AKA.....Basketball

[123jaytalker]

Well we got half of week to kill before the next game....How about a little memory testing?

All sports are famous for "nicknames", basketball is one of the most prefered.

Off the top of the head (no googling) list some of the nicknames associated with basketball (pro or college).

I'll start it off and keep mine all before the 90s. Answer by naming the player known by the nickname and put up some that you remember.

The Dipper
Earl the Pearl
Zeke from Cabin Creek
Dr. J
Pistol Pete
Dave the Rave
Easy Ed
Chet the Jet
Black Magic (not just Magic)
Magic
The Big O
The Big E
Bad News
Clyde
The Hawk
Ice Man
The Big Dog

That's a decent start. Now add as many as you can take off this list.

[CBaller13]

Penny
The Big Aristotle
Shaq
D-Wade
LBJ
King James
Shady
B-Rush
Sherronatron
CDR
Q-Rich
Nate the Great
KG
Ray Ray
AI
Sheed
Rip
Dyess
Agent Zero
J-Rich
CP3
Juju
KD
etc
etc

[chickenscratch]

Too many to mention but my favorite nicks are

Never nervous pervis
Cornbred
Hondo
The Human Erasor
The Mailman
Chocolate Thunder
Big Baby

[123jaytalker]

Originally Posted by chickenscratch

Too many to mention but my favorite nicks are

Never nervous pervis Pervis Elington sp
Cornbred Maxwell
Hondo John Havlicek
The Human Erasor Marvin Webster
The Mailman Carl Malone
Chocolate Thunder Darryl Dawkins
Big Baby

Glen Davis

It is easy to tell the age difference. Chicken
scratch is a lot closer to my age than CBaller and also how the use of nicknames has changed.

I'll add seven more for chickenscratch's, once more from pre-90s.

The Stilt
The Kangeroo Kid
Sir Charles
The Dream
The Glide
Chief
Tiny

[SweedishHamma]

Originally Posted by 123jaytalker

The Dream

Best player ever.

[123jaytalker]

Originally Posted by CBaller13

Penny-Hardaway
The Big Aristotle???
Shaq-O'Neil
D-Wade- Dwanye Wade
LBJ-LaBron James?
King James-Labron James
Shady-Darrell Arthur
B-Rush-Brandon Rush
Sherronatron- Sherron Collins
CDR-Chris Douglas-Roberts
Q-Rich-Quinton Richardson
Nate the Great-Nate Robinson
KG-Kevin Garnett
Ray Ray-Ray Felton?
AI-Allen Iverson
Sheed-Rasheed Wallace
Rip-Rip Hamilton
Dyess-Antonio McDyess?
Agent Zero???
J-Rich-Jason Richardson
CP3-Chris Paul III
Juju-Julian Wright
KD???
etc
etc

A little bit harder for me as it isn't my regular time frame.

I'll try to put back as many as I got on CBaller's list

Diesel
The X-Man
SkyWalker
Larry the Legend
Air Jordan
The Truth
Tree
The Round Mound of Rebound
The Mayor
Downtown Brown
The Human Highlight Film
The Answer
The Logo

I think that's close

[chickenscratch]

Originally Posted by 123jaytalker

Glen Davis

It is easy to tell the age difference. Chicken
scratch is a lot closer to my age than CBaller and also how the use of nicknames has changed.

I'll add seven more for chickenscratch's, once more from pre-90s.

The Stilt
The Kangeroo Kid
Sir Charles
The Dream
The Glide
Chief
Tiny

Without looking them up. Wilt, dunno, Barkley, Olajujan, Drexler, Parrish, and Archibald

[123jaytalker]

Excellent job cs. The Kangeroo Kid was Billy Cuningham. It was a reference to his quick jumping abilty.