Allen Iverson is one of the shortest players in the history of the NBA to win the MVP award and is an 11-time NBA All-Star. Iverson got the nickname 'The Answer' after he was drafted into the ...

There are many things we like about Basketball Reference, but one of our favorites is the work they put into compiling nicknames (some popular, some very obscure) for NBA players throughout history.

What are the best NBA nicknames of all time? The league has seen its fair share of good and bad sobriquets. While some players receive them as terms of endearment, others are a label of incompetence.

Yet not many fans believe O'Neal is in consideration for the NBA's best player of all time. That conversation usually is ...

These are all questions chronically online ... plays a big role in selecting the nicknames for each player. Shortly after the annual NBA draft, Eisenberg and her team will add a cluster of player ...

Here is a look at 10 outstanding players who made their mark on the NBA in very unique ways that were very successful.

In the NBA, a nickname sometimes becomes more familiar to fans than the player's birth-given name. The most clear-cut example is in Memphis, where the Grizzlies' superstar is known to all as Ja.

The B-Ref nicknames have become a thing of NBA Twitter lore. About half of players have a listed nickname, and usually more than one. All the well-known ones exist, like “King James” for ...

Former NBA player Kendrick Perkins played for 14 seasons before retiring. In a recent ESPN NBA Today episode, the 2008 NBA champion shared his top 5 picks for NBA nicknames of all time.

There are multiple NBA players whose nicknames have been some permutation ... this top spot with any of the four iterations above (all of which have been making the rounds for some time).

Our birthday celebrations continue with all the NBA players born on Jan. 12 ... The Human Highlight Film earned that nickname by showcasing some of the best athleticism the NBA has ever seen.

NBA staff breaks down the NBA birthdays on May 9th. Joel Bartilotta | Rotowire.com Calvin Murphy is one of many NBA players born on ... followed that up with an All-Star appearance the following ...