It’s the dog days of summer, and there’s not a lot going on in the NBA. So I decided to take a deep dive through Basketball Reference and find the worst nicknames I could find for former and current Dallas Mavericks players.
Some of them I’ve never heard before. Others I’ve hated for years. Either way, I drew them only from their Basketball Reference profiles, and tried to find the stories behind a few. If I left out one you hate in particular, leave it in the comments below.
Jae Crowder (The Beast)
Never once while watching Crowder play have I ever thought he played “beastly.