The Lesser Known Nicknames of the NBA

[Dr Aki]

mamba was probably more known as "the ocho" before the number change to "the new jack bauer"

but kobe has always been known on a first name basis

[tru6playa]

Sac Kings:

Bobby Jackson - BJax or BobbyJ
Kevin Martin = K$ or Kmart
Spencer Hawes = Hawesome
Beno Udrih = Turnovermachine
Francisco Garcia = 'Cisco

Alot of new players on our team, these are ones that I could think of off the top of my head.

[Mr. Perfect]

Calvin Booth - "The Thief"
"Because he's pretty much just stealing paychecks at this point."

[Bskey]

Roy is called "The Natural" on radio.

[Kabookalu]

Back when Detroit used to have both Jerome Williams and Mikki Moore, everyone knew Jerome's nickname was the Junk Yard Dog but Mikki Moore was also known as Scrappy Dog.

[AQuintus]

Rodney "Hot Rod" Carney

I don't know if his real nickname, but I think I remember one of the Wolves' commentators call him that.

Craig "Cookie Monster" or "Rhino" Smith

Edit: And Randy "Fourth Quarter" Foye

[DelaneyRudd]

Andrew Bynum is known as The Wrinkle.

[TMU]

Von "Michael Jordan" Wafer.

[vincecarter4pres]

Brian Scalabrine - Veal
Chris Douglas Roberts - CDR or Buckets
Brook Lopez - Thriller
Ryan Anderson - Mr. Anderson
Devin Harris - D Lightening

Back in the day me and my friends used to use the following:
Steve Nash - Steve Nashty
Lamar Odom - Lamar Oh Damn
Ervin "Not So Magic" Johnson
Eduardo Najera - Empanada Najera

[WarFan]

Warriors:
Kelenna Azubuike - Buike, Horror Story, Special K, The London Gentleman
Marco Belinelli - Beli, Sly, Rocky, Bustinelli, Polo
Andris Biedrins - AB, Beans, Bieds
Jamal Crawford - Crawful, Craw
Jermareo Davidson - Extra Stick
Monta Ellis - The Mississippi Bullet, Moped, The Gimp
Stephen Jackson - Jax, StackJack, Captain Jack
Rob Kurz - The Kurz, The Kurzinator
Corey Maggette - Regrette, Bad Porn, Mags, MEggette
Anthony Morrow - Ammo
Anthony Randolph - Dolph, It, Randy
Ronny Turiaf - Predator
CJ Watson - CJ Disaster, Tank Commander
Brandan Wright - BWright, Dumbo, Brandon Wrong

Ex-Warriors:
Baron Davis - BoomDizzle, BoomFizzle, Black Santa, BDiddy, BShiddy, Big Fatty
Matt Barnes - My Bad, Mohawk
Patrick O'Bryant - POB, Pattycakes
Mickael Pietrus - Air France, Trainwreck, MP2, Petey
Ike Diogu - The Beast
Dajuan Wagner - The Bag

[10scott10]

andrew "socks" bynum

its a long story

[EH15]

Redick we just call him by his real name of 'Jonathan Clay'.

That got me LOLing.

Shelden WIlliams - The Landlord

[Tom Baker]

Raptors:

Jose Calderon = Numero Ocho or simply Ocho (or with this year's injuries, Numero Oucho)
Chris Bosh and Andrea Bargnani = the Killer Bs
Bargnani = Barney (the Raptors being Barney and Friends) or Il Mago
Kris Humpries = Big Sexy or the Baconator
Roko Ukic = the Pregnant Lady
Pops Mensah-Bonsu just doesn't need a nickname
Anthony Parker = Old Man Parker or Grampa Simpson
Joey Graham = Good Joey (or Bad Joey when he has off nights) or the Hulk
Marcus Banks.... we just don't talk about him much
Shawn Marion = what the hell happened to this guy?
Jake Voskul = Jake the Snake, Vosk or Voskill
...and finally...

Jason Kapono = Cap-killa, Krapono, Marco Pono (as in Marco Polo because he travels a lot), that huge dead anchor around the neck of our franchise... he just generally makes people bitch and cry

Some ex-Raptors:

Vince Carter = Wince
T-Mac = Wince's Cousin
T.J. Ford = Me-J
Antonio Davis = Bricktonio or Stonehandio (in his later days)
Jerome Williams = Junkyard Dog
Damon Stoudamire = Mighty Mouse
Matt Bonner = the Red Rocket
Alvin Williams = Boogie

EDIT: Almost forgot Carlos Delfino, often known as Chuckfino. This lead one poster to famous quote: "Carlos is Spanish for Chuck". LOL

[DaDragicShow]

Louis Amundon- Sweet Lou
Jared Dudley- Dudster
Goran Dragic- Tragic
Robin Lopez- J-Lo

[J-Rich-]

Anthony Randolph= Adolph
Monta Ellis= One Man Fast Break

[romes3000]

Sac Kings:

Bobby Jackson - BJax or BobbyJ
Kevin Martin = K$ or Kmart
Spencer Hawes = Hawesome
Beno Udrih = Turnovermachine
Francisco Garcia = 'Cisco

Alot of new players on our team, these are ones that I could think of off the top of my head.

Thanks tru6playa, I've added to the post with your credit on it!