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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

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.

Roy is called "The Natural" on radio.

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.

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

Andrew Bynum is known as The Wrinkle.

Von "Michael Jordan" Wafer.

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

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

andrew "socks" bynum

its a long story

AdamTheGreek wrote:

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

That got me LOLing.

Shelden WIlliams - The Landlord

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

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

Anthony Randolph= Adolph
Monta Ellis= One Man Fast Break

tru6playa wrote: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!