Can you name the 100 players by their nickname? by RNCftw

Can you name the 100 players by their nickname?

created by RNCftw

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Both current and retired players. The nicknames listed are not necessarily the players' most commonly used. Play 100 More NBA Nicknames: http://www.sporcle.com/games/RNCftw/nba_nicknames_2
Source: Main Source: NBA Nicknames (Wikipedia)
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Nickname	Player	Alternate Nickname(s)
Hibachi		Agent Zero, The Black President
Iggy		AI 2.0
AK 47
Boom Dizzle		B Diddy, Too Easy, The Beard
Big O
Diesel
The Big Fundamental
Birdman
Black Mamba		Bean
Captain Canada		Nashty, Hair Canada
The Round Mound of Rebound		Sir Charles
Kaveman
The Glide
Penny
Air France
The Croatian Sensation		The Waiter
The Chosen One		King James, LBJ
The Glove
The Mailman
The Big Ticket		KG, The Kid
Air		His Airness, MJ
The Dream
Bad Porn
The Hick from French Lick		Larry Legend
The Human Victory Cigar
The Jet
Apollo 33		Bad Moon Rising, Moonshine
The Iceman
Il Mago (The Magician)
Il Gallo (The Rooster)
The Logo		Mr. Clutch, Zeke
Mad Max
Magic
The Matrix

Nickname	Player	Alternate Nickname(s)
Mr. Big Shot
The Admiral
The Natural		B Roy, The Golden Boy
The Reignman
Silk
Skip to My Lou
Starbury
Boom Boom		The Meal Ticket, Picasso
The Truth
Tiny
Rip
The Vanilla Gorilla		Ghostface
The Big Dipper		Wilt the Stilt
White Chocolate
The Worm		Dennis the Menace
Big Z
Zeke
J Smoove
Sugar		(Allen): Ray Ray, Jesus Shuttlesworth
STAT
Get Buckets
Q6		'Quis
3D
JMZ		Studley, Junkyard Dog
Stevie Franchise
Boobie
Captain Jack		Action
Air Canada
Chairman
Mad Dog
The Answer		AI, Bubba Chuck
Human Highlight Film		'Nique
Flip
Memo		Money Man

Nickname	Player	Alternate Nickname(s)
Z-Bo
The Drain		JO
Spanish Chocolate
Rhino		Cookie Monster
Turk Nowitzki		Turkish Delight
The Machine
Crash		G Force
The Haitian Sensation
Lacktion
Lacktion II: Electric Boogaloo
B-Easy		Beastley
Big Dog
Bones		BB Gun
Chocolate Thunder
Tanketa
The Great Wall		The Ming Dynasty
Moses
Houdini of the Hardwood
Mighty Mouse
The Brazilian Blur		LB, The Brazilian Bomber
Pistol
Flash		D Wade, Pookie
The Polish Hammer
The Pterodactyl
Speedy
Thunder Dan
Big Baby		Uno Uno, The Ticket Stub, Big Burrito
Tractor
Big Country
The Definition
Kid N Play		K-Mart
The Chief

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100 NBA Nicknames Quiz

by RNCftw

Created Apr 25, 2010 in Sports
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	RNCftw:	Apr 26th, 2010 at 02:01 GMT		1 point
	Let me know if there are alternate nicknames I missed and any feedback about the time limit is appreciated as well.

	Scal:	Apr 26th, 2010 at 02:15 GMT		4 points
	This is the best NBA nickname quiz I've seen, by far. The only things I noticed: Jason Terry is also the Jet and Micheal Ray Richardson was also Sugar.

	commackfinest3:	Apr 26th, 2010 at 02:36 GMT		1 point
	great quiz, i would put vinsanity as the main one for carter and ive heard brandon jennings as young money as well

	MistahSchwartz:	Apr 26th, 2010 at 02:52 GMT		2 points
	Way too short, need another minute or 2

	stfrit01:	Apr 26th, 2010 at 05:24 GMT		5 points
	durantula...kevin durant

	wfredmason:	Apr 26th, 2010 at 06:06 GMT		2 points
	Jerry West was also Zeke (from Cabin Creek).

	RNCftw:	Apr 26th, 2010 at 06:16 GMT		1 point
	@Scal: I did think about that but I figured "the jet" is smith and straight up "JET" is terry. But I'll add him and richardson in case of confusion. @MistahSchwartz: I'll put it up to 9 @commack & stfrit: I tried to stray away from nicknames that has part of the player's name when I could.

	Rosco:	Apr 26th, 2010 at 06:30 GMT		0 points
	I've always heard Vujacic as "Machine" not "The Machine"

	I_Was_Here:	Apr 26th, 2010 at 09:01 GMT		4 points
	I thought K-Mart was Kenyon Martin?

	RNCftw:	Apr 26th, 2010 at 10:09 GMT		1 point
	@I was here: Kenyon rocked it originally, but Kevin also sometimes goes by it. That's why I included it as an alternate but not his main one.

	ZSGhost:	Apr 26th, 2010 at 15:43 GMT		2 points
	Finally, a well-made nickname quiz. Nice job.

	Bulletchewer6:	Apr 26th, 2010 at 16:19 GMT		1 point
	Still no Big Nasty?

	Shaft41:	Apr 26th, 2010 at 17:26 GMT		1 point
	Brad Lohaus was the original Vanilla Gorilla.

	DirtyKash:	Apr 26th, 2010 at 17:40 GMT		1 point
	"Bad Porn" hahahaha.

dlh1231:

Apr 26th, 2010 at 20:04 GMT

1 point

LeBron James is also the Akron Hammer (SportsNation), and I've heard Gasol called Gasoline (though I guess that's not too official). As Scal said, this is the first nicknames quiz I've seen without a hundred mistakes, great quiz.

	Ragincajun22:	Apr 26th, 2010 at 20:49 GMT		1 point
	Great quiz, Only thing is I would put agent zero, wilt the stilt, and k mart as the more accepted nicknames for arenas, wilt, and kenyon. I consider myself a knowledgable basketball fan and some of these were new to me.. Great Quiz!!

	saf5109:	Apr 26th, 2010 at 20:51 GMT		2 points
	You should add "The Plastic Man", Stacey Augmon and "Warrior", Patrick Ewing.

	CMart23:	Apr 26th, 2010 at 21:01 GMT		0 points
	Well done. Great quiz.

	adeutsch107:	Apr 26th, 2010 at 21:42 GMT		0 points
	accept tony parker for Air France

	adeutsch107:	Apr 26th, 2010 at 21:45 GMT		1 point
	and accept jerry west as zeke, maybe a bonus at least

	Nolij:	Apr 26th, 2010 at 23:17 GMT		2 points
	I believe Chuck Nevitt was the original Human Victory Cigar. How about "Big Smooth" Sam Perkins, Eric "Sleepy" Floyd, Lafayette "Fat" Lever, Oliver "The Really Big O" Miller, Robert "Big Shot Bob" Horry and Earl "The Pearl" Monroe.

	RNCftw:	Apr 26th, 2010 at 23:27 GMT		1 point
	@Rajincajun22: I agree, but I wanted to add to the challenge by putting some of the lesser used nicknames for these players. @adeutsch107: Will add those. @saf5109 & Nolij: Believe me there were plenty of nicknames I wanted to add. But since I decided to cut it off at 100, there just wasn't any room.

	rudyfernandez5:	Apr 26th, 2010 at 23:57 GMT		1 point
	B-Roy is not getting enough love with that 2% guessed rate, he's such a boss.

	darkseid225:	Apr 27th, 2010 at 02:21 GMT		1 point
	Great quiz, though as a Spurs fan, I've never heard Parker called Air France. As a suggestion, remove Parker from Air France, I cannot remember a single time I've heard him called that. Other than that, here's my favorite nickname you didn't use: Obi Wan Ginobili.

	gbpsbc:	Apr 27th, 2010 at 03:17 GMT		1 point
	Big Cat - Jamaal Magloire.

	kingfish:	Apr 27th, 2010 at 03:18 GMT		2 points
	@ darkseid...never heard obi wan ginobili, that's awesome! a couple well-knowns you missed - john "hot rod" williams, microwave vinnie johnson, "wild thing" andy varejao, and of course the DOCTOR julius erving. more dubious ones: john "hot plate" williams and "dinner bell" mel turpin

	truk:	Apr 27th, 2010 at 03:56 GMT		2 points
	I've never heard Jared Dudley referred to as the Junkyard Dog, but I never watch him play either... all I know is that Jerome Williams is the original Junkyard Dog...

	emh:	Apr 27th, 2010 at 04:06 GMT		2 points
	Best nickname ever "Joe Barely Cares" for Joe Barry Carroll.

	Castro:	Apr 27th, 2010 at 04:40 GMT		1 point
	Matt "Red Rocket" Bonner is still my favorite.

	hooper4:	Apr 27th, 2010 at 22:55 GMT		1 point
	Came to add "Diner bell" Mel Turpin but see I was beat to it... late in his career there was also "Scoreless" Williamson :)

	poptart222:	Apr 27th, 2010 at 23:11 GMT		1 point
	Why isn't Lebron James listed under 'The Akron Hammer'?

	jsftrey:	Apr 27th, 2010 at 23:46 GMT		1 point
	I'm usually not one to suggest possible answers but I'm surprise there's no Grandmama.

	jank1434:	Apr 28th, 2010 at 01:20 GMT		1 point
	"Air Bud" for Chase Budinger and also accept Akeem Olajuwon... not just Hakeem "Ron-Ron" for Ron Artest, but it's kinda obvious

	hoosier109:	Apr 28th, 2010 at 21:02 GMT		1 point
	Great game... I might add "black jesus" for the legendary Earl Monroe.... and possibly the dunkin' dutchman (the one the only rik smits)

	billhune:	Apr 30th, 2010 at 19:35 GMT		1 point
	Wasn't Clyde Frazier also called the Glide?

	teesmith21:	May 2nd, 2010 at 19:38 GMT		1 point
	"Captain Kirk" Hinrich is a good one too. this was a ton of fun.

	pbysr:	May 2nd, 2010 at 21:46 GMT		0 points
	Rifleman (Chuck Person), Clyde (Walt Frazier), Skywalker (David Thompson), Iceman (George Gervin), Miami Greyhound (Rick Barry), The Pearl/Black Jesus (Earl Monroe), Tommy Gun (Tom Chambers).

	Wa1TandB1eeD:	May 2nd, 2010 at 21:51 GMT		1 point
	this needs spelling forgiveness

	RNCftw:	May 3rd, 2010 at 02:26 GMT		1 point
	Thanks for everyone suggesting nicknames. Like I said, obviously I can't have more than 100 since this quiz is called "100 NBA Nicknames" but a new one is coming soon.

	Hollins625:	Sep 10th, 2010 at 16:10 GMT		2 points
	Wow, this is one of the best NBA quizzes on sporcle! I only got 75 and consider myself a big NBA fan... Am I the only one who tried Robert Horry more than once for Mr Big Shot? I know he was originally called Big Shot Rob but I think later also Mr Big Shot, though I'm not sure right now... But the fact remains, this is one great quiz! Everybody who rated it anything but 5 can't be a NBA fan!