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Houston Rockets Nickname Quiz

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by RudyTBag, Feb 12, 2011.

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  1. giddyup

    giddyup Contributing Member

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    I knew them all except:

    10. Amigo-- never heard it before, but it is now predictable
    15. Bouncey Whales-- never heard it before....
    17. Alien Nation-- never heard it before. how?
    19. Billy-- would have recognized V-Span which is the better nick
    37. Ice Cream Man-- never heard this either. how?

    Good list.

    How about these:

    "The Big O"
    "Bobby Joe"
    "Big Z"
     
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    Buck Johnson-- don't know how to do Spoiler
     
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    1. Allen Leavell
    2. Charles Oakley
    3. Don Watts
    4. Clarence Weatherspoon
    5. ?
    6. Cedric Maxwell (already in the original, no?)
     
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  4. giddyup

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    42. ?
    43. Granville Waiters
    44. ?
     
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  5. codell

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    Here is an obscure one:

    "The Gun"
     
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    42. Mo- ?
    44. Stick- ?
    ? Think big...
     
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  7. codell

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    A few more that I can remember (sorry if they have been mentioned):

    "Flyin"
    "The Truth"
    "Ban-daid Man"
    "Email"
    "My Fella"
    "Never Nervous"
     
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  8. RudyTBag

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    Awesome, I forgot about those. Hope you guys don't mind that I updated the now gigantic list. Will be fun for others to try.
    I like Billy because it has nothing to do with his name, and picturing Jeff Van Gundy saying it makes me Lol... :)
     
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    Othella Harrington
    Robert Reid
    Stumped : so I'll guess, Zan Tabak
     
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    Mo - Moses Malone (or Maurice Taylor... both had the nickname)
    Granny - Granville Waiters
    Stick - Ralph Sampson
     
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    Flyin - Ryan Bowen
    The Truth - Carl Landry (wild guess)
    Band-aid Man - Derrick Chievous
    Email - Emanual Davis
    My Fella - Othella Harrington
    Never Nervous - Purvis Short
     
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    Wups... this is one I missed, so I'm going to wildly guess the only one I can think of that fits and makes me laugh :

    Kennard Winchester
     
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    Everyone had a lot of fun with that nick at the time, courtesy of Van Gundier (who's still here, of course, operating under a "new" moniker). I called him The Outlaw Bouncey Whales in the original thread. That's a ClutchFans nickname classic! :cool:
     
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    I am disappointed in you Dr.

    The Truth - Walter Berry

    Bingo on "The Gun".
     
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    Ice Cream Man---Scola's scoop shot yeah? Bill/Clyde/Bull call him that at tleast once per game.
     
    #55 limitlessRox, Feb 12, 2011
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    Didn't know who bouncy whales was until you clued me in on it.
     
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    It's interesting to try and determine which of these nicks came from Calvin, Bill or Gene/Jim.
     
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    Othella? Not who I'm thinking about. Go back further...
    Big Z? Tabak? Not who I'm thinking about...
    Bobby Joe? Correctamundo.
     
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    I'm on the East Coast so I don't get to see many games.... none now that ATDHE.net is gone... :eek:

    On a side note, After Burner might be Andre Barrett but Levell was lightning quick and deserves a nickname!
     
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    Am I the only one that doesn't consider VSpan or TMac nicknames?

    If anything they're some sort of shorthand mashup name... I don't think such unimaginative things count as nicknames. Things like Mo instead of Maurice are 'nicknames' in the way Bob is a nickname for Robert. But it's bland. No character.

    In 2020, someone will make this thread:

    Former NBA Player Nickname Quiz:
    TMac
    VSpan
    DRose
    TWill
    JWill
    DWill
    CPaul
    DWade
    KB24
    AI
    AI2
    KG
    MJ


    Man, that will be cool.... :(
     
    #60 napalm06, Feb 12, 2011
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