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United States men's national basketball team, 1992 – "The Dream Team" [248] United States men's national basketball team, 2008 – "The Redeem Team" [249] Canada men's national basketball team – "The Road Warriors" [250] Spain national basketball team – La ÑBA [251] Turkey national basketball team – Oniki Dev Adam ("12 Giant Men") [252]
NBA nicknames have taken on lives of their own over recent decades. Historically very good, the current generation has been known to crank out some terrible monikers for hoops stars.
"Pitchin' Paul" = Paul Arizin, United States basketball player [97] "Pooh" = Jerome Richardson, United States basketball player [98] "Popeye" = Ronald Jones, United States power forward [99] "The Reign Man" = Shawn Kemp, United States power forward [100] "Red" = Johnny Kerr, United States basketball player [101]
Fans have been known to crank out some terrible monikers for hoops stars. Now, there are still an array of great ones -- but the bad ones? Oh, they're bad.
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Boston is well-represented when it comes to the best NBA nicknames all-time. Celtics rank 19 former players among Rookie Wire’s 100 greatest NBA nicknames Skip to main content
Nicknamed groups of basketball players (1 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Nicknames in basketball" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
What is a Boilermaker? Here's an explanation on Purdue's unique nickname as the basketball team heads into the 2024 NCAA Tournament: