He has played for USA Basketball since 2005 and was a valuable. The same can be said for “The French Rejection” which is also a nod to the book and film “The French Connection. The 6-8 forward wants to be on the team, and he is quite familiar with international competition. Rudy Gobert has some of the best nicknames in the NBA, as the “Stifle Tower” pays homage to both his presence on the floor and his French heritage. Rudy Gobert – The Stifle Tower, The French Rejection, The Gobert Report, Gobzilla It’s a little surprising basketball-reference even found that one. “Big Meal” is obscure, it doesn’t mean anything, but it rhymes, and it’s easy to say. 30, 2013, Rudy Gay was effectively banished by the Memphis Grizzlies, the only NBA team he had ever known, when they traded him to Toronto, a middling team with a muddled future. Jabari Young reported at the time that teams thought Gay had something left in the tank, but they weren’t willing to pony up what the Spurs wanted in order to acquire the 34-year-old veteran. Rumor has it a family member of a Jazz employee actually gave Royce O’Neale the nickname and it stuck. Quietly one of the best, and most obscure nicknames in the NBA. OSjXS2bbeWĭating back to 2020, the Jazz actually used the nickname in Clarkson’s Sixth Man of the Year campaign in comic books they sent to media members who voted for the end-of-season awards.

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