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.

 

[BornRebelRed]

Showing my age but will never forget one of our original Hardway Eight… the Great
…..”Sudden” Sam Smith….

 

[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.

Forgot the best one, Captain Sensible (from the damned)

 

[1Tripoda]

I know this kid committed to Bill Bayno but could not get qualify. Suntino Korleone Young. Dude could dunk from the free throw line in high school. He committed to UNLV the same as Shawn Marion. Both were 6'8. Would have been rediculous with Marion, Kaspar Kambala.....sigh

 

[1Tripoda]

 

[BJOreb]

Kaz Kambala was a cool name.

 

[Doneoett]

Phi Slama Jama
Robert Tractor Traylor

 

[saulpaul21]

Machine Gun Thompson

 

[RebelScrub]

Ala abdelnaby

 

[Couev]

I was always partial to Spoon James. I like World B. Free, Keith "Mister" Jennings, The Slim Reaper, Anthony "The Boston Strangler" Toney, and Darryl "Chocolate Thunder" Dawkins along wish some other good ones I read here. I might be a Sixers fan. I take both pity and cash donations, thank you.