Worst NBA Player Real & Nick Names

[BIG GREEN]

How can you people forget the brazillion on the nuggets "Nene" or as i call him.."nin-nee"...one name..two syllables...no skill.

[Stevesanity]

Matt Bonner slipped my mind.

Allen Iverson doesnt suit Allen Iverson, Iverson sounds very russian and AI's far from russian looking.

Brian Cardinal sounds odd too.

Luther Head, Head's just weird to have as a last name.

Nene, I can understand Pele, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho using one name but Nene.

Pape Sow is pretty funny too.

Edit : Nene was included cause I didnt see Yohance's post while I was typing this post.

[J@3]

I think Nene uses Nene because Hilario (his full name is Mabyner Hilario or something like that) means something else in his language, I remember Tales mentioning that.

[eisfeld]

Just found Craig funny because I never ever noticed that before. He's always called Speedy and I never saw any webpage, not event he official one, where he's referred as Craig.

[Scotty]

I think Nene uses Nene because Hilario (his full name is Mabyner Hilario or something like that) means something else in his language, I remember Tales mentioning that.

oh, i was going to say Nene

moochie
Ira

What about players that have a Last name that is genarally a first name-
Carmelo Anthony
LeBron James
....... i can't think of any more of the top of my head

[3th]

Cezary Trybanski cool name i quess
Didier Ilunga-Mbenga

[Unrestrict3D]

I'll be the first to nominate Leandro "Beep Beep" Barbosa for worst nickname.

What about players that have a Last name that is genarally a first name-
Carmelo Anthony
LeBron James
....... i can't think of any more of the top of my head

Mike James, Donyell Marshall, Ray Allen, Michael Bradley, Keyon Martin, Troy Murphy

I always thought DerMarr Johnson was a funked up name.

Ha Seung-Jin! I don't know what's funnier - his name or his face.

[KIG1]

Dikembe Mutumbo!!!!!!
DaSagana Diop

[debiler]

Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo.
"Irk" Nowitzki. The idea to that is very cool (no D), but it sounds just dumb.
"The worm" also comes to mind.

@Stevesanity: Iverson sounds Scandinavian, not Russian.

[Jugs]

If u knew russian, u'll find Ira Newble's first name to be very funny.

Do you mind sharing asshole?

I love Bimbo Coles, I was thinking of a name to give a created player back in NBA Courtside 2002 and I didnt want to use my own name so I came up with Bimbo Pornshag

Any nickname like CP3 CB4, LBJ23 etc are pretty gay.

[Stevesanity]

Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo.
"Irk" Nowitzki. The idea to that is very cool (no D), but it sounds just dumb.
"The worm" also comes to mind.

@Stevesanity: Iverson sounds Scandinavian, not Russian.

True now that I think about it, I remember a soccer player named Iversen that played for Tottenham cant remember whether he was from Norway, Sweden or some other place.

Im pretty suprised that people find the Craig-Speedy thing funny/weird, Its been a really long time since people called Penny by his real name Anfernee.

[J@3]

He was from Norway.

[arrell]

I find "The Truth" to be a lame nickname. It just sounds too desperate for my liking. Like having a nickname for the sake of having a nickname.

[KDawg295]

IDK about u guys but Popeye Jones is pretty funny...not only that but also his picture

[Alcoholic]

Here in Portland they call Zach Randolph "Z-Bo" (The Z I understand.... but Bo?)and Theo Ratliff "The Rattler" (a rattlesnake sound bit plays whenever he scores a basket

Maybe Z-Bo is from the movie Friday (Ice Cube) where the big bully of the neighborhood is called Deebo.. just guessing.

[spyda45man]

Mookie Blaylock, Mouges Boudes, Vlade Divac, Sasha Vuajic, Nene, Maunte Bol, Kobe Bryant, all of this are wired names.

[[Q]]

well, Leandro's "Beep Beep" is retarded because Doug Collins made it up.

I remember Speedy Claxton went by Craig Claxton when he got drafted in '99.

Chris Webber is really Mayce Christopher Edward III.

I have no problem with Euro names... they're fun to say.

[Donatello]

Vlade Divac

Well that just proves you aren't very cultured. That's not an odd name at all.

[Cloudy]

In Chinese TV, they gave Dirk a nickname of... Long-Haired German Warrior...

"De-Guo-Chang-Fa-Piao-Yi-Yong-Shi"

[[Q]]

oh and "Stevie Franchise" is pretty funny.

[cyanide]

Jason Richardson and Richard Jefferson are pretty generic and ends up confusing if you say their names twenty times really fast.

[iG®]

IDK about u guys but Popeye Jones is pretty funny...not only that but also his picture

You have to laugh when you hear a name like Zaza Pachuila, Jahidi White, Fisher (I mean, c'mon), Rose, [b]Stacey Augmon, Potapenko... And you people, when writing "funny" names, write them correctly. Some of you wrote something that can't even be pronaunced. in any language.[/b]

[BIG GREEN]

Robert "Tractor" Trailer deserves mention cause his name suits his size and looks.

[Its_asdf]

Joe Smith or John Thomas are just so overly generic they make me crack a smile.

I also can't picture someone's name being Royal Ivey.

[air gordon]

Here in Portland they call Zach Randolph "Z-Bo" (The Z I understand.... but Bo?)and Theo Ratliff "The Rattler" (a rattlesnake sound bit plays whenever he scores a basket

Maybe Z-Bo is from the movie Friday (Ice Cube) where the big bully of the neighborhood is called Deebo.. just guessing.

lol i always that it was "Dee-VO". guess you really learn something new every day

Dickey Simpkins is my nomination. my friends would call him "Sickey Dimpkins" because he was so terrible

i didn't like Brian Grant's former nickname- "the General". that was pretty weak.

B-Diddy is pretty unoriginal and uninspiring