Players
"3D" - Boris Diaw (After his jersey number, and his 3-Dimensional play)
"A-Train" - Vin Baker
"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)
"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)
"Anakonda"- Chris Bosh
"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
"Heir Apparent" - Kobe Bryant
"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 his slightly smaller size than O'Neal
"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 Drizzle" – Drew Gooden (His old nickname was "The Truth", now owned by Paul Pierce)
"The Big Fundamental" – Tim Duncan
"Big Game James" – James Worthy
"Big Nasty" - Corliss Williamson
"Big Red" – Arvydas Sabonis
"Big Shot Bob" – Robert Horry
"Big Sleep" – Tracy McGrady
"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
"Big Z" - Zydrunas Ilgauskas
"Bird Man" - Chris Andersen
"Black Cat" – Michael Jordan
"Fade" - Kobe Bryant
"The Black President" - Gilbert Arenas
"The Brazilian Beast" - Nenê
"Boom Dizzle" - Baron Davis
"The Blonde Bomber" - Dirk Nowitzki
"Buc The World" - Greg Buckner
"The Cambyman" - Marcus Camby
"The Captain" – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
"Captain Canada" - Steve Nash (nickname often used by Sportsnet broadcasters)
"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
"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
"Dirk Diggler" – Dirk Nowitzki (after the fictional porn star character in 1997 film Boogie Nights)
"Caveman" – Dirk Nowitzki
"Disco Dirk" - Dirk Nowitzki
"D-Marsh" - Donyell Marshall
"D-Miles" - Darius Miles
"D-Wade" – Dwyane Wade
"D-West" - Delonte West
"Dr. J" – Julius Erving
"Dollar Bill" – Bill Bradley
"The Dove" - Nadav Henefeld
"The Dream" – Hakeem Olajuwon
"The Dunking Dutchman" – Rik Smits
"Dynasty" – Yao Ming; given by ex-teammate Steve Francis, pertaining to the Ming Dynasty
"Earl the Pearl" – Earl Monroe
"The East Coast Assassin" - Gilbert Arenas
"El Contusione" – Manu Ginobili
"Employee Number 8" - Antoine Walker
"Flash" - Dwyane Wade; named after a superhero: Flash
"Flip" - Ronald Murray
"Floppy" - Manu Ginobili
"The Future" -Carmelo Anthony
"Get Buckets" - Ricky Davis
"G-Force" - Gerald Wallace
"Garbage Man" - Michael Bradley
"Gil" - Gilbert Arenas
"G.P." - Gary Payton
"God" – Michael Jordan
"Godzilla" - Yao Ming (his height and his Asian ancestry)
"Grandmama" - Larry Johnson (from his role in a Nike commercial 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
"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)
"The Human Eraser" – Marvin Webster
"The Human Highlight Film" – Dominique Wilkins
"The Human Victory Cigar" – Darko Milicic (because of his extremely limited playtime)
"The Hurt" - Kurt Thomas
"The Iceman" – George Gervin
"Iggy" - Andre Iguodala
"Indiana Jones" - Fred Jones (plays for the Indiana Pacers)
"LBJ" - LeBron James
"J-Chill" - Josh Childress
"J-Dub" - Jason Williams
"J-Smoove" - Josh Smith
"The Jester" - Gilbert Arenas
"Jesus Shuttlesworth" – Ray Allen (after his role in He Got Game)
"The Jet" - Jason Terry and Kenny Smith
"J-Rich" - Jason Richardson
"J. Will" - Jason Williams
"J.J." - Joe Johnson
"Joe Cool" - Joe Johnson
"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 Canada" - Steve Nash
"Killer" – Reggie Miller
"King James" - LeBron James
"K-Mart" - Kenyon Martin
"The Kobe Wannabee" - Ruben Patterson
"The Jordan Stopper" - Kobe Bryant
"Little General" - Avery Johnson
"Little New York"- Carmelo Anthony
"LJ" - Larry Johnson
"(The) L-Train" - Lionel Simmons
"Larry Legend" – Larry Bird
"Le Roi" (French for "The King") - Antoine Rigaudeau
"Lord of the Rings" - Kobe Bryant
"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 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")
"The Mitten" – Gary Payton (he has lost a step on defense with age, so now he fits more like a mitten than a glove")
"Mighty Mouse" - Damon Stoudamire
"Miller Time" - Reggie Miller
"The Ming Dynasty" - Yao Ming
"Miracle" - Milt Palacio
"Mr. Big Shot" - Chauncey Billups
"Mr. Clutch" – Jerry West
"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
"Nasty Nash" – Steve Nash
"Nashty" - Steve Nash
"Nick at Night" - Nick Van Exel
"Nick the Quick" – Nick Van Exel
"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 Red Rocket" - Matt Bonner
"Redd Hot" - Michael Redd
"Redz" - Delonte West
"Reef" - Shareef Abdur-Rahim
"The Reignman" – Shawn Kemp
"Rip" - Richard Hamilton
"Ron Ron" – Ron Artest
"Rooney" - Šarūnas Marčiulionis
"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
"Spanish Chocolate" – Sergio Rodriguez
"Speedy" – Craig Claxton
"Spider" – John Salley
"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
"Thunder Dan" – Dan Majerle
"Tim Bug" – Tim Hardaway
"Tiny" – Nate Archibald
"T-Mac" - Tracy McGrady
"Too Easy" - Baron Davis
"Tough Juice" - Caron Butler
"T.P." - Tony Parker
"The Neck Grabber" - Mardy Collins (during the knicks-nuggets brawl)
"T-Tom" - Tim Thomas
"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 Sore Penguin" - Nate Robinson
"Vinsanity" – Vince Carter
"Wally World" - Wally Szczerbiak
"White Chocolate" – Jason Williams
"White Mike" – Mike Miller
"Wife-Beater" - Jason Kidd (Was called this by the Celtics fans during the 2002 ECF)
"Wilt the Stilt" – Wilt Chamberlain
"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
"Z" – Žydrūnas Ilgauskas
"Z-bo" – Zach Randolph
"Zeke" – Isiah Thomas
"Zo" - Alonzo Mourning
"Urch" - Gary Urchuck
"Tee Bee" - Terrell Brandon

[edit] First name basis
The following players are usually referred to by their given name only:

Alonzo - Alonzo Mourning
Amaré - Amare Stoudemire
Baron - Baron Davis
Carmelo - Carmelo Anthony
Dirk - Dirk Nowitzki
Gilbert - Gilbert Arenas
Hakeem - Hakeem Olajuwon
Hedo - Hidayet Turkoglu
Kareem - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kobe - Kobe Bryant
Larry - Larry Bird
LeBron - LeBron James
Magic - Earvin "Magic" 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.)
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
Blazers – Portland Trail Blazers
Boomers – Australia men's national team
Cavs – Cleveland Cavaliers
The Defenders - Detroit Pistons
The Fakers or Flakers - Los Angeles Lakers
Gli Azzurri – Italy national team
Heat - Miami Heat
Jail Blazers or Jailblazers - Portland Trail Blazers
Knicks – New York Knickerbockers ("Knickerbockers" is the team's rarely-used legal name.)
Les Bleus – France national team
Mavs – Dallas Mavericks
Nugs - Denver Nuggets
Opals - Australia women's national team
Queens - Sacramento Kings (first used by Shaquille O'Neal)
Raps - Toronto Raptors
Sixers – Philadelphia 76ers
Sonics, Hedgehogs, or Supe's – Seattle SuperSonics
Spazz - Utah Jazz
Texas Warriors - San Antonio Spurs
Tall Blacks – New Zealand national team
T'Wolves - Minnesota Timberwolves
The Wiz - Washington Wizards
Thuggets - Denver Nuggets

[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 Phone Booth - Verizon Center in Washington, DC

[edit] Moves
Le dunk de la mort (French for "The Dunk of Death") - Vince Carter's famous dunk at the 2000 Olympics in which he literally jumped over 7'2"/2.18 m French center Frédéric Weis
The "Hinrich Maneuver" - Kirk Hinrich's dribbling toward the basket trying to make a play
The "Lister Blister" - A highlight dunk made by Shawn Kemp over Alton Lister in the mid-1990s
The "UTEP Two Step"- A crossover dribble move used by former NBA great Tim Hardaway
The "Shammgod"- A crossover dribble move used by former NBA player God Shammgod

Αυτα ειναι τα πιο 'επισημα' nicknames των παιχτων και των ομαδων του ΝΒΑ.Οποιος γνωριζει αλλα nicknames ας τα ποσταρει για να μεγαλωσει η 'συλλογη'. Επισης καλο θα ηταν να πειτε τη γνωμη σας για τα ωραιοτερα!
Για μενα αυτα που ξεχωριζουν ειναι: the admiral,agent zero,air canada,the answer,the big diesel,the big fundamental,the cambyman,flash,half man half amazing,his airness,the human hightlight film,the iceman,junk yard dog,king james,larry legent,lord of the rings,magic,the matrix,skip to my lou,the truth,white chocolate και wilt the stilt.

Πού τα είχε αυτά? Στο NBA.com?

Θυμάμαι τα έψαχνα μία εποχή και δεν τα έβρισκα....

Τα βρηκα στο http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_basketball_nicknames αλλα υπαρχουν και αλλα σαιτ.Αν πατησεις στο γκουγκλ για νικναιμς θα βγαλει πολλα.

Να και η προέλευση μερικών χαρακτηριστικών nicknames παλιών παιχτών:

https://www.nbrpa.com/news/featurearchive/NicknamesP1.aspx

(Μπόλικο ενδιαφέρον υλικό στη συγκεκριμένη διεύθυνση, γενικώς).

Να μερικα που βρηκα ακομη!

The Glove - Gary Payton
He’s become more of a “Wet Mitten” at this point, but GP was about as good as defenders come back in Seattle

Kenny The Jet - Kenny Smith
Not sure I ever knew about this one until after Ernie Johnson said it 20 times a night for 10 years.

The Big Chamberneezy - Shaquille O’Neal
Frankly, I’ll call you what ever you want, Mr. Shaq Fu De La Diesel von Aristotle.

The Logo - Jerry West
All-time silhouette of the League. Current terrible GM of the Grizzlies.

Kobe Stopper - Ruben Patterson
How’s that working out for you, Ruben?

Irk - Dirk Nowitzki
As we all know, there’s no D in Dirk.

Skywalker - David Thompson
This was good even without factoring in the double entendre of him being high all the damn time.

The Custodian - Brian Cardinal
Funny part is that he looks even less like an NBA player than my high school janitor.

Mamba - Kobe Bryant
Generally, people are not allowed to give themself a nickname. But that all goes out the window when someone tries to convince people to call them something so ridiculous that everyone’s response is “You want us to call you what? Seriously? Ummm…..okay.”

The Moustache - Adam Morrison
Better than “The Sobbing Crybaby,” I suppose.

Vin & Tonic - Vin Baker
Don’t blame me…I didn’t make it up. I just happen to think it’s fantastic.

Groundhog Day - Tim Duncan
You ever watch Timmy and get the feeling you’ve seen this happen before? You ever watch Timmy and get the feeling you’ve seen this happen before? You ever watch Timmy and get the feeling you’ve seen this happen before?

Dr. Dunkenstein - Darrell Griffith
I really don’t know much about this guy. With a name like that, you really don’t have to though.

The Alaskan Assassin - Trajan Langdon
He was in the NBA for a couple of weeks. I’m counting it.

The Rifleman - Chuck Person
When you’re one of the best three-point marksmen of all time and you’re named after a ficitonal Civil War veteran who’s known for keeping the peace in a small Texas town in the 1880s with a self-modified, rapid-trigger Winchester rifle, you pretty much redefine gangster.

Plastic Man - Stacey Augman
Is he a super hero? Is he an evil villian? Why was he made out of plastic? What super powers does this give him? I have so many questions.

The Boston Strangler - Andrew Toney
Either this is the guy that used to eat up the Celtics in the Playoffs, or this is the guy that raped and asphyxiated 11 women in the Sixties.

The Enormous Mormon - Shawn Bradley
Perfectly descriptive. Partially rhyming. Probably offensive. But seriously, what more could you ask for from the all-time NBA leader in “times dunked on while flailing arms like an octopus”?

VC-Vince Carter
In-Vince-Ible-Vince Carter(Αυτα τα δυο του Καρτερ δεν τα βρηκα πουθενα αλλα ξερω οτι υπαρχουν)

Eδώ και καιρό έχει πάψει να κυκλοφορεί...



Οι Μωχάμεντ Άλι, Σακίλ Ο'Νιλ διαφωνούν.



Πώς φαίνεται το νεαρό της ηλικίας του...



Και πολλά άλλα. Δείτε αυτό:

Αυτο εδω σου αρεσε;(Ολα τα λεφτα ειναι!!!)


Και ο Νταριλ Ντοκινς διαφωνει!

Portland Trail Blazers= Portland Jail Blazers

starbury

A-train= Artis Gilmore ( the original Train)
Larry Legend= Larry Bird

Charles Barkley=THE ROUND MOUNT OF REBOUND (για προφανείς λόγους)

Το κάρφωμα του Ντάριλ Ντόκινς που έσπασε το ταμπλό όπως ο ίδιος το ονόμασε=The Chocolate-Thunder-Flying, Glass-Flying, Robinzine-Crying, Babies-Crying, Glass-Still-Flying, Cats-Crying, Rump-Roasting, Bun-Toasting, Thank You-Wham-Bam-I-Am-Jam (νούμερο 9 στη λίστα στο παρακάτω βίντεο http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNid2mHh9Mg )

Mount Mutombo---->Dikembe Mutombo

Adam Morrison The mustache

http://youtube.com/watch?v=saLcgaX4FRw

Τζον ''χοτ πλειτ'' Ουιλλιαμς,Τζον ''χοτ ροντ'' Ουιλλιαμς,Χαρολντ ''μπειμπι Τζορνταν'' Μαινερ,Γκλεν ''μπιγκ ντογκ'' Ρομπινσον,Κεβιν ''KJ'' Τζονσον,Περβις ''the never nervous'' Ελισον,Βινι ''μαικροουειβ'' Τζονσον,Ντενις ''ουωρμ'' Ροντμαν,Ντομινικ ''χιουμαν χαιλαιτ'' Ουιλκινς,Ρει ''σουγκαρ'' Ριτσαρτσον,Κενι ''σκαι'' Ουωκερ,Ουωλτερ ''δε τρουθ'' Μπερι.