nickname represents a person's technical characteristics or a person's personality characteristics. The previous nicknames have their own characteristics, but now the nicknames in the alliance are more developed toward "XX God" and "XX Brother".
Today we are going to talk about a few particularly famous and representative nicknames.
Karl Malone , nicknamed "The Postman"
The postman seems to be difficult to connect with NBA , but the postman has a characteristic of being unimpeded in his career in 10 seasons. 82 games, 80+ appearances in 17 seasons, the attendance rate is very high, so the fans affectionately call him a "postman", there is also an interesting fact, with the Bulls in the final moments of the finals, the two sides tied for 82, at this time Malone received a free throw. Opportunity, Pippen said the classic trash account "The postman does not work on weekends", Malone missed both free throws, and then Jordan lore the game.
Duncan is nicknamed " Stone Buddha"
Duncan, as the best power forward in league history, many fans kindly call him "Deng Da" because he is often happy and angry. Sex, there is almost no emotional fluctuations, hard work, hard work, no lace news, this also has the famous scene "being blown up for technical fouls because of laughter", which is also unique in history.
Gary Payton, nicknamed "The Glove"
Gary Payton, because of his excellent defense, "Glove" describes his defense is very oppressive, Payton has been selected as the best defensive team for 9 consecutive seasons , And the only player who thought he was the best defensive player as a point guard.
In the 1993 playoffs, the Sonics played against the Suns, and Payton faced Kevin Johnson . In this round of the series, Johnson lost his standard under Payton’s defense.Completely lost the prestige of the previous round. Payton's cousin said when he called Payton that Johnson was caught in a glove under your defense like baseball , and the nickname "glove" came from this.
Olajuwon, nicknamed the "Dream"
Olajuwon is the most watchful and flexible player in the center position in NBA history. The reason for this is . , Is derived from his dreamy footsteps of . Even if he retires now, many players will still follow the big dreams, including James, Kobe and other superstars. Of course, the most impressive thing for everyone is that time under the gram Won the championship, and Rudy Tomjanovich's phrase: "Never underestimate the heart of a championship."
Allen Iverson, nicknamed "Answer"
There are actually many versions of Iverson’s nickname, but what I’m most willing to believe is that as long as you give him the ball, he can give you the answer, and he is the answer in Philadelphia, and Iverson also tattooed the answer on his body. , Soon became familiar to fans and spread widely.
Paul Pierce , nicknamed "Truth"
As the league’s famous offensive kaleidoscope, Pierce has always been regarded as one of the most comprehensive small forwards in NBA history. Why is he called What about the truth? The function of the nickname
comes from O’Neal . It’s said that Pierce was 13 of 19 in a game. scored 42 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists. After the game, O’Neal said: "I knew he was excellent, but I didn’t know he was so good,Paul Pierce is the truth. "At this point, the nickname of Truth slowly began to spread and became well known.
In fact, there are many interesting nicknames in NBA history, such as " iceman" George, " glider" Dray Xler, "Big Shark" O'Neal, all of them are like treacherous, but in today's league, more nicknames are "XX God" and "XX Brother", which is really incomprehensible.
As a fan, you know which ones are widely spread. What about his nickname?
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