Grand Theft Alvarado

Yao Ming’s nickname was the Great Wall wasn’t it? That’s pretty badass imo

The Haliban

Dorian Finna Miss

Davion Mitchell - Off Night is one of my favourites 

Are there any other hype nicknames going around the league?

Grand Theft Alvarado

Ball thiefs are feasting when it comes to nicknames in this decade.

My personal favorite for some time has been “Timelord” though, I’m biased, but I love the story behind it and I’m sad that he never could stay healthy.

I think Stifle Tower is a great nickname that belongs to Gobert and would have also been perfect for Wemby

All this does is remind me that Magic Johnson has the best nickname in sports history.

AK47 best nickname of all time

My slightly biased favorite nick name is BEEF STEW

These type nicknames much more clever, but obviously no one can use them in conversation without sounding like a pretentious moron

Cling Kong

Slo mo is a great nickname for Kyle Anderson, plus it’s really natural and easy to use a lot. 

Davion ‘Off Night’ Mitchell

I was telling my boss about this one, the dorture chamber, and the Greek freak.

His name is already Dyson, a vacuum. He doesn’t need all those extra words

Big Fundamental

Blockadile Dundee

I know hes not elite, but how do we not recognize Grand Theft Alvarado as a goated nickname

There is no better nickname in the league right now than “B-Ball Paul”

Rudy Gobert’s The French Rejection or The Stifle Tower are both elite.

Mitch Robinson, the Blockness Monster

Splash Mountain.

Brook Lopez is known for his love of Roller Coasters and Disney. Plus he shoots super high rainbow shots from deep 3. Not to mention how mountainous he is at 7’1” 295lbs

There’s a distinction between true nicknames and these “taglines” like Great Barrier Thief. The greatest nicknames are things like Diesel, Magic, Cap, Admiral, King where you can just call them that name casually and it works. The Daniels and Alvarado ones are more like special lines you can say when they do a particular thing in a game.

Big Honey

Honorable mention for Red Velvet.

The Dorture chamber is another all time nickname

JJJ - Block Panther

Point god

Russell Westbrick Zaccarie Ricochet

Anthony day to Davis

Lots of nice nicknames but man, Magic absolutely clears

Kuminga: The Kum Bucket

MaThief

It’s an awesome nickname, but it’s not really name specific. It could be anybody’s nickname, so that’s my only knock. Something vacuum related is right there, too.

Nair Jordan is a brutal one for Jordan Walsh, but I get how that’s not totally appropriate given his alopecia

Did The Finnisher never stick with Lauri Markkanen outside of Chicago? I always thought it was pretty rad

Not that good … Too many syllables

Meatball, meatball, spaghetti underneath!

Ravioli, ravioli, Great Barrier Thief!

Great Barrier Reath for Duop Reath… another Aussie.

I miss AK47. With the number, initials, he and the gun both being Russian…there will never be another nickname at this level.

Sauce Castillo

When Chris Boucher was on the Raptors he had some great ones, as he was from Montreal.

TresBoucher when he would hit a 3. His shooting form literally looks like a trebuchet

Block Québécois when he would get a block, after the political party Bloc Québécois

I’m a fan of The Finnisher.

Finnish basketball player Lauri Markkanen

Corny

I mean afaik Spida for Donovan Mitchell is both pretty iconic and not related to his game. The Blue Arrow for Jamal Murray is also badass and is only to do with his playstyle. 

Saw someone once refer to Jokic as: The Nonchalant Savant. I thought that was pretty good. Unfortunately it hasn’t seemed to catch on.

Let’s be honest. Outside of the commentators, no one calls him that. And most people don’t even know about the Great Barrier Reef.

When Gabe was a laker, we had Vincent VanDoe as a name for lineups with Gabe, DFS, and Vando

The ball hoover

Dyson Sphere is also good

No mention of The Big Sneeze is telling regarding the state of this sub.

GTA is prob my fave all time, better than GBT. The Minivan is great too. CryptoP.

Don’t Google Evan Fournier

Slow Mo Kyle Anderson

Xavier Tillman should probably have a nickname after that reddit post that said LeBron at 41 should be playing like 27 y/o Xavier Tillman

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/vJga4ecOTF

the non chalant savant

Notorious B.I.3.

Monte Morris - Count of Monte Assist/TO

Completely unusable in conversation but it still blows my mind

I think about this all the time, such a sick nickname

That was the first time I’d heard his nickname too. I assumed I was just OOTL.

Yeah… that nickname fucking slaps

The most elite nickname going the opposite direction though is “PB no J” for Paolo Banchero.

Great Barrier Reath for my man Duop. Aka Grim Reather. Aka Big Daddy. Aka Wop.

I’m still partial to Time Lord

Klaw

Yeah this has been my favorite NBA nickname for awhile it owns

When Luke Kennard has a good game the name “Luke Nukem” always makes me smile. I remember calling him NardDawg a lot when he started out good for us.

Off NIght: Davion Mitchell

Not the biggest star but apparently he earned it from other NBA players. That makes it one of the best imo.

The Maine Event - Cooper Flagg

Scrolled through and somehow didn’t see this yet, or I’m just blind. Not overly creative but rolls off the tongue nicely lol

I’m only bothered by the fact that this nickname was somewhat given to another Aussie player… Duop Reath aka “The Great Barrier Reath”.

He’s not in the league atm and Dyson’s name fits him better but something that sticks in my mind when I hear it.

AR15

Just recently learned that Duncan Robinson’s nickname is Duncyard Dawg. Also Kevin Huerter with the nickname Red Velvet

Gotta shout out DB Hooper for Blazers legend Dalano Banton

The Vacuum is better. Obvious name reference but it also applies to stifling defense and he just sucks the ball away from you

Slim Reaper still hits hard

Markelle Fultz has one of the meanest: Quick Wash

What’s great is there is an even nerdier secondary nickname for him: “The Dyson Sphere”, a sci fi concept for a megastructure that literally traps and fully envelope stars (to get 100% of their power).

Rudy Gobert has not one but two of the best nicknames ever.

“The Stifle Tower” and “The French Rejection”

Heard Ingram referred to as Notorious B.I.3

the great barrier thief fits ben simmons better

Modern nicknames in the NBA have become lazy when it’s just player initials. The Great Barrier Thief is top notch

The Big Arithmetic either for Raynaud, dude has a CS Master iirc, or Wemby after his mental math.

Best one is hands down “The Anomaly”

Toumani camera- the shadow or the box. I thought it is quite sick

FastPP

Kum bucket

The Scary Second Coming of Ben Simmons Dyson..He is offensively challenged. Can pile up assists, but terrible shooter and doesn’t look at the basket 90% of the time

Am i the only one who dont like that nickname? It doesnt sound unique to Dyson and just doest roll off the tongue. 

James Harden - Games Shartin’ from the Rockets days

Alex Caruso would be the best of we just started calling him White Blocklate