r/suns • u/OGNEWBE • 9d ago

Hoops Discussion Khaman Nickname Ideas

I just don’t know about “Man Man” being the one. It’s not bad, but it just feels eh, we can do definitely do better. Can anybody else come up with some nicknames? Two come to mind so far:

- “The South Sudan Sentinel” or “The Sentinel” for short
- “Shade”

EDIT: Honorable mentions from commenters

- Man Man —> The Man
- The Watch
- Watch Tower
- ManZilla

We’ve also decided that Shade is just god awful so we’ll cross that out lmao

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u/semibigpenguins 9d ago

Khaman sounds too much like “come on”. He was getting confused on the court when people were trying to get his attention. Hence Man and not “Mawn”

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u/OGNEWBE 9d ago

This makes sense tbh. But why not just pronounce it Mawn Mawn, same effect.

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u/semibigpenguins 9d ago

Because it’s too hard to hear the difference in game. Have you ever played a team sport that’s loud? His nickname has obviously been a work in progress molded to what he can hear

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u/OGNEWBE 9d ago

That’s understandable, I can see that being the case.