The Miami Heat and Brooklyn Nets are all set to wear "nickname" jerseys when they play on Jan. 10, and both teams have unveiled the nicknames players have chosen for the game. The Heat have gone the extra mile, creating a "microsite" promoting the "name collection," which you can find here. Here's a few of the notable jerseys that will debut riday:
Miami Heat, Brooklyn Nets unveil nickname jerseys
Jesus Shuttlesworth? The Big Ticket? The Heat and Nets are set to wear nickname jerseys when they play Friday.
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So what names can we expect to see from Miami?
LeBron James - King James
Ray Allen - J. Shuttlesworth
Mario Chalmers - Rio
Dwyane Wade - D. Wade
Chris Bosh - CB
Udonis Haslem - UD
Michael Beasley - B-Easy
Norris Cole - Cole Train
Shane Battier - Battle
Roger Mason Jr. - MoneyMase
Chris Andersen - Birdman
Rashard Lewis - Sweet Lew
Greg Oden - G.O.
Joel Anthony - Doc
James Johnson - JJ
Some of these were expected -- like Kings James, Birdman and Rio, for example. Others are just awesome, like Ray Allen referencing Jesus Shuttlesworth from He Got Game. On the topic of that movie, Spike Lee and Allen have been talking “for months” about making a sequel to He Got Game. A big swing and a miss here? Dwyane Wade, who has gone by plenty of other monikers and somehow settled on D. Wade. What about Flash? What about “Three,” the name he gave himself after his third title.
Hot Hot Hoops: Heat unveil nickname jerseys
The Nets will feature a few classic nicknames as well but haven’t unveiled their full roster:
Kevin Garnett - The Big Ticket
Paul Pierce - Truth
Deron Williams - D-Will (If he can play after spraining his left ankle and lacing up a walking boot)
Joe Johnson - JJ (not to be confused with "JJ" James Johnson)
Jason Terry - Jet
Miles Plumlee - Plums
Andrei Kirilenko - Кириленко
Both teams will wear the jerseys throughout the season.
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