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Best/Worst Nicknames in NBA History

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by heypartner, Apr 10, 2008.

  1. heypartner

    heypartner Contributing Member

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    Best: The Dream
    Worst: The Passion Assassin
     
  2. WhoMikeJames

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    Best - Tmac (Flows off your tongue nicely)
    Worst - The Jet (Jason Terry)
     
  3. IROC it

    IROC it Contributing Member

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    Best: Air
    Worst: Damp
     
  4. heypartner

    heypartner Contributing Member

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    sorta like Clyde the Glide, Hakeem the Dream, Sleepy Floyd, Mad Max, Boki and VSpan
     
  5. Patience

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    Worst = Jeff "Horny" Hornacek
    Best = Stacey "Plastic Man" Augmon
     
  6. IROC it

    IROC it Contributing Member

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    Best: Penny
    Worst: Zeke
     
  7. IROC it

    IROC it Contributing Member

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    Best: Skip to My Lou
    Worst: The Microwave
     
  8. kaleidosky

    kaleidosky Your Tweety Bird dance just cost us a run

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    best: the microwave

    worst: any of the first letter/last acronyms.. "c-webb" "j-will" "j-kidd" etc etc etc
     
  9. kaleidosky

    kaleidosky Your Tweety Bird dance just cost us a run

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    nice timing
     
  10. IROC it

    IROC it Contributing Member

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    I agree on both posts. ;)

    I was kind of doing a "head-to-head" thing.

    In the "initial category"-


    Best: T-Mac
    Worst: D. Wade
     
  11. t-mac4bigmac

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    Best: definitely The Dream
    Worst: The Big Manu (Worrell should stop referencing a Rockets player to that flopper)
     
  12. wingz0

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    Best: Lamar "The Goods" Odom

    He certainly does seem to be on some of those goods sometimes :D

    Worst: Sasha "The Machine" Vujacic

    Hey Sasha, if you wanna call yourself The Machine, you gotta win the 3-point shootout first, and at least lead the league in 3p%. So, no, you're not The Machine. Jason Kapono might be The Machine, but you ain't.
     
  13. heypartner

    heypartner Contributing Member

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    worst: The Big Aristotle
     
  14. SirCharlesFan

    SirCharlesFan Contributing Member

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    I think Charles Barkley could win the "best" cateogory with all of his nicknames.

    "Round Mound of Rebound" "The Chuckster," "Chuckwagon," "Sir Charles" ... the list goes on and on...

    "Sir Charles" ranks up there with "The Dream" and "Air Jordan".

    Funny, when you guys stop and think about it, "Shaq" has to be considered one of the best nicknames of all time as well.

    My nomination for worst: "Melo"
     
  15. durvasa

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    The worst, by a mile: "Black Mamba."

    That never really caught on, did it Kobe? Any player that has a short, yet distinctive name does not need a nickname.
     
  16. rz04

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    I saw a video where carlos boozer referred to himself as C-Booz
     
  17. OGKashMoney

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    Maybe he had too much booze before making that video! :D

    But my picks are:

    Best = Big Shot Rob (since I don't want to repeat any of those already stated)
    Worst = The Truth (what the ****?!) LOL!
     
  18. Achilleus

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    That is unbelievably lame. It doesn't even make sense. He assassinates passion? Was it given to Kelvin Cato?
     
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    No some nard from here gave it to Scola. Claimed it was the best nickname ever. ughhh
     
  20. weslinder

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    Best: Magic, Pistol, Air, Dream, Glyde, Moochie, Doctor, Diesel, Answer, King
    Worst: T-Mac, D-Wade, D-Will, AI, B-Diddy, C-Webb

    Notice a pattern?
     

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