Suggestion Box - September 22, 2004
Name Game 2004
Updated! Joe figured that with at least six new players expected on the 2004 - 2005 roster, it's not too early to start on our annual quest to find the best nicknames for each and every Net (and hey, why not throw in some for Bruce Ratner as well?). With newbies like Eric Williams, Jacque Vaughn, Rodney Buford, Ron Mercer, Nenad Krstic and Kyle Davis, you've got your work cut out for you. Email Joe with all your new nicknames and we'll post them as we go.

Jason Kidd:
"Point God" - Julian Encarnacion
"Captain Holdout" - Brian "Duck" Maillard
"The Limpin' Leader" - Brian "Duck" Maillard
"Is T.J. Available to play?" - Brian "Duck" Maillard
Jason "Ex-GM" Kidd - Adam Porter
Jason "I've always wanted to play with Jacque Vaughn" Kidd - Bfleetutz

Richard Jefferson:
Richard "Am I Actually Being Paid More Than Antoine Walker?" Jefferson - Andrew Schall
"Barry Sanders" (Cause he's the only good player on an awful team) - Brian "Duck" Maillard
"Prison Ink" (Due to that ghetto-ass RJ tatoo he's got) - Brian "Duck" Maillard
Richard "Soon I'll Be the Longest Tenured Net" Jefferson - GMOTSL
Richard "24 All Alone" Jefferson - GMOTSL
Richard "Golden Child" Jefferson - Adam Porter
Richard "Where are all my teammates?" Jefferson - Bfleetutz
Richard "Silver Lining" Jefferson - GMOTSL

Jason Collins:
"Shaq Food" - Brian "Duck" Maillard
"Stone Hands" - Brian "Duck" Maillard
"The Round Mound of Fall Down" - Brian "Duck" Maillard
Jason "I Rebound Like Doug" Collins - Adam Porter
Jason "Shaq Snack" Collins - Bfleetutz
Jason "Wonder Twin Powers - Deactivate" Collins - GMOTSL
Jason "At least Dikembe made me look good" Collins - GMOTSL

Lucious Harris:
Lucious "I'm surprised I haven't been dumped yet" Harris - Binky
Lucious "Phantom of the Arena" Harris - GMOTSL

Zoran Planinic:
"Darkness" (b/c he shares a resemblance to the lead singer of that group), and then if you call him darkness, his a.k.a. would have to be Charlie Murphy - Seth
Zoran "That's A Wrap" Planinic (or, just "Wrap") - GMOTSL
Zoran "The Man, Without a" Plan-inic - GMOTSL

Alonzo Mourning:
Alon-"so Mad he didn't retire" Mourning - Seth

Aaron Williams:
Aaron "Power n' No Emotion" Williams - GMOTSL

Ron Mercer:
"Iwishwestillhadkerry" - Steve Charny
"Merciful Ron" - Tom
"The Replacements" (Along with Eric Williams) - Brian "Duck" Maillard
Ron "Lawdhave" Mercer - Tim Bassett, Jr
"The Mercenary" - PRDipLoMat7

Eric Williams:
"Omygodimisskenyon" - Steve Charny
"Deebo Lite" - Brian "Duck" Maillard
"Kenyon? HA!" - Brian "Duck" Maillard
"The Forward Formerly Known as Kenyon." - Brian "Duck" Maillard
"The Band-Aid" - Brian "Duck" Maillard
"E-Will" - Tom
"The Fresh Prince of the Swamp" - Julian Encarnacion
Eric "I look like Jay-Z" Williams - Andrew Schall
" The reason you can wear your Jayson Williams jersey again" - Julian Encarnacion
"Newark's Finest" - Seth
"Prince of Newark" (he has that tatooed on him) - Zach Links
Eric "I wish I was half as good as Kenyon Martin" Williams - Tim Bassett, Jr
"E-Train" - Julian Encarnacion
Eric "Yet Another" Williams - Adam Porter
"Prince William" - PRDipLoMat7

Jacque Vaughn:
"The French Net" - Tom
"Couldn't Carry JKidd's" Jacque Vaughn - Joe
Jacque "Freedom Fries" Vaughn - Andrew Schall
Jacque "Just like the guy in Finding Nemo named Jacque who cleans up a dirty, empty place every night" Vaughn - Andrew Schall
"Zoranthonhubiepack" - Brian "Duck" Maillard
Jacque "Cousteau" Vaughn - Tim Bassett, Jr
"French Fried" - Joe
Jacque "I hope no one remembers the start of my 2001-02 season" Vaughn (when he shot 1-27 FG over the first 5 games) - GMOTSL
"JV" - PRDipLoMat7

Brian Scalabrine:
"No matter how hard I try, and how many forwards the Net lose I will never start, unless someone is sick" - Binky
"Michael Rappaport" - Seth
"B-Scal" - Zach Links
Brian "Fugazy Lite" Scalabrine - GMOTSL
"Air Veal" - Adam Porter

Nenad Krstic:
Haveimentionedhowmuchimisskenyon?" - Steve Charny
"2009 MVP" - Brian "Duck" Maillard
"The Project" - Brian "Duck" Maillard
"Keith Van Krstic" - Brian "Duck" Maillard
"The Slammin Serbian" - Brian "Duck" Maillard
"The Nenadator" - Tom
"Nonads" (if he plays like a whimp in the paint) - Seth
Nenad "Can I Buy A Vowel" Krstic - Tim Bassett, Jr
"Nenad Cursed" - PRDipLoMat7

Rodney Buford:
Pleasecomebackkenyon" - Steve Charny
"The Kerry Kittles Experience" - Tom
Rodney "Couldn't make it with the Memphis @&%!^# Grizzlies" Buford - Andrew Schall
"Rodney Whoford?" - CB
Rodney "Who?" Buford - Adam Porter
"Rodney Butcher" - PRDipLoMat7

Kyle Davis:
"Eddie Curry Wannabe" - Tom
Kyle "Fly Swatter" Davis - Tim Bassett, Jr

Viktor Khryapa (Nets' 1st round pick, traded to Portland for lunch meat):
Viktor "Ratner's a Piece of" Khryapa - Andrew Schall

Christian Drejer (Nets' 2nd round pick, remember?):
Christian "Why Detlef Schrempf avoids being thrown in a blender with Pinnochio" Drejer - Andrew Schall
"Donny Marshall's seatholder" - Brian "Duck" Maillard

Kenyon Martin:
"Never Satisfied, wait, unless its a max deal, then I am" - Binky
Kengone Martin - Adam Porter

Brandon Armstrong:
Brandon "Uh oh, My Contract's Up" Armstrong - GMOTSL

Antoine Walker (or, why we'll miss Kenyon):
Antoine "Kyle Davis' Bitch" Walker - Andrew Schall
Antoine " So Glad Kenyon is on the West Coast" Walker - Julian Encarnacion

Lawrence Frank:
Lawrence "Still Payin' My Dues" Frank - GMOTSL
Lawrence "I Should Retire While I Still Have A Winning Record" Frank - GMOTSL

Rod Thorn:
Rod "Demolition Man" Thorn - GMOTSL
Rod "I sold-out and should be ashamed of myself" Thorn - Doug S
Rod "When I speak it is seldom the truth" Thorn - Doug S

Bruce Ratner:
"The Rat", "A-hole", "Jackass", "Cheap Bastard", "Satan", etc, etc. - Tom
"The Thorn in Rod's Ass" - Julian Encarnacion
Bruce "I Give Rats a Bad Name" Ratner - GMOTSL
Bruce "The Fat Lady Sings" Ratner - GMOTSL

New Jersey Nets:
"The Washington Generals" - Brian "Duck" Maillard
"The New Jersey Nyets" (ok ok.. it's an oldie, but still a goodie!) - GMOTSL

Keep 'em coming!
-Joe

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