Chinese names for NBA players:
Boogie Cousins: "Technical Mamba" - because of his propensity to get Ts.
Kyrie: "Flat Mamba" - flat Earther
Shaq: "The Giant Shark" - end of his career, "OFat" a play on ONeal.
Michael Jordan: "Gang Boss"
Dirk: "The German Panzer Tank"
Tony Parker: "The Little French Sports Car"
Joel Embiid: "The Great One"
Tristan Thompson: "The King of Eights" - based on several historical Chinese rulers, because he got a contract of $80 mill based off 8 pts, 8 rbs.
Tim Duncan: "The Stone Buddha"
Isiah Thomas (the currently active one): "The Great 5'8" "
Demar DeRozan: "The King in the North" (based off Game of Thrones)
Kyle Anderson: "Human Peristalsis" because of his pace of play, also "Standing Around Mamba"
Giannis: "Letters, Bro" because of his last name
Robert Horry: "Mr Crucial"
Kyle Lowry: "The Little Cannon"
Mo Williams: "Mo Wont Pass"
JR Smith: "The Nerve Knife" - so inconsistent like a knife to your nerves
Charlie Villanueva: "The No-Eyebrow Knight"
Other names for Harden: "Porcelain Mamba" also "The Mayor of Jingdezhen" (a city known for porcelain) because of his propensity to flop.
Dwight Howard: "The Magic Beast", later "The Evil Baby"
Bobby Portis and Nikola Mirotic: obviously, "The Gash Brothers"
Oladipo: "Diligent Mamba" because of his improvement
Andre Iguodala: "Coffin Mamba" or "Vampire Mamba" because he's dead during the season and comes alive in the playoffs.
Clint Capella: Chinese call alley oop baskets "eating pancakes" so hence he's "The Pancake Mamba" when this happens Harden and Paul are known as the pancake makers.
Eric Gordon: "Pi Mamba" because of his round face
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