For "Contributing Member" status , You must match the actual name to the Rocket nickname I give below. How many do you not know? 1. "The Dream" 2. "The Franchise" 3. "Cat" 4. "The Chicken Man" 5. "The Whopper" 6. "The Big E" 7. "The Pocket Rocket" 8. "The Wizard" 9. "Mad Max" 10. "Amigo" 11. "Sleepy" 12. "The Great Wall" 13. "Mr. Mean" 14. "Skip To My Lou" 15. "Bouncy Whales" 16. "Bones" 17. "Alien Nation" 18. "Boki" 19. "Billy" 20. "Sam I Am" 21. "The Polish Rifle" 22. "Tru Warrior" 23. "Sweet (First+Last)" 24. "Cornbread" 25. "Sir Charles" 26. "The Chuck Wagon" 27. "Jelly Bean" 28. "The Glide" 29. "Ray Lewis" 30. "World B. Free" (Original name) 31. "Little General" 32. "Moochie" 33. "The Jet" 34. "Pig" 35. "OT" 36. "Junk Yard Dog" 37. "The Ice Cream Man" 38. "Tree" 39. "Two Sandwiches" 40. "Black Magic" 41. "The Blade" 42. "The Shark" 43. "The Molestor" 44. "After Burner" 45. "Oak" 46. "Slick" 47. "Spoon" 48. "Pitt Bull" 49. "Mo" 50. "Granny" 51. "Stick" 52. "Flyin" 53. "The Truth" 54. "Ban-daid Man" 55. "Email" 56. "My Fella" 57. "Never Nervous" 58. "The Gun" 59. "The Big O" 60. "Bobby Joe" 61. "Big Z"
OT is Spoiler Otis Thorpe I like this idea, but some of them are a reach. For example, I don't think anyone outside of clutchfans called him Bouncy Whales. :grin: It wasn't on the broadcast anyway.
I know who almost all but 4 or 5 are referring to, but I'm bad at recalling names. Here are the ones whose names I can recall off the top of my head. Spoiler 1. "The Dream" Hakeem Olajuwon 2. "The Franchise" Steve Francis 3. "Cat" Cuttino Mobley 4. "The Chicken Man" 5. "The Whopper" 6. "The Big E" Elvin Hayes 7. "The Pocket Rocket" Calvin Murphy 8. "The Wizard" Walt Williams 9. "Mad Max" Vernon Maxwell 10. "Amigo" Carl Herrera 11. "Sleepy" Sleepy Floywd 12. "The Great Wall" Yao Ming 13. "Mr. Mean" Larry Smith 14. "Skip To My Lou" Rafer Alston 15. "Bouncy Whales" Bonzi Wells 16. "Bones" Brent Barry 17. "Alien Nation" 18. "Boki" Bostchan Nochbar 19. "Billy" Vassilis Spanoulis 20. "Sam I Am" Sam Cassell 21. "The Polish Rifle" Eric Piatowski ? 22. "Tru Warrior" Ron Artest 23. "Sweet (First+Last)" 24. "Cornbread" Cornbread Maxwell 25. "Sir Charles" Charles Barkley 26. "The Chuck Wagon" Chuck Hayes 27. "Jelly Bean" Joe Bryant 28. "The Glide" Cylde Drexler 29. "Ray Lewis" Joey Dorsey 30. "World B. Free" (Original name) 31. "Little General" Avery Johnson 32. "Moochie" Moochie Norris 33. "The Jet" Kenny Smith 34. "Pig" Pig Miller 35. "OT" Otis Thorpe 36. "Junk Yard Dog" Mario Elie 37. "The Ice Cream Man" Luis Scola 38. "Tree" Tree Rollins 39. "Two Sandwiches"
Here are my guesses. I had to wild guess one or two : Spoiler 1. "The Dream" - Hakeem 2. "The Franchise" - Steve Francis 3. "Cat" - Cuttino Mobley 4. "The Chicken Man" - Mike Dunleavy 5. "The Whopper" - Billy Paultz 6. "The Big E" - Elvin Hayes 7. "The Pocket Rocket" - Calvin Murphy 8. "The Wizard" - Walt Williams 9. "Mad Max" - Vernon Maxwell 10. "Amigo" - Carl Herrera 11. "Sleepy" - Sleepy Floyd 12. "The Great Wall" - Yao Ming 13. "Mr. Mean" - Larry Smith 14. "Skip To My Lou" - Rafer Alston 15. "Bouncy Whales" - Bonzi Wells (I don't think this was an "official" name, was it?) 16. "Bones" - Brent Barry 17. "Alien Nation" - Shane Battier 18. "Boki" - Bostjan Nachbar 19. "Billy" - Vaseline Spanoulis 20. "Sam I Am" - Sam Cassell 21. "The Polish Rifle" - Eric Piatkowski 22. "Tru Warrior" - Ron Artest (you spelled it wrong) 23. "Sweet (First+Last)" - Lew Lloyd 24. "Cornbread" - Cedric Maxwell 25. "Sir Charles" - Charles Barkley 26. "The Chuck Wagon" - Chuck Hayes 27. "Jelly Bean" - Joe Bryant (Kobe's dad!) 28. "The Glide" - Clyde Drexler 29. "Ray Lewis" - Joey Dorsey (wiiiiild guess) 30. "World B. Free" (Original name) - Lloyd B. Free 31. "Little General" - Avery Johnson 32. "Moochie" - Moochie Norris 33. "The Jet" - Kenny Smith 34. "Pig" - Anthony Miller (took me 10 minutes to guess his first name) 35. "OT" - Otis Thorpe 36. "Junk Yard Dog" - Mario Elie 37. "The Ice Cream Man" - Luis Scola 38. "Tree" - Wayne Rollins (I'm guessing his first name) 39. "Two Sandwiches" - Thomas Hamilton *EDIT* : just realized I skipped one ... Bones.
This should be the right answer to all of them. Spoiler 1. "The Dream" Hakeem Olajuwon 2. "The Franchise" Steve Francis 3. "Cat" Cuttino Mobley 4. "The Chicken Man" Mike Dunleavy 5. "The Whopper" Billy Paultz 6. "The Big E" Elvin Hayes 7. "The Pocket Rocket" Calvin Murphy 8. "The Wizard" Walt Williams 9. "Mad Max" Vernon Maxwell 10. "Amigo" Carl Herrera 11. "Sleepy" Sleepy Floyd 12. "The Great Wall" Yao Ming 13. "Mr. Mean" Larry Smith 14. "Skip To My Lou" Rafer Alston 15. "Bouncy Whales" Bonzi Wells 16. "Bones" Brent Barry 17. "Alien Nation" Shane Battier 18. "Boki" Bostjan Nachbar 19. "Billy" Vassilis Spanoulis 20. "Sam I Am" Sam Cassell 21. "The Polish Rifle" Maciej Lampe 22. "Tru Warrior" Ron Artest 23. "Sweet (First+Last)" Lewis Lloyd 24. "Cornbread" Cornbread Maxwell 25. "Sir Charles" Charles Barkley 26. "The Chuck Wagon" Chuck Hayes 27. "Jelly Bean" Joe Bryant 28. "The Glide" Clyde Drexler 29. "Ray Lewis" Joey Dorsey 30. "World B. Free" (Original name) Lloyd B. Free 31. "Little General" Avery Johnson 32. "Moochie" Moochie Norris 33. "The Jet" Kenny Smith 34. "Pig" Anthony "Pig" Miller 35. "OT" Otis Thorpe 36. "Junk Yard Dog" Mario Elie 37. "The Ice Cream Man" Luis Scola 38. "Tree" Tree Rollins 39. "Two Sandwiches" Thomas Hamilton
That's hilarious. After looking at the list originally, I thought to myself, "The Shark" would've been a good one to put on the list.