Luuuc
Years ago

All-Time Best NBL Nicknames

The results are in:

Honourable Mentions...
Good: Rob 'The Magician' Rose, Ian ‘Moose’ Robilliard, Stephen ‘Sneaky’ Hoare, William ‘Butch’ Hayes, Kendal ‘Tiny’ Pinder, David ‘Radar’ Close, Stevie 'Wombat' Markovic, Tad ‘The Microwave’ Dufelmeier, Lucas ‘Waxy’ Walker, Robert 'Baseline Bandit' Sibley, Ricky 'Rainman' Jones
Really good: Dean ‘Man Mountain’ Uthoff, Wayne ‘Dog’ Larkins, Troy ‘Truck’ Pilon, Isaac ‘Ice’ Burton, Mark ‘Hogey’ Bradtke, Clarence ‘The Elevator’ Tyson

The Top Ten Nicknames in NBL History

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Yinka Dare
Years ago

I think andrew Parkinson also was called the microwave

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Anonymous
Years ago

Alabama Slamma

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Beatdog
Years ago

Rick (the bunsen burner) Brunson

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swish
Years ago

Mean Al Green
The Ice Man (Darryl Pearce)
Phil Smyth (The General)
The Black Pearl

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Anonymous
Years ago

Al peekaboo Green

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Anonymous
Years ago

Nick Starvin' Marvin

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UseTaHoop
Years ago

THE Alabama Slamma

Only 1. Never to be repeated.

Pity we missed out on The Worm and his multiple psychoses

Not from basketball. From Rugger: Nobody
Because "nobody's perfect"

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UseTaHoop
Years ago

Dan Dan The Mountain Man Clausen

Nicknames are better with "The" in front

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UseTaHoop
Years ago

Who was The Grasshopper again?

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Anonymous
Years ago

Nick "check an old media guide I swear it is true" Lackovic

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Dane Suttle
Years ago

Peter "The Grasshoper" Walsh.

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Hogwash
Years ago

Jermaine "Dolla" Beal

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Anonymous
Years ago

OMG the Lako one is soooo true hahaha

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Very Old
Years ago

so Glad the NBL has posted it up twice on the same page , presumably for the slow readers.

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Luuuc
Years ago

More likely to be for the fast readers ;)

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UseTaHoop
Years ago

Or for those with Alzheimer's

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UseTaHoop
Years ago

I only read the link to nbl site to verify their duplicity/ duplication

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Big Ads
Years ago

I guess Mike "Swish" McKay was only used locally. I thought that was worth an honorable mention.

"Twin Air" was not bad either (Jason and Darren Smith). Worth of mention in prelude to the actual list.

Nicknames just don't seem to be dished out much these days and if they are they don't seem to stick.

Might be worth starting a thread on the topic- "Best nicknames for current NBL players"

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Anonymous
Years ago

I thought twin air was one of the weakest nicknames around tbh

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UseTaHoop
Years ago

"Cool hand" Karl Luke
(Some western movie/tv show I think)

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Anonymous
Years ago

Radar.

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Yinka Dare
Years ago

Reminds me of the days the cats had nicknames on the back of their singlets. Think they were limited to six letters. JC, watto, etc

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Anonymous
Years ago

THe KIte

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DJ
Years ago

Ricky The Amazing Grace
Scott The Fish Fisher
D Train Dwayne McClain

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Anonymous
Years ago

My favorite, Ron "the rat" Ratliff

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Anonymous
Years ago

And Ricky "Amazing" Grace

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Anonymous
Years ago

Can someone assist with the origin of some of these nicknames?

For starters, why is Walker called "Waxy?"

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Anonymous
Years ago

I dunno how Bear got in the top ten list. I always thought that was a pretty ordinary nick name. Dolla Beal is much cooler

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Yinka Dare
Years ago

Surely Sharon showtime Glover takes the cake. The irony being he was terrible

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Anonymous
Years ago

Daniel Son of Joyce or SoJ

Phil Voldemort Smyth

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paul
Years ago

Cecil 'I got dunked on by Andrew Gaze' Exum.

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SIXERS VOICE
Years ago

Mark "Chairman of the Boards" Davis
Darren "The Ninja" Ng
Paul "The Big Fella" Rees (might have only been at home games).
Cal "Black Pearl" Bruton (his name wasn't included earlier).
I believe Darryl "Iceman" Pearce had the nickname first.

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Anonymous
Years ago

I dunno how Bear got in the top ten list. I always thought that was a pretty ordinary nick name.

You know it's because he looks like Yogi? Big arse!

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Anonymous
Years ago

Ant man

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Anonymous
Years ago

Pocket Rocket -Derek Rucker

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Anonymous
Years ago

Why is Walker called Waxy?

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Anonymous
Years ago

Cat Man Doo was a good one - Martin Cattalini

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Anonymous
Years ago

Freddy "The Panther" Cofield was a good one.

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Anonymous
Years ago

James "The Excitement Machine" Harvey
Shawn "The Scoring Machine" Redhage
Luke "The Tower of Power" Nevill
Damian "The Shadow" Martin
Matty "The Knightmare" Knight
Jesse "The Body" Wagstaff
Greg "The Mayor of Wanneroo" Hire
Kevin "De-Lisch" Lisch

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Anonymous
Years ago

Drew "The Sniper" Williamson. I still remember the courtside announcer calling out "The Sniper!" as Williamson was lining up one of his trademark corner 3s.

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Anonymous
Years ago

People are now rolling out the lamest nicknames.

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Craig Westhead
Years ago

Surely Bennie The Professor Lewis rates right up with best of them

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