Best nickname

Let's go over some of the list..

Shareef Abdur-Rahim - Reef
Glen Robinson - Big Dog
Emanuel Davis - Email
Vin Baker - A-Train
Paul Pierce - The Truth
Walter McCarty - Ice
Eddie Robinson - E-Rob
Fred Hoiberg - The Mayor
Zydrunas Ilgauskas - Z
Darius Miles - D-Miles
Nick Van Exel - Nick the Quick
Avery Johnson - The General
Ben Wallace - The Beast
Jason Richardson - J-Rich
Rafer Alston - Skip 2 My Lou
Cuttino Mobley - The Cat
Steve Francise - Franchise
Walt Williams - The Wizard
Michael Olowkandi - Kandi Man
Cherokee Parks - Chief
Shaquille O'Neal - Shaq
Jason Williams - J-Dub
LaPhonso Ellis - Fonz
Kevin Garnett - KG
Wally Szczerbiak - Wally World
Dikembe Mutombo - Mt. Mutombo
Kenyon Martin - K-Mart
Jason Kidd - J-Kidd
Jamal Mashburn - Monster Mash
Rober Traylor - Tractor
Tracy McGrady - T-Mac
Allen Iverson - The Answer
Shawn Marion - The Matrix
Anfernee Hardaway - Penny
Stephon Marbury - Starbury
Rasheed Wallace - Sheed
Scottie Pippen - Pip
Chris Webber - C-Webb
David Robinson - The Admiral
Tim Duncan - TD
Gary Payton - The Glove
Vince Carter - Vinsanity
Morris Peterson - Mo-Pete
Karl Malone - The Mailman
Jerry Stackhouse - Stack
Bryon Russell - Flyin' Bryon
Michael Jordan - Air
Alonzo Mourning - Zo

I think Air has to be the best nickname for a basketball player.

IMO rafer alston has the best nickname...

IMO, the nicknames like e-rob, d-miles, etc are just convenient ways to say a players first/last name.

i've always liked nicknames based on a players game, mannerisms, or look.

my favs
walter 'clyde' frazier
'pistol' pete maravich
'the glove' gary payton
tim 'the big fundamental' duncan
fred 'the mayor' hoiberg

Hakeem "the Dream" Olajuwon
Dominique "The Human Highlight Film" Wilkins
Earvin "Magic" Johnson
Michael "Air" Jordan
Ben "Big Ben" Wallace

And Mine ofcourse Sebastian "The Animal" Morwaski

Actually...Shaq calls himself the Big Aristotle...just though u mite wanna know .....i personally liked what TD & David Robinson were called a few years ago...i hardly hear it now...fer known reasons....they were called the Twin Towers

others great nicknames:

Sam ''Big Smooth'' Perkins
Bob ''Hardwood Houdini'' Cousy
''Big Game James'' Worthy
Julius ''The Doctor'' Erving
Dennis ''Worm'' Rodman
Earl ''The Pearl'' Monroe
Oscar ''The Big O'' Robertson
George ''Iceman'' Gervin
Isiah "Zeke" Thomas
Robert ''The Chief'' Parish
John "Hondo" Havlicek
Nate "Tiny" Archibald
Clyde "The Glide" Drexler

Baron Davis - "Too Easy"
Cuttino Mobley - "Get Buckets"

Both came from Rucker Park this summer...if "Too Easy" caught on it would be up there with the best IMO...same for "Black Jesus"...only problem is that it wasn't known by enough people...

As far as I'm concerned...nothing comes close to "The Pistol" and "Magic"...Maravich even had "Pistol" on the back of his Jazz jersey...something no other player did before or has been allowed to do since...

Maravich even had "Pistol" on the back of his Jazz jersey...something no other player did before or has been allowed to do since...

Didn't Elvin Hayes have Big E on his jersey at one point? I seem to remember seeing a photo of that somewhere...but I'm probably mistaken.

Didn't Elvin Hayes have Big E on his jersey at one point? I seem to remember seeing a photo of that somewhere...but I'm probably mistaken.

He did.

My Personal Favourites
George "Iceman" Gervin
Dominique "The Human Highlight Film" Wilkins
and given by Slam Magazine Acie Earl AKA couldn't score in an empty gym AKA wouldn't get the offensive rebound AKA would probably get called for an offensive foul

But the Greatest NicknameIMO, of course Is
Jason "Ason" Kidd from a few years ago when he couldn't shoot, he had no J!

don't forget
"plastic man" for stacey augmon a few years ago when he was a good player

"TP" for Tony Parker & "TAW" for Tariq Abdul Wahad, "Le Roi" (means the king) for Antoine Rigaudeau

And I prefer "Dream Tim" Duncan instead of TD

we can know about the origin of some nicknames :
"plastic man" for augmon because of his great agilty and ability to distort his body while playing in college
"the mailman" for malone cause he always delivers 2 points
"the glove" for payton because of his stealing skills like a thieft
"the admiral" for d. robinson cause of his studies in the navy
"the worm" for rodman cause when he was younger he used to gesticulate like a worm while he was playing flipper

if you know some origins of nicknames (more interesting than the one I gave here ) share it here

Earl Monroe has my favorite nicknames I think..

The Pearl of course is classic.
Also on the NY City playgrounds he was known as "Black Jesus".

"Chocolate Thunder" for Darryl Dawkins is cool too.

Larry "Legend" Bird

In the same month Alaa Abdelnaby (part asian or something like that) and Robert Parish were arrested for marijuana and the Celtics players called them: Cheif and Chong.

Tony Kukoc passed so well in Europe they called him "The Waiter"

Tony Kukoc passed so well in Europe they called him "The Waiter"

He was also called the Pink Panther... and numerous other nicknames... oh, and he still passes very well...

Everybody seems to be forgetting *The Diggler*...

I like Eric "Legend" Montross.

Dunking Dutchman was pretty good for Smits, The Admiral and The General are cool too.

we can know about the origin of some nicknames :
"plastic man" for augmon because of his great agilty and ability to distort his body while playing in college
"the mailman" for malone cause he always delivers 2 points
"the glove" for payton because of his stealing skills like a thieft

He was called "Plastic Man" for the same reason Andrei Kirilenko is called "Inspector Gadget"...his freakishly long arms. Plastic Man is a comic book character with the ability to stretch his body.

Payton is called the Glove because that's how he covers people...he stays on them like a glove on a hand...

I like Eric "Legend" Montross.

It stopped being funny 2 years ago. Now it's spam.

In the same month Alaa Abdelnaby (part asian or something like that) and Robert Parish were arrested for marijuana and the Celtics players called them: Cheif and Chong.

aabdelnaby was egyptian

My Favourites are:

Allen "The Answer" Iverson
Michael "Air" Jordan
Paul "The Truth" Pierce
Shawn "The Matrix" Marion

And of course: Ben "The Beast" Wallace

doesnt Artest get called the beast to, it really should be just plain Psycho

"Tractor" Traylor has to be up here

I think GP got his nickname after a game against the Suns. Someone told him he was on Kevin Johnson like a glove or something...

I think Amare Stoudemire recently picked up the nickname "Stat"...i saw it on a wallpaper over at the phoenix suns website...i could be wrong though.

Shawn "the rainman" kemp
"M.J." or "Air Jordan"
"Magic" Johnson
"Spud" Webb
"Muggsy" Bogues
I like them, but these are my true favs
Jerry "Spackhouse"
"Fobe Cryant"

And my all time favourite
"Penny" Hardaway.

How about Nicknames at Nlsc? Wait no.. not a good idea

Jerry "Spackhouse"

Come on.. you know it's "Erry Stackhome"

i really like muggsy, and i think that is the most popular name, right next to shaq, but his is more of the actual name, muggsy's sounds small and alot of pple dont know his name is tyrone, all other player MJ, AI, DT, devid robinson , denis rodman all are more knowed as their name, but muggsy is muggsy

same thing with Smush Parker and Chucky Atkins... Does anyone have any idea how chucky's nickname came about besides the fact that it was his father's?

While on the subject, what do you think a good name for Bill Walton's son, Luke Walton, would be if he got drafted? I was thinking along the lines of "Huh?" Because thats probably the first word out of his mouth while Bill Walton was potty training him... "Flush it down little, fella!!"

I cant wait for Bill Walton to say: "And here comes the dawn of a new era. The future of the (insert team name here) franchise has just stepped on the floor."