Comments on: Chinese nicknames for NBA players

Chinese nicknames for NBA players

srboisvert — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 07:13:13 -0800

Find out who the Stone Buddha is and whether he can hold off the German Racecar, the Sweet Melon and the King of Dragons.

By: Kwine

Kwine — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 07:14:49 -0800

Completely awesome, thanks!

By: jason's_planet

jason's_planet — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 07:18:12 -0800

This is very cool. Thanks!

By: oddman

oddman — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 07:21:16 -0800

I was disappointed by how many of them are just straight translations, but "King of Dragons" for Chris Bosh is fantastic.

By: ibmcginty

ibmcginty — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 07:25:11 -0800

Chris Bosh 龙王 (Long Wang) King of the Dragons I'd be ok with it if people nicknamed me "long wang." Um, not that anyone hasn't, or anything. Neat post. "Stone Buddha" for Tim Duncan is my favorite. And what will they call Garnett now that he's no longer "King of the Wolves"?

By: oddman

oddman — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 07:26:18 -0800

Also, get your own Kung Fu nickname. I got "Drunken Arm of the East." Excellent.

By: absalom

absalom — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 07:38:28 -0800

I just hung this up in my classroom. Also, I think Stone Buddha is probably one of the most bad ass sports nicknames ever. Glad Duncan gets to wear it. [SPOILER!!!]

By: Terminal Verbosity

Terminal Verbosity — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 07:40:26 -0800

Also, get your own Kung Fu nickname. I put my name in and got "Golden Snake Arm Champion." I changed my first name to its longer version (Matt to Matthew) and got "Golden Snake Spork Champion." It's time to start going by Matthew.

By: bassjump

bassjump — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 07:55:39 -0800

I like "Little Flying Mouse." As for my Kung Fu nickname, I'm "Jade Arm" [lastname]. What's so intractable about my last name that it can't become a Kung Fu name?

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 08:01:43 -0800

I got "Anorexic Oregon Grape Grant". I'm not sure I'm doing it right.

By: never used baby shoes

never used baby shoes — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 08:13:32 -0800

Let's get ready to rumble! In this corner, we have the "Drunken Arm of the East"...and in this corner...the "Phlegmatic Slug." "Phlegmatic Slug" (lastname). That's just...not inspiring. It might be a good sockpuppet name though.

By: BobbyDigital

BobbyDigital — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 08:34:55 -0800

'Drunken Monkey Claw' I would win.

By: lord_wolf

lord_wolf — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 08:35:08 -0800

> And what will they call Garnett now that he's no longer "King >of the Wolves" Probably something that means "King of the Irish" (unless there's a direct translation for Celtics) or "King of Boston." Either of which is still pretty flippin' sweet.

By: spec80

spec80 — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 08:59:28 -0800

What? Nash doesn't get a nickname? I'm disappointed in my people. That said, Jason "White Chocolate" Williams or Boris "French Magician" Diaw are my favorite.

By: SPUTNIK

SPUTNIK — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 09:18:34 -0800

When I worked in a Chinese restaurant in the late 70's, Kareem Abdul Jabbar was known by the basketball watching maniacs in the kitchen as "Kuchi-Ba". Which apparently translates into "I-can't-pronounce-this-guys-name-so-fuck-it". No amount of schooling on my part could change it, so Kuchi-Ba it was. 30 years later, I STILL call him Kuchi-Ba.

By: SPUTNIK

SPUTNIK — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 09:22:10 -0800

And my Kung Fu name is "Retarded Fox". I can't think of anything better than that.

By: reformedjerk

reformedjerk — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 09:28:30 -0800

Charlotte Emeka Okafor 猫王 (Mao Wang) King of the Cats Meaning leader of the Bobcats Mao Wang also means Elvis in Chinese.

By: etaoin

etaoin — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 09:44:42 -0800

Ha, "unstoppable tiger" here. And years ago, while working in a refugee resettlement program, I came across the case file of a Vietnamese family, labled "My Long Dong". Since the filing system was erratic, sometimes following Vietnamese name order and sometimes not, I don't know if that's how the father's name was actually rendered. When I've told that story in the past, the women are embarrassed; the men look envious.

By: CKmtl

CKmtl — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 09:47:21 -0800

What a difference a middle initial can make: Full first name + last name = Phlegmatic Slug of the East Full first name + middle initial + last name = Golden Slug Lackey of the East Full first name + middle initial = Golden Phoenix God of the East I think I'll stick with the last one.

By: Challahtronix

Challahtronix — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:01:26 -0800

Damon Stoudamire -小飞鼠 (Xiao Fei Shu): Little Flying Mouse - For his speed and the ability to pass through opposing players While I like their story, I think it's because he has this on his arm.

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:04:30 -0800

"Drunken Tiger" I practice a variety of Kung Fu called Mai Tai Ho.

By: Rock Steady

Rock Steady — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:38:10 -0800

And what will they call Garnett now that he's no longer "King of the Wolves"? King of the Leprechauns?

By: MikeMc

MikeMc — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:39:44 -0800

I didn't see any knicknames for Yao Ming or Yi Jianlian. You would think that if any NBA players had Chinese knicknames it would be these two.

By: MikeMc

MikeMc — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:41:40 -0800

'Asthmatic Arm' FTL.

By: jiawen

jiawen — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 11:22:50 -0800

Mao Wang also means Elvis in Chinese. Yeah, a lot of those translations are way off, or give incorrect context or something. 战车 means "war chariot", not "racecar". 小飞侠 also happens to be the Chinese name of Peter Pan. 好好 is haohao, not houhou. Et cetera.

By: KevinSkomsvold

KevinSkomsvold — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 11:54:10 -0800

"Sweet Melon?" This post was worth it for that alone! Thanks!

By: oneirodynia

oneirodynia — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:41:50 -0800

"Silver Arm" Spear. It helps to have a somewhat vorpal last name already.

By: YoBananaBoy

YoBananaBoy — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 09:59:13 -0800

'Drunken Fox of Questionable Morals' [lastname] I shite you not.