Tobias Harris – "Tobi & Bobi" (with Boban Marjanović after they remained teammates in three separate organizations due to being packaged together in trade agreements).Anfernee Hardaway – "Penny" (from his grandmother's Southern accent calling him "pretty").Jeff Green – "Iron Man", "Uncle Jeff",.Draymond Green "Day-Day", "The Dancing Bear", "Dray".Ben Gordon – " Madison Square Gordon".George Glamack – "The Blind Bomber" (his eyesight was so poor that he had to look at the court lines to determine how hard to shoot).Manu Ginóbili – "The Magician", "Gino", "El Contusione", "Manudona".George Gervin – "The Iceman", "Iceberg Slim", just "Ice".Marc Gasol – "Big Spain", "The Big Burrito".Kevin Garnett – "Big Ticket", "KG", "The Kid".Danilo Gallinari – "Il Gallo", "The Rooster".Dan Gadzuric – "The Flying Dutchman",.Lloyd Bernard Free – "World", "World B.James Taft Fredette – "Jimmer", "The Lonely Master", "Jimo Dashen", "The Lonely God".Walt Frazier – "Clyde" (after the film Bonnie and Clyde, due to his flamboyant clothes).Patrick Ewing – "The Beast of the East".Joel Embiid – "The Process", a self-adopted nickname from a rebuilding process of the 76ers pushed by Sam Hinkie.Pervis Ellison – "Never Nervous Pervis" (during his college days), "Out of Service Pervis" (for his frequent injuries in the NBA).Theodore Edwards – "Blue" (from an older sister, for the color of his face when he was choking as a baby).Kevin Durant – "KD", "Durantula", "The Servant", "Slim Reaper", "Easy Money Sniper", "Snake".Tim Duncan – "The Big Fundamental" (for his fundamentally sound game), "Slam Duncan", "Old Man Riverwalk", "Twin Towers" (with David Robinson).Goran Dragic – "The Dragon", "Gold Dragon".Luguentz Dort – "Dorture Chamber", "Dortress".Ricky Davis – "Ricky Buckets", "Get Buckets", Grits 'N Gravy, Wrong Rim Ricky.Anthony Davis "Brow", "AD", "Glass", "Day-to-day Davis" (for his propensity for injuries).Stephen Curry – " Splash Brothers" (Curry and Klay Thompson), "Baby-Faced Assassin", "Chef Curry", "Steph", "The Golden Boy".Jamal Crawford – "J Crossover", "Crawssover Crawford" "L.A.'s Dance Instructor", "Mr And-One".Bob Cousy – "The Houdini of the Hardwood", "Cooz".Derrick Chievous – "Band-Aid" (who wore one for good luck).Wilt Chamberlain – "Wilt the Stilt", "The Big Dipper" (because as a child he had to '"dip" his head after hitting it on a door frame).Sam Cassell – "Sam I Am", "The Space-man".Alex Caruso – "The Bald Mamba", "Carushow".Vince Carter – "Vinsanity", "Old Man Vince", "Air Canada", "Half Man Half Amazing", "VC".Joe Barry Carroll –"Joe Barely Cares", "Just Barely Carroll".Kobe Bryant – "Black Mamba", "KB-24", "Vino".Fred Brown – "Downtown Freddie" (for his proficiency in the 3-point basket, "from downtown").Jon Brockman – "The Brockness Monster" (because he was rarely seen in games).Shawn Bradley – "The Enormous Mormon".Bill Bradley – "Dollar Bill", "The Secretary of State", "Mr.Bismack Biyombo – "Bizzy Bo", "The Acrobatic from the Democratic (Republic of the Congo)" "BB-8", "Biznation", "Big Bizness".Larry Bird – "The Great White Hope" "The Hick from French Lick", "Larry Legend", "Uncle Larry".Michael Beasley – "B-Easy" "Big Mike", "Super Cool Beas".Marvin Barnes – "Bad News" (originally because of his basketball skills but later because of his frequent off-court issues).Harrison Barnes – "The Black Falcon",.Charles Barkley – "Chuck", "The Round Mound of Rebound", "Sir Charles", "Prince Charles", "Leaning Tower of Pizza", "Pillsbury Dough Boy", "The Human Refrigerator", "The Flying Coke Machine", "The Crisco Kid", "Boy Gorge".Andrea Bargnani – "Il Mago" (The Magician) (In Italy). Ken Bannister – "The Manimal" "" (Childhood nickname).Trevor Ariza – "Cobra", "Ariza Green", "Switchblade", "Athreeza".Gilbert Arenas – "Agent Zero", "The Hibachi", "Black President", "Nacho", "Gil", "High-Noon", "The Gambler".Carmelo Anthony – "Melo", "Captain America", "The Patriot", "Hoodie Melo".Giannis Antetokounmpo – "Greek Freak", "The Alphabet".Ray Allen – "Ray Ray", "Sugar Ray", "Jesus Shuttlesworth" (after his character in the movie He Got Game).Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – "The Captain", "A",.
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