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Juan Love asked in SportsBasketball · 1 decade ago

What players go almost exclusively by their nicknames?

Like you know, Chris Andersen. Nobody calls him that. We all call him Birdman. what other players do we always call by their nicknames

like last week on TNT CWebb was being all serious talking about something and was getting frustrated and when he referred to Andersen he just said Birdman all serious like thats his name, anything else would be wrong.

thanks

Update:

BIG BABY.

freakin''. man how could i forget that!?

i was going through names of players who just go by their nicknames. i had Baby, but he slipped my mind. its crazy though because i've been thinking of him a lot lately watching all these boston games. its just when i think of players, only birdman came to mind.

thank you

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    big baby davis

  • 1 decade ago

    Bimbo – Vernell Coles

    Bo – Charles Outlaw

    Bonzi – Gawen Wells

    Buck – Charles Williams

    Connie – Cornelius Hawkins

    Dee – DeCovan Kadell Brown

    Doc – Glenn Rivers

    Fat – Lafayette Lever

    Flip – Ronald Murray

    Hedo – Hidayet Türkoğlu

    J.R. – Herman Reid, Isaiah Rider, Earl Smith (Nuggets)

    Magic – Earvin Johnson

    Manu – Emanuel Ginóbili

    Moochie – Martyn Norris

    Mookie – Daron Blaylock

    Muggsy – Tyrone Bogues

    Penny – Anfernee Hardaway

    Peja – Predrag Stojaković

    Pooh – Jerome Richardson

    Popeye – Ronald Jones,

    Shaq – Shaquille O'Neal

    Sleepy – Eric Floyd

    Speedy – Craig Claxton

    Spud – Anthony Webb

    World – Lloyd B. Free

  • 5 years ago

    Jarod Saltalamacchia - Salty Alex Rodriguez- A-Roid Vladimi Guerrero- Big Daddy Vladi

  • 1 decade ago

    These are people who are nkown exclusively for thier nicknames..people dont even know thier real names..

    Booby Gibson

    Big Baby Davis

    Dr J

    Magic Johnson

    Birdman

    Penny Hardaway

    these are known for thier nick names but not excusively

    dwade

    AI

    CP3

    The Dream

    C Webb

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  • 1 decade ago

    Big Baby

    Tmac

    The Dream

    Magic

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Bimbo Coles (Old school Miami gaurd real name Vernell

    Magic Johnson

    Kevin Garnett (KG)

    Shaq

    Penny Hardaway

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    T-Mac

    Birdman

    Magic

    Big Baby

    AI

    C-Webb

    "Z"

    Dr. J

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    MAGIC Johnson.

  • 1 decade ago

    All Time or Current?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Thats not true. Chuck is not called fat pig anymore.

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