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February 20, 2002

West nicknames

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-Dallas Mavericks

44 Shawn Bradley - Tall country *
21 Gregory Buckner - Greg
20 Omar Cook - Chef
42 Evan Eschmeyer - Meyer *
4 Michael Finley - Big Mike *
7 Adrian Griffin - Andre *
10 Timothy Hardaway - Tim bug
1 Donnell Harvey - Shell *
5 Juwan Howard - The preceptor *
6 Daniel Manning - Danny
14 Eduardo Najera - Rodeo *
13 Steven Nash - Steve, Nash money *
20 Johnny Newman - New *
41 Dirk Nowitzki - Captain Dirk *, Dirkapolypse *
16 Zhizhi Wang - Big East *



-Denver Nuggets

9 Tariq Abdul-Wahad - Dawn *
15 Chris Andersen - Andy *
32 Ryan Bowen - Oven *
29 Calbert Cheaney - Hurdler *
25 Zendon Hamilton - Zed *
6 Avery Johnson - Little General
45 Raef LaFrentz - Frenz *
5 Voshon Kelan Lenard - Kel *
21 George McCloud - G-man
24 Antonio McDyess - Cricket *
41 James Mikley Posey - Mike
11 Kenny Satterfield - K-field *
36 Shawnelle Scott - Nelli
31 Nickey Van Exel - Nick *
42 Scott Williams - Scooter *



-Golden State Warriors

0 Gilbert Arenas - Live Wire *
10 Daron Blaylock - Mookie
25 Erick Dampier - Tall tell *
21 Daniel Fortson - Danny
31 Adonal Foyle - Big A *
45 Cedric Henderson - Ced
20 Larry Hughes - Smooth
44 Marc Jackson - Big Cram *
33 Antawn Jamison - 'Twan *
34 Chris Mills - Mill 3 *
1 Troy Murphy - Trojan *
2 Dean Oliver - Dover *
23 Jason Richardson - J-rich *
3 Robert Sura - Bob



-Houston Rockets

10 Tierre Brown - Iere *
13 Kelvin Cato - K.C *
52 Jason Collier - Jas *
3 Steve Francis - Wink
33 Eddie Griffin - Grid *
14 Dan Langhi - D.L *
5 Cuttino Mobley - Cat
44 Terence Morris - T-More
12 Martyn Norris - Moochie
41 Glen Rice - G-Money
2 Maurice Taylor - Big Mo
21 Kenny Thomas - Tony *
18 Oscar Torres - Prize *
42 Walt Williams - Wizard
43 Kevin Willis - Vine *



-Los Angeles Clippers

11 Earl Boykins - Early *
42 Elton Brand - Brand power *
1 Keyon Dooling - Dook *
54 Obinna Ekezie - O, The engineer *
40 Harold Jamison - Jam *
50 Corey Maggette - Getty *
5 Jeff McInnis - Touche
21 Darius Miles - D-Miles, High miler *
7 Lamar Odom - Ram *
34 Michael Olowokandi - Kandiman
52 Eric Piatkowski - Pike
3 Quentin Richardson - Q-Rich
45 Sean Rooks - Wookie



-Los Angeles Lakers

8 Kobe Bryant - Spring *,The Show *
2 Derek Fisher - Mop
17 Ulrich Fox - Rick
3 Devean George - Odds *
5 Robert Horry - Bert *
10 Lindsey Hunter - Lid *
35 Mark Madsen - Mad Dog
6 Jelani McCoy - Big Lon, J-Mac
14 Stanislav Medvedenko - Slavmed *
34 Shaquille O'Neal - Daddy, Diesel, Shaq
23 Mitch Richmond - The Rock
20 Brian Shaw - B *
52 Samaki Walker - Power Walker *



-Memphis Grizzlies

25 Neilson Anderson - Nick
9 Isaac Austin - Ike
31 Shane Battier - Bat *
32 Rodney Buford - Rod
8 Michael Dickerson - Micki D
6 Antonis Fotsis - Info *
16 Pau Gasol - Accelerator *
22 Brevin Knight - Bright *
43 Grant Long - Gong *
44 Tony Massenburg - TM (Tonymark) *
50 Bryant Reeves - Big Country
1 Willie Solomon - Solo *
4 Stromile Swift - Stro
2 Jason Williams - Flash *, Magician *
42 Lorenzen Wright - The Howl



-Minnesota Timberwolves

5 William Avery - Wave *
4 Chauncey Billups - Smooth
7 Terrell Brandon - Tee Bee, Candyman
1 Maurice Evans - Maure *
21 Kevin Garnett - K.G, Big Ticket
22 Dean Garrett - Headmaster *
13 Felipe Lopez - el Senior
42 Sam Mitchell - Sami
8 Radoslav Nesterovic - 8th dimension *
44 Anthony Peeler - AP
32 Joe Smith - Beast
10 Wally Szczerbiak - World
20 Gary Trent - Garron *
3 Loren Woods - Tall Wood *



-Phoenix Suns

14 Charlie Bell - Chell *
00 Tony Delk - Took *
4 Alton Ford - Bud
24 Tom Gugliotta - Googs
1 Anfernee Hardaway - Penny
9 Dan Majerle - Thunder
3 Stephon Marbury - Starbury
31 Shawn Marion - Matrix
45 Charles Outlaw - Bo
54 Rodney Rogers - Trucker *
55 Daniel Santiago - Tiago *
25 Jake Tsakalidis - Jadis *
43 Robert Jacob Voskuhl - Jake
22 John Wallace - J-Dub



-Portland Trail Blazers

1 Derek Anderson - Soldier
12 Erick Barkley - Sir Erick *
44 Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje - Boom *
9 Rick Brunson - Rickie *
23 Mitchell Butler - Mitch *
34 Elliot Lydell Davis - Dale
14 Christen Dudley - Chris, C.D *
40 Shawn Kemp - Reignman
25 Steve Kerr - 3 man *
21 Ruben Patterson - Boo
33 Scottie Pippen - Pip
50 Zach Randolph - Ranzo *
Damon Stoudamire - Mighty mouse
30 Rasheed Wallace - Elevator, 'Sheed
6 Gawen Wells - Bonzi



-Sacramento Kings

10 Mike Bibby - Embe *
13 Doug Christie - D.C
8 Mateen Cleaves - 'Teen *
21 Vlade Divac - Lad *
51 Lawrence Funderburke - Area 51 *
24 Bobby Jackson - Bob *
31 Scot Pollard - Polaroid *
25 Brent Price - High point *
52 Jabari Smith - Jab *
16 Predrag Stojakovic - Peja
5 Hidayet Turkoglu - Hedo
3 Gerald Wallace - G.W *
4 Christopher Webber - C-Webb



-San Antonio Spurs

12 Bruce Bowen - The halt
2 Mark Bryant - Bark *
33 Antonio Daniels - Tonic *
21 Tim Duncan - High Smooch *
35 Daniel Ferry - Danny
3 Stephen Jackson - Steph *
15 Amal McCaskill - Skill *
9 Tony Parker - Neon *
18 Cherokee Parks - Chekee *
30 Terry Porter - Mt. Rushmore
50 David Robinson - Admiral
31 Malik Rose - Horse
5 Charles Smith - Chas *
8 Steve Smith - Long Ranger *



-Seattle SuperSonics

42 Vincent Baker - Vin
31 Brent Barry - Bones
52 Calvin Booth - Caboo *
14 Predrag Drobnjak - Pre *
4 Antonio Harvey - Tonio *
33 Jerome James - Jeja *
7 Rashard Lewis - The young fella
35 Art Long - Al *
24 Desmond Mason - Monsoon *
00 Olumide Oyedeji - Double 0 *
20 Gary Payton - Glove
77 Vladimir Radmanovic - Mir *
25 Earl Watson - Watts *
1 Shammond Williams - Shaw *



-Utah Jazz

13 John Amaechi - Meech *
31 Jarron Collins - Roller *
25 John Crotty - Crutch *
47 Andrei Kirilenko - AK 47
20 Quincy Lewis - Kiss *
32 Karl Malone - Mailman
42 Donyell Marshall - Yale
00 Greg Ostertag - G-Tag *
34 Scott Padgett - T *
3 Bryon Russell - Russ *
9 John Starks - Sparks *
2 DeShawn Stevenson - D-Steve
12 John Stockton - Dirt bike *

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