List of nicknames in basketball
This is a list of nicknames in the sport of basketball. Most are related to professional basketball, although a few notable nicknames from the U.S. college game are included.
Players
A
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – "The Captain", "Captain Hook",
- Edrice Adebayo – "Bam" "The Onomatopoeia"
- Ray Allen – "Ray Ray", "Sugar Ray", "Jesus Shuttlesworth"
- Rafer Alston – "Skip To My Lou"
- Chris Andersen – "Birdman"
- Anthony Anderson – "Double A"
- Greg Anderson – "Cadillac"
- Giannis Antetokounmpo – "Greek Freak", "The Alphabet"
- Carmelo Anthony – "Melo", "Captain America", "The Patriot", "Hoodie Melo"
- Nate Archibald – "Tiny"
- Gilbert Arenas – "Agent Zero", "The Hibachi", "Black President", "Nacho", "Gil", "High-Noon", "The Gambler"
- Trevor Ariza – "Cobra", "Switchblade", "Athreeza"
- Paul Arizin – "Pitchin' Paul"
- Stacey Augmon – "Plastic Man"
B
- Ken Bannister – "The Manimal"
- Andrea Bargnani – "Il Mago"
- Charles Barkley – "Chuck", "The Round Mound of Rebound", "Sir Charles", "Prince Charles", "Leaning Tower of Pizza", "Pillsbury Dough Boy", "The Human Refrigerator", "The Flying Coke Machine", "The Crisco Kid", "Boy Gorge"
- Harrison Barnes – "The Black Falcon",
- Jim Barnes – "Bad News"
- Marvin Barnes – "Bad News"
- Scottie Barnes – ”Scottier Barney”, ”The Acoustic”
- Dick Barnett – "Fall Back Baby"
- Brent Barry – "Bones"
- Jerry Baskerville – "Hound"
- Bradley Beal – "Big Panda"
- Alfred Beard – "Butch"
- Michael Beasley – "B-Easy" "Big Mike", "Super Cool Beas"
- Marco Belinelli – "Beli"
- Walt Bellamy – "Bells"
- Chauncey Billups – "Mr. Big Shot"
- Larry Bird – "The Great White Hope" "The Hick from French Lick", "Larry Legend", "Uncle Larry"
- Bismack Biyombo – "Bizzy Bo", "The Acrobatic from the Democratic " "BB-8", "Biznation", "Big Bizness"
- Daron Blaylock – "Mookie"
- Eric Bledsoe – "The Bledshow"
- Tyrone Bogues – "Muggsy"
- Devin Booker – "Book", "D-Book"
- Chris Bosh – "CB4", "The Boshtrich",
- Chris Boucher – "Slimm Duck"
- Bill Bradley – "Dollar Bill", "The Secretary of State", "Mr. President"
- Shawn Bradley – "The Enormous Mormon"
- Mikal Bridges – "The Warden" "Brooklyn Bridges"
- Jon Brockman – "The Brockness Monster"
- Fred Brown – "Downtown Freddie"
- Joe Bryant – "Jellybean"
- Kobe Bryant – "Black Mamba", "KB-24", "Vino"
- Jimmy Butler – "Jimmy Buckets", "Jimmy Jordan"
- D. J. Burns- The "Buuuuurn", "Big Boy", "Beast Boy"
C
- Joe Caldwell – "Pogo", "Jumping Joe"
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope – "KCP"
- Brian Cardinal – "The Custodian"
- Antoine Carr – "Big Dawg"
- Joe Barry Carroll –"Joe Barely Cares", "Just Barely Carroll"
- Vince Carter – "Vinsanity", "Old Man Vince", "Air Canada", "Half Man Half Amazing", "VC"
- Michael Carter-Williams – MCW
- Alex Caruso – "The Bald Mamba", "Carushow"
- Sam Cassell – "Sam I Am", "The Space-man"
- Wilt Chamberlain – "Wilt the Stilt", "The Big Dipper"
- Derrick Chievous – "Band-Aid"
- Nathaniel Clifton – "Sweetwater"
- Craig Claxton – "Speedy"
- Vernal Coles – "Bimbo"
- Mike Conley - "Bite Bite"
- DeMarcus Cousins – "Boogie"
- Bob Cousy – "The Houdini of the Hardwood", "Cooz"
- Forrest Cox – "Frosty"
- Jamal Crawford – "J Crossover", "Crawssover Crawford" "L.A.'s Dance Instructor", "Mr And-One"
- Billy Cunningham – "Kangaroo Kid"
- Stephen Curry – "Splash Brothers", "Baby-Faced Assassin", "Chef Curry", "Steph", "The Golden Boy"
D
- Bob Dandridge – "Bobby D"
- Dyson Daniels - "The Great Barrier Thief"
- Anthony Davis - "Brow", "AD", "Glass", "Day-to-day Davis"
- Mel Davis – "Killer"
- Glen Davis – "Big Baby", "Uno-Uno"
- Ricky Davis – "Ricky Buckets", "Get Buckets", Grits 'N Gravy, Wrong Rim Ricky
- Walter Davis – "The Greyhound", "The Candyman", "Sweet D" and "The Man with the Velvet Touch"
- Darryl Dawkins – "Chocolate Thunder"
- Dewayne Dedmon – "The Mechanic"
- Matthew Dellavedova – "Delly" "The Curry Stopper"
- DeMar DeRozan – "Deebo"
- Dimitris Diamantidis – "3D"
- Boris Diaw – "Tea Time"
- Luka Dončić – "Luka Magic", "The Don", "Devin Booker's father"
- Luguentz Dort – "Dorture Chamber", "Dortress"
- Clyde Drexler – "Clyde the Glide"
- Goran Dragic – "The Dragon", "Gold Dragon"
- Andre Drummond – "Big Penguin"
- Tim Duncan – "The Big Fundamental", "Slam Duncan", "Old Man Riverwalk", "Twin Towers"
- Kevin Durant – "KD", "Durantula", "The Servant", "Slim Reaper", "Easy Money Sniper", "Snake"
E
- Anthony Edwards – "Ant-Man", "Ant"
- Theodore Edwards – "Blue"
- Pervis Ellison – "Never Nervous Pervis", "Out of Service Pervis"
- Joel Embiid – "The Process", a self-adopted nickname from a rebuilding process of the 76ers pushed by Sam Hinkie
- Julius Erving – "Dr. J", The Doctor
- Patrick Ewing – "The Beast of the East"
F
- Derek Fisher – "D-Fish"
- Eric Floyd – "Sleepy"
- De'Aaron Fox – "Swipa"
- Clarence Francis – "Bevo"
- Steve Francis – "Stevie Franchise"
- Walt Frazier – "Clyde"
- James Taft Fredette – "Jimmer", "The Lonely Master", "Jimo Dashen", "The Lonely God"
- Lloyd Bernard Free – "World", "World B. Free", "The Prince of Midair"
- Markelle Fultz – "Quick Wash"
G
- Aaron Gordon – "Air Gordon",
- Dan Gadzuric – "The Flying Dutchman",
- Harry Gallatin – "The Horse"
- Danilo Gallinari – "Il Gallo", "The Rooster"
- Kevin Garnett – "Big Ticket", "KG", "The Kid"
- Marc Gasol – "Big Spain", "The Big Burrito"
- Paul George – "PG-13", "Young Trece", "Playoff P", "Podcast P", "Pandemic P"
- George Gervin – "The Iceman", "Iceberg Slim", just "Ice"
- Daniel Gibson – "Boobie"
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander – "SGA" "Mr. Buy 2 Get 1 Free"
- Armen Gilliam – "The Hammer"
- Artis Gilmore – "A Train"
- Manu Ginóbili – "The Magician", "Gino", "El Contusione", "Manudona"
- George Glamack – "The Blind Bomber".
- Rudy Gobert – "The Stifle Tower", "The French Rejection"
- Ben Gordon – "Madison Square Gordon"
- Marcin Gortat – "The Polish Hammer"
- Travis Grant – "Machine Gun"
- Draymond Green "Day-Day", "The Dancing Bear", "Dray"
- Jeff Green – "Iron Man", "Uncle Jeff",
- Darrell Griffith – "Dr. Dunkenstein"
- Robert Gruenig – "Ace"
- Tom Gugliotta – "Googs",
H
- Harold Hairston – "Happy"
- Tyrese Haliburton - "The Haliban"
- Richard Hamilton – "Rip"
- Tom Hammonds – "The Terminator"
- Anfernee Hardaway – "Penny"
- Tyler Hansbrough – "Psycho T"
- James Harden – "The Beard", "El Chapo"
- Tobias Harris – "Tobi & Bobi"
- Isaiah Hartenstein – "Hartenstein's Monster"
- Connie Hawkins – "The Hawk"
- Udonis Haslem – "U.D."
- John Havlicek – "Hondo"
- Elvin Hayes – "The Big E", "E"
- Tommy Heinsohn – "Ack Ack", "Tommy Gun", "Heinie",
- Juan Hernangómez – "Juancho", "Bo Cruz", "Cruz Missile"
- Tyler Herro – "Baby Goat", "Boy Wonder"
- Mario Hezonja – "Super Mario"
- Buddy Hield – "Buddy Love"
- Grant Hill – "G", "G-money"
- Darnell Hillman – "Dr. Dunk"
- Fred Hoiberg – "The Mayor"; given to him by his Iowa State teammates because of his extraordinary popularity in the school's home city of Ames, Iowa, where he was raised
- Lionel Hollins – " L-Train"
- Chet Holmgren – "Big Oxtail", "Abraham Lincoln"
- William Holzman – "Red"
- Robert Horry – "Big Shot Rob" or "Big Shot Bob"
- Dwight Howard – "Superman", "Foul on You",, "D12"
- Kevin Huerter – "Red Velvet"
- Rodney Hundley – "Hot Rod"
- Nah'Shon Hyland "Bones"
I
- Serge Ibaka – "I-block-a", "Serge Protector", "Air Congo"
- Andre Iguodala – "Iggy"
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas – "Big Z"
- Ersan İlyasova – "Turkish Thunder", "Ghostface Ilya"
- Brandon Ingram – "B.I.", "Sleepy Reaper"
- Kyrie Irving – "Uncle Drew", "Kyriediculous", "The Ankletaker"
- Jonathan Isaac – "The Minister of Defense"
- Allen Iverson – "A.I.", "The Answer", "Bubba Chuck", "Steven John Ray the Third"
J
- LeBron James – "King James", "The King", "The Chosen One", " L-Train", "LBJ" "The Akron Hammer", "Bron Bron" "Unc"
- Earvin Johnson – "Magic", "Buck", "E.J."
- Gus Johnson – "Honeycomb"
- Joe Johnson – "Iso Joe"
- Larry Johnson – "Grandmama" "LJ"
- Vinnie Johnson – "The Microwave"
- Nikola Jokić – "Joker"
- Isaiah Joe – "Strokin’ Joe", "Zai"
- Damon Jones – "The World's Greatest Shooter"
- Ronald Jones – "Popeye"
- Sam Jones – "Sad Sam"
- Michael Jordan – "Air Jordan", "His Airness", "MJ", "The G.O.A.T", "The Black Cat"
K
- Greg Kelser – "Special K"
- Shawn Kemp – "The Reignman" "The Family Man"
- John Graham Kerr – "Red"
- Jason Kidd – "J-Kidd"
- Andrei Kirilenko – "AK47"
- Dalton Knecht – "Kneckt 4"
- Kon Knueppel – "The Konman"
- Furkan Korkmaz – "Furk the Turk"
- Toni Kukoc – "Croatian Sensation", "The Waiter", "Euro-Magic"
- Michael Kidd-Gilchrist – "MKG"
- Jonathan Kuminga – "The Kum Bucket"
L
- Trajan Langdon – "The Alaskan Assassin"
- Meadow George Lemon – "Meadowlark"
- Lafayette Lever – "Fat"
- Kawhi Leonard – "The Claw", "Sugar K"
- Meyers Leonard – "Meyers Legend"
- Nancy Lieberman – "Lady Magic"
- Damian Lillard – "Dame Dolla", "Sub Zero", "Logo Lillard", "Dame Time"
- Jeremy Lin – "Linsanity"
- Jim Loscutoff – "Jungle Jim",
- Brook Lopez – "Splash Mountain"
- Robin Lopez – "RoLo"
- Bob Love – "Butterbean"
M
- Ed Macauley – "Easy", "Easy Ed"
- Mark Madsen – "Mad Dog"
- Dan Majerle – "Thunder Dan"
- Karl Malone – "The Mailman", "The Nasty Man", "Mr. 13"
- Moses Malone – "Chairman of the Boards"
- Earl Manigault – "The Goat"
- Pete Maravich – "Pistol Pete"
- Stephon Marbury – "Starbury"
- Boban Marjanović – "Bobi & Tobi"
- Kenyon Martin – "K-Mart"
- Shawn Marion – "The Matrix"
- Wesley Matthews – "Iron Man"
- Cedric Maxwell – "Cornbread"
- Luc Mbah a Moute "The Prince", "Moute Kicks Boute"
- Xavier McDaniel – "The X-Man";
- Antonio McDyess – "Dice"
- Jon McGlocklin – "Jonny Mac"
- Tracy McGrady – "T-Mac"
- Dick McGuire – "Tricky Dick",
- Kevin McHale – "Herman Munster", "The Black Hole"
- Dean Meminger – "The Dream"
- Sam Merrill- "Money Merrill" "Sammy Buckets"
- Jordan Mickey – J-Mick
- Darko Miličić – "The Human Victory Cigar", because his court appearances were at the end of routs. The first to have this nickname was Stojko Vranković.
- Reggie Miller – "The Knick Killer"
- Malik Milton – "Shake"
- George Mikan – "Mr. Basketball", "The Big Number"
- Harold Miner – "Baby Jordan"
- Bill Mlkvy – "The Owl without a Vowel"
- Donovan Mitchell – "Spida"
- Sidney Moncrief – "Sid the Squid", "Sir Sid", "El Sid"
- Earl Monroe – "Black Magic", "Earl the Pearl", "Black Jesus"
- Greg Monroe – "Moose"
- E'Twaun Moore – "Uncle E"
- Mario Morales - "Quijote"
- Ja Morant - "G12", "Ja Warrant" "Ja Wick" "Ja Dropper"
- Marcus Morris – "Mook"
- Alonzo Mourning – "Zo"
- Charles Murphy – "Stretch"
- Jamal Murray – "The Blue Arrow"
- Dikembe Mutombo – "Mt. Mutombo"
N
- Steve Nash – "Hair Canada"
- Fred Neal – "Curly"
- Jameer Nelson – "Mighty Mouse", "Crib Midget"
- Dirk Nowitzki – "Tall Baller From The G", "Dirty", "The German Racecar", "Bavarian Bomber", "Dirk Diggler", "The Berlin Tall", "German Wunderkind", "Dirk Savage", "The Germinator", "The Big German"
- Jusuf Nurkić – "The Bosnian Beast"
- Frank Ntilikina – "The French Prince"
O
- Jahlil Okafor – "Jah", "Big J", "Little Sully"
- Lamar Odom – "The Candy Man", L.O
- Mehmet Okur – "Memo", "The Moneyman"
- Shaquille O'Neal – "Shaq", "Shaq Daddy", "Diesel", "The Big Aristotle", "Superman", "MDE", "The Big Maravich", "The Big Fella", "The Big Shaqtus", "Shaq Attack" "The Shnaq"
- Jermaine O'Neal – "J.O"
- Hakeem Olajuwon – "The Dream"
- Michael Olowokandi – "Kandi Man"
- Jose Ortiz - "Piculin"
- Kelly Oubre Jr. – "Wave Papi"
P
- Smush Parker – "Scrub"
- Robert Parish – "The Chief"
- Ruben Patterson – "The Kobe Stopper"
- Chris Paul – "CP3", "The Point God"
- Billy Paultz – "The Whopper"
- Gary Payton – "GP", "The Glove"
- Gary Payton II – "The Mitten"
- Sam Perkins – "Big Smooth", "Sleepy Sam"
- Elliot Perry – "Socks"
- Chuck Person – "The Rifleman".
- Paul Pierce – "The Truth"
- Ricky Pierce – "Big Paper Daddy"
- Jim Pollard – "Kangaroo Kid"
- Kevin Porter – "Little Drummer Boy"
- Kristaps Porziņģis – "KP", "Unicorn", "Tingus Pingus"
- Vitaly Potapenko – "Ukraine Train"
- Joel Przybilla – "Vanilla Gorilla"
R
- Julius Randle – "The Black Panther", "Beyblade"
- Zach Randolph – "Z-Bo"
- Austin Reaves – "Hillbilly Kobe", "AR-15"
- Paul Reed – "BBall Paul"
- Bryant Reeves – "Big Country"
- Jerome Richardson – "Pooh"
- Mitch Richmond – "The Rock"
- Mike Riordan – "Rags"
- Rajon Rondo – "Johnny", "Swag", "Fedex", "Chris Paul"
- Glenn Rivers – "Doc"
- David Robinson – "The Admiral"
- Glenn Robinson – "Big Dog"
- Len Robinson – "Truck"
- Nate Robinson – "KryptoNate"
- Oscar Robertson – "The Big O"
- Dennis Rodman – "The Worm"
- Sergio Rodríguez -"El Chacho"
- Wayne Rollins – "Tree"
- Derrick Rose – "D-Rose", "Windy City Assassin"
- Brandon Roy – "The Natural"
- Terry Rozier – "Scary Terry"
- D'Angelo Russell – "DLo"
- Bill Russell – "Russ"
S
- Arvydas Sabonis – "Sabas"
- Domantas Sabonis – "Sabas Jr.", "Domas"
- John Salley – "Spider"
- Tom Sanders – "Satch" or "Satch Sanders"
- Brian Scalabrine – "The White Mamba"
- Oscar Schmidt – "Mão Santa"
- Sofoklis Schortsanitis – "Baby Shaq", "Big Sofo"
- Luis Scola – "Ice Cream Man"
- Jon Scheyer – "The Jewish Jordan"
- Detlef Schrempf – Det The Threat"
- Dennis Scott – "3D"
- Collin Sexton – "Young Bull"
- Iman Shumpert – "Shump"
- Pascal Siakam – "Spicy P"
- Ralph Siewert – "Sky", and later "Timber"
- James Silas – "Captain Late", "The Snake", "The Late Mr. Silas"
- Jonathon Simmons – "Juice"
- Henry Sims – "Lickface"
- Ben Simmons – "Fresh Prince", "Big Ben", "Ben 10"
- Marcus Smart – "The Cobra"
- Bobby Smith – "Bingo"
- Craig Smith – "Rhino"
- Josh Smith – "J-Smoove"
- Kenny Smith – "The Jet"
- J. R. Smith – "JR Swish"
- Larry Smith – "Mr. Mean"
- Rik Smits – "The Flying Dutchman" or "The Dunkin' Dutchman"
- Vassilis Spanoulis – "Kill Bill", "V-Span"
- Marreese Speights – "Mo' Buckets"
- Latrell Sprewell – "Spree"
- Dave Stallworth – "The Rave"
- Nik Stauskas – "Sauce Castillo"
- Lance Stephenson – "Born Ready"
- Isaiah Stewart – "Beef Stew"
- Maurice Stokes – "Big Mo"
- Amar'e Stoudemire – "STAT"
- Predrag Stojakovic – "Peja"
- Jerry Stackhouse – "Stack", "House"
T
- Jayson Tatum – "The Anomaly"ˆ
- Reece Tatum – "Goose"
- Jason Terry – "JET"
- Isaiah Thomas – "IT"
- Isiah Thomas – "Zeke", "Cuts", "The Baby-Faced Assassin"
- Kurt Thomas – "Mid Life", "Dirty Kurt", "Big Sexy"
- David Thompson – "The Skywalker"
- Klay Thompson – "Splash Brothers", "Game 6 Klay"
- Sedale Threatt – "The Thief"
- Andrew Toney – "The Boston Strangler"
- Karl-Anthony Towns – "KAT", "Special-K", "The Big Meow"
- Robert Traylor – "Tractor Traylor"
- Melvin Turpin – "Golden Arches"
V
- Jonas Valančiūnas – "JV", "Lithuanian Lightning"
- Denzel Valentine – "Zel"
- Nick Van Exel – "Nasty Nick", "Nick Van Excellent", "Nick the Quick"
- Anderson Varejão – "Wild Thing"
- Stojko Vranković – "Human Victory Cigar", because he played at the end of blowout games where Red Auerbach would light his cigar.
- Dick Van Arsdale – "The Original Sun"
- Nikola Vučević – "Vooch"
W
- Dwyane Wade – "D-Wade", "Flash"
- Kemba Walker – "Cardiac Kemba"
- Ben Wallace – "Big Ben"lou
- Gerald Wallace – "Crash", "G-Force"
- Rasheed Wallace – "Sheed"
- Anthony Jerome Webb – "Spud"
- Chris Webber – "C-Webb"
- Victor Wembanyama - "Wemby", "Alien"
- Jerry West – "Mr. Clutch", "The Logo"
- Russell Westbrook – "Brodie", "Beastbrook"
- Derrick White – "The Buffalo", "D-White"
- Andrew Wiggins –Maple Jordan"
- Dominique Wilkins – "The Human Highlight Film"
- Jamaal Wilkes – "Silk"
- Deron Williams – "D-Will"
- Jalen Williams – "J-Dub"
- Jason Williams – "White Chocolate"
- Jaylin Williams – "Jay Will", "Boom"
- John Williams – "Hot Rod"
- Jerome Williams – "Junkyard Dog"
- John Sam Williams – "Hot Plate"
- Kenrich Williams – "Kenny Hustle"
- Lou Williams – "Sweet Lou"
- Robert Williams – "Time Lord"
- Corliss Williamson – "Big Nasty"
- James Worthy – "Big Game James", "Clever"
Y
- Guerschon Yabusele – "The Dancing Bear"
- Yao Ming – "Ming Dynasty", "Chairman Yao", "Shaquie Chan", "The Great Wall of China"
- Nick Young – "Swaggy P", "Uncle P", "Bean Burrito"
- Trae Young – "Ice Trae"
Z
- Max Zaslofsky – "Slats"
Coaches
- Arnold Auerbach – "Red"
- Mike Budenholzer - "Coach Bud"
- Forrest Cox – "Frosty", "Forrest Grump"
- Chuck Daly – "Daddy Rich"
- Clarence Gaines – "Big House"
- Fred Hoiberg – "The Mayor"
- William Holzman – "Red"
- Dan Issel – "The Horse"
- Phil Jackson – "Zen Master"
- Alvin Julian – "Doggie"
- Mike Krzyzewski – "Coach K"
- Ward Lambert – "Piggy"
- Joe Mazzulla - "Psycho Joe"
- Don Nelson – "Nellie"
- Gregg Popovich – "Pop"
- Pat Riley – "Riles"
- Glenn Rivers – "Doc"
- Erik Spoelstra – "Spo"
- Tom Thibodeau - "Thibs"
- John Wooden – "The Wizard of Westwood"
- Rick Carlisle – "Flipper"
Teams
College
- Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball, 1934–38 – "Mighty Mites"
- Utah Utes men's basketball team, 1943–44 – "Blitz Kids"
- Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball in the late 1940s – "Fabulous Five".
- University of Houston men's basketball from 1982 to 1984 – "Phi Slama Jama"
- Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, 1992–93 – "Fab Five"
- Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team, 1995–96 – "The Untouchables"
- University of Illinois men's basketball from 1988 to 1989 – "Flyin' Illini"
Professional
- Boston Celtics
- * "The Big Three"
- * "The Boston Three Party"
- Chicago Bulls
- * "The Greatest Team of All Time" 1995–96 Chicago Bulls season
- Dallas Mavericks
- * "The Big Three"
- * "Triple J"
- Detroit Pistons – The "Bad Boys"
- *"The Bad Boys" – Isiah Thomas, Bill Laimbeer, Joe Dumars, Rick Mahorn, Vinnie Johnson, John Salley, Dennis Rodman, James Edwards, Mark Aguirre, John Long, Micheal Williams, Fennis Dembo
- Golden State Warriors
- * "The Dubs"
- * "Splash Brothers"
- * "Death Lineup"
- * "Run TMC"
- Houston Rockets
- *"Twin Towers"
- Los Angeles Clippers
- *"Lob City"
- Los Angeles Lakers,
- *During the 1980s – "Showtime"
- Memphis Grizzlies
- *"Grit & Grind"
- Miami Heat
- * "The Heatles"
- * "7-Eleven"
- New York Knicks
- * "The Villanova Knicks"
- Philadelphia 76ers
- * "The Process"
- Portland Trail Blazers
- *"Jail Blazers", "Rip City"
- San Antonio Spurs
- * "The Twin Towers"
- * "The Big Three"
International
- United States men's national basketball team, 1992 – "The Dream Team"
- United States men's national basketball team, 2008 – "The Redeem Team"
- Canada men's national basketball team – "The Road Warriors"
- Spain national basketball team – La ÑBA
- Turkey national basketball team – Oniki Dev Adam
- Australia men's national basketball team – "The Boomers"
- Australia women's national basketball team – "The Opals"
- New Zealand men's national basketball team — "The Tall Blacks"
Locations
- Air Canada Centre – "The Hangar", "Jurassic Park"
- American Airlines Center – "The Hangar"
- American Airlines Arena – "Triple-A"
- Gainbridge Fieldhouse – "The Fieldhouse"
- Charlotte Coliseum – "The Hive"
- Chase Center – "The Gatehouse"
- Chesapeake Energy Arena – "Loud City"
- Chicago Stadium – "The Madhouse on Madison "
- Crypto.com Arena – "The Crypt"
- FedExForum – "The Grindhouse"
- Alico Arena – Dunk City
- Human Performance Center – "Chamber of Horrors"
- Izod Center – "The Meadowlands", "The Swamp"
- Key Arena – "The Key"
- Madison Square Garden – "MSG", "The Mecca", "The Garden"
- Quicken Loans Arena – "The Q"
- Pepsi Center – "The Can"
- Philips Arena – "The Highlight Factory"
- TD Garden, Boston Garden – "The Garden"
- Time Warner Cable Arena – "The Cable Box"
- United Center – "The UC", "Madhouse on Madison", "The House that Jordan Built"
- US Airways Center – "The Purple Palace"
- Verizon Center – "The Phone Booth"