Nicknames for Current NBA Players

If you know of any nicknames I missed, leave a comment at the bottom and I will update the list. Thanks!

A

Sharef Abdur-Rahim – Reef

Aaron Afflalo – Afflalo Creed

LaMarcus Aldridge – L-Train, LMA

Ray Allen – Jesus, RayRay, Sugar

Rafer Alston – Skip to My Lou

Chris Anderson – The Birdman

Carmelo Anthony – Melo

Gilbert Arenas – Agent Zero, Hibachi, Gil, Nacho, Agent Arenas, The Black President

Hilton Armstrong – Hungry Hungry Hilton

Carlos Arroyo – Carlitos

Ron Artest – RonRon, TruWarrior, The Straitjacket

Kelenna Azubuike – Buike (Booky)

B

Leandro Barbosa – Leandrinho, The Brazilian Bomber, LB, the Blur, Brazilian Blur

Jose Juan Barea – JJ

Andrea Bargnani – Il Mago

Brent Barry – Bones

Brandon Bass – B Bass, The Animal

Maceo Baston – Wide Mouth

Tony Battie – Batman

Shane Battier – Alien Nation

Michael Beasley – Beastley, B-Easy, Easy Mo Be

Marco Belinelli – Beli

Mike Bibby – Bib

Andris Biedrins – Dre, Beans

Chauncey Billups – Mr. Big Shot

Steve Blake – Los

Andray Blatche – Bulletproof, Cabbage Blatche, Ziploc

Mark Blount – Big Basic

Matt Bonner – The Red Rocket

Andrew Bogut – Bogey, Bogues, The Bogey Man

Carlos Boozer – Booze

Chris Bosh – CB4

Elton Brand – EB, E-Beasie

Corey Brewer – The Drunken Dribbler, C-B, C-Brew

Ronnie Brewer – Brewdog

Aaron Brooks – AB

Kobe Bryant – The Black Mamba, KB-24, Kob-Me, Lord of the Rings

Caron Butler – Tough Juice, Caronimo, CB3

Rasual Butler – Sual Bop

Andrew Bynum – Socks, The A-Train, Bynumite

C

Jose Calderon – The Ocho, Ocho Special

Marcus Camby – The Cambyman

Brian Cardinal – The Janitor, The Custodian

Matt Carroll – The Hammer

Sam Cassell – Sam I Am

Vince Carter – Vinsanity, Half-man Half-amazing, VC, Air Canada

Mario Chalmers – Super Mario, Superintendent, Super Nintendo

Josh Childress – J-Chill

Nick Collison – Border Collie

Mike Conley – Money Mike

Daequan Cook – The Chef

Austin Croshere – Cro, the Crusher

D

Samuel Dalembert – The Haitian Sensation, D-Bert

Erick Dampier – Damp

Marquis Daniels – Quis

Baron Davis – B-Diddy, Boom Dizzle, B-Dazzled, Too Easy, The Baron

Glen Davis – Big Baby

Ricky Davis – Get Buckets, Grits N Gravy, Slick Rick, Ricky Buckets

Luol Deng – The Man from Sudan

Boris Diaw – 3D

Yakhouba Diawara – Kooba

Desagana Diop – Gana

Juan Dixon – Da Juan

Keyon Dooling – KD

Chris Douglass-Roberts – Buckets, CDR

Jared Dudley – Studley, Junkyard Dog

Chris Duhon – Du

Tim Duncan – The Big Fundamental, Timmay, Groundhog Day

Mike Dunleavy – The Natural

Kevin Durant – KD, K-Dog, K-Smoove, The Second Coming, The Durantula

E

Monta Ellis – The Mississippi Bullet, Big Bucks

Francisco Elson – Geico

Reggie Evans – The Collector, The Joker

F

Jordan Farmar – J-Farm

Raymond Felton – Felts

Michael Finley – Fin

Derek Fisher – Fish, D-Fish

TJ Ford – The Little Engine, Texas Tornado

Adonal Foyle – The Cobra

Steve Francis – Stevie Franchise

Channing Frye – Buffet of Goodness

G

Dan Gadzuric – The Flying Dutchman, Big Dan, Gadzooks

Danilo Gailinari – Il Gallo (The Rooster)

Francisco Garcia – Latin Assassin, Frank

Jorge Garbajosa – Garbo

Kevin Garnett – The Big Ticket, The Kid, KG

Marc Gasol – Tanketa

Pau Gasol – The Meal Ticket, Picasso, PG, Spanish Fly

Daniel Gibson – Boobie

Manu Ginobili – Gino, El Contusion, Balki Bartokomous, Obi-Wan Ginobili

Drew Gooden – The Truth (*he claims this was his before Pierce), The Big Drizzle

Ben Gordon – Gentle Ben, Madison Square Gordon, Air Gordon

Eric Gordon – The Hobbit

Gerald Green – G-Money, Ice, High-5

Jeff Green – Green Monster, The Predator

Adrian Griffin – The Hawk

Danny Granger – Danny G

H

Richard Hamilton – Rip

Matt Harpring – The Bulldog

OThella Harrington – The Big O

Devin Harris – The Cheese Factor

Jason Hart – J-Hart

Udonis Haslem – U-D, Udominator

Spencer Hawes – Hee

Brendan Haywood – Baby Huey

Walter Herrmann – Fabio

Grant Hill – G-Money

Kirk Hinrich – Captain Kirk

Al Horford – The Dominican Stallion, Horf

Robert Horry – Big Shot Bob, Big Shot Rob

Eddie House – E-House, E-Money

Dwight Howard – D12, Thunder, Man Child, Thundercat, D-Bo, Superman

Josh Howard – J-Ho, Jo-How

Troy Hudson – T-Hud

Larry Hughes – Smooth

Kris Humpries – K-Hump, Humpty-Hump, Hump

Lindsey Hunter – The Hunter

Steven Hunter – The Postman

I

Andre Iguodala – AI 2.0, Iggy, Dolla Billz

Zydrunas Ilgauskus – Big Z, The Riddler, The Wall

Allen Iverson – AI, The Answer, Jewelz, Me Myself and Iverson, The Third Degree, Bubba Chuck

Royal Ivey – Cheese

J

Jarett Jack – JJ

Luke Jackson – Cool Hand Luke

Steven Jackson – Action, Captain Jack

Jerome James – Big Snacks

Lebron James – King James, Bron Bron, LBJ, The Chosen One, L-Train

Mike James – Pit Bull

Sarunas Jasikevicius – Jazzy Cabbages

Al Jefferson – Big Al, the Big Classic

Richard Jefferson – RJ

Yi Jianlian – The Chairman

Joe Johnson – Joe Cool, JJ

Damon Jones – The Specialist, DJ

Eddie Jones – EJ

Fred Jones – Indiana Jones

K

Chris Kaman – The Caveman, Shaggy, The Zombie, Crazy Clown

Jason Kapono – Jay-K

Jason Kidd – J-Kidd, Mr. Triple Double, Ason Kidd

Andrei Kirilenko – AK-47

Linas Kleiza – The Menace, TV-L

Kyle Korver – K2, K-Squared

Nenad Krstic – Curly, Ballistic Krstic

L

Acie Law – Captain Clutch

Courtney Lee – Spiderman

David Lee – Da White Howard

Rashard Lewis – Young Fella, Sweet Lew

Kevin Love – K-Love

M

Mark Madsen – The Mad Dog

Jamal Magloire – The Big Cat

Stephon Marbury – Starbury

Shawn Marion – The Matrix

Kenyon Martin – K-Mart, Bad Ass Yellow Boy, Sir Dunks-A-Lot

Kevin Martin – Kid N Play, K-Mart, K-Money

Donyell Marshall – D-Marsh, Yell

Desmond Mason- The Cowboy, D-Mase

Jason Maxiell – J-Max, Mad Max

OJ Mayo – Grocery List

Lus Richard M’bah a Moute – The Prince

Antonio McDyess – Dice

Tracy McGrady – T-Mac

Jeff McInnis – McNasty, J-Mac, The Maestro

Darius Miles – D-Miles, The Punisher

Darko Milicic – Donny Darko, The Human Victory Cigar

Andre Miller – The Penguin

Yao Ming – The Dynasty, The Wall, The Great Wall, Shaqie Chan

Cuttino Mobley – Cat

Nazr Mohammed – The Prophet

Jamario Moon – The Screwdriver, Super Jamario, Apollo 33

Adam Morrison – Stache, Pornstache, Mo, Ammo

Alonzo Mourning – Zo

Ronald Murray – Flip

Dikembe Mutombo – Mt Mutombo, Cookie Monster, Deke

N

Bostjan Nachbar – Boki

Eduardo Najera – The Flying Mexican

Steve Nash – Nashty, Hair Canada, Captain Canada

Juan Carlos Navarro – La Bomba

Jameer Nelson – Lightning

Rasho Nesterovic – ShoSho

Joakim Noah – Dr. No, The Noble One

Andres Nocioni – Chapu, Noch, The Glue Factory

Dirk Nowitzki – Diggler, Batman, Irk

O

Fabricio Oberto – Fabio

Lamar Odom – The Goods, Odominator

Emeka Okafor – EO-50, Blackula, Oak Tree

Mehmet Okur – Memo, Money Man

Patrick O’Bryant— Notorious P.O.B.

Jermaine O’Neal – JO

Shaquille O’Neal – Shaq, The Diesel, Shaq-Fu, Big Aristotle, Wilt Chamberneezy, Officer Shaq, Big Daddy, The Big Baryshnikov, Dr. Shaq, The Big Cactus

Travis Outlaw – Trout

P

Anthony Parker – AP

Tony Parker – TP, Mr. Longoria

Ruben Patterson – The Kobe Stopper, The Nanny Stopper

Chris Paul – CP3

Oleksiy Pecherov – The White Hole

Kendrick Perkins – Perk, Swamp Thang

Morris Peterson – Mo-Pete, MP3

Paul Pierce – The Truth, P-Sqaured

Mickael Pietrus – MP2, Air France

Eric Piatkowski – The Polish Rifle

James Posey – The X-Factor, Po-Po

Tayshaun Prince – Prince of The Palace, Tay

Joel Pryzbilla – The Vanilla Gorilla, Ghostface

R

Vladimir Radmanovic – Radman

Zach Randolph – Z-Bo

Michael Redd – Redd Hot, Silky, Max

JJ Reddick – The Poet

Luke Ridnour – Frodo, The Mop, Cool Hand Luke, Lucky Luke

Jason Richardson – J-Rich

Quentin Richardson – Q-Rich

Nate Robinson – Nate The Great, Krypto-Nate

Sergio Rodriguez – Spanish Chocolate

Derrick Rose – D-Rose, Pooh

Malik Rose – Shaq of The NAC

Quinton Ross – Q-Ross

Brandon Roy – The Natural, The Golden Boy, B-Roy, The Blade

Kareem Rush – K-Rush

S

John Salmons – Buck

Brian Scalabrine – Veal, Scal, The Ginger Ninja

Mouhamed Sene – Flavor Flav

Bobby Simmons – Chinese Food

Craig Smith – Cookie, Cookie Monster, Jax, The Rhino

Josh Smith – J-Smoove

J.R. Smith – The Prodigy

Eric Snow – E-Snow, The Snowman

Darius Songalia – Gypsy Number 9

Jerry Stackhouse – Stack

DeShawn Stevenson – The Lock Smith, Poppa Smurf

Amare Stoudamire – Stat

Rodney Stuckey – RS3, Hot Rod

Robert Swift – Big Redhead

Stromile Swift – Stro

Wally Szczerbiak – Wally World

T

Sebastian Telfair – Bassy, Seabass, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Seba

Jason Terry – JT, The Jet

Eton Thomas – Uncle Eton

Kenny Thomas – K9

Kurt Thomas – Dirty

Tim Thomas – T-Tom

Tyrus Thomas – Free Money, TNT, T-Time

Alando Tucker – Doe

Hedo Turkoglu – Glu, Turk, Turkey Glue

V

Anderson Varejao – Wild Thing, Sideshow Bob

Charlie Villanueva – Skillanueva, CV, CV3, C-Elite, Big Smooth

Sasha Vujacic – The Machine

W

Dwyane Wade – D-Wade, Flash, Pookie

Antoine Walker – ‘Toine, Employee #8, A & W

Ben Wallace – Big Ben, Beast from The East, The Body

Gerald Wallace – G-Force, Crash

Rasheed Wallace – Sheed, Roscoe

Luke Walton – Little Wheats

Hakim Warrick – Hak, Helicopter

Martell Webster – The Definition

Bonzi Wells – The Bonz

David West – D-West, The X-Factor, DX

Delonte West – Red, Redz, Donuts

Aaron Williams – A-Train

Deron Williams – D-Will, Kingpin, Slick, D-Nasty

Jason Williams – J-Dub, J-Will, White Chocolate

Mo Williams – The Hitman

Shelden Williams – The Landlord

Julian Wright – Ju-Ju, Raptor

Y

Nick Young – Bean Burrito, The City

For nicknames by team, click on one of the links below:

Part I (Atlantic Division)

Part II (Central Division)

Part III (Southeast Division)

Part IV (Pacific Division)

Part V (Southwest Division)

Part VI (Northwest Division)