ORIGINAL REFERENCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nicknames_used_in_basketball
A
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – "Cap"[1]
- Ray Allen – "Ray Ray",[2] "Sugar Ray" "Jesus Shuttlesworth"[3] (after his character in the movie He Got Game),[3]
- Rafer Alston – "Skip To My Lou"[4]
- Chris Andersen – "Birdman"[5]
- Greg Anderson – "Cadillac"[6][7]
- Carmelo Anthony – "Melo"[8]
- Nate Archibald – "Tiny"[6][9]
- Gilbert Arenas – ""Agent Zero", "The Hibachi"[10][11]
- Trevor Ariza – "Cobra"[12]
- Paul Arizin – "Pitchin' Paul"[9]
- Stacey Augmon – "Plastic Man"[9]
B
- Ken Bannister – "The Animal"[7]
- Andrea Bargnani – "Il Mago(The Magician)" (In Italy)[13]
- Charles Barkley – "Chuck",[9][14] "The Round Mound of Rebound",[6][9][14][15][16] "Sir Charles",[9] "Prince Charles", "Leaning Tower of Pizza",[14][16] "Pillsbury Dough Boy",[14] "The Human Refrigerator",[14] "The Flying Coke Machine",[14] "The Crisco Kid",[14][16] "Boy Gorge"[14][16]
- Jim Barnes – "Bad News"[15]
- Marvin Barnes – "Bad News" (originally because of his basketball skills but later because of his frequent off-court issues)[14]
- Dick Barnett – "Fall Back Baby"[6]
- Jerry Baskerville – "Hound"[7]
- Elgin Baylor - "E B"
- Alfred Beard – "Butch"[17]
- Marco Belinelli – "Beli"[18]
- Walt Bellamy – "Bells"[19][20]
- Brent Barry – "Bones"[21]
- Chauncey Billups – "Mr. Big Shot"[22]
- Larry Bird – "The Hick from French Lick",[23] "Larry Legend",[23] "Uncle Larry"
- Daron Blaylock – "Mookie"[9]
- Eric Bledsoe – "Mini Lebron"[9]
- Tyrone Bogues – "Muggsy"[24] (because he was so adept at stealing, it was like he was mugging you)
- Chris Bosh – "CB4",[25] "The Boshtrich",[25] "Boshasaurus"
- Bill Bradley – "Dollar Bill",[9] "The Secretary of State",[15] "Mr. President"[15]
- Jim Breeden – "Brick"[23]
- Ronny Brewer - "Chicago's Finest Brew" ( during tenure with the Chicago Bulls
- John Brockman - "The Brockness Monster" (because he was rarely seen in games)[26]
- Fred Brown – "Downtown Freddie"[9] (for his proficiency in the 3-point basket, "from downtown")[27]
- Joe Bryant – "Jellybean"[28]
- Kobe Bryant – "Black Mamba", "Vino"[29]
- Jimmy Butler - "Jimmy Buckets",[30] "Jimmy G. Buckets" (the G stands for GETS)
C
- Joe Caldwell – "Pogo", "Jumping Joe"[31]
- Brian Cardinal - "The Custodian"
- Antoine Carr – "Big Dog"[9]
- Vince Carter – "Air Canada", "Vinsanity", "Half Man Half Amazing",[9]
- Sam Cassell – "Sam I Am"[32]
- Wilt Chamberlain – "Wilt the Stilt",[9][33] "The Big Dipper"[24][34] (because as a child he had to 'dip' his head after hitting it on a door frame)[24]
- Derrick Chievous – "Band-Aid"[24] (who wore one for good luck)[24]
- Craig Claxton – "Speedy"[6]
- Ric Cobb – "The Elevator Man"[6]
- Vernal Coles – "Bimbo"[6][17]
- Bob Cousy – "The Houdini of the Hardwood"[19]
- Forrest Cox – "Frosty"[35]
- Billy Cunningham – "Kangaroo Kid"[15]
D
- Bob Dandridge – "Bobby D"[11]
- Mel Davis – "Killer"[15]
- Glen Davis – "Big Baby",[36] "Uno-Uno"[37]
- Ricky Davis – "Ricky Buckets",[9] "Wrong Rim Ricky"
- Darryl Dawkins – "Chocolate Thunder"[7][9]
- Clyde Drexler – "Clyde the Glide"[6][9][14]
- Tim Duncan – "The Big Fundamental"[38] (for his fundamentally sound game), "Slam Duncan",[39] "TD", "Timmy D"
- Ft. Myers, FL - Dunk City[40]
- Kevin Durant – "Durantula",[41] "KD", "Slim Reaper"[42]
E
- Theodore Edwards – "Blue"[24] (from an older sister, for the color of his face when he was choking as a baby)[24]
- Pervis Ellison – "Never Nervous Pervis"[9]
- Julius Erving – "Dr. J"[9][15]
- Patrick Ewing - "The Beast of the East"[43]
F
- Kenneth Faried - "Manimal"
- Derek Fisher – "D-Fish"[44]
- Eric Floyd – "Sleepy"[6]
- Clarence Francis – "Bevo"[7]
- Steve Francis – "Stevie Franchise"[45]
- Walt Frazier – "Clyde"[9] (after the film Bonnie and Clyde, due to his flamboyant clothes)
- Lloyd Bernard Free – "World B. Free",[20] "The Prince of Midair"[6]
G
- Dan Gadzuric - "The Flighing Dutchman" [46]
- Harry Gallatin – "The Horse"[19]
- Danilo Gallinari – "Gallo"
- Kevin Garnett – "Go-Go Gadget Arms",[47] "Big Ticket",[48][49] "KG",[49] "The Kid"[49]
- Paul George - "Georgeous", "King George", " Paul George RR Martin" [50]
- George Gervin – "Iceberg Slim",[51] "The Iceman",[9][14] just "Ice"[15]
- Daniel Gibson – "Boobie"[17]
- Armen Gilliam - "The Hammer"[52]
- Artis Gilmore – "A Train"[7]
- Manu Ginobili - "Obi-Wan Ginobili", "El Contusione"
- George Glamack – "The Blind Bomber"[16] (his eyesight was so poor that he had to look at the courtlines to determine how hard to shoot).[16]
- Ben Gordon – "Madison Square Gordon"[53]
- Marcin Gortat – "The Polish Hammer"[54]
- Boyd Grant – "Tiny"[35]
- Travis Grant – "Machine Gun"[7][55]
- Jeff Green - "Iron Man"[56]
- Darrell Griffith – "Dr. Dunkenstein"[6][7][9]
- Robert Gruenig – "Ace"[57]
- Tom Gugliotta – "Googs"[11]
H
- Harold Hairston – "Happy"[6]
- Richard Hamilton – "Rip"[58]
- Tom Hammonds – "The Terminator"[59]
- Anfernee Hardaway – "Penny"[9][24] (from his grandmother's Southern accent calling him "pretty")[24]
- John Havlicek – "Hondo"[9] (from Mel Nowell, because of Havlicek's interest in Western novels and looking like John Wayne in the film), "Czech" (because of the second syllable of his last name
- Elvin Hayes – "The Big E",[6][19] "E"[11]
- Tommy Heinsohn – "Ack Ack" (from the sound of a machine gun, since Heinsohn "never met a shot he didn't like or wouldn't take"),[15] "Tommy Gun",[55] "Tommy Points"
- Grant Hill – "G",[60] "G-money"[60]
- Darnell Hillman – "Dr. Dunk"[7]
- Fred Hoiberg – "The Mayor";[9] given to him by his Iowa State teammates because of his extraordinary popularity in the school's home city of Ames, Iowa, where he was raised
- Lionel Hollins – "(The) L-Train"[9]
- William Holzman – "Red"[19]
- Kirk Hinrich - Captain Kirk
- Robert Horry – "Big Shot Rob"[61] or "Big Shot Bob",[61]
- Dwight Howard – "Superman",[62] "Foul on You",[62] (for the large number of fouls called on Howard during the 2010 NBA Playoffs),[62] "D12", "DH12"
- Rodney Hundley – "Hot Rod"[6][9]
I
- Serge Ibaka - "The Big Dongo from the Kongo", "I-block-a", "Serge Protector"[63]
- Andre Iguodala - "Iggy"
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas – "Z"[64]
- Ersan Ilyasova - "Turkish Thunder"[65]
- Kyrie Irving – "Uncle Drew"[66]
- Allen Iverson – "The Answer",[67] "AI"
J
- Stephen Jackson – "Captain Jack"
- LeBron James – "(The) L-Train",[9] "King James",[17] "The Akron Hammer", "LBJ", "The King", "The Chosen One", "Bron Bron"
- Dennis Johnson - "DJ"
- Earvin Johnson – "Magic",[9][24][68] "Buck",[24] "E.J."[24]
- Gus Johnson – "Honeycomb"[7]
- Larry Johnson – "Grandmama"[9] (from his role in a series of Converse commercials in which he portrayed his own grandmother)
- Vinnie Johnson – "The Microwave"[9] ("gets hot instantly")
- Damon Jones – "The World's Greatest Shooter"[17]
- Ronald Jones – "Popeye"[69]
- Michael Jordan – "Air Jordan",[70] "His Airness",[9][71] "MJ",[14] "the G.O.A.T.(Greatest of All Time)"
- Antoine Joubert – "The Judge"[6]
K
- Greg Kelser – "Special K"[72]
- Shawn Kemp – "The Reignman"[9][27]
- Jason Kidd - "JK" "JKidd"
- Andrei Kirilenko – "AK47"[73]
- Toni Kukoc - "Croatian Sensation, The Waiter, Euro-Magic" [74]
L
- Lafayette Lever – "Fat"[3]
- Nancy Lieberman – "Lady Magic"[75]
- Jeremy Lin – "Lin-sanity", "Super-Lintendo", "Lin-credible", Lin-tastic", Lin Dynasty[76]
- Jim Loscutoff – "Jungle Jim",[9][15] "Loscy"
- Bob Love – "Butterbean"[7]
M
- Ed Macauley – "Easy"[19]
- Dan Majerle – "Thunder Dan"[9]
- Karl Malone – "The Mailman"[9][77] (because he always delivered)[77]
- Earl Manigault – "The Goat"[6]
- Pete Maravich – "Pistol Pete"[6][7][9][20]
- Stephon Marbury – "Starbury" and "Crybury"[78]
- Shawn Marion – "The Matrix"[79]
- Cedric Maxwell – "Cornbread"[6][7][9] (after the title character in the film Cornbread, Earl and Me)[80]
- Xavier McDaniel – "The X-Man";[9] play on the initial of his first name with the X-Men, a group of superheroes
- Antonio McDyess - "Dice"
- Jon McGlocklin - "Jonny Mac" [81]
- Tracy McGrady – "T-Mac"
- Dick McGuire – "Tricky Dick"[19][82]
- Kevin McHale – "Herman Munster",[23] "The Black Hole"[24] (because of his interest in shooting, once balls were passed to him, they never came back)[24]
- Dean Meminger – "The Dream"[15]
- Darko Milicic – "The Human Victory Cigar", because his court appearances were at the end of routs.[20] The first to have this nickname was Stojko Vranković.[83]
- Harold Miner – "Baby Jordan"[9]
- Bill Mlkvy – "The Owl without a Vowel"[6][9]
- Earl Monroe – "Black Magic",[84] "Earl the Pearl",[9][11][84] "Black Jesus"[85]
- Donatas Motiejunas – "D-Mo"
- Alonzo Mourning – "Zo"[9][19]
- Charles Murphy – "Stretch"[19]
- Ronald Murray - "Flip"
- Dikembe Mutombo - "Mt. Mutombo"
N
- Harry Narcisian – "The Horse"[35]
- Steve Nash – "Captain Canada", "Hair Canada"[86]
- Fred Neal – "Curly"[6]
- Jameer Nelson – "Mighty Mouse",[87] "Crib Midget"[87]
O
- Lamar Odom – "The Candy Man"[88]
- Mehmet Okur - "Memo"
- Shaquille O'Neal – "Shaq",[89] "Shaq Daddy",[89] "Shaq Fu",[89] "Diesel",[89] "The Big Aristotle",[89] "Superman", "MDE" (Most Dominant Ever),[89] "The Big Maravich",[89] "The Big Fella",[89] "The Big Shaqtus", "The Big Cordially",[89] "Big Shamrock"[90]
- Hakeem Olajuwon – "The Dream"[6][9][14][15] (by Dick Vitale during his freshman year at the University of Houston)[91]
- Michael Olowokandi – "Kandi Man"[9]
P
- Smush Parker – "Smush"[17]
- Tony Parker – "TP"
- Robert Parish – "The Chief"[9] (after the mute, expressionless character in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
- Ruben Patterson – "The Kobe Stopper"[92]
- Chris Paul – "CP3"
- Billy Paultz – "The Whopper"[14][15]
- Gary Payton – "The Glove"[9] (for his defensive play – (his defense "held" opponents like a "baseball in a glove"))
- Sam Perkins – "Big Smooth"[93]
- Elliot Perry – "Socks"[9] (because he always wore his socks to his knees)
- Chuck Person – "The Rifleman" (who's full name is Chuck Connors Person, because his mom was a fan of The Rifleman).[94]
- Paul Pierce – "The Truth",[95]
- Ricky Pierce – "Big Paper Daddy"[93]
- Jim Pollard – "Kangaroo Kid"[15]
- Kevin Porter – "Little Drummer Boy"[11]
- Vitaly Potapenko – "Ukraine Train"[9]
- Joel Przybilla - "Vanilla Gorilla" [96]
R
- Zach Randolph - "Z-Bo"
- Bryant Reeves – "Big Country"[7][9]
- Jerome Richardson – "Pooh"[6]
- Mike Riordan – "Rags"[11]
- Glenn Rivers – "Doc"[6]
- David Robinson – "The Admiral"[6][24] (for his stint in the U.S. Navy)
- Glenn Robinson – "Big Dog"[6][7][9]
- Len Robinson – "Truck"[11][15]
- Nate Robinson – "KryptoNate"
- Oscar Robertson – "The Big O"[6][9] (coming from the James Thurber story, "The Disappearing O")[15]
- Dennis Rodman – "The Worm"[7][9][55] (for his wriggling when he played pinball)[55]
- Wayne Rollins – "Tree"[17][19]
- Derrick Rose – "D-Rose"[97]
- Brandon Roy - "The Rain" [98]
S
- Arvydas Sabonis – "Sabas"[99]
- John Salley – "Spider"[9]
- Tom Sanders – "Satch" or "Satch Sanders"[7][9]
- Brian Scalabrine – "White Mamba"[100][101]
- Jon Scheyer – "The Jewish Jordan"[102]
- Ralph Siewert – "Sky",[82] and later "Timber"[103]
- Dennis Scott - "3D"
- James Silas – "Captain Late"[24] (because he was at his best near the end of games),[24] "The Snake", "The Late Mr. Silas"
- Bobby Smith – "Bingo"[7][17]
- Craig Smith – "Rhino"[9]
- Josh Smith – "J-Smoove"[104]
- Kenny Smith – "The Jet"
- Larry Smith – "Mr. Mean"[15]
- Latrell Sprewell – "Spree"[105]
- Dave Stallworth – "The Rave"[11]
- Amar'e Stoudemire – "STAT (Standing Tall and Talented)"[106]
T
- Jason Terry - "JET" (his initials)
- Isiah Thomas – "Zeke",[9][107] "Cuts"[107] (for the cuts he would suffer while driving the lane),[107] "The Baby-Faced Assassin"[107] (for his young appearance contrasted with his shooting skill)[107]
- Kurt Thomas - "Mid Life" [108]
- David Thompson – "The Skywalker"[19]
- Sedale Threatt – "The Thief"[9]
- Andrew Toney – "The Boston Strangler" (because he kept "killing" the Boston Celtics in big games)[51]
- Robert Traylor – "Tractor Traylor"[9][17]
- Melvin Turpin – "Golden Arches"[14]
- Hedo Türkoğlu – "Hedo"
V
- Nick Van Exel – "Nasty Nick",[109] "Nick Van Excellent",[109] "Nick the Quick"[109]
- Anderson Varejao – "Wild Thing"[17]
- Stojko Vranković - "Human Victory Cigar", because he played at the end of blowout games where Red Auerbach would lit his cigar.[83]
- Dick Van Arsdale - "The Original Sun"
W
- Dwyane Wade - "D-Wade", "Flash", "Three"
- Chet Walker - "Chet the Jet"
- Ben Wallace - "Big Ben"
- Gerald Wallace - "Crash"
- Rasheed Wallace - "Sheed"
- Jerry West - "Mr. Clutch", "Zeke From Cabin Creek", "The Logo", because he was being incorporated into the NBA logo.
- Russell Westbrook - "Fashion Icon", "Cat"
- Dominique Wilkins - "The Human Highlight Film"
- Jamaal Wilkes - "Smooth as Silk"
- Deron Williams - "D-Will"
- Jason Williams - "White Chocolate" [110]
- James Worthy - "Big Game James"
Y
- Yao Ming – "Chairman Yao",[45] "Shaquie Chan",[45] "The Great Wall of Yao"[45]
- Nick Young - "Swaggy P",[111]
Z
- Max Zaslofsky – "Slats"[112]
Coaches
- Arnold Auerbach – "Red"[19]
- Jim Breeden – "Brick"[23]
- Forrest Cox – "Frosty"[35]
- Clarence Gaines – "Big House"[6]
- Boyd Grant – "Tiny"[35]
- William Holzman – "Red"[19]
- Allan Hower – "The Horse"[35]
- Dan Issel – "The Horse"[35]
- Phil Jackson – "Zen Master"[113]
- Alvin Julian – "Doggie"[6]
- Mike Krzyzewski - "Coach K"[114]
- Ward Lambert – "Piggy"[82] (because he wore his hair in pigtails as a youngster)[82]
- Harry Narcisian – "The Horse"[35]
- Gregg Popovich - "Pop"
- Glenn Rivers - "Doc"
- Russell Walseth – "Sox"[35]
- John Wooden – "The Wizard of Westwood" (as a coach)[115]
- Tom Thibodeau - "Thibbs"
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