What are the best and worst nicknames a team, fanbase, player or group of players has ever adopted?

[Risen Star]

wasn't barkley called the "mound round of rebound"

Round mound of rebound.

 

[Risen Star]

Dr. J

Always one of my favorites.

You should just move to Philly at this point.

 

[JayFord]

I couldnt stand the hot boys nickname

the only hot boys are Wayne, Turk, BG and Juvenile

other than that only names i hate are the initials of the player followed by their number like KB24, AK47 (andrei kirelinko), KG8 its just lazy

 

[Ring Leader]

Eric "sleeping with" Bieniemy.

 

[Jimbo123]

Koby Black Mamba

 

[ESisback]

Hot Boyz is pretty lame. So’s the Cleveland Guardians. The Washington football team? I’ll always call them by their old name, their REAL name. Instead of catering to the 2% offended by everything, let’s grow a set, and do the right thing!

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Round mound of rebound.

LOL. mental dyslexia. thanks for correcting me.

 

[TequilaCowboy]

How could anyone forget my man, Hollywood Henderson. And Too Tall Jones.... and Moose Johnston. All great names.

But i also like Broadway Joe Namath.. PacMan Jones, Deacon Jones and Mercury Morris..

One i thought was ridiculous was Czonka and Kiick AKA Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

 

[Vtwin]

All my first thoughts have already been mentioned.

I thought the Mark's Brothers was clever in its simplicity.

Never liked the Legion of Doom. They deserved a better tag. Plus, it was already used by the Flyers powerhouse line of Lindros, LeClair and Renberg.

I'd also add that you don't get to choose your own nickname. Which makes Hotboyz even worse than it already is.

 

[KingCorcoran]

The Houston Texans I thought was one of the laziest names anyone could come up with. It's right there with the Commanders. Garbage!

Houston Texans, old World Football League team.

 

[Nav22]

About a decade ago, Kevin Durant scoffed at the "Durantula" nickname and picked one for himself.

"The Servant"

It was so bad that the entire world forgot about it and gave him a pass.

 

[john van brocklin]

Worst
Player-Matty ice for Matt Ryan
Team-purple people eaters for the Vikings defense
Best
Player Captain comeback for Roger staubach and-bullet Bob Hayes
Team-Doomsday for the Cowboys defense

Tip of the hat for the Roger reference....
See my avatar, lol

 

[FaSho]

The best nickname has to be "Marion the Barbarian"

I also loved "He Hate Me" for some reason.

 

[LonnieElam]

The absolute dumbest and worst name ever conceived: "America's Team."

 

[Ranching]

Great nicknames:
NFL: Christian Okoye--The Nigerian Nightmare, Reggie White--The Minister of Defense (cooler because he was an ordained minister)
NBA: Darryl Dawkins--Chocolate Thunder

Manster

 

[Fla Cowpoke]

Round mound of rebound.

That was driving me crazy reading that. Thanks for correcting them.

 

[Fla Cowpoke]

Surprised haven't seen any of these:

Revis Island - Darrelle Revis
Prime Time - Deion Sanders
The Playmaker - Michael Irvin
Sweetness - Walter Payton
Galloping Ghost - Red Grange
Bambi - Lance Alworth
Golden Boy - Paul Hornung
Hacksaw Reynolds - Jack Reynolds
The Refrigerator - William Perry
The Kitchen - Nate Newton

 

[Robbieac]

Danny Dimes. Such a dumb name for an underachiever.

Some moron Monday Night announcer was calling him that as a rookie.

He got anointed way too early!


Another terrible name is Matty Ice.
There is nothing about Matt Ryan that says “cool under pressure”.

Do people no longer actually have to win something these days or accomplish something of significance before earning a nickname?

 

[Shane612]

The Houston Texans I thought was one of the laziest names anyone could come up with. It's right there with the Commanders. Garbage!

Yeah, but they have a cool logo.

 

[Shane612]

Ocho- Cinco.