This will be the first in a 6-post series on NBA player nicknames. Up today… the Atlantic Division.
Click here for an updated list of all NBA Nicknames.
Boston Celtics
Ray Allen – Jesus, RayRay, Sugar
Glen Davis – Big Baby
Kevin Garnett – the Big Ticket, the Kid, KG
Eddie House – E-House, E-Money
Kendrick Perkins – Perk, Swamp Thang
Paul Pierce – the Truth
James Posey – the X-Factor
Brian Scalabrine – Veal, Scal
New Jersey Nets
Vince Carter – Vinsanity, Half-man Half-amazing, VC, Air Canada
Richard Jefferson – RJ
Jason Kidd – J-Kidd, Mr. Triple Double
Nenad Krstic – Curly, Ballistic Krstic
Jamal Magloire – the Big Cat
Bostjan Nachbar – Boki
New York Knicks
Eddy Curry – E-City
Jerome James – Big Snacks
Fred Jones – Indiana Jones
David Lee – Da White Howard
Stephon Marbury – Starbury
Zach Randolph – Z-Bo
Quentin Richardson – Q-Rich
Malik Rose – Shaq of the NAC
Nate Robinson – Nate the Great
Philadelphia 76ers
Samuel Dalembert – the Haitian Sensation
Reggie Evans – the Collector
Andre Iguodala – AI 2.0, Iggy
Kyle Korver – K2, K-Squared
Andre Miller – the Penguin
Ocho Special y Garbo
Toronto Raptors
Andrea Bargnani – Il Mago
Maceo Baston – Wide Mouth
Chris Bosh – CB4
Jose Calderon – the Ocho, Ocho Special
Juan Dixon – Da Juan
TJ Ford – the Little Engine, Texas Tornado
Jorge Garbajosa – Garbo
Kris Humpries – K-Hump, Humpty-Hump, Hump
Jamario Moon - the Screwdriver, Super Jamario
Rasho Nesterovic – ShoSho
Anthony Parker - AP
**Part II Coming Soon…
Part I (Atlantic Division)
Part II (Central Division)
Part III (Southeast Division)
Part IV (Pacific Division)
Part V (Southwest Division)
Part VI (Northwest Division)
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I’ve always liked the “The Truth” for Pierce. It’s simple but it says a lot about his game.
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Re: Marquis
Yeah, I think Shaq called him that after a preseason game maybe before his 3rd or 4th year in the league… and its stuck ever since.
Watts what about Ason Kidd b/c he has no Jay
More Raptors:
“The Spanish Armada” Jorge Garbajosa and Jose Calderon
“Oh my Bosh” -Chris Bosh
Ason Kidd is not bad!
I almost put in the Spanish Armada, but decided against putting in nicknames for player combos. And I actully saw “Oh My Bosh” and figured that was ridiculous and no one would ever call him that.
Kidd has tons I’ve heard:
Mr Triple Double
The Whiz Kidd
Sir Dish-a-Lot
maybe even Ike Turner
OK, I’ll give you Mr Triple Double (as lame a nickname as that is)… but not the Whiz Kidd or Sir Dish-a-Lot.
Are you sure you weren’t thinking of Sir Oinks-a-Lot from the Simpsons ‘When Homer Goes to College’… possibly my favorite Simpsons episode?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_Goes_to_College
What about
Jamario Moon : “The screwdriver” or “the Screw”
his dad asked him to go and get him a hammer from the tool box and he came back with a screwdriver.
From then on they called him screwdriver and it digressed from there down to screw.
I like “Super Jamario”
Now those are great nicknames. I will update with those for the final list.
As a Raptor fan I wouldn’t mind seeing the following added (legit nicknames) –
Jamario Moon: Apollo 33, ‘Bama Slama
Jose Calderon: The Spanish Fly
Andrea Bargnani: Bargs
Jason Kapono: Jay-K
Juan Dixon: Juanderful
Carlos Delfino: Del-fine-o, Delf