'Slammin' Sammy Sosa
'Neon' Deion Sanders
The Big Fundamental (Tim Duncan)
'Tiny' Nate Archibald
Wilt 'The Big Dipper' Chamberlain
'Big O' Oscar Robertson
Hakeem 'The Dream' Olajuwon
Michael 'The playmaker' Irvin
John 'Spider' Salley
Dennis 'The Worm' Rodman
Yao 'Dynasty' Ming (get it ming dynasty)
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All the old skool ABA players got the ill names, Iceman etc .... Plus the AND1 players got the sick ones ... 'hot sauce' etc ...