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[The Athletic] Harden, Olajuwon, Drexler, Barkley Make Top Nickname List

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  1. lnchan

    lnchan Sugar Land Leonard
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    https://theathletic.com/3103495/202...ound-we-pick-our-favorite-all-time-nicknames/

    ...on another note... Dream has yet to be named on their top 75 list with 11 slots left to name...



     
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    Growing up watching the Rockets I always loved it when an announcer said something along the lines of "The Dream is giving [insert defender/team] nightmares tonight!".
     
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  3. lnchan

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    Making the honorable mention list...

    Skip To My Lou — Rafer Alston
    Plastic Man — Stacey Augmon
    Boogie — DeMarcus Cousins
    Sleepy — Eric Floyd
    Stevie Franchise — Steve Francis
    The Big E — Elvin Hayes
    Big Shot Bob — Robert Horry
    Little General — Avery Johnson
    Chairman of the Boards — Moses Malone
    Mad Max — Vernon Maxwell
    Mount — Dikembe Mutombo
    CP3/Point God — Chris Paul
    J Smoove — Josh Smith
    The Jet — Kenny Smith/Chet Walker
     
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    Chucky is also Big Sexy.
     
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    Surprised Diesel, His Airness, and Black Mamba didn't make the list.

    Sleep Floyd is such an awesome nick name.
     
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    Thankfully no serious honor for Kenny 'The Jet' Smith ... *Kenny is the only professional athlete to get a nickname after he retired.
     
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    lnchan Sugar Land Leonard
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    I think he got it in his Sacramento days actually when he was a regular in the dunk contest. Dan Majerle was also a dunker before he turned into a 3 point shooter.
     
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    Thunder Dan had hops
     
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    brokeback novak laughs at the amateurs
     
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    anyone remember the band-aid man?
     
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    Amigo for Carl Herrera remains underrated!
     
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    Correction... https://houstonrockets.fandom.com/w...mith graduated in 1983.,next day in the paper.
    Smith graduated in 1983. While still in high school, he earned the nickname "Jet" after a local sportswriter saw the cat-quick Smith in action in an in-season game against rival Christ the King High School and reported on it the next day in the paper. The newsman watched in awe as Smith repeatedly shredded the defense's tough press, only to "jet" down the court for several easy lay-ups, earning the moniker in the process.
     
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    i always liked the Nigerian Nightmare... but Dream was more pc... lol
     
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    Slow news day at The Athletic?
     
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    Wrong sport.

    That was Christian Okoye.
     
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    No love for Junkyard Dog Mario Elie, Pocket Rocket Calvin Murphy, Great Wall Yao Ming, Tru Warrier Ron Artest or Ice Cream Man Luis Scola?

     
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    I know it was more Okoye...
    but there was toying around with it regarding Hakeem... 'for Houston fans he's The Dream - for opposing teams he's the Nigerian Nightmare...'
    Idr if Akeem was Dream in college... ?
    I remember "Ralph and Akeem, oh what a dream!"
     
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    what about 'Panda friend' Ron Artest? lol....

    ...or whatever nonsense it was... lol
     
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    Sorry, you don't win any awards for giving yourself a nickname, even if your many fans eat it up. I don't make the rules.
     
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