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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Feb 20, 2019 23:04:05 GMT
Nicknames used to be clever and cool. Magic, Pistol Pete, Air Jordan, The Mailman, Dr. Dukenstien, etc. Then in the 2000's the media and/or players got really stupid and lazy and just used their first initial plus last name. T-Mac, C-Webb, D-Wade, J-Kid, Z-Bo, J-Rose. Sometimes they got really clever and didn't even need a hyphen (Melo, Ray Ray), or they added the player's number (CP3, PG13). Now it's degraded even further as nicknames are given out based on prominent facial hair (The Beard, The Brow). Darrell Griffith, "Dr. Dunkenstein" was one of my all-time favorites.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Feb 20, 2019 23:10:04 GMT
And George Gervin, "The Iceman"
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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on Feb 20, 2019 23:33:41 GMT
Darryl “Chocolate Thunder” Dawkins was a favorite of mine, as was referring to Charles Barkley as the Round Mound of Rebound.
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Post by DC-Fan on Feb 21, 2019 0:15:50 GMT
Nicknames used to be clever and cool. Magic, Pistol Pete, Air Jordan, The Mailman, Dr. Dukenstien, etc. Then in the 2000's the media and/or players got really stupid and lazy and just used their first initial plus last name. T-Mac, C-Webb, D-Wade, J-Kid, Z-Bo, J-Rose. Sometimes they got really clever and didn't even need a hyphen (Melo, Ray Ray), or they added the player's number (CP3, PG13). Now it's degraded even further as nicknames are given out based on prominent facial hair (The Beard, The Brow). Not exclusive to the NBA. Look at the NFL. AB, A-Rod, TB12, Gronk, 99, Zeke... What are the best nicknames in the NFL right now? Beast Mode? BDN? I think the media tried to call Mahomes “Showtime” at one point but it didn’t stick. NFL used to have a lot of good nicknames, such as: The Bus The Diesel The Galloping Ghost Megatron The Moose The Playmaker The Refrigerator The Rocket Sweetness Now the best nicknames are: Belicheat Shady Brady Julian PEDelman
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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on Feb 21, 2019 0:23:57 GMT
Not exclusive to the NBA. Look at the NFL. AB, A-Rod, TB12, Gronk, 99, Zeke... What are the best nicknames in the NFL right now? Beast Mode? BDN? I think the media tried to call Mahomes “Showtime” at one point but it didn’t stick. NFL used to have a lot of good nicknames, such as: The Bus The Diesel The Galloping Ghost Megatron The Moose The Playmaker The Refrigerator The Rocket Sweetness Now the best nicknames are: Belicheat Shady Brady Julian PEDelman
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Feb 21, 2019 1:56:58 GMT
It's a purely American phenomenom. Peter "Silk" Burgoyne Lance "Buddy," Franklin Scott "Poetry in Slow Motion" Pendlebury Heath "Reg" Grundy Mason Cox- The American Pie Alex Silvagni: Son of SOS. Nicknames alive and well in Australia. Depressingly few in cricket though Glenn Maxwell- The Big Show Nathan Lyon: The Goat Brett "Bing" Lee
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