Petition for Kyrie's unofficial Motto/NickName

[Rick Astley]

I don't get why people going mad when talking about Irving having an "unofficial nickname". Whether it's going to be used or not, it's gonna be fun discussing this especially having a name Kyrie. We're really are having a hard time thinking a nickname for him.

Looking back into the thread....

Nicknames thought of so far:
K-Y
KI = Killer Instinct
Special-K
K-Smoove
That picture of King Kai
Shift
Magic
K-Swizzle
killa kyrie
GAWDSTRALIAN
K-Swish
Flick
Skyrie
fish head


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[johnny]

Sleepy Eye Ky

 

[JSS2306]

Foo foo bunny fuck.

Foo foo bunny fuck from DEEEEEP in the Q.

 

[CleveRocks]

I have been thinking about his response of "Time" if that is in fact a true story.. I think there might be something there to work with.

There has to be a balance between nerdy and cool, but here are some thoughts..

"5'th Dimension"
"Time Warp"
"Captain K" a nod to Kirk, his former coach, and is own name
"Pan". The boy who defeats time, and outguns Rubio in the process. Not to mention the Greek deity, or the concept of master of everything.

 

[DG's wallet]

Generic but cool... The baby faced assassin

 

[Matches]

Nicknames are always going to be a 80's and 90's thing to me. They are just more iconic. The Glove, The Mailman, the Admiral, the Dream, Magic, Iceman, Dr J. They are iconic. These days they just suck like CB4, D12, CP3...just dull. Stuff like Flash, King James, Big Baby, The Black Mamba, Durantula is just straight up terrible. Lebron, Kobe, Blake, Kyrie, Pau...the names are more unique and they hold their own as is. Abbreviations like KG, LBJ, Shaq, Manu just naturally occur for whatever reason. I think Kyrie is good with out some awful, forced nickname.

I agree with most of this, although "Black Mamba" is hilarious and therefore awesome.

Somewhere along the line, people confused diminutives of people's names and initialisms with actual nicknames. A good, true nickname is colorful and in many cases there should be a question, "So why do they call you _______" If the answer is, "Well, it's my initials and my number," then your nickname sucks. And truly, it's not a nickname, it's just a reflection of the world we live in where we feel the need to shorten everything we type. Kind of hated him, but Caron Butler (Tough Juice) has been one of the better nicknames in basketball of the last decade. Hell even Weak Sauce is better than most so-called nicknames these days.

Which is why I would throw my support behind "Time" if it didn't break the immutable First Rule of Nicknames: You can't give yourself a nickname.

 

[nime]

Kyng Kyrie and T2

Only one Kyng of Cleveland

 

[tedginnjr]

"Soft Body"

 

[Ghost Writer]

Kyrie 'keep the change' Irving

 

[Huber.]

Nerf Ball Bitch Tits.

 

[RTrees]

"The Chosen One, for real this time.."

And you have to say the whole thing each time..

I like his real name, Kyrie Irving. Because it reminds me of Kyrie Irving, the basketball player. Let us not nickname this young man.

 

[elcheato]

Austin Carr is going to call Kyrie "The Rookie" for the duration of his career.

 

[Apathy]

Faggot

 

[Huber.]

Austin Carr is going to call Kyrie "The Rookie" for the duration of his career.

and Fred McLeod will always call him "The Rook"

 

[Rist77]

The little fundamental? After he perfects those LHLD's?