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Wed May 24, 2006 1:02 pm
How can you people forget the brazillion on the nuggets "Nene" or as i call him.."nin-nee"...one name..two syllables...no skill.
Wed May 24, 2006 1:05 pm
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.
Wed May 24, 2006 3:13 pm
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.
Wed May 24, 2006 3:48 pm
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.
Wed May 24, 2006 3:48 pm
Jae wrote: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
Wed May 24, 2006 4:04 pm
Cezary Trybanski cool name i quess
Didier Ilunga-Mbenga
Wed May 24, 2006 4:11 pm
I'll be the first to nominate Leandro
"Beep Beep" Barbosa for worst nickname.
tripplemrox wrote:What about players that have a Last name that is genarally a first name-
Carmelo
AnthonyLeBron
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.
Wed May 24, 2006 4:12 pm
Dikembe Mutumbo!!!!!!
DaSagana Diop
Wed May 24, 2006 4:26 pm
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.
Wed May 24, 2006 4:30 pm
Anthony15 wrote: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.
Wed May 24, 2006 4:58 pm
debiler wrote: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.
Wed May 24, 2006 5:42 pm
He was from Norway.
Wed May 24, 2006 9:31 pm
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.
Wed May 24, 2006 10:55 pm
IDK about u guys but Popeye Jones is pretty funny...not only that but also his picture
Thu May 25, 2006 12:55 am
Donatello wrote: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.
Thu May 25, 2006 1:12 am
Mookie Blaylock, Mouges Boudes, Vlade Divac, Sasha Vuajic, Nene, Maunte Bol, Kobe Bryant, all of this are wired names.
Thu May 25, 2006 1:35 am
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.
Thu May 25, 2006 1:36 am
spyda45man wrote:Vlade Divac
Well that just proves you aren't very cultured.

That's not an odd name at all.
Thu May 25, 2006 1:39 am
In Chinese TV, they gave Dirk a nickname of... Long-Haired German Warrior...
"De-Guo-Chang-Fa-Piao-Yi-Yong-Shi"
Thu May 25, 2006 1:43 am
oh and "Stevie Franchise" is pretty funny.
Thu May 25, 2006 4:14 am
Jason Richardson and Richard Jefferson are pretty generic and ends up confusing if you say their names twenty times really fast.
Thu May 25, 2006 7:12 am
KDawg295 wrote: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]
Thu May 25, 2006 7:43 am
Robert "Tractor" Trailer deserves mention cause his name suits his size and looks.
Thu May 25, 2006 8:31 am
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.
Thu May 25, 2006 8:33 am
Alcoholic wrote:Donatello wrote: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
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