Chinese Nicknames for NBA Players (Explained)

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[@boxxboy13]

Imagine being called devil's blade or King of the wolves. Shit doesn't get much more epic than that

[@hatsale6111]

Don't forget The Flying Pig

[@jasonli2594]

BAS Curry’s “fucks the sky” nickname is still my favourite 😂😂😂

[@ArkbladeIX]

@Erik Lerström Cute GOD tho

[@kreksonedits]

I think cringe god is the best

[@ballislife9924]

To be called as an Emperor is also pretty cool

[@michaelangeloiguess1453]

I still can't believe Damian Lillard hit that 40 foot shot on pickled peppers

[@thenotoriousmichaeljackson8938]

💀💀💀

[@Koolprinted]

Pickled Peppers - it was a bad shot Classic Anime man - NANII??

[@daddyshark3415]

Michaelangelo I guess LFMAOO☠️☠️😂

[@golden-sun]

Mmm I know i love reliving it

[@Randeeeeee]

When u put it like that the shot seems so much less impressive 😂😂😂

[@s33thr3w]

"Striking iron," a sophisticated way to say, "brick." Lol that's actually pretty funny.

[@danielbenitez4120]

Like striking gold, except its iron

[@GIN.356.A]

I'm just glad they didn't call him "the rapist"

[@zhaoyangxia9961]

@@GIN.356.A sometimes we did

[@prussianrocket2702]

blacksmith

[@harveygaming3277]

Shut up

[@ballislife9924]

Ladies and Gentlemen... At 6 foot 8 and 250 pounds, a three time NBA world champion, with the number 23, from Akron Ohio *THE MAN WHO TOOK SIX STEPS*

[@itsgl00my88]

"Le emperor" 😂👌

[@mirmir9368]

Gonna read this with sir announcer voice!

[@01LuvDan]

Damn...that's brutal!!!

[@Akaya7777]

That sounds like the title of a really deep book

[@-caesar3751]

Ballislife99 name was given when he wore the no 6 and after he took 6 steps in games

[@Some_One_456]

*Durant’s nickname is probably “The man who sheds his skin”*

[@anthonynorman7545]

Bahahaha!!!

[@dantezhang9084]

We still call him kd tho, or school backpack du. Coz when him was coming up as a thunder, we thought his behavior is more like a good student in school. Yeah..

[@Wth969]

dante zhang wow that’s so good lol

[@alaxians2441]

脫皮人 would be it (just ask ur chinese niggas for confirmation)

[@SadismIsGood]

In Taiwan, Durant's nickname is pronounced as Du Lan, which means poking dick.

[@zombieapocolipse69]

Even the Chinese still call DeMarcus Cousins and emotional lesbian 😂

[@TheIcemanthomas]

😂😂

[@esketitesketit1658]

Like ya dad

[@alexshawcn]

Human do share the same humor in regardless of the language or culture

[@kungtatchi]

In Hongkong, the aging Tony Parker's nickname of "French Racecar" has been downgraded to "French Wheelchair" lol.

[@rgonzalo511]

LOL

[@DumbIdeaPresentedStupidly]

tony parker requiem

[@lorenzokrumm]

@@DumbIdeaPresentedStupidly is this a JoJo reference ?

[@aaronvirdee5813]

🤣🤣🤣

[@hb6789]

Eric Kung HAH

[@verward]

Some of these knicknames are absolutely savage. Imagine taking 1 look at someone's name, then deciding "hell nah, I'm not gonna pronounce all these letters, you the alphabet man"

[@Awestinite]

I actually love this insight into how the two languages differ and how the pronunciation works. Good stuff. Like from me

[@MDJiang]

thanks jose

[@aaronpaul8929]

The king who strikes iron was the best thing in this video 😂 Edit:thx for the likes

[@Ruben-wm7hx]

aaron paul Also “The man who takes six steps” that had me dead😂

[@kreksonedits]

Jiro Batt or the flying pig lmfao

[@DINO92AVFC]

Ninja Turtle made me pause the video for good 30 seconds to contemplate what I just heard 😂

[@LeBronJames-gq3zc]

aaron paul that should’ve been westbrick

[@thomaspaiva6919]

Sister in law was the worst lmao

[@bread-in_j]

He didn't even mention the best one, Steph Curry with "Sky Fucker"

[@KingJohnTX]

Why tho?

[@yolojack3988]

King John Because in Chinese if you want to say someone nails something insanely, you can describe it as “Shang tian” which means “going sky high”. And beyond that level would be “ri tian” which is “fuck the sky”. (Shang=going up, tian=sky and ri=fuck) And Curry long shots are just insane enough to be called ri tian. So he becomes Ku Ri Tian which is like Curry fucks sky or Curry the Sky Fucker. Also by that time there was a trending meme on Chinese social media, a random guy whose first name is Ritian randomly bolsters himself along with 3 others, and people meme with what they say and their names, especially ritian given the special meaning.

[@dbc643]

@@KingJohnTX "Sky" in China has a meaning of destiny and fate. Curry often change the destiny and fate of the game with his jumpers. "Sky Fucker" a man who is powerful enough to butt fuck the destiny.

[@jgao]

It should be Heaven Fucker.

[@iceborne1061]

NO NO NO NO，the chinese word 天tian means sky，it's right correct，but if we r not talking about the weather or geography，it means the god.So his nickname is "God fucker" or "the man ,who has fucked Michael Jordan"lmfao

[@theblackhokage]

I lost it at the "flying pig" 🤣

[@neutralnickhotel]

hey there cutie

[@zinho9169]

idk why my favorite was mashed tofu lmao

[@yilongliu2353]

its more of flying boar i guess, hahaha cuz boar in chinese is called wild pig

[@kevinchen2167]

Zinho9 it’s should be translated as stinky toufu. But I guess mashed tofu sounds better to describe his busted face lol

[@colinning5926]

He was also called as THE BIG MOUTH

[@gonzalo2465]

Nobody: Chinese people: Let’s call Curry cute god

[@Mytoes256]

Sad Cavs Fan why isn’t Oubre called that

[@dcstrong1373]

@@Mytoes256 Fr that man the cutest in the NBA

[@gonzalo2465]

*Dwight Howard has entered the chat*

[@NotOneToFly]

@Sad Cavs Fan Accurate af though. ThinkingBasketball has Curry as the MVP this year and he's not wrong (though Giannis deserved it).

[@lebryanthoward9416]

His nickname was created during the early years, when he was still with Monta Ellis. He was cuter back then without the beard and stuff.

[@stevebrooks86]

Love this topic! Never seen it covered before. As a Chinese-American I've always wanted to know the story behind Chinese NBA nicknames. Keep up the great work MDJ!

[@MDJiang]

@Erik Lerström OMG PEWDIEPIE YOU WATCH MY VIDEOS???? I LOVE YOU MAN

[@Ruben-wm7hx]

Erik Lerström Nah that was funny man chill

[@josevelezjr.9922]

@@Ruben-wm7hx Swedes are the new savage. Seth Everman?

[@scarecrow0774]

From now on I'm calling Russell Westbrook ninja turtle and theres nothing anyone can do to stop me

[@ZhangtheGreat]

Master Splinter does not approve 😉

[@_MrMoney]

wait, you're telling me that LBJ in China is named 'Le Emperor' lol

[@ermocrate]

The Man who takes 6 steps

[@coryspivey4410]

ermocrate then rises up and slams it in everyone’s face emperor style

[@jrthe2nd494]

Man forever in shadow of Michael Jordan

[@01LuvDan]

@@ermocrate Hahaha that is full of hatefulness. His fans won't allow someone to call him this way. If you did that in some of the forums, you might be banned forever.

[@ermocrate]

@@01LuvDan Did you watch the video? That's one of the nicknames for LBJ in China the guy said... And in what forum you could be banne for calling that whiny bitch this way?

[@SaltoDaKid]

Yo Chinese nickname are lit bruh making me want learn Chinese

[@galaxy3130]

RichGang CEO i am mostly chinese so lol

[@boatboystrackclub6528]

Don’t it’s hard

[@k.rick_9993]

Avery Bradley’s Son It is but that’s no reason not to try

[@joecutts83]

RichGang CEO You have the broken English down already, keep up the good work. 🈯️

[@jiabaohuang6376]

no dont do it, as I learned English, I realize how hard Chinese is.

[@NewKota]

“Cringe God” 🤣💀

[@apexscape]

So fitting tho

[@ing4gi]

囧

[@stevenmata6299]

😂😂

[@djprice7235]

@@ing4gi im gone😂😂😂😂😂💀💀😱

[@davomar11]

Hahahaha

[@gl00my._]

Curry’s also known as the “Sky Fucker” for all his high-arching threes

[@aegonii8471]

What in the actual fuck 😂

[@J.D....]

@someone 库日天 (kù rì tiān) - "Curry Fuck the Sky / Steph Skyfucker"

[@Peepy-ypeeP]

@someone Sky's the limit --> Fuck the sky

[@iceborne1061]

no no no no no ,im a chinese ,i know the nickname ,it's 库日天。库ku：cu（rry），日ri：fuck，天：sky，but here，this sky means the god in chinese.So,the nickname means:God fucker.And chinese fans call Michael Jordan the God of basketball.As u see,the nickname of curry is :the man who fucked Michael Jordan.Im fucking for sure.lmfao

[@iceborne1061]

@@J.D.... The Sky means the god sometimes,so...Curry is the man,who has fucked Michael Jordan.

[@dragonsun3141]

I always find chinese nicknames much cooler than English ones, I would like to list some of my favorite nicknames: Dirk Nowitzki: 德国战车 the German Tank, referring to his nationality and range Steve Nash: 风之子 Son of the Wind, referring to his speed Khris Middleton: 那个男人 That Man. This is a internet meme of basically calling Middleton a legend, as he played the last two Celtics series during the playoffs with godly performances. Middleton became a name that terrorizes Celtic fans and he was referred to as That Man ever since. Bledsoe: 血布, where 布(bù) is the phonetic word for Bled, while 血(xiě) means blood, making this a nice wordplay -- Blood Bled. Also, blood is a symbol of a fighter or masculinity in the Chinese culture, so it also reflects his slasher play style. Kuzma: 裤子马 Pants Ma, because Pants in Chinese，裤子(kù zì)，is a homonym to Kuz. Instead of typing the Chinese gibberish version of Kuzma, we prefer to call him Pants Ma. Fultz: 富儿子 Rich Son. In Chinese, 富儿子 is homonymous to Fultz. Doncic: 077, because 0 can be read as 洞(literally means a hole. This is an alternative pronunciation, like saying o instead of zero, in this case we call it a hole), which sounds like Don, and two 7s(qī qī) sounds like cic. This happens to be Doncics number too. Lonzo: Ball Man.

[@miguelcastanres7288]

What r u guys gonna call Melo then if Zo is 'Ball Man'?

[@theobuniel9643]

@@miguelcastanres7288 Maybe it’s gonna be the same case with the Gasol bros; Zo is “Big Ball” and Melo is “Little Ball”.

[@FirashAdryan]

Ngl German Tank and Son of The Wind is hard af

[@Lincoln_Jiang0204]

@@miguelcastanres7288 there’s big ball ball2 and ball3

[@jiquandeng]

@@miguelcastanres7288 Since LeMelo is the third son of the Ball family ,we calling him “三球” ，三 refer to 3 or 3th， 球 refer to Ball，basically “the third ball ” 🤣

[@konyinjoshua9693]

Thought you were gonna start with harden, guess he took another L this week

[@konyinjoshua9693]

JonathanIsaacStan steal jokes?

[@christyjestin]

Ya facts wtf is dahuzi

[@michaelhaydenbell]

Wtf is ANY of yall talking about right now?? If that joke IS stolen, then it's a lame fuckin joke to steal.

[@MarloSoBalJr]

James Harden is 軟羊鳥

[@MegaAlbert64]

Travel Agent

[@Kyle-xn9qb]

Part 2 of this topic please! Always enjoy your videos

[@kite0impulse]

Game of Zones needs to make an episode about worshippers from the east. "ALL HAIL THE KING WHO STRIKES IRON"

[@CDio-vr3bx]

kite0impulse the amount of material with manu ginoboli and Garnett. Beware the king of wolves and the devils blade

[@StefveoX]

Wow dude, I speak mandarin but I don’t see how I could possibly explain this better than you did. Such a logical and procedural approach. Keep it up! Do another one! I read somewhere about all the different “mambas” that were hilarious 😂

[@chrislee3720]

红曼巴 Red mamba - Matt Bonner 绿曼巴 Green mamba - Kyrie Irving（in Celtics） 黄曼巴 Yellow mamba - Brandon Roy 白曼巴 White mamba - Brian Scalabrine 秃曼巴Bald mamba - Manu Ginobili 苦曼巴 Hard working mamba - Victor Oladipo 养生曼巴 Andrew Wiggins （nourishing mamba bashing his incompetent playstyle which left his athletic and gift in vain）笑曼巴 Smiling mamba - Corey Brewer (he has another nickname Company commander, from a character who is the Chinese cavalry company commander in a TV series '亮剑')....

[@lf3127]

棺曼巴（coffin mamba) iguodala this means Iguodala has very low performance in regular season like dead people, but in playoff, he is alive and looks like just break out from his coffin

[@StefveoX]

Lingfan Zhang Coffin Mamba is absolutely hysterical lmao

[@nyk2000m]

Harden - 一灯大师 Master One Lamp, due to his obnoxious eye defense. In Mandarin blinking = 瞪 which sound like DEN, which also sound like lamp 灯。Master One Lamp is a very popular character in Chinese Martial Art novel. Steph - 库日天 Skyfucker, referring to his ridiculous 3 points shooting accuracy that probably can shot down the sky / heaven Tristan Thompson - 八贤王 Eight Wise Prince. He got 8+8 regularly and sign a 80 millions contract. In Chinese legend Eighth Wise Prince is the good brother of a famous Chinese Emperor, so it is also a reference to being loyal friend of Bron. Andre Iguodala - 棺曼巴 Mamba in a coffin. Referring to his pedestrian performance in regular time but will stuck you at critical timing / making big shot. Joel Embiid - 大帝 Great Emperor Dario Saric - 丞相 prime minister, referring to his Philly day being a good sidekick for Embiid

[@imnotgay_butineedthemoney]

Thank you for adding more.

[@kent1312]

Harden should be nicknamed the traveler

[@jamal8370]

Does Nikola Jokic have a chinese nickname?

[@nyk2000m]

Jokic - 约老师。It's like Teacher Jo. The nickname Teacher for his tremendous fundamental basketball skills obviously. But Mainlander also nicknamed famous Japan AV star Sora Aoi as Teacher Aoi 苍老师。For her mentoring work on Sex Education... So are they implying Teacher Jokic as mentoring basketball? I dunno...

[@user-ib6eo7fn9r]

登神=Deng Shen=Den God= Genie

[@i1shadow361]

My favorite player's nickname is "The Devil's Blade." I love it holy shit

[@schmacdaddymcfly4059]

Our favorite player Manu also has another chinese nickname called "鬼切", it means "ghost/demon slash", named after his unpredictable style of cutting and driving.

[@richardren7662]

Manu is called 妖刀. And 妖 in Chinese has more means than the Devil. Chinese sometimes call someone who is a master of one or more field a 妖( You can conisder it as someone loves something like be bewitched ). So we call him 妖刀（The Devil`s Blade ） is a sort of respect.

[@lbjlakerslegend818]

unfortunately，Manu got another nickname, which is bald mamba. 😂

[@isaacverhelst3983]

Tony Parker: French sports car Manu: THE DEVIL’S BLADE

[@stevenmata6299]

Don't forget about the stone emperor

[@chrislee3720]

Manu has another nickname The White Mamba...

[@jiabaohuang6376]

@@chrislee3720 that is Matt Bonner

[@zjz19900621]

@@chrislee3720 Manu is the bald mamba.

[@cq7499]

Steven Mata yeah, GDP team

[@juanmatias5932]

“Do you know the legend of the man who takes six steps” -*Confucius*

[@rorschachgotnicemask9449]

duuuuuuude! you are a god

[@cariopuppetmaster]

It's better translated as boy who took 6 steps

[@miguelcastanres7288]

"No... it can't be... he who defeated the man who strikes iron?"

[@funpuns085]

@@miguelcastanres7288 “Yes, and the guy that got dawged by the Sky Fucker’

[@miguelcastanres7288]

@@funpuns085 no... It can't be... I remember stories about the Lead of 3-1.

[@averax4427]

and javale mcgee is 同一个男人 (meme man)

[@yaboicash6666]

W

[@adubizon2243]

Someone bring this vid to the attention of TNT and have Chuck Kenny Shaq and Ernie break it down at some point. This is a goldmine

[@kaffeeo5070]

The 少(shao) in 威少for westbrook can mean young,but here I think it's short for young master 少爷（shao ye). Just like how servants refer to sons of their employers as young master, in Chinese they call them 少爷（shaoye) and while other people will also refer to young masters of a respected family as such, e.g. 王少(wang shao) = short for young master wang. This nickname probably came from when the thunder had a promising young core of durant, westbrook, ibaka and harden called 雷霆四少（lei ting si shao) "the four young masters of Thunder". Loved the video, hope you will make more of them.

[@yts2103]

@@jishaoshu Yes but in addition to the young part, 少爷also indicate status

[@garbage7746]

Chinese NBA fans have no chill, damn. Some of these nicknames are straight ruthless 😂😂

[@TheSuperNats]

“Cringe god” “sister in law” and “flying pig” fucking killed me

[@emilysyoutubechannel2259]

Right! Imagine being called O’Fatty

[@gamerdude1246]

CRINGE GOD

[@daniellige5311]

@@TheSuperNats It's not sister in law it's worse than that. It's "little female cousin".

[@zinho9169]

*In stadium announcer* "Maaaaaaaaaashed Tofuuuuuuuuuuuu, for 3"

[@bozo8603]

I sometimes feel like I'm missing out on Chinese internet. From the little snippets I've seen they've got some solid meme tastes.

[@zhiyuanchen6211]

It helps that the Chinese don't really care about hurt feelings.

[@samuelyuyaohe]

chinese language is too good for creating memes trust me

[@yts2103]

You guys really are hahaha. New memes pop up on Weibo every week and most of the time it's pretty solid hahaha. Also helps that the Chinese language is very efficient for wordplays and jokes

[@andreilyas1426]

@@zhiyuanchen6211 Because it's secluded.

[@khiemnguyen8478]

We need NBA players to react to this video! 😂

[@woodah33]

They called Charles Barkley a flying pig lmaooo

[@bobfrediii2131]

Your name? I am , The devils blade Oh I’m little sister cousin

[@fredrodriguez5269]

underrated

[@Adrian-uj3qm]

lmao

[@maxmai33]

妖刀表妹

[@skeletondude8583]

I never knew I wanted to know something so badly until this video Thanks lol

[@yukailiu7287]

We call Gasol as Sister in law with another reason is that we also call Kobe as "老大"(lao da) which refers to "big bro" in Lakers, and Gasol&kobe is like a pair couple(DUO)....Big bro's wife, of course, is sister in law..lol

[@totsbig]

That's actually smart lol

[@luantrindade8325]

This is the greatest piece of audio visual entertainment ever produced in the history of humanity

[@relaxstaycalm1906]

Lebron = 六步朗 aka The man who takes six steps = LeTravel 😂😂😂

[@user-gk3od5dg2b]

Terry Y 巅峰詹皇有多强，克利夫兰六步郎

[@user-gk3od5dg2b]

天龙八步

[@andreilyas1426]

Or LeEmperor

[@CookiePosion]

if you play league of legends the champion lucian (who is black) was nicknamed "Obama" by chinese fans 😂

[@talhakarsloglu4278]

Omg thats hilarious.

[@DawnofIsai]

They have a couple good nicknames for players too lmao. I love their version of Reddit especially after a Chinese team loses in an international event because Chinese fans flame hard and are ruthless.

[@TheIcemanthomas]

lol

[@thenotoriousmichaeljackson8938]

Bruh💀

[@sannstrom4537]

if i play with the white skin Lucian does that make it mj

[@alexhu01]

"The man who takes six steps" came from a highlight of Lebron doing a layup, he literally took six steps to make that layup!

[@calm_hawk5167]

So, Javale McGee's nickname basically translates out to "😱 god"?

[@axpuaa]

Calm_Hawk noob exactly 囧

[@cq7499]

Yeah

[@spiralabyss9989]

Shaqtn alert

[@fengyizhang8977]

Exactly

[@lemonchaos5671]

Yes.

[@gohyang1011]

and we call Middleton "that man",那个男人， it has special mean for celtics fans in China,because THAT MAN, Middleton always gets so many 3 points balls in games with celtics, celtics fans fear so much when Middleton gets the ball and shoot, that they dont want hear Middleton name,giving nim THAT MAN replacing his real name. after games with BUCKS,now chinese fan knows THAT MAN.

[@fotisvassileiou7406]

Conclusion : Chinese critics are very mean

[@youngcitybandit]

No holding back 💀💀

[@MDJiang]

Chinese critics can speak their mind because the government has already imposed political correctness on them

[@anthonynorman7545]

@@MDJiang 😟...😨...well you're not wrong...but feels bad man...🤕

[@dannywang4673]

@@MDJiang it's right but totally irrelevant. We are talking about basketball not politics right??

[@itsgl00my88]

@@dannywang4673 they should be able to be harsh in basketball, because they aren't allowed to in politics.

[@ANJROTmania]

Do part 2 please! If you run out of NBA players, maybe other well known sports athletes, or even celebrities would do!

[@jeanmarie1824]

Man, I remember the first time I told the dude that my fave is antetokounmpo and he was like, do you mean Mr alphabets ? 😂

[@colinning5926]

Chandler Parsons was called 钱得了 怕甚事 because of the similar pronunciation, and these 6 characters mean "Got the money, what do I scare?"

[@anthonyw5166]

when you connect it with his career, that actually will be more interesting

[@samuelyuyaohe]

Anthony w exactly thats what we have been making fun of...signing big contracts and play a few games a year lol

[@Millvile96]

This is a banger if u can keep teaching us basketball and Chinese it would be lit

[@ChaoPow]

Love it! I'm Chinese and I love how you've provided such a detailed explanation. 喬幫主, the nickname for Jordan, is not only the most famous character of the Chinese Martial Arts novel, is also considered by many as the greatest. This is fitting because Jordan is the greatest! Thanks for the video!

[@gohyang1011]

kobe: Fe3O4 ,a chemical material . Fe3O4 in chinese is 四氧化三铁（si yang hua san tie）,also same pronunciation with 四(4) 仰(jumping shoot) 化(TO) 三(3) 铁(missed goal),（when kobe backward jumping shoots for 4 times he will miss 3 times）,we use it to tune he missed so much,also like Fe2O3. BUT NO MALICE! We love him so much. now he have many daughters......we call it 四投全失，means he missed all 4 goals.

[@samuelyuyaohe]

go hyang 仰 mans particularly “fade away” instead of jump shot

[@gohyang1011]

@@samuelyuyaohe thx thats accurate

[@samuelyuyaohe]

go hyang ：-）

[@danielllll521]

"The King who strikes iron" I get that's akin to bricking a shot but that sounds kinda cool

[@carboy101]

It sounds dope as fuck.

[@aespa690]

Its more like "the king of striking iron"

[@JonahLoeb]

@@aespa690 also accurate

[@gupan211]

There're a lot of memes about Kobe bricking: listen to kobe's games, kobe's highlight.mp3, etc... no offense, lifetime laker fan here :)

[@alexshawcn]

Yes, iron striking in Chinese means exactly bricking

[@lamurcribb985]

“the king who strikes iron” 😂😂😂😂

[@Chunyboy2]

Dam I was hoping to see JR Smith. 神经刀 (shénjīng dāo), or “Psychotic Blade.”

[@juntianwei9273]

Fillin TheBlank it can be used to describe any 3 and D players who are not consistent

[@xiaoyiyuan11]

Most funny ones are : Kevin Durant : school backpack Durant ( he wore glasses and school backpack to dressing room and take interview, and thanks his mom , all sound like a good student ) Joel embbid :Joel always trolls on twitter on being the king / emperor of the basketball. He got the Chinese Knick name of The emperor . Not only that, in ancient history of China, every time one emperor made a statement. A government official will write this down for record keeping and public announce it . So every time embbid says something , Chinese fans of sixers will write down what he says in Shakespeare ancient language style . Eg embid : we will come back and get them next year . Chinese fans : since the 3rd year of emperor embid’s ruling , the emperor says : we shall return and thy shall be dead .

[@pyroflare999]

mark xyy LMAO

[@user-bc5oe4om1g]

Stephen Curry's another Chinese nickname is 库日天（Ku Ri Tian）or 库昊（Ku Hao），昊（日 above 天）…… 日 （ri）in Chinese means Sun and…… Fuc* ，天 （tian）means Sky or Heaven. So, Curry's nickname could be translated as Skyfuc*er......lol

[@ofallmyintention9496]

"The man who takes six steps." lol.

[@chrislee3720]

And an emotional one 追梦， Draymond, 追梦sounds like Draymond and it means chasing dreams, it refers to DG's hard path to success in the NBA, really a good one. As for the haters they call him 追蛋, this refers to him attacking LBJ's private parts in 2016 NBA finals and got banned.

[@aboonstra2613]

Thts fkin hilarious

[@akaobjects6536]

@@aboonstra2613 and the funniest part is that追蛋in Chinese simply means chasing the testicle😂. It became a lot funnier when compared to the previous one😂

[@sweetpepino1907]

I think Manu is now my favorite player just because his nickname is the devil's blade. Doesn't get any better than that

[@WaveDaBreaker]

How could you not mention Dirk Nowitzki being called the German Panzer Tank

[@kinghuntrlive]

Lmaooo

[@chrislee3720]

Rammstein is translated into German Panzer too..

[@cancui1192]

Now we call Dirk old driver, tzki sounds like 司机(driver) in Mandarin, old driver also means punter, lol

[@wishahayou]

Chinese fans call Dirk Nowitzki “driver” in Mandarin meaning “siji”(司机），sometimes call Dirk “Silver Horn the junior demon king”, in which as an artistic creative role 《Chinese Journey to the West》 one of Four Great Classical Novels

[@alexshawcn]

he got a better one, Old Driver.... Driver in Chinese read Si Ji which sounds like -zki. And in internet sub culture context, Driver also has a subtle meaning of those who share porn video online(for fun not for profits). Why then? not clear, maybe just for fun

[@barles_charkley614]

Love the original content👌

[@kendricktan9004]

I LOVE THIS VIDEO. Grew up in Shanghai so I've been watching basketball on CCTV5 for the past 14-15 years now. Loved watching these nicknames come to life.

[@tonyhuang5957]

Good vid. Kobe also has a chemical nickname as Fe3O4 iron means he misses the shot Oxygen in Chinese is pronounced the same as fade-away shots. And in Chinese pronunciation of this chemical means he is mister who misses three out of 4 of this fade-away shots haha. There are sooo many nickname of the NBA star like this of Kobe’s. Chinese language has a rich culture that makes these nicknames proper LOL

[@LAzii1117]

As a Chinese-American, I finally understood these nicknames... Thanks!

[@huangalex2063]

Great vid! I am a student in Taiwan, and I can't stop laughing while watching this vid😂. Wonder how none Chinese speaker thinks though🤔🤔 btw, I've been watching your video for a while now but This is the first time I hear you say Chinese😂 加油！你真的是我最喜歡的youtuber! Keep up the good work!

[@Shinobi6407]

Javale McGee being the cringe god has made my day

[@alvarogrrr8522]

One of my favourite videos of yours. So much information and so well explained. You're the real mvp

[@TheXuism]

Let me introduce Zion Williams's nickname: 胖虎 (fat tiger).

[@kwokwailok8524]

And the nickname is also refer to Chinese translation of Gian, a character which is from a Japanese anime Doraemon.

[@TheKyubiisaan]

Yo you should do a part two this was dope, I actually recognized a couple characters that got modified into kanji

[@lowspeak]

What about Luka & Jeremy Lin? And Durant?

[@yuyang3991]

IG Mylegasi Durant got some disrespectful nicknames from haters lol

[@RagingSorrowDR]

Durant's name is Si Shen, which means the grim reaper in Chinese. Fans also like to call him Shubao Du. Shubao means backpck and Du is short for Durant. This nickname is referring to him always wearing backpacks. Haters call him Du Ruan, which sounds like Durant, but Ruan means soft and Du is short for Durant, so Soft Durant is the meaning. We often call Luka Dong 77, because Dong sounds like Don in Chinese and 77 sounds like cic, hence his last name Doncic. We just call Jeremy Lin his first name in Chinese, Shuhao, or Hao Ge, which means Brother Hao

[@tommytexter4054]

Jermey Lin has a Chinese name.

[@iHeartPunk007]

Luka is nicknamed 077 in China

[@itsgl00my88]

@@tommytexter4054 nickname.

[@SuzhouChen]

I am Chinese and I have been living in U.K. for 13 years but I still can't explain our culture to westerners in such a clear way. Well Done Bro! I learned a lot from this video!

[@differentname6904]

Everyone : uses Chinese stereotypes to describe someone China: right back at you buckeroo

[@MJW777]

Westbrook being called a ninja turtle is the funniest thing ever

[@nanjingcalling5341]

it's more because of his looks😂

[@pherelucas2262]

McGee got his nickname "囧神" partly because he frequented Shaqtin' A Fool, which is often translated as "沙克五大囧" in Chinese.

[@myronteo9169]

I think, another thing to point out with why the chinese characters change (like with Kobe) is because when typing Chinese with a keyboard, auto suggest results start to appear. In Kobe's case, when "wo ke" is typed out, the first option would probably be 蜗壳 (as an actual word, snail shell, would be a better auto prediction from the software's perspective), instead of 我科 (the "actual" meaning of the nickname). Love this video, makes me proud to be Chinese :D

[@tobaliciousholland12]

I love how the vast majority of these nicknames are insulting or at best patronizing. Some of these had me dying. I'm sharing this video on FB and I subscribed. AWESOME STUFF!!

[@citytianyu]

Actually, yes. For example, Fat (pig is actually about fat as well) is always a joking material for Chinese as long as it's talking about a MAN who you believe you have a GOOD relationship with. Otherwise, it is insulting.

[@hswater3000]

Fred VanVleet is called "Knockoff Jordan" because he possesses and shoots the ball as much as MJ...it was a sarcastic nickname until Raptors won Bucks 4 games in a row

[@Qulize]

Part 2 please. This was both enjoyable and informative lol.

[@christ.7594]

Really like the video, very interesting! As a German guy living in Korea and frequently struggling with the transliteration of names or expressions I appreaciate the unique perspective! Keep up the good work!

[@fox9769]

wow this is one of the most unique nba videos out there. Keep up the good work Mark love your content. Jia You

[@alexl9799]

Chinese nicknames make you sound a million times more epic lol

[@blue-phoenix115]

Cousins part got me... Lost the no laugh challenge.

[@day_pilot]

Tony Parker could also be called the French Sportscar before he was drafted played for Paris Basket Racing

[@rayluo4665]

I'm a Chinese and I already know/heard most of those Chinese nicknames, but I still find this video very entertaining. Good job on the very to-the-point explanation and pop-up pictures! Thumbs up!

[@unmitigateddisaster3793]

So many Chinese adoptions of Western words end up being hilarious (and sometimes weirdly appropriate). Like what they call the various Western countries. Like 'Mei-Guo' for America, meaning Beautiful country. They don't call it this because America is particularly pretty. But when an English speaker says 'America' (with the emphasis on the MER syllable) it sounds to them like 'mei', which means beautiful. Guo simply being 'country'. Same reason why Germany/Deutschland is 'Virtuous Country' (De-guo), France is the 'Lawful Country' (Fa-guo), and The UK/England is 'Brave Country' (Ying-guo).

[@joewalker36]

Great video pls make this a series

[@jonjasinski8865]

Awesome video man, thanks. I'm an American living in China, love the puns in Mandarin and your vid highlights that for an American audience better than anything I've seen.

[@MoNercy]

As a Chinese speaker who has only ever lived in an English speaking country and thought of NBA players only by their English names, this was hugely insightful. Would love to see a part 2 one day.

[@bruhs4621]

"Devil's blade" sounds like some Scorpion shit from MK 😂😂 cool tho

[@iceborne1061]

妖 means Sprite，Elf，fairy，devil，or monster.It means amazing more than Devil or evil.

[@colinning5926]

Kyle Anderson was called The Human Highlight Creep, because of his slow-move

[@xiaoyiyuan11]

Chinese fan made add here : James Harden : God Den / big beard . CP3 : CP3. Larry bird : the big bird T Mac : Maidi Iguodala : brother One / first brother. Draymond green : chasing dream ( his first name translation sounds like that. Also reflects on how he came as an underdog and work his way in to a all star caliber player ). Lebron james : also My King/ my emperor . Ben Simmons : Simmons mattress ( as his name translates to ). Ray allen : gentleman’s sword Vince carter : UFO/ alien Olajuwon : Big O/ big dream. Dennis Rodman : tiger with colored skin ( his choice of hair color ) Dirk : the driver / the old driver Luka Doncic : agent 77 D wade : flash. Bosh : dragon king ( when he was the franchise player of raptors )

[@Mutomboandchicken]

This is awesome! thank you for sharing a whole different perspective and love of the game! It's unbelievable how much this game has grown globally since I was a kid!

[@MrIhavecereal]

First time ive seen this channel, def coming back. This was great.

[@overworkedcna412]

KZbin algorithm: WATCH THIS VIDEO ABOUT CHINESE NICKNAMES FOR NBA PLAYERS Me, who doesn’t know anything about Mandarin or basketball: Yes. I must watch.

[@holo0667]

Never too late to learn, see you in october when the season starts.

[@thekensilva]

Never too late to get Chinese

[@DGreey]

Such an interesting and funny video my man. Loved it!! That Jason Momoa reference for Steven Adams' name was too good hahaha.

[@LZAK123]

Hahaha. Yo, this is probably one of the best video's you've put out. I hope my dude Mike Korzemba's Chinese nickname is 'Man who jumps really high'

[@Jiggymama]

French Sports Car, Stone Buddha, and the Devils Blade. Shout out to my Spurs.

[@yilongliu2353]

do u know their other names? Deng 9 rebounds，bold mamba, spinning top. and they three are often referred as the GDP

[@wangkenny5091]

Yeah, the Spurs do have a huge fan base in China

[@wishahayou]

as a Chinese Spurs fan, it's true

[@jd5179]

"The man who takes 6 steps" should be for James Harden

[@yanmoxu2565]

Harden is one point man

[@user-um7oo1xs9l]

one point man

[@wowcnmovie]

从心里佩服你的英语，来美国这么久我都没信心能像你说的这么明白，口音也非常好。你真棒👍