin
82	Hakim Warrick	The Helicopter
83	Chris Paul	CP3
84	Vince Carter	Vincanity
85	Jason Williams	White Chocolate
86	Ray Allen	Jesus Shuttlesworth
87	JR Smith	The Prodigy
88	Martell Webster	The Definition
89	Kirk Hinrich	Captain Kirk
90	Channing Frye	Buffet of Goodness
91	James Worthy	Big Game James
92	Glen Davis	Big Baby
93	Brandon Roy	The Natural
94	Richard Hamilton	RIP
95	Chris Anderson	The Birdman
96	Anfernee Hardaway	Penny
97	Rafer Alston	Skip To My Lou
98	Tracy McGrady	T-Mac
99	Stephon Marbury	Starbury
100	Harold Minor	Baby Jordan

Points of Note:

#5- Sir Charles is probably more well known, but Round Mound of Rebound is just more funny.

#7- The Microwave may be one of the more genius results in a nickname

#14- My wife assures me that "Jazzy Cabbages" is the funniest name on this list

#16- Employee #8 is interesting seeing as opposes Antoine Walker's personality

#17- Chocolate Thunder is only one of great Darryl Dawkins names to pick from

#29- Ron Artest's "Straight Jacket" may be the most fitting name on the list

#42- The only thing Adam Morrison is know for these days...The Stache

#45- How great is "The Ginger Ninja"? South Park good

#52- Most young players get carried away, but I love "Durantula" for Kevin Durant

#59- Agent Zero was a great name, too bad it doesn't apply

#77- Caron Butler may not truly deserve a nickname, but Caronimo is creative

#99- Starbury is just stupid and lazy, and a far cry from the brilliance of Iceman and Chief

#100 Baby Jordan, the only nickname to end a career the second it was uttered

Pistol Pete smiles tonight

By Rick Morris

Early disclaimer -- I love Pistol Pete Maravich. I'm too young to have seen anything other than the tail end of his career, but to me he was just awesome. When you watch tapes of him -- there are no words for that. He was just a freaking artist. I'm not much of a pickup player, but on the rare occasions I'm out there, I'm firing up a myriad of odd shots like the Pistol (surprisingly, I'm not bad on some of them) and having fun just like he did. Plus, I respect everything he accomplished later in his too-short life when he was trying to spread the Good Word to people. In short, I'm just a huge Pistol Pete mark.

So now that we've established that I am completely biased here ...

I was very happy to see John Brady get whacked from his perch as LSU hoops coach today. You probably will be too when you read this paraphrasing from the book "Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich."

How? How do you hold down a job as head coach of the alma mater of your school's greatest legend -- and coach in a gym named for him -- and crap all over one of his sons who has chosen to play for you?

To clown him by saying to another player in practice, "You just let Josh Maravich score on you, son?"

Disgusting.

Anyone with an ounce of class or decency would never have treated the son of a legend -- put that aside for a second, he was a great man -- in such a manner. It was John Brady's privilege to walk every day in the footsteps of the Bayou hero and to even have some association with his family by coaching his son. And he never appreciated it.

Hope he appreciates his pink slip. Good luck in your next job, coaching in front of 150 people in a small, smelly fieldhouse somewhere.