Coolest names (Actual and Nicknames) in basketball history?

[1Tripoda]

UNLV got a few in the past like Jermaine "Sunshine" Smith, Boobie James, H Waldman.
Other schools have them too: Boogar McFarland, "Skip to my Lou", Bonzi Wells (Ball State that nearly beat UNLV in 1990)
Wyoming Coach may take the cake: Sundance Wicks. Hot dang. Who can beat that?

 

[JTthe2nd]

Jarvis Basnight is the coolest name ever imo and it's not even a nickname. 'Jarvis' is already cool by itself but 'Basnight' puts it over the top.

 

[1Tripoda]

Jarvis Basnight is the coolest name ever imo and it's not even a nickname. 'Jarvis' is already cool by itself but 'Basnight' puts it over the top.

Greedy was another UNLV's nickname. Spiderman Burns?

 

[rebswin2]

Gilliam-The Hammer
Augmon- Ice
Hudson- El Hud
Banks-Fearless Freddie

 

[1Tripoda]

Gilliam-The Hammer
Augmon- Ice
Hudson- El Hud
Banks-Fearless Freddie

Ice was platicman also, right? Might have been in the NBA. LJ Grandmama was in the NBA also.

 

[Doneoett]

Anthony “Gentle Giant” Bennet

 

[1Tripoda]

I think we have someone named Baxter Boney as a real name also, right?

 

[j. spilotro]

I think we have someone named Baxter Boney as a real name also, right?

Dexter

 

[j. spilotro]

UNLV got a few in the past like Jermaine "Sunshine" Smith, Boobie James, H Waldman.
Other schools have them too: Boogar McFarland, "Skip to my Lou", Bonzi Wells (Ball State that nearly beat UNLV in 1990)
Wyoming Coach may take the cake: Sundance Wicks. Hot dang. Who can beat that?

Bonzi was Ball State, but wasn’t on that Ball State team.

 

[j. spilotro]

Don’t know about cool, but unique has to include Majestic Mapp, God Shammgod.

 

[rebswin2]

Don’t sleep on this guy.

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[hrz702]

Greedy Daniels had a sick name

 

[With_a_Rebel_Yell]

Give me the Round Mound of Rebound all day every day.

 

[RebelScrub]

Khalid El Amin

 

[bcvegaspt2]

Don’t know about cool, but unique has to include Majestic Mapp, God Shammgod.

How many years ago and I still remember Dan Patrick singing, "What if Shammgod was one of us" during Providence (?) highlights.

 

[saulpaul21]

This one is not a sports guy. But I always liked "X-sessive" as a name. Punk rock and pro wrestling are filled with funny names.