What's in a name - strange basketball player names

everything .... !

Christchurch sirens have signed .....

ashley awkward....

but wait - check these out....

Awkward was chosen for the US college "name of the year" team in 2007 along with Genesis Lightbourne (Iowa), Epiphanny Prince (Rutgers), LaWanna Holiday (Belmont) and Lady Comfort (Temple).

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thedoctor
Years ago

Why, oh why have I not seen this before courtesy of Bo Hamburger? I'm so disappointed I feel like Pops Mensah-Bonsu during roll call.

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Sween
Years ago

Were these going to be the runners in the second at Rosehill last weekend?

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Bo Hamburger
Years ago

I suggest having a look at this site, and trawling through to find some absolute belters.

Steve Rushin - formerly of Sports Illustrated and hands down the best sportswriter going around - once wrote a classic column about the crazy names in the NFL.

I'm trying to find it on the Interweb - it had lines like 'They are priceless peers of Peerless Price'.

In the meantime, ever wondered how seriously some Japanese folk take their vending machines?

This guy is very serious - a daily pic, keeping tabs on the placement of products, advertisements on the outside of the machine, and the like. I am finding this site hypnotically compelling, in some sort of Zen-like fashion.

(Get an overview in English here.)

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Kent Brockman
Years ago

Last night whilst listening to Genesis( so much better than their solo efforts) i had an Epiphanny about taking a Holiday to get some better quality Lady Comfort than what i can find here, then bang i readthis thread...weird.

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johnnysack
Years ago

Gregor Fucka...

Slovene bballer who played for Italy for some time...

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johnnysack
Years ago

FYI... it`s pronounced Fotch-Ka... apparently...

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Rasheed36
Years ago

Scientific Mapp was NYC PG that played NCAA

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BILLLY
Years ago

Boniface N'Dong.........classic name.....dunno where he is at now but played sparingly in the nba and nbdl

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Melvin Corpuscle
Years ago

I'm still a fan of swimming great Misty Hymen ..

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Anonymous
Years ago

Alexander Popov always got me giggling.

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billo
Years ago

Ivan Ivankov the gymnast from Belarus. You'd have to think a guy with that name would have a pretty strong arm, no? Not the type of guy you'd challenge to, say, an arm wrestle?