Rudy Gay has a few nicknames that Jazz fans may not be familiar with. Rudy Gay – The Great Rudini, Big Truck, Truck “The Gobert Report” has lost some traction after Stephen Colbert left “The Colbert Report” to host “The Late Show,” but as a sidenote enough, Gobert has said he prefers “Gobzilla” as his favorite nickname. towering terror are you taking? #TakeNote /SyOe80Ds6Q The same can be said for “The French Rejection” which is also a nod to the book and film “The French Connection.” Rudy Gobert has some of the best nicknames in the NBA, as the “Stifle Tower” pays homage to both his presence on the floor and his French heritage. Rudy Gobert – The Stifle Tower, The French Rejection, The Gobert Report, Gobzilla It’s a little surprising basketball-reference even found that one. “Big Meal” is obscure, it doesn’t mean anything, but it rhymes, and it’s easy to say. Rumor has it a family member of a Jazz employee actually gave Royce O’Neale the nickname and it stuck. Quietly one of the best, and most obscure nicknames in the NBA. OSjXS2bbeWĭating back to 2020, the Jazz actually used the nickname in Clarkson’s Sixth Man of the Year campaign in comic books they sent to media members who voted for the end-of-season awards. Joe Ingles even wore one when he surprised Clarkson with the Sixth Man of the Year Award.Īrtwork commissioned by the for Jordan Clarkson's Sixth Man of the Year Award campaign. Jazz fans have probably seen the Jordan Clarkson “Flame Thrower” shirts floating around Vivint Arena. Though basketball-reference doesn’t have them listed, the guard has also gone by the nicknames “MAC-10,” “The Conductor,” “Captain Clutch,” and “Masked Assassin” after breaking his cheekbone in 2015. It’s alliterative and seems to fit as Conley himself has embraced the title. Mike Conley’s nickname changed from “Money Mike” in Memphis where he was known for his clutch play to “Mountain Mike” in Utah to fit into the state’s natural scenery. The only knock on “Slow-Mo” is it’s already owned by Memphis Grizzlies guard Kyle Anderson who similarly plays a more deliberate style of basketball due to his lower-tier athleticism. including the most apt name for his game “Slow-Mo Joe.” Joe Ingles also has several well-known nicknames. Joe Ingles – Slow-Mo Joe, Jinglin’ Joe, Jingles The guard earned them in the AAU circuit after a coach said he swung around the floor getting steals with the same agility as Spiderman. There’s nothing necessarily boring about Donovan Mitchell’s nicknames, other than the fact that they are now used interchangeably with his actual name. “Doke” or “Dok” are both used interchangeably, though basketball-reference lists the nickname with an e. Like Bogdanovic, Udoka Azubuike’s nickname is more a matter of function than cleverness. He also shares a nearly identical name with Atlanta Hawks guard Bogdan Bogdanovic who doesn’t have a nickname per basketball-reference.
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