minus-squarePicklePanther9000@fediverser.communick.devBtoNBA@fediverser.communick.dev•Where does the culture come from to call good NBA players by their first names or by nicknames? It isn’t like that in other sports leagues.linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI feel like people tend to use whichever name is less common. Like kd gets called durant, not kevin. Ben simmons gets called simmons, not ben. If you say “James”, its really unclear who youre talking about, but theres only one lebron (so far) linkfedilink
I feel like people tend to use whichever name is less common. Like kd gets called durant, not kevin. Ben simmons gets called simmons, not ben. If you say “James”, its really unclear who youre talking about, but theres only one lebron (so far)