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Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Stormy1234, Mar 2, 2018.

  1. Stormy1234

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    https://www.theringer.com/nba/2018/3/1/17067474/houston-rockets-los-angeles-clippers-best-team

    Black is one of the many role players that the Rockets have added to complement their core. The sixth-year center has been limited to 10 minutes a game, but he’s done more for the team than just grab rebounds. He’s part of the reason why before every away game Rockets equipment manager Anthony Nila grabs a roll of tape and a black Sharpie and places a strip above each player’s locker with their nickname and number in bold.

    Black is “Reverend,” Mbah a Moute is “Prince,” Gerald Green is “Boy Wonder,” Harden is “El Chapo,” and the newly arrived Joe Johnson is “Joe Crack.” Trevor Ariza is just “One,” while Capela is “Swizy.”

    “It’s camaraderie. The guys love it,” Nila said. He said that Black was behind many of the nicknames.

    “Ryan [Anderson] is the original,” Black said. “When I came on the team … we started coming up with nicknames for everybody, and they started running with them. So, now everybody has a nickname.”​
     
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    Joe Crack?

    Or is that a typo and the nick is really Joe Cracker to go with Joe Cheese
     
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    gonna need to update this

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    What's the nickname for Chee?
     
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    Chee chee
     
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    Joe Cheese
     
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    We need to have players to represent our area codes...we are missing a few

    281 Reverend to One
    713 Joe Crack to El Chapo
    713 Joe Crack to One to CP3
     
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    Pretty sure it's a typo, and I'm thinking it's a nod to Fat Joe, who uses the nickname "Joey Crack".
     
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    Marlee is da gawdfadder !! o_O
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    Those nicknames are kinda garbage.
     
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    Capela/ Qi twin towers would be “Swiss Cheese”
     

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