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List of nicknames in basketball

This is a list of nicknames in the sport of basketball. Most are related to professional basketball, although a few notable nicknames from the U.S. college game are included.

Players

A

B

  • Ken Bannister – "The Manimal" (Childhood nickname)
  • Andrea Bargnani – "Il Mago" (The Magician) (In Italy)
  • Charles Barkley – "Chuck", "The Round Mound of Rebound", "Sir Charles", "Prince Charles", "Leaning Tower of Pizza", "Pillsbury Dough Boy", "The Human Refrigerator", "The Flying Coke Machine", "The Crisco Kid", "Boy Gorge"
  • Harrison Barnes – "The Black Falcon",
  • Jim Barnes – "Bad News"
  • Marvin Barnes – "Bad News" (originally because of his basketball skills but later because of his frequent off-court issues)
  • Scottie Barnes – ”Scottier Barney”, ”The Acoustic”
  • Dick Barnett – "Fall Back Baby"
  • Brent Barry – "Bones"
  • Jerry Baskerville – "Hound"
  • Bradley Beal – "Big Panda"
  • Alfred Beard – "Butch"
  • Michael Beasley – "B-Easy" "Big Mike", "Super Cool Beas"
  • Marco Belinelli – "Beli"
  • Walt Bellamy – "Bells"
  • Chauncey Billups – "Mr. Big Shot"
  • Larry Bird – "The Great White Hope" "The Hick from French Lick", "Larry Legend", "Uncle Larry"
  • Bismack Biyombo – "Bizzy Bo", "The Acrobatic from the Democratic (Republic of the Congo)" "BB-8", "Biznation", "Big Bizness"
  • Daron Blaylock – "Mookie"
  • Eric Bledsoe – "The Bledshow"
  • Tyrone Bogues – "Muggsy"
  • Devin Booker – "Book", "D-Book"
  • Chris Bosh – "CB4", "The Boshtrich",
  • Chris Boucher – "Slimm Duck"
  • Bill Bradley – "Dollar Bill", "The Secretary of State", "Mr. President"
  • Shawn Bradley – "The Enormous Mormon"
  • Mikal Bridges – "The Warden" "Brooklyn Bridges"
  • Jon Brockman – "The Brockness Monster" (because he was rarely seen in games)
  • Fred Brown – "Downtown Freddie" (for his proficiency in the 3-point basket, "from downtown")
  • Joe Bryant – "Jellybean"
  • Kobe Bryant – "Black Mamba", "KB-24", "Vino"
  • Jimmy Butler – "Jimmy Buckets", "Jimmy Jordan" (due to multiple historic playoff runs, his resemblance to Michael Jordan, and conspiracy theories that he is actually Jordan's son)
  • D. J. Burns- The "Buuuuurn", "Big Boy", "Beast Boy"

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D

E

  • Anthony Edwards – "Ant-Man", "Ant"
  • Theodore Edwards – "Blue" (from an older sister, for the color of his face when he was choking as a baby)
  • Pervis Ellison – "Never Nervous Pervis" (during his college days), "Out of Service Pervis" (for his frequent injuries in the NBA)
  • Joel Embiid – "The Process", a self-adopted nickname from a rebuilding process of the 76ers pushed by Sam Hinkie
  • Julius Erving – "Dr. J", The Doctor
  • Patrick Ewing – "The Beast of the East"

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

  • Steve Nash – "Hair Canada"
  • Fred Neal – "Curly"
  • Jameer Nelson – "Mighty Mouse", "Crib Midget"
  • Dirk Nowitzki – "Tall Baller From The G", "Dirty", "The German Racecar", "Bavarian Bomber", "Dirk Diggler", "The Berlin Tall", "German Wunderkind", "Dirk Savage", "The Germinator", "The Big German"
  • Jusuf Nurkić – "The Bosnian Beast"
  • Frank Ntilikina – "The French Prince"

O

P

R

S

T

V

W

Y

  • Guerschon Yabusele – "The Dancing Bear"
  • Yao Ming – "Ming Dynasty", "Chairman Yao", "Shaquie Chan", "The Great Wall of China"
  • Nick Young – "Swaggy P" , "Uncle P", "Bean Burrito"
  • Trae Young – "Ice Trae"

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Coaches

Teams

College

Professional

International

Locations

See also

References