Phil Jackson has been so impressed with the bench play of the Los Angeles Lakers that he’s dubbed his second unit “The Renegades.” Either he’s a huge Patrick Swayze fan or he still has a little of that rebel spirit of the 1970′s living inside of him. Either way, it’s not fair for the Lakers’ bench to be the only nicknamed crew in the league. Here are suggestions for the other 29 teams:
Eastern Conference
Atlanta Hawks — Big Head Za and the Monsters
Boston Celtics — Three Men and a Big Baby
Charlotte Bobcats — The Bust Brigade
Chicago Bulls — Some Dudes
Cleveland Cavaliers — Someone Still Loves You, Antawn Jamison
Detroit Pistons — Cash Money Billionaires
Indiana Pacers — The Game Barn
Miami Heat — The Juwan Howards
Milwaukee Bucks — Bloggers Like Us
New Jersey Nets — Better Than Last Year
New York Knicks — Jerome James’ Mausoleum of Terror
Orlando Magic — The Scorceror’s Apprentices
Philadelphia 76ers — Squiggly Red Lines
Toronto Raptors — Miss You, 2007
Washington Wizards — Vomitron
Western Conference
Dallas Mavericks — The Wedding Collection
Denver Nuggets — Headband Collective
Golden State Warriors — Shoot It, Wayne
Houston Rockets — Brad Miller and the Traveling Bro Show
Los Angeles Clippers — Yikes Patrol
Memphis Grizzlies — Edgar
Minnesota Timberwolves — The En Guard Society
New Orleans Hornets — I Am Peja
Oklahoma City Thunder — Da Bess, Mayne
Phoenix Suns — Aloe Vera
Portland Trail Blazers — The Sound Personnel Moves
Sacramento Kings — The Too-Tall Gang
San Antonio Spurs — Cinnamon in Eggs
Utah Jazz — Yuppster
Corrections? Suggestions? Lotions? Let us know in the comments.
C’mon Man, Shaq gave us a name already! “The Boston Bench Mob”.
Toronto Raptors – We Should Be Starting
You had me at “Vomitron”.
“The Boston Bench Mob” is too much of a rip-off of the Sacramento Kings’ “Bench Mob” in the early 2000s. STRICKEN FROM THE RECORD!
Yikes Patrol just made me choke on a sip of coffee. You’re officially a crew member of the S.S. Thumbsupmanship.
C’mon Trey, I know that you’re capable of more. Most of these nicknames are interchangeable, most aren’t funny. Do you have a post quota to hit per day or something?
Yupster? Sheesh. How about ‘Fesenko’s People of the Bench’ or ‘Blazers Tryout Squad’
I dislike Trey Kerby. Now I know why some hate Kelly with a passion over at Yahoo.
New Orleans Hornets — “Our name would be a lot cooler if we wouldn’t have cut Mustafa Shakur.”
“Someone Still Loves You, Antawn Jamison” is straight wonderful.
The Nuggets’ should have been “Ink’d.” Or is that taken?
Yeah, except for a few, this was not your strongest blog entry…
I disagree with Mikeliuxd though, because you can’t compare the mostly-funny-but-somewhat-bad-at-times Trey Kerby with the awfully horrible joke of a journalist/blogger that is Kelly Dwyer. You can’t imagine how much I hate him, I fear Yahoo! Sports because of him and Chris Chase.
the Bobcats should be D’s Nuts for the underrated Derrick Brown
That was toilet paper Trey. Sorry, but that really was Dwyer-esque.
Someone Still Loves You, Antawn Jamison. Still lolling.
lol’d inrl so early and often (election day)
Game Barn = wowzookeeums
Dallas Mavericks — The Wedding Collection is best :D