National professional basketball league
Chairman: david stern.
NBA official website: www.nba.com (as long as you know English, you will get the latest information).
2009 NBA All-Star Weekend Schedule
Existing team:
eastern conference
Atlantic Division: new york Knicks, New Jersey Nets, Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors, Philadelphia 76ers.
Central Division: Detroit Pistons, Indiana Pacers, Cleveland Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks, Chicago Bulls.
Southeast Division: Miami Heat, Orlando Magic, Washington Wizards, Atlanta Hawks, Charlotte Bobcats.
Western Union
Northwest Division: Minnesota Timberwolves, Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz, Portland Trailblazers, Oklahoma City Thunder (formerly seattle supersonics)
Pacific Division: Sacramento Kings, Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns, Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Clippers.
Southwest Division: San Antonio Spurs, Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavericks, Memphis Grizzlies and New Orleans Hornets.
The NBA was founded on June 6th, 1946. When it was founded, it was called BAA, which is the American Basketball Association. It was established by the owners of 1 1 ice hockey venues in order to prevent the venues from being idle outside the ice hockey competition.
When BAA was founded, there were *** 1 1 teams: new york Knicks, Boston Celtics, Washington Congress, Chicago Bucks, Cleveland Rebels, Detroit Falcon, Philadelphia Warriors, Pittsburgh Ironman, Providence Steam Team, St. Louis Bomber and Toronto Eskimo. 1949, BAA annexed another league (NBL) at that time and changed its name to NBA. 1949-50 season, NBA*** 17 team. 1976 NBA annexed American Basketball Association (ABA), and the number of teams increased to 22. 1980 Dallas Mavericks joined the NBA. 1988, New Orleans Hornets and Miami Heat joined the NBA. 1990 Orlando Magic and Minnesota Timberwolves joined the NBA. 1995 Two Canadian teams joined the NBA, Toronto Raptors and Vancouver Grizzlies (later renamed Memphis Grizzlies), bringing the number of NBA teams to 29. In 2004, the Charlotte Bobcats joined 30 players.
NBA history
☆ 1896, the first American basketball organization, the National Basketball League (NBL), was established, but at that time, the basketball rules and organization were not perfect. Usually, a player can represent several teams in a season. After several seasons, the organization existed in name only.
☆1On April 6, 946, the American Basketball Association (BAA) was founded by Walter A. Brown, the owner of Boston Garden in the United States. Brown first proposed high salary system and contract system, which became the two cornerstones of modern professional basketball. High salary system means that professional basketball must have strong financial support in order to keep the game at a high level, attract audiences and survive. Contract system means that a player can only sign a contract with one club and set up a player reserve system to prevent players from leaving the team suddenly and causing losses.
☆ 1949, with Brown's efforts, two major American basketball organizations, BAA and NBL, merged into the National Basketball Association (NBA). Brown also became the founder of the later famous Boston Celtics. When the NBA was founded, there were 17 teams, which were divided into three divisions. The Minneapolis Lakers from NBL won the NBA championship in the first season with the help of george mikan, the No.1 center in the United States, who is 2.09 meters tall.
☆ 1952, in order to limit the scoring ability of the first center george mikan, the NBA expanded the width of the 3-second penalty area at the basket from 6 feet to 12 feet. In 1960s, because of the appearance of another super center, Chamberlain, the NBA expanded the width of the penalty area to 16 feet. Because NBA teams often use delaying tactics when the score is ahead, the game can't attract the audience. From the season of 1954- 1955, the NBA began to implement the 24-second system, that is, the offensive time of each team should not exceed 24 seconds.
☆ From the beginning of the 1954-55 season, the NBA was naturally eliminated, leaving only two major divisions, the Eastern Division and the Western Division. Among them, the eastern alliance is divided into Atlantic region and central region; The western alliance is divided into the central and western regions and the Pacific region.
☆ 1967, a new basketball organization ABA (American Basketball Association) was established, with George Macon as the first chairman. Aba adopts red, white and blue basketball, implements the three-point system of long-distance shooting, and holds a dunk contest every year. These measures are not allowed in the NBA.
☆ 1973, CBS bought the right to broadcast NBA games for three years for $27 million, which made NBA games appear on TV for the first time. However, because there were no conditions for live broadcast at that time, only videos could be played.
☆ 1976 However, due to poor management, Aba was annexed by the American NBA, and the number of teams increased to 22. Since then, NBA has formed a monopoly on American basketball industry.
65438-0979, the NBA began to implement the 3-point long-distance shooting system. In order to avoid the disparity in strength between teams, the NBA has established an annual "NBA rookie selection and distribution system", which ranks college students who graduated in that year according to their level, and then each club selects them in turn according to the final ranking of the league in that year and the final draw. The latter ranks first, and each team can only choose one in each round, thus ensuring that the weakest team can get the highest level rookie, while the weak team who chooses new stars will often be reborn in the new season. In order to prevent rich teams from monopolizing high-paid star players, the NBA has set a total salary limit for each team. If you spend a lot of money to buy a star, you can't buy other excellent players. This system ensures that the best stars are evenly distributed in each team, which makes the strength of each team very close. If "high salary system" and "contract system" are the two cornerstones of NBA, then "rookie selection system" and "salary limit system" ensure the tension and excitement of NBA games, and the unpredictability of the games attracts many American fans to the basketball court. The NBA league also implements the transfer system, and NBA players can't buy or sell, so they can only be replaced by people. From the beginning of the season to 9: 00 pm on Thursday 16, the team can exchange players freely. Since then, all the players have been "frozen" until the end of the regular season. NBA transfer is the exchange of people and contracts.
☆ 1980, Dallas Mavericks joined the NBA.
1988, New Orleans Hornets and Miami Heat joined the NBA.
1990, Orlando Magic and Minnesota Timberwolves joined the NBA.
☆ 1995, two Canadian teams joined the NBA, Toronto Raptors and Vancouver Grizzlies (later renamed Memphis Grizzlies), bringing the number of NBA teams to 29.
☆ In 2004, the Charlotte Bobcats joined 30 teams.
☆ In 2005, the 58th birthday candle was blown out. On the cake is the latest edition of NBA in 2005. Charlotte bobcats became another cherry on butter. Thirty, not the old tree rings with grain precipitation, but a new time and space for memory expansion. From 1946 to 2004, the bar code of the team went from 1 1 to No.30, which was unprecedented in the NBA.
The changing process of NBA rules
1946-47 season: cancel the joint defense in the original university rules (1947 65438+ 10/0/).
1950-5 1 season: added the statistics of rebounds.
195 1-52 season: In order to weaken George McCann's rule over the basket, the three-second zone was expanded from 6 feet to 12 feet.
1953-54 season: in order to prevent the impact of intentional foul on the game, it is stipulated that each player can only foul twice in each quarter and will be sent off three times. (This rule has now been abolished)
1954-55 season: introduce the 24-second rule; The team accumulated 5 fouls in each quarter, and the other team made free throws.
1964-65 season: In order to weaken Chamberlain's rule over the basket, the three-second zone was expanded from 12 feet to 16 feet.
1973-74 season: statistics of steals and blocks have been added.
1974-75 season: A player commits immoral acts on the court and is sentenced to a technical foul, and needs to pay a fine of $ 50- 100; Asking for a timeout at the end of overtime will not be approved.
1975-76 season: after a general foul, throwing a sideline ball will be fined.
1976-77 season: the rule that excessive elbow movement is used in defense is sentenced to release; If the defender hits the ball out of bounds, the attacker serves on the sideline at both ends of the free throw line; Don't serve within 5 seconds (originally 10 seconds), the opponent will make a free throw.
1977-78 season: if the coach questions the rules after the game starts, he can send an assistant coach to negotiate with the referee (previously, he could only negotiate before the game starts); If you break the basketball when you score, and the referee thinks you did it on purpose, it's a foul. After all fouls, the attack time will be set back to 24 seconds; If the ball enters the basket from the basket, it is a foul; If there is a fight on the court, the players who are not present will be fined 100 to 150 dollars if they leave the bench and enter the court; During the warm-up before the game, players will be fined $25 if they hang from the basket.
1978-79 season: the number of referees increased from two to three; Now it is allowed to pull the ball back from the field in flight, but it was previously deprived of possession; The first technical foul, the team warned, the second technical foul, the team fined twice; After half-time, players and coaches should return to the lounge immediately, while the previous rule was that players and coaches should return to the lounge immediately after the game; The rules allow the defender to interfere with the player he is defending with his hands, but they cannot stop him from moving forward.
1979-80 season: the baseline three-point line was expanded from 22 feet to 23 feet. The number of referees has been reduced from three to two. If the attacker tries to pass his own half within 10 seconds, and the opponent throws the injury out of bounds, the time spent before will not be deducted from 24 seconds.
1980-8 1 season: each team must call a 20-second short pause at half time, and the whole game must call two short pauses, and overtime is the same; After the pause, the whistle and the red light on the backboard will light up at the same time; Players on the field are not allowed to wear ornaments on their heads, faces, noses, ears and arms; The face, eyes and nose protectors worn by players must be consistent with the face, and there must be no prominent sharp objects; Players can't use equipment on the court to increase their physical advantage; The attacker is sentenced to a technical foul, and the attack time will not be transferred back to 24 seconds. According to the previous regulations, the attacker or defender will be sentenced to a technical foul, and the time will be adjusted back to 24 seconds; After being verbally warned, the time is set back to 24 seconds; Additional regulations on free throws: players must not intercept the ball before it breaks through the basket.
198 1-82 season: players must wait for the referee's sign before entering the stadium when changing players; When the number of fouls of the whole team is full, the return line is also regarded as a foul, and the other side makes two free throws.
1982-83 season: after the ball is out of bounds, the team cannot assign a player to throw the ball out of bounds.
1983-84 season: no fake action during free throws. The attacker fouled the defender while the ball was released. If the goal is scored, the goal is valid and a free throw is added.
1984-85 season: In the five-minute overtime, the number of times each team can call a timeout is increased from two to three, which will not be affected by the previous timeout. If the attacker fouls in the frontcourt, the attacker has a clear chance to cut into the basket and score, and the defender will be fined twice. After the second free throw, the penalty side serves the sideline ball. If the coach or player stays on the court at the end of the half-court and the whole game and does not return to the lounge directly, the fine will be increased from $65,438+000 to $500. If a substitute player leaves his team's bench when there is a fight between players.
1988-89 season: the number of law enforcement referees increased from two to three. Malicious foul will be punished by two penalties and one throw, that is, the infringed still has the ball right after two free throws. If at least one of the following conditions holds, the fouler can be expelled from the court and automatically fined $250: the foul action is directed at the person, not the ball; According to the referee's scoring standard, foul action will lead to injury.
1993 playoff: any player who fights and punches in the game will now be immediately sent off the field, suspended for at least one game and fined an appropriate amount; Any player who punches other players in the match will be immediately sent off the field, suspended for one to five games and fined an appropriate amount. The team will also be fined the same as the players. Any player who leaves the bench in battle will be fined between $500 and $2,500, and the team will fine each player who leaves the bench in this way $5,000.
1993-94 season: If a player fouls maliciously for more than 5 times in a season, starting from the sixth malicious foul, an additional suspension penalty will be imposed for each malicious foul.
1994-95 season: unify the distance from the three-point line to the basket to 22 feet. Any player who fouls when the attacker throws a three-pointer will be sentenced to three free throws. Any player who leaves the bench in a fight will be automatically suspended for at least one game and the maximum fine will be increased to $20,000. When a player is suspended, he won't get paid for the game. Two malicious fouls in a game will be sent out of the area between the baseline and the free throw line. Defenders can only bend their arms to defend, but can't reach out and push the attackers. He will be fined $500 for each technical foul. In the past, the first technical foul will be fined 100, and the second will be fined 150. If the defender catches a player who obviously has a chance to score in the fast break, he will be sentenced to two free throws. Previously, this rule only took effect for players who had the opportunity to attack under the basket. The second and subsequent pauses when the ball is not on the field are reduced to 45 seconds.
1996-97 season: if the team continues to call a timeout without a timeout, it will be sentenced to a technical foul and lose possession of the ball.
1997-98 season: the three-point line returned to 23 feet 9 inches, and it was still 22 feet in the corner. When the attacker faces the basket, the defender is not allowed to stop his attack with his forearm. If the player's feet are in the air and his body is outside the baseline or sideline, the player has no right to call a time-out. In a semicircle with the basket as the center and a radius of 4 feet, the attacker will not be sentenced to an offensive collision foul if he hits the auxiliary defender whose defensive position has been determined. This area used to be a rectangle of 2x6 feet.
Playoff seed ranking rules
The sixth division highlighted regional confrontation. With the addition of Charlotte Bobcats, the number of NBA teams has reached 30. There has been controversy about the rules of seed ranking in the playoffs. After discussion by the league management, it was officially announced on August 3, Beijing time that the existing rules of seed ranking in the playoffs will be changed from next season.
NBA***30 teams are divided into two major divisions, East and West, and each division is divided into three minor divisions. The East Division is the Atlantic Division, the Central Division and the Southeast Division; The western region is divided into southwest region, northwest region and Pacific region.
The new seed ranking rule is that the top four seeds in each division are composed of the team ranked first in each division and the remaining teams with the best performance, but the top four seeds are ranked according to their respective achievements.
The previous ranking rules of playoff seeds were obviously unreasonable. According to the previous ranking rules, in each division, the top three teams (* * * three teams) in each division are the top three seeds in the East and West Divisions, and their ranking is based on their respective records. The second place in a certain division, even if its winning rate exceeds the first place in another division, can only be ranked in the fourth seed in that division.
This ranking rule was criticized last season. The two strongest teams in the Western Division happen to be San Antonio (Anthony News, Anthony speaks) and Dallas Mavericks, both in the Southwest Division. However, according to last year's playoff seed ranking rules, the Spurs were the first seed, while the Mavericks were only ranked fourth, although their winning percentage was much higher than that of the top players in the Southwest Division, Denver Nuggets and Phoenix Suns. So the two best teams in the West had to meet in advance in the second round of the playoffs. In the end, Dallas Mavericks won the Spurs in seven games and advanced to the Western Conference finals.
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"Answer"-allen iverson (besides the homonym of the name, it also includes handing over the ball when the team needs him, and you will get the answer you need, and the nicknames are "Kid" and "Bad Boy").
"Desperate Saburo"-Artest (also known as the lens killer, because when he was arguing with the coach, an ungrateful reporter came forward to join in the fun. Ron Artest was furious and the camera was killed. There is also a nickname called "the beast")
Elf-nick van exel
Melo)-carmelo anthony (He is called melon because Cameron is a transliteration of watermelon, which means melon when translated. Also, he is loved by Jordan and has the best personal ability, so he is called melon. Another reason is that he laughs like a melon.
"Old Oak"-Charles Oakley
"Candy Man"-olowokandi (play, soft! ! ! )
"Big Dream"-hakeem olajuwon (because of his fantastic steps)
"Mr.0" or "G-zero" is also called "General"-gilbert arenas (wearing No.0).
"Jump to my building" can be translated as "dead soul"-Rafer Alston (also known as the streetball king, everyone on the court is elusive)
"AI"-allen iverson (also called "answer", only it can give you the final answer on the court)
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Flying Pig-charles barkley (so fat, so able to jump ...)
"Scoring Machine"-rick barry
"Monster"-Billy Potts
"White Devil"-mike bibby (also known as "Fairy" and "Saint")
"Queen Bee" chris paul
"Big Bird"-larry bird (Big Bird is literally translated from English)
"Little Squirrel"-Burgess
"Robber"-Tyrone Boggs (short defender, steals the ball is his unique skill)
"Bamboo"-shawn bradley (fits his figure too well. Last time McGrady used him for pole vault dunk)
Batman-shane battier (mostly silently waiting in that dark "dead corner", where he showed us one "three points" after another; Pippen, the former Batman, has retired, and Sean? Battier, the "Batman" today, deserves it! )
"Peter Pan"-Kobe (because Kobe has good air control ability)
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"Glide"-clyde drexler (it is said that the air flight distance is stronger than Jordan)
"Stone Buddha"-Duncan (he basically never smiles, like a stone; And his level is very high, as powerful as Buddha. There is another one called "Stone Pagoda")
"P. Diddy"-byron davis
"Big Diamond" and "Four Carats"-luis scola (homophonic)
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"Crazy"-Van Elsel (his crazy scores in those years were frightening)
"Little Fish"-Djoko Fisher
"francoise"-steve francis (I don't know if he is called "Fran? ois" in the rocket media, but his original nickname was "Privilege").
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Iron Man-AC Green
"Iceman"-George Gevin
"Wolf King"-kevin garnett
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"Penny"-Daphne Hardway
"Beetle"-Tim Hardway
"Thief"-john havlicek
The Masked Man-richard hamilton
"Big Ben"-ben wallace (besides the name, it may also describe his defense).
"Roaring Buddha"-Rasheed Wallace (needless to say, everyone knows his temper)
Buffalo-Jahidi White
"Mr. Big shot"-Robert Holly (from the Rockets to the Lakers to the Spurs, all the time)
"Rip"-richard hamilton
"Superman"-Dwight Howard (in the 2008 dunk contest, he performed a "Superman dunk", so he got his nickname) (also known as "Warcraft")
"Black Pearl"-carl landry
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"Engine"-Jason Kidd
"Sucrose"-Mike Kiel
"AK-47"-andrei kirilenko (Russian-made weapon is Qiang, with the initials AK and the jersey number 47).
"Argentine Flying Man"-Manu Ginóbili also has a nickname "Pampas Eagle".
"Tiangou"-Kerim Abdullah Jabbar (nickname comes from hook shooting, but his hook is a bit outrageous)
"Big ticket"-kevin garnett (the head of the Timberwolves, also known as "big ticket", is a symbol of the box office. Now he has left his old club "Timberwolves" and went to "Boston Celtics" on August 0 1 2007.
"Spanish Rabbit"-Pau Gasol (too white and too tender)
"Captain Jack"-steven jackson
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Alien (ET)-Sam Castle (ET)
"Half Man and Half Magic" and (V Insanity)-vincent carter (also known as "UFO", which means that people who play in the air should now be trapezes in New Jersey).
Rain Man-shawn kemp (his nickname was reignman at first). The pronunciation of "rule" is similar to that of "rain", which translates as "rain man". )
"Special K"-Larry Ken Young
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Rodman (also known as "Rebound King", "No.1 Madman in NBA" and "Hua Hua Tai Sui")
"Defensive Genius"-Bill Rasl
"Blocking expert"-bill russell (also known as "defensive genius" because of his skill, and "Lord of the Rings" because he won eleven championship rings).
"Sugar"-Ray Allen (ray allen's nickname is sugar, which is sugar)
"Jesus"-Ray Allen (ray allen once played a basketball genius named Jesus in a movie)
The True Story of Ah Q (Ah Q)-Quentin Richardson
"Admiral"-david robinson is also nicknamed "Five-Star Admiral". When Robinson retired from the navy, he was only a captain. I don't know what the media touted, but he became a general.
"Z-Bo"-Zach Randolf
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"Stabury"-Stephon Marbury (former Timberwolves player, self-proclaimed world's number one point guard, unique)
Thunder-Dan Maagel
"Pistol"-pete maravich
The Matrix-Sean Marion (also known as Super Mary and Gibbon)
"Postman"-karl malone (Malone always appears in the right position and throws the ball into the basket in the most appropriate way)
The Lonely Warrior-moses malone
"Slam Dunk Madman"-McGott
"Sleeping Devil"-McGrady (I saw Sohu translate it into "Brave Man" several times, and foreign countries called it "McGrady". The reason is that McGrady's first three quarters are unremarkable, but the fourth quarter is equally crazy, so fans will definitely know the 35 seconds 13 minutes of that scene (now nicknamed "Miss Tracy" by netizens).
"Terminator"-reggie miller (sometimes called "Big Mouth" and "Passionate Black Boy")
Cats-Catino Mobry
"ZO"-Allonzot Mourning (I think everyone remembers some hot pots in this year's finals)
"God's Left Hand"-Mu Lin
"Mountain of Africa"-Dikembe Mutombo (now called Uncle Mu, "wooden barrel" means respect for him, from Congo).
Kenyon martin's "k-mart"
"Dice"-Macdyess
ordinary
"Booster"-Nash (also known as "Son of the Wind")
"Ramstein"-dirk nowitzki (German)
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"Dr. J"-Julius Erving (he created a lot of layups, and the wind of off-court gentlemen is also the source of his nickname)
"Shaq"-shaquille o'neal (isn't a huge body like a big shark)
"Goods"-Lamar Odom
"Little Shark" Jermaine ONeal (second only to the big shark's figure)
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"Director"-robert parish
Gloves-gary payton (metaphor for his personal defense)
"The Truth"-paul pierce
"Batman"-Scott Pippen (also known as "Bison" and "Batman" come from his omnipotence, and Jordan admits that his skills are more comprehensive than himself).
"Prince"-Prince Tehian (literally translated as "Prince", once said to be "Prince on Ice")
"Death"-Mouche Parker (the terrible "death" in Streetball)
"Mo-Pete"-Maurice Peterson
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"Flying Man"-Michael Jordan (needless to say, God is flying in the sky)
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Spider-Man-John Salley
"Super Spring Legs"-sampson
"Snowflakes"-Si Nuo (literally translated as snow)
"Crazy"-Label Sprewell (he has been crazy since he was a young coach)
"Statistics"-Amar Stoudemire
"Big Mouse"-damon stoudamire (both Stoudemire nicknames are related to their playing style, and Damon has a tattoo of a mouse on his arm).
"General"-john stockton
"Stack"-stackhouse (surnamed stackhouse)
"man-made machine" Jr Smith
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"Criminals"-jamaal tinsley (abuser on the streetball field)
Isiah thomas, the smiling assassin (formerly known as Zeke), is another name for Isaija in the Bible. "Smiling assassin" is another nickname of isiah thomas. The nickname came into being because Thomas's opponent once commented on him, "(on the court) he always smiles at you first and then kills you." )
"Jet"-Jason Terry
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"chris webber"-chris webber
"Potato"-Spud Webb
"The Flash"-Dwyane Wade (said by O 'Neill at first, thinking that he was as fast as lightning, so he became Wade praised by the world).
"The Essence of Human Movies"-dominique wilkins (his dunk is like people's fantasy)
"White Chocolate"-jason williams (passing behind the back is a unique skill)
"Garbage Dog"-Jerome Williams (dirty and tired contractor)
"Big Spoon"-Clarence Weatherspoon
Godfather-Jerry West
"Red Giant Star"-Bill Walton
"Eye snake"-Worth it
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"Glass Man"-damon hill (it is said that he is always injured, as fragile as glass)
"Good boy"-grant hill (different from those "bad boys", but now he is also a "glass man", and another nickname is "Dashan", because Hill literally translates as Mountain).
"Late Captain"-james silas (nicknamed because he always walks behind and always saves the world, also known as "snake").
"Roof of the World"-West Zonenko (height 2.37).
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"Little Giant"-Yao Ming
"Big Z" (Z)-Ilgoskas (height+first letter)
"Orangutan"-Patrick Ewing (there is nothing to say, look at him, he is also called "Empire State Building")
"Magician"-Owen Johnson (nicknamed for his magical passing)
"Little General"-avery johnson
"Aunt"-larry johnson (once the best player in upper limb strength)
"Hot microwave oven"-eddie johnson
Yi Jianlian, Yi Yi in Space
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"King James"-lebron james (also known as "Barbarian" and "Four-step layup king")
"Basketball Emperor"-wilt chamberlain (also known as "Beidou" and "Stilts") is generally called "Zhang Dashuai" in the forum. Score 100 in a single game, becoming the person who scored the most in a single game in NBA history)
That's enough. . . Ha ha. . .