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See also: List of nicknames used in basketball. "Ack-Ack" = Tom Heinsohn, American forward-center [ 4 ] "Action Jackson" = Mark Jackson, American point guard [ 5 ] "The Admiral" = David Robinson, American center [ 6 ] "A.I." = Allen Iverson, American shooting guard [ 7 ] "Air Jordan" = Michael Jordan, American shooting guard.
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By JOHN DORN and JARED RUSSO NBA nicknames have taken on lives of their own over recent decades. Historically very good, the current generation has been known to crank out some terrible monikers ...
By nickname "Ain'ts*" – New Orleans Saints, NFL; rhyming play on the non-standard English negative ain't [30] "America's Team" – Dallas Cowboys, by sports media [31] "B.I.L.L.S.*" – Buffalo Bills, by detractors, acronyms for "Boy I Love Losing Super Bowls", in reference to the team's failure to win the Super Bowl in four straight tries during the early 1990s [32]
Nicknames for entire teams, whole offensive units, defensive units, or special teams. Names which are marked by an asterisk (*) are team nicknames which may have been coined by team members or local media, but never became well known to the public outside of the teams media market for a multitude of reasons, but most likely due to poor performance.
Subcategories. This category has the following 14 subcategories, out of 14 total. Lists of sports people lists (38 P) Lists of sportspeople by nationality (108 C, 32 P) Lists of sportspeople by sport (52 C, 24 P)
This is a list of nicknames in the sport of basketball. Most are related to professional basketball, although a few notable nicknames from the U.S. college game are included. Players
Fat Dave, El Rey David = David Nalbandian [45] FedEx (press), The King, The Maestro, God of tennis, The G.O.A.T = Roger Federer [46] Fiery or Fiery Fred = Fred Stolle [47] The Flying Dutchman = Tom Okker [48][49] Fox, Carrot, Jannik The Merciless = Jannik Sinner. The Four Musketeers =.