Like we always do at this time — a list of nicknames for every 2012 draftee, most of which won’t stick.
1. Anthony “Frog Baby” Davis
2. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist a.k.a. “Gillie Da Kid”
3. Bradley Beal “Cutlets”
4. Dion “I Don’t Wanna” Waiters
5. Thomas “Tom Bob” Robinson
6. Damian “Ratman” Lillard
7. “High Hattie” Harrison Barnes
8. Terrence “Discount Goods” Ross
9. Andre “Dum Dum” Drummond
10. Austin “Mooooooooooon” Rivers
11. Meyers “Backwards” Leonard
12. Jeremy “Naps” Lamb
13. Kendall “Court” Marshall
14. John Henson a.k.a. “The Muppet Baby”
15. Maurice “Don’t Call Me Mo” Harkless
16. Royce “Da 6’8″ White
17. “Tylears” Zeller
18. Terrence “The Flamingo” Jones
19. Andrew “Rounders” Nicholson
20. Evan “Fab” Fournier
21. Jared “JD” Sullinger
22. Fab “Throw It In the Bag” Melo
23. John Jenkins “Jingleheimerschmidt”
24. Jared “Richie” Cunningham
25. Tony “Verb” Wroten, Jr.
26. Miles Plumlee “Sauce”
27. Arnett “The Get” Moultrie
28. “Tyler” Perry Jones III
29. Marquis “De” Teague
30. “Uncle” Festus Ezeli
31. Jeff “The Toolman” Taylor
32. Tomas “Zatarains” Satoransky
33. Bernard “Lomax” James
34. “Rowdy” Jae Crowder
35. “Everybody Loves” Draymond Green
36. Orlando “Make Seven Up Yours” Johnson
37. Quincy “Cy-cy” Acy
38. Quincy “Chill” Miller
39. Khris “Pippa” Middleton
40. Will “The Mall Cop” Barton
41. Tyshawn “Two Names” Taylor
42. Doron “Bah Bah Black Sheep” Lamb
43. Mike “Dave Brent” Scott
44. “Burly” Kim English
45. Justin “Crinkle Cut” Hamilton
46. “Default” Darius Miller
47. Kevin Murphy a.k.a. “Sweet Murph Baby Number One”
48. Kostas “Daddy Pops” Papanikolaou
49. Kyle “Man of Faith” O’Quinn
50. Izzet “Who Zat?” Turkyllmaz
51. Kris “K-Jo” Joseph
52. Ognjen “Route 34″ Kuzmic
53. “Friar” Furkan Aldemir
54. Tornike “Shingles” Shengelia
55. Darius “Versatile Lakers” Johnson-Odom
56. Tomislav “Tommy” Zubcic
57. Ilkan “The Cyborg” Karaman
58. Robbie “Deep Space” Hummel
59. Marcus “Lifeboat” Denmon
60. Robert Sacre “Bleu”
The Muppet Baby, Backwards, Jingleheimerschmidt, and the Mall Cop were my favorites.
I couldn’t have been the only one that heard Van Gundy comment on Meyers’ backwards name as ESPN came back from commercial break, right? He said “His last name should be Meyers.” haha
#8 , #14, & #54
Ha…Great stuff….I’m sure the pun gun is out of bullets after this one.
Actually attended the draft last night, it was a freakin blast. There was a guy sitting next to me with a kicking Australian accent. I asked if he was related to Leigh Ellis, and he told me not all Australian people are related. I proceeded to ask if he was sure of this.
OK, I didn’t really ask, but if I did I assume the conversation would have went something like that.
haha, great stuff..I hope Royce “Da 6’8′ White sticks
Terrence ‘Witness Protection Program’ Ross.
I laughed. I cried. I did other emotional things as well.
10, 21, 33, 43 and 49
What about Thomas “Mockingbird” Robinson?
I’m still psyched up about Robinson at the Kings
And the potential of wearing a
ROB
DMC
T-shirt.
I’d have gone Ognjen “Rings” Kuzmic, but that’s just me. 59 out of 60 ain’t bad though!
shoulda gone with Meyers “Lemon” Leonard
That’s gold, Jerry!
How is not #48, Kostas “I love it when you call me Big Papa”-nikolaou?
#9 Andre Drummond “Bass”
“How could you be” Mo Harkless
Let’s go home, ladies and gentleman! – Kenny Smith
Made the Jingleheimerschmidt reference to my boy last night. I hope this catches on!
A few suggestions:
Tony “Write, Wrote,” Wroten Jr
or
Tony “Spoiled” Wroten, Jr
and
Fab Melo aka “Fab Melo” he doesn’t need a nickname
We need to give Mike Scott an “Office” related nickname. Sure he doesn’t go by Michael, but it’s too good to pass up. “Dunder Mifflin”, “The Boss”, “The Manager”, “The Paper Mover”. The list continues.
Dave Brent is an Office nickname. The Michael Scott forerunner was David Brent on the original show. So Mike Scott becomes Dave Brent.
Free love on the free love freeway.
Non-Draftee Nickname. Between rounds 1 & 2 the guys behind me tried to start up a “Sexy Silver” chant. Sadly it did not catch on.
I feel like “Sexy Silver” should be a thing. Can we please make this catch on?
Sulinger has to be Sully, right? I mean he is in Boston. Kids in Southie will love it.
I can’t even start to read this… I read the 1st 5 ones, and then it was just “no”….
We’ll never get nicknames as cool as “Magic” or “The Glide” or “His Airness” or “The Dream” or “The Mailman” or “the Worm” or “Grandmama” again… Good nicknames just aren’t in the air right now….
Nicknames nowadays have just gotten so boring. I mean come on, when Webber was with the Warriors, he was “the Big Bad Wolf”… how awesome is that ?
It’s just gotten lazy : KB, LBJ, KG, TD, KD, TP, CB, D-Wade, D-Rose, Russ, Perk, or just straight up calling the guy by his 1st name (Manu, Dirk, Dwight, …)
That is probably the only reason I like “the black Mamba” as a nickname. It’s pretty irrelevant, but at least it’s an actual nickname, not just a diminutive. Also, it’s not a play on words, which is a journalistic error to always think that’s what sports readers want (you know, like lucky 13 or sweet 16 on a winning streak)…
I want to blame this on Shaq… Can I ?
I personally am a fan of Video Game James for LeBron.
You can’t blame it on Shaq! First of all, Wilt Chamberlain was just known as Wilt (he had a ton of nicknames, like the big dipper and wilt the stilt, but only as much as shaq had superman and the diesel and the big aristotle – lots of nicknames sortof equate to none). Second, Shaq came up with one of the best nicknames EVER (and a more recent one at that), naming Paul Pierce The Truth after he lit up the lakers in his rookie season.
Wasn’t expecting much, but these are pretty clever!
If Chris Berman did the NBA for ESPN, he’d steal all of these
Lovin Royce Da 6’8″ lol
http://diegsportsworld.wordpress.com/2012/06/29/raptors-rant/
Michael Kidd-Jordan?
“I Don’t Wanna” Waiters FTW.
I say Austin “Mooooooooooon” Rivers has some old school ring to it.