[omark422Participant]

Is there anyone else on this who is uspet at the fact that NBA players no longer have good nicknames? LeBron James has “The King”, Yao Ming has “The Great Wall”, Shaq has “Superman”, Allen Iverson has “The Answer” and Tim Duncan has “The Big Fundamental”. Those are all good nicknames. But names like “CP3”, “KB24”, “D-Wade” etc. suck. The worst is “The Black Mamba”. They’re not original at all or just plain lame.

So let’s find good nicknames for the elite players like Kobe, Dwayne, Kevin Durant etc.

[White ChocolateParticipant]

Kobe “The Closer” and Durant “Durantula”.

[SubZeroParticipant]

Kevin Durant – Durantula
Dwyane Wade – The Flash

And I happen to like the Black Mamba

[Mr.BigShotParticipant]

Spicy Curry

[omark422Participant]

I like “The Closer” for Kobe. That’s a good one.
“Flash” is a good one.
I’ve always liked Durantula but I was hoping there would be a better one for him. Like “Sub-Zero” cause he’s a cold-blooded shooter with ice in his veins… haha

[RUDEBOY_Participant]

the black mamba fits kobe perfectly..

black mamba is a snake..dude bit shaq

and cheated on his wife

my neice grosses me out when she calls cp3 ”sexxy chocolate”

i heard some opposing fans call shaq ”dinosaur” ,saying he ruled the land years ago..but now his days are over….

my buddies call wade..”the plumber” becuz he works on gabrielle union’s drain…

people are calling lebron ”’moses” becuz he’ll never reach the promise land

[mikeyvthedonParticipant]

Black Mamba is a wicked nickname. They are the only snake in the world that actually will chase after humans, that is fricking scary. Even Kobe embraced it, check his gear and his symbol, very much mamba influenced. One of the best nicknames around. Now, “Durantula” is funny, but not a great one. “Spicy Curry”, since inception, is just kind of lame. I would say you can make very creative nicknames for players, but why does everyone need to have one? I find a majority of nicknames people hate and are unoriginal. Plus, once a player changes his team or number, they become pretty nonsensical. The Raptors had two, “Air Canada” in Vince, who left Canada and “CB4” in Bosh, who I guess has switched too 1. Sadly, this means we will not be able to refer to him as the aptly titled early 90’s comedy film starring Chris Rock and Charlie Murphy. Also, have you noticed that Shaq seemed to coin a lot of players permanent nicknames? The Big Fundamental, The Truth and the Big Ticket, all Shaq creations later used constantly by the media. The best ever is probably “Chocolate Thunder”, but their are way more unoriginal ones than great ones. Helps to have one that rhymes, though Wilt hated being called the Stilt. Hakeem the Dream was a nice one. Slick Watts, Magic Johnson, Dr. J were all great monikers. I would say for Durant, Durantula might be one that sticks, though I hear he hates it. For Steph Curry, I would say just call him “Steff-IN” rather than “Steff-ON” or Steve-In” and it would be cool. Spicy Curry just sounds totally ridiculous, it is beneath the player it is given too. D-Wade is Flash, like it or not. My favorite would have been Gregor “Uncle” F-ucka (It was pronounced Fooch-car I guess, but man if he was ever in an NBA jersey those F-ucka’s would sell like crazy).

[Mr.Knick 32Participant]

Kobe embraced the nickname Black Mamba because he gave it to himself.

[JoeWolf1]

Many of these have no real reason behind them, but sometimes randomness is the key to a good nickname.

Carmelo ” The Stamp Collector” Anthony
Dwight ” Big Boy Plate ” Howard
Kevin ” Rude Waitor” Durant
Dwyane ” RoboCop” Wade
Lebron ” Tea Cup” James
Chris ” Jerry” Bosh
Derrick ” The Chupacabra” Rose
Chris ” Kris” Paul
Pau ” Money Free Throw” Gasol

Thats all I got

[PlatypusParticipant]

Nate (KryptoNate) Robinson and Glen “Big Baby” Davis are Shrek and Donkey

[omar dayzeParticipant]

i think spicy curry is hilarious!!

derrick “big sexual” favors is alright

but yeah darryl (spelling) dawkins, the chocolate thunder, is a nickname that fit PERFECTLY with the player… Of the various break the backboard dunks, his are the best hands down.

[KU PRIDE14Participant]

Tim Duncan “The Big Fundamental” is such a boring nickname lol really explains the excitement you get with watching him! but all props to him he is an amazing player.

[omark422Participant]

That’s one of the most appropos nicknames ever. It describes Duncan down to a tee. Kudos to Shaq for coming up with that one for Timmy D.

[omar dayzeParticipant]

i absolutely love watching Duncan

[SubZeroParticipant]

Lol at Chris “Kris” Paul

And I like Sub-Zero for Durant

[meteora619Participant]

I think names need to be more witty kinda like boxing nicknames.

Channing “Deep” Frye – ability to hit from 3
Joel “Vanilla Gorilla” Pryzbilla
Russell “Hustle” Westbrook
Adam Morrison aka Dirty Sanchez
Danny “Hermione” Granger – some of his plays are magical?
Goran “Euro Magic” Dragic

Joke Nicknames:

Darko “Bitch” Milicic
Gilbert “Guns in Your” Arenas
Tony Parker aka Mr Eva Longoria
Brian “Weenie” Scalabrine
Brook “Jennifer” Lopez – big ass in the post? haha

[meteora619Participant]

That’s supposed to say – Darko “B****” Milicic

[wd40rocksParticipant]

I know he hasn’t played in the NBA, but you guys are forgotting John “Big Jesus” Byrant.

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