#nba #nicknames OB Daz and OB Aidan react to how NBA players actually got their nicknames. Support us on Patreon: / officeblokedaz Instagram: officeblokedaz Link to original video: • How NBA Players Got Th...
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@KochTala4 ай бұрын
No, you can carry nicknames over. Here in the US is super common. The Truth will always be Paul Pierce
@delmccormack700118 күн бұрын
Don't you ever forget that.
@e50s654 ай бұрын
Although he Austin Reaves has said he doesn’t like the nickname, he wears the number 15 and people started calling him “AR-15” when he first broke out due to his shooting prowess. Pretty badass if you ask me
@chroniccomplainer37924 ай бұрын
I always called Anthony Richardson that at Florida. Didn't know Austin was the same. I think it's an awesome nickname.
@sicco4393 ай бұрын
Pretty sure that was always an homage to andrei “AK-47” kirelinko
@TeeZee224 ай бұрын
They left off some classics! Dominique Wilkins (Human Highlight Reel) Karl Malone (Mail Man) Shawn Kemp (Reign Man) Vince Carter (Half Man Half Amazing) David Robinson (The Admiral)
@alanneel13694 ай бұрын
people called me fat ass in school
@areguapiri4 ай бұрын
Perfect for you.
@Daniel-wv7lj4 ай бұрын
They missed JR Smith "The Henny God" and Gilbert Arenas "Agent 0" 😂😂
@breezy99394 ай бұрын
Jr swish not henny god
@guac89274 ай бұрын
I call him the Henny hero lol
@scottrackley44573 ай бұрын
Always loved Agent 0's game, he was fun to watch.
@everia_gamesАй бұрын
Hennything is possible
@Sandman600774 ай бұрын
I've never heard of Carl Williams, so to me The Truth is Paul Pierce.
@Pressplayboy4 ай бұрын
The best nick name is magic, they never call him Earvin Johnson
@gregorywilliams13084 ай бұрын
Even in the business world, where he is probably just as, if not more successful as basketball, he's known as MAGIC. Great nickname
@LuxRoyale4 ай бұрын
Anybody who watched the NBA in the 2000's knows Paul Pierce as the Truth. No disrespect to the legendary Carl Williams, but more people definitely know Pierce for the nickname nowadays.
@tyreemilon90224 ай бұрын
At least until Paul Pierce personally himself hands that name off to someone else🎉
@MoeDavinci4 ай бұрын
I’m glad the original video mentioned AK-47, he was a defensive nightmare in his prime.
@ronponce82384 ай бұрын
Kobe took his name directly from the main character of the film Kill Bill
@heywoodjablowme81204 ай бұрын
In Portland Scottie Pippen got nicknamed No Tip'n Pippen by strippers because he was so cheap. True story.
@davidm39544 ай бұрын
There’s a funny segment on Inside the NBA where Kenny ‘The Jet’ Smith gets roasted by the other guys because Jason Terry also has the jet moniker and he was on set that day.
@user-wr9ej6xe4j4 ай бұрын
And Terry was a way better player, and for longer
@areguapiri4 ай бұрын
Doctor J., Magic Johnson, and the "Ice Man".
@soar011belize4 ай бұрын
That Ice Man poster is still one of the coldest basketball posters to this date
@areguapiri4 ай бұрын
@@soar011belize ...The one with him wearing the sweatsuit...YES SIRRR!
@scottrackley4457Ай бұрын
@@areguapiri I like the one where he's older in uniform too
@kunarmakun7934 ай бұрын
dennis "THE WORM" rodman .. they gave him that name bcoz hes like a worm, and your head is the apple! hes gonna pester youre head in a game .. one of the most underrated! players & nickname in history ..
@asamov224 ай бұрын
Missed the greatest nickname " The Henny God" 😂
@blood99034 ай бұрын
personal favorites: The Klaw (Kawhi Leonard, massive hands, and defensive prowess) and, Skywalker (David Thompson, who was a player in the 70s, and one of MJ's idols growing up)
@IvIidnight4 ай бұрын
Karl Williams was Boxing's Truth. Pierce is Basketball's.
@WahooSerious4 ай бұрын
Baseball is another sport with great nicknames
@jennybean32124 ай бұрын
No Joker? Crazy how many great nicknames they missed. Gary Payton the glove and Gary Payton Jr the mitten...so many better ones than some of the ones they mentioned.
@IdkRece4 ай бұрын
David Robinson “The Admiral”
@illxtra4 ай бұрын
i seem to recall Roger Mayweather (Floyd's Uncle) was called The Black Mamba. Just thought I'd bring that up since you compared Carl The Truth Williams to Paul Pierce. Also, this guy left out a lot of people like Gary Payton (the Glove), Domonique Wilkins (The Human Highlight), Walt (Clyde) Frazier, Anthony (Spud) Webb, Clyde (The Glide) Drexler.
@tyreek.68154 ай бұрын
I think Curry’s nickname was self explanatory lmfaoo Edit: watching the video they didn’t say it but it’s “Baby Faced Assassin.” In college and in his early nba years he had a baby face. He’s also lightskin (fully black but lighter toned) Idk if Daz knows but Aiden probably knows that lightskins are looked at as soft. So him looking like a little kid and being lightskin really stuck. And we all know why he was an assassin. Also his name really became big after Kobe co-signed him to being one of the only players to have the Mamba mentality.
@heywoodjablowme81204 ай бұрын
In Portland Sam Bowie's nickname is the worst draft pick ever.
@Boots_McScootsАй бұрын
"Paul Pierce is the motherfucking Truth" - Shaq (that's how he got it)
@bcbritt7774 ай бұрын
I've never even heard of that boxing guy lol so no that should have no barring on another sports persons name unless they are legendary like MJ ,lebron or Muhammad ali
@gregorywilliams13084 ай бұрын
I can't believe they didn't have Dominique Wilkins. "The Human Highlight". Check him out
@user-wr9ej6xe4j4 ай бұрын
Great vid. Is there one on MLB nicknames?
@jacket61393 ай бұрын
I mean Pacman will always be Manny Pacquiao to me. But if someone from a different sport was called Pacman that would be fine.
@gavinthompson27883 ай бұрын
Can we talk about the unreal segway game the narrator has?
@NapTownKid4104 ай бұрын
There is a streetball player that originally had the nickname "White Chocolate". For many people from Maryland, Randy Gill is "White Chocolate".
@LordVader664 ай бұрын
Nobody other than LeBum gave him the stupid nickname of ‘The King”.
@areguapiri4 ай бұрын
The Greatest!
@zeromega45414 ай бұрын
I don't know if a Mandela Effect but I distinctly remember Jimmy Kimmel giving Kobe Bryant the nickname black mamba on his show. Kobe didn't have a nickname and Jimmy said every great player needs a nickname and started listing random phrases and said black mamba and Kobe loved it. A couple of years later he had black mamba merch.
@lolyungmulaBABY4 ай бұрын
Kobe gave himself the nickname after watching Kill Bill. This is why people clowned on it for so long. Nicknames are usually given by others. You might be remembering a bit or something, but that’s not how it was inspired. Jimmy Kimmel started late night in 2003, which was the same year Kobe coined the name, so there was a conversation about that.
@MICjordanTPR4 ай бұрын
PROPS for the Carl "The Truth" Williams reference!
@UnbiasedRemarks4 ай бұрын
Ask Siri who “the truth” is and there’s your answer. Paul P.
@KingAllYear4 ай бұрын
More nba reactions pls
@MajinSupernova4 ай бұрын
In the US it's fairly common to receive the same nickname as somebody else that plays a different sport, even to the extent where sometimes your nickname will be something only because you have the same name as somebody else. Example being one of the greatest MLB players ever in the playoffs Reggie Jackson was given the nickname "Mr October" due to his performance come playoff time. There just so happens to be an NBA player currently ALSO named Reggie Jackson, and seeing as the NBA playoffs typically happen in June, he was given the nickname "Mr June". The funny part about this is that this Reggie Jackson is HORRIBLE in the playoffs.
@moldveien15154 ай бұрын
AK - 47 is the best nickname ive heard it just fits to well, a russian guy wearing the nr 47 who's intials are AK who comes from the town that the khalasnikov plant is is just too perfect
@michaelmamba15783 ай бұрын
I think names absolutely can carry over. In the us most people proly don’t even know who that boxer ur talking about is and think Paul Pierce. Not to mention some guy in another country who’s famous there has that same nickname name just in a different language
@paulyoung81084 ай бұрын
I'm with Daz,I think Carl the truth Williams
@lazyblazer4 ай бұрын
No VINSANITY???
@jeffwilliams28284 ай бұрын
Boxing has multiple “Sugars” I think nicknames can be reused in different sports. Like Mahomes, they tried calling him Showtime, but clearly it should be Patrick Magic Mahomes. Magic Johnson even gave his blessing.
@TheTussman4 ай бұрын
And poor George Costanza didn't get "T-Bone".
@tracialx4 ай бұрын
Paul Pierce is much more popular in the US than Carl Williams, he’s who people think of when they hear The Truth
@deonlepharaoh4 ай бұрын
Nicknames can even be recycled in the same sport...
@MrBeastjebuz4 ай бұрын
Magic Johnson is the most obvious porn name that no one ever seems to notice. I never noticed it until someone else pointed it out in this way. It was a Barry McCockiner video
@heywoodjablowme81204 ай бұрын
No Gary Payton the Glove?
@johnnyhayz48964 ай бұрын
Did I miss The Joker,🃏 aka Big Honey,🍯 aka The Big Tipper, Mr. Frank Sinatra, aka Big Fellow Nikola Jokic? He has a great nickname!
@JoeyVatavuk4 ай бұрын
do you know how many dudes have been Juice? idk why you’d want it anymore though
@millardfilmore14034 ай бұрын
I generally agree on the topic of not giving yourself a nickname - but Swaggy P and Black Mamba are two of the most used nicknames for these players and they were self given ironically enough. Although you may not have heard of Nick Young much, he is referred to by that name a ton!
@lolyungmulaBABY4 ай бұрын
Black Mamba was clowned on for years though, specifically because it was self appointed.
@Allsizes4 ай бұрын
That really annoyed me about shaq...he was always giving himself nicknames
@miketaylor18244 ай бұрын
Air Jordan
@AxelFoleyDetroitLions4 ай бұрын
I call Kevin Durant “Durantula” ( like the spider)
@katfromCali5104 ай бұрын
I'm surprised they didn't have Steph Curry (The Baby Faced Assassin) on there.
@whocares85764 ай бұрын
Most call him chef though.
@bigKyrieFan114 ай бұрын
no uncle drew?
@godssss424 ай бұрын
Larry Johnson is LJ before he’s granmama
@dvwgystyle27053 ай бұрын
Lemon pepper Lou is the greatest one ion care.
@FeedRevo4 ай бұрын
Paul Pierce is THE Truth
@jasondinulos84774 ай бұрын
Michael Jordan nickname is The Goat
@everia_gamesАй бұрын
Black Jesus
@joshuabolton38664 ай бұрын
AK47 or Half Man Half Amazing
@JohnnyTerps74 ай бұрын
PAUL PEIRCE IS THE TRUTH!!! That other dude you mentioned can’t be cause I don’t know him …. To be the TRUTH EVEYONE SHOULD KNOW YOU EVEN IF THEY LIKE THE SPORT OR NOT
@randallshelp40174 ай бұрын
Boxing. "Sugar" Ray Robinson, "Sugar" Ray Leonard and "Sugar" Shane Mosely. BTW "The Great One" is hockey's Wayne Gretzky. Michael Jordan would be "Air Jordan" or "His Airness" or"Michael" { like Jackson} or "MJ" {like Jackson} or "G.O.A.T." or.........
@LordVader664 ай бұрын
The Truth will always be be Paul Pierce. I dont know who that other guy is.
@randallshelp40174 ай бұрын
wrote too soon on Michael.
@sandiegovarsitysports61564 ай бұрын
Kid down the street calls himself " Daz ". I will tell him change it to something else.
@heywoodjablowme81204 ай бұрын
Yeah Daz....let's hear the story behind your nickname 😂❤😂
@notimportant36864 ай бұрын
lebron gave himself the very humble nickname.... just another of 1000 reasons he's a douche
@AR-yp8nh4 ай бұрын
The NBA players these days are soft snowflakes, bring back the physicality.
@faiththomas17494 ай бұрын
Lebron James IS NOT THE KING OF THE NBA …MICHAEL JORDAN IS
@areguapiri4 ай бұрын
Wrong! LeBron is way better.
@a.d.prayer17794 ай бұрын
First
@lolyungmulaBABY4 ай бұрын
Kobe coined the name Black Mamba after Tarantino’s Kill Bill. Maybe he applied it to “how he attacks the basket”, but that’s not where it originated. This is easily searchable. This video gets a few narratives wrong.
@mauricehumphrey5454 ай бұрын
To even MENTION Darryl Dawkins without showing his two backboard breakings completely DISQUA:IFIE this video. I'm out of here!!!