I noticed that when players dunk in live they don't pull the rim...
I think it should be fixed....
What about you guys?
conversewade2.0 wrote:Wikipedia wrote:NBA players
"3D" - Boris Diaw (After his jersey number, and his 3-Dimensional play), Dennis Scott (For his 3 point shooting ability)
"A-Train" - Vin Baker and Artis Gilmore
"The Admiral" – David Robinson (he played at Annapolis, and served in the United States Navy for two years after graduation before being allowed to play in the NBA)
"Action Jackson" - Stephen Jackson (For his on and off court fights and confrontations)
"Agent Zero" - Gilbert Arenas
"A.I." – Allen Iverson (his initials)
"A.I. 2" – Andre Iguodala (his initials plus the two, since Allen Iverson is the original AI)
"Air Canada" - Vince Carter (when he played for the Toronto Raptors)
"Air Jordan" - Michael Jordan
"Air Zaire" – Dikembe Mutombo
"Air France"- Mickaël Piétrus
"Air Gordon"- Ben Gordon (a play on the nickname Air Jordan for Michael Jordan)
"AK-47" – Andrei Kirilenko; after his initials, jersey number, and with a play on the famous Soviet assault rifle (which was coincidentally designed in his birthplace of Izhevsk)
"The Answer" – Allen Iverson
"Ap" - Anthony Parker
"BD" - Baron Davis (his initials)
"B-Diddy" - Baron Davis
"Baby Al" - Al Harrington
"Baby Shaq" – Sofoklis Schortsanitis, from his alleged resemblance to Shaquille O'Neal, plus he is slightly smaller size than O'Neal
"The Band-Aid"- Vince Ford Assistant Equipment Manager Memphis Grizzlies
"The Basketball Jesus" – Larry Bird
"B-Dazzled" - Baron Davis
"B-Roy" - Brandon Roy
"Big-O" – Oscar Robertson
"Big Al" – Al Jefferson
"The Big Aristotle" – Shaquille O'Neal
"Big Ben" – Ben Wallace
"The Big Cat" - Jamaal Magloire
"Big Country" – Bryant Reeves
"The Big Diesel" – Shaquille O'Neal
"The Big Dipper" – Wilt Chamberlain
"Big Dog" – Glenn Robinson and Antoine Carr
"The Big Fundamental" – Tim Duncan
"Big Game James" – James Worthy
"Big Nasty" - Corliss Williamson
"Big Red" – Arvydas Sabonis
"Big Shot Rob"[1] – Robert Horry
"The Big Smooth" – Sam Perkins
"Big Smooth" - Charlie Villanueva
"Biedrs" (Latvian for "Partner") - Andris Biedrins
"Big Snacks" - Jerome James
"Big Sofo" – Sofoklis Schortsanitis
"The Big Ticket" – Kevin Garnett
"Brazilian Blur"- Leandro Barbosa
"Biggie"- Damon Stoudamire (because...just because)
"Big Z" - Zydrunas Ilgauskas
"Bird Man" - Chris Andersen
"The Mamba" - Kobe Bryant
"The Black President" - Gilbert Arenas
"The Brazilian Beast" - Nenê
"Bron Bron" - LeBron James
"Boom Dizzle" - Baron Davis
"Boobie" - Daniel Gibson
"The Blonde Bomber" - Dirk Nowitzki
"Buffet of Goodness" - Channing Frye (he has described himself as a buffet of goodness because of his all around skills)
"Buc The World" - Greg Buckner
"Bulletproof" - Baron Davis (Since his body is so hard to stop on the basketball court)
"Cabbages" - Sarunas Jasikevicious (Given by NBA coach, Don Nelson, since Sarunas' last name is hard to prounounce.)
"The Cambyman" - Marcus Camby
"The Captain" – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
"Captain Crunch" - Jalen Rose
"Captain Kirk" - Kirk Hinrich
"The Cat" - Cuttino Mobley
"CB4" - Chris Bosh
"Chapu" - Andrés Nocioni
"The Chief" – Robert Parish (after the mute, expressionless character in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest)
"Chocolate Thunder" – Darryl Dawkins
"The Chosen One" - LeBron James
"Clyde" – Walt Frazier (after the film Bonnie and Clyde, due to his flamboyant clothes)
"Clyde the Glide" – Clyde Drexler
"CP3" - Chris Paul
"The Croatian Sensation" – Toni Kukoč; rhyming play on his Croatian origin
"The Custodian"- Brian Cardinal (because he cleans up)
"C-Webb" - Chris Webber
"D12" - Dwight Howard
"The Daily Double" - Dwight Howard (for his consistent scoring and rebounding)
"Damp" - Erick Dampier
"Det the Threat" – Detlef Schrempf
"Diesel" – Shaquille O'Neal
"The Dinka Dunker" - Manute Bol
"D-Marsh" - Donyell Marshall
"D-Miles" - Darius Miles
"D-Wade" – Dwyane Wade
"D-West" - Delonte West
"Dr. Dunkenstein" - Darrell Griffith
"Dr. J" – Julius Erving
"Dr. Smooth"- David Emami
"Dollar Bill" – Bill Bradley
"The Dream" – Hakeem Olajuwon
"Du" - Chris Duhon]
"The Dunking Dutchman" – Rik Smits
"Dynasty" – Yao Ming; given by ex-teammate Steve Francis, pertaining to the Ming Dynasty
"E-City" - Eddy Curry
"Earl the Pearl" – Earl Monroe
"The East Coast Assassin" - Gilbert Arenas
"EJ" - Eddie Jones; because of his initials
"El Contusione" – Manu Ginobili
"Employee Number 8" - Antoine Walker
"Flash" - Dwyane Wade; named after a superhero: Flash
"Flash" - Darrell Armstrong
"Flip" - Ronald Murray
"Floppy" - Manu Ginobili
"The Future" -Carmelo Anthony
"Get Buckets" - Ricky Davis
"G-Force" - Gerald Wallace
"Garbage Man" - Michael Bradley
"Ghostface" - Joel Przybilla
"Gil" - Gilbert Arenas
"The Glove" – Gary Payton (for his defensive play)
"G.P." - Gary Payton
"God" – Michael Jordan
"Gollum" – Sam Cassell (from Charles Barkley)
"Grandmama" - Larry Johnson (from his role in a series of Converse commercials in which he portrayed his own grandmother)
"The Great Wall of China" – Yao Ming
"Grits N Gravy" - Ricky Davis
"H2O" – Allan Houston (after his jersey number)
"Hair Canada" – Steve Nash (before he changed his hairstyle to a crewcut)
"Half Man, Half Amazing" - Vince Carter (after his performance in the 2000 dunk contest)
"Hedo" or "Hido" - Hidayet Türkoğlu
"Hibachi" - Gilbert Arenas
"His Airness" – Michael Jordan
"His Heinous" – Bill Laimbeer
"The Hick from French Lick" – Larry Bird
"Hoffa" - Rafael Araújo
"Hondo" - John Havlicek (after the John Wayne movie)
"Hot Plate" - John Sam Williams, normally referred to as simply John Williams; nickname from his large girth, and to distinguish him from John "Hot Rod" Williams. Both of these John Williamses entered the NBA in 1986 from colleges in Louisiana ("Hot Plate" from LSU, "Hot Rod" from Tulane).
"Hot Rod" - Rodney Hundley and later John Williams (not to be confused with John "Hot Plate" Williams)
"Huckleberry Finn in basketball shorts" - Kirk Hinrich (As described in his predraft workouts)
"The Human Eraser" – Marvin Webster
"The Human Highlight Film" – Dominique Wilkins
"The Iceman" – George Gervin
"Iggy" - Andre Iguodala
"Indiana Jones" - Fred Jones (plays for the Indiana Pacers)
"The question" - Derrick ireland(cause of the way he plays you never know just how to stick him)
"LBJ" - LeBron James
"J-Chill" - Josh Childress
"J-Dub" - Jason Williams
"J-Smoove" - Josh Smith
"The Jester" - Gilbert Arenas
"The Jet" - Jason Terry and Kenny Smith
"J-Rich" - Jason Richardson
"J. Will" - Jason Williams
"J.J." - Joe Johnson
"Joe Cool" - Joe Johnson
"J.T. Money"-Jason Terry
"Jungle Jim" – Jim Loscutoff
"Junk Yard Dog" – Jerome Williams (for his willingness to do the dirty work)
"Kandi Man" - Michael Olowokandi
"KG" – Kevin Garnett (his initials)
"Kid n' Play"-Kevin Martin
"Kid Canada" - Steve Nash
"Killer" – Reggie Miller
"King James" - LeBron James
"King of Clutch" - Reggie Miller
"K-Mart" - Kenyon Martin
"The Kobe Stopper" - Ruben Patterson (based on his defensive performances on Kobe Bryant)
"The Lethal Lithuanian" - Žydrūnas Ilgauskas
"Little Ben" - Ben Gordon
"Little General" - Avery Johnson
"Little New York"- Carmelo Anthony
"LJ" - Larry Johnson
"(The) L-Train" - Lionel Simmons
"L-Train" - Lamarcus Aldridge
"Larry Legend" – Larry Bird
"Le Roi" (French for "The King") - Antoine Rigaudeau
"Lu" - Luol Deng
"Mad Dog" – Mark Madsen
"Madison Square Gordon" – Ben Gordon
"Magic" – Earvin Johnson
"Il Mago"-Andrea Bargnani
"The Mailman" – Karl Malone ("a mailman always delivers")
"The Man Child" -Dwight Howard
"The Matrix" – Shawn Marion (after the film)
"The Mayor" – Fred Hoiberg; given to him by his Iowa State teammates because of his extraordinary popularity in the school's home city of Ames, Iowa, where he was raised
"The Meal Ticket"- Pau Gasol
"The Meeks" - Chamique Holdsclaw, Semeka Randall, and Tamika Catchings; used when all three were teammates at the University of Tennessee
"Melo" - Carmelo Anthony
"The Microwave" – Vinnie Johnson ("gets hot instantly")
"Mighty Mouse" - Damon Stoudamire
"Miller Time" - Reggie Miller
"The Ming Dynasty" - Yao Ming
"Miracle" - Milt Palacio
"Mr. 4th Quarter" - Ben Gordon (for his 4th quarter heroics)
"Mr. Big Shot" - Chauncey Billups
"Mr. Clutch" – Jerry West
"Mr. Incredible" - Mike Dunleavy
"MJ" – Michael Jordan
"Monster Mash" – Jamal Mashburn; a play on his surname with the Bobby Pickett song, "Monster Mash"
"Moochie" - Martyn Norris
"Mookie" - Daron Blaylock
"MoPete" - Morris Peterson
"MP2" - Mickaël Piétrus
"Moore Bang For Your Buckets" - Mikki Moore
"Nash Daddy" – Steve Nash
"Nashty" - Steve Nash
"The Natural" - Brandon Roy
"Nick at Night" - Nick Van Exel
"Nick the Quick" – Nick Van Exel
"Noch" - Andres Nocioni
"Not in my house"- Dikembe Mutombo
"Oh My Bosh!!" – Chris Bosh
"The Owl without a Vowel" – Bill Mlkvy
"P Double" - Paul Pierce
"Penny" - Anfernee Hardaway
"Pip" - Scottie Pippen
"Pistol Pete" – Pete Maravich
"Pitchin' Paul" – Paul Arizin
"Pit Bull" – Mike James
"Plastic Man" - Stacey Augmon
"The Prince of Darkness" – Bill Laimbeer
"Q" - Quentin Richardson
"Q-Rich" - Quentin Richardson
"The Rain Man" – Ray Allen (His shots always drip, like rain)
"The Red Rocket" - Matt Bonner
"Redd Hot" - Michael Redd
"Rambo" - Marco_Belinelli
"Redz" - Delonte West
"Reef" - Shareef Abdur-Rahim
"The Reignman" – Shawn Kemp
"Rip" - Richard Hamilton
"Ron Ron" – Ron Artest
"Rooney" - Šarūnas Marčiulionis
"Roscoe" - Rasheed Wallace
"The Round Mound of Rebound" – Charles Barkley
"R-Wall" - Rasheed Wallace
"Saba" or "Sabas" - Arvydas Sabonis
"Sam I Am" - Sam Cassell
"Saras" or "Sharas" - Šarūnas Jasikevičius
"Shaq" - Shaquille O'Neal
"Shaq Diesel" - Gerald Wallace
"Shaquie Chan" – Yao Ming, a play on the names of basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal and Chinese actor and martial artist Jackie Chan
"Sheed" – Rasheed Wallace
"The Show" - Harold Arceneaux
"Silk" – Jamaal Wilkes
"Sir Charles" – Charles Barkley
"Skip to My Lou" – Rafer Alston
"Smooth" - (Larry Hughes)
"the sniper" - (Derrick ireland) [(because of his amazing shooting ability)]
"Spanish Chocolate" – Sergio Rodriguez
"Speedy" – Craig Claxton
"Spider" – John Salley
"Spud" - Spud Webb
"The Stache" – Adam Morrison
"Starbury" – Stephon Marbury
"STAT" - Amare Stoudemire (Standing Tall and Talented)
"The Stro Show" - Stromile Swift
"Stevie Franchise" - Steve Francis
"Sugar" - Ray Allen
"Tee Bee" - Terrell Brandon
"Thunder Dan" – Dan Majerle
"The robber" - Derrick Ireland
"Tim Bug" – Tim Hardaway
"Tiny" – Nate Archibald
"T-Mac" - Tracy McGrady
"Too Easy" - Baron Davis
"Tough Juice" - Caron Butler
"T.P." - Tony Parker
"T-Tom" - Tim Thomas
"The Baby Maker" - Shawn Kemp
"The Glove" – Gary Payton (his defense "held" opponents like a "baseball in a glove")
"The Tractor" – Robert Traylor
"The Truth" – Paul Pierce
"The Veal" - Brian Scalabrine
"The Vanilla Gorilla" - Joel Przybilla
"Vinsanity" – Vince Carter
"Wally World" - Wally Szczerbiak
"White Chocolate" – Jason Williams
"The White Guy on the Kinicks" - Travis Knight
"The (Current) White Guy on the Knicks" - David Lee
"White Mike" – Mike Miller
"Wild Thing" - Anderson Varejão
"Wilt the Stilt" – Wilt Chamberlain
"Wince" – Vince Carter (For his tendency to get hurt)
"The Worm" – Dennis Rodman (for his wriggling when he played pinball)
"The X-Man" – Xavier McDaniel; play on the initial of his first name with the X-Men, a group of superheroes
"Young Thunder" – Dwight Howard
"Z" – Žydrūnas Ilgauskas
"Z-bo" – Zach Randolph
"Zeke" – Isiah Thomas
"Zo" - Alonzo Mourning
[edit] First name basis
The following players are usually referred to by their given name only:
Alonzo - Alonzo Mourning
Amare - Amare Stoudemire
Baron - Baron Davis
Carmelo - Carmelo Anthony
Dirk - Dirk Nowitzki
Gilbert - Gilbert Arenas
Hakeem - Hakeem Olajuwon
Isiah - Isiah Thomas
Hedo - Hidayet Turkoglu
Kareem - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kobe - Kobe Bryant
Larry - Larry Bird
LeBron - LeBron James
Magic - Earvin Johnson
Manu - Manu Ginobili (A contraction of his real first name of Emanuel.)
Memo - Mehmet Okur
Michael - Michael Jordan
Nenê - Nenê (Hilario) (Born Maybyner Rodney Hilario, he was nicknamed Nenê as a child, and like many Brazilian athletes, he was generally known by his nickname. However, unlike most, he actually adopted his nickname as his legal name, though not until after he came to the NBA.)
Patrick - Patrick Ewing
Pau - Pau Gasol
Peja - Peja Stojaković (This is a common nickname in his homeland of Serbia for his real first name of Predrag.)
Rasheed - Rasheed Wallace
Reggie - Reggie Miller
Shaq - Shaquille O'Neal
Vince - Vince Carter
[edit] Teams
Baby Bulls - Chicago Bulls
Jail Blazers, Blazers – Portland Trail Blazers(because of the numerous arrests and smoking reefer...duh)
Cavs – Cleveland Cavaliers
The Defenders - Detroit Pistons
Knicks – New York Knickerbockers ("Knickerbockers" is the team's rarely-used legal name.)
Mavs – Dallas Mavericks
Nugs - Denver Nuggets
Raps - Toronto Raptors
Sixers – Philadelphia 76ers
Sonics, Hedgehogs, or Supe's – Seattle SuperSonics
Texas Warriors - San Antonio Spurs
T'Wolves - Minnesota Timberwolves
The Wiz - Washington Wizards
[edit] Courts
ACC - Air Canada Centre
Il Madison - Land Rover Arena (Bologna, Italy); a play on Madison Square Garden
MSG - Madison Square Garden
The World's Most Famous Arena - Madison Square Garden
The Mecca - Madison Square Garden
The Phone Booth - Verizon Center in Washington, DC
The House That Jordan Built-United Center in Chicago
The Q - Quicken Loans Arena
Some are just basic names.Well I don't know that Larry Bird's nickname is "The Basketball Jesus."
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