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Unusual NBA Names Quiz

Guess the last names of these current and former NBA players.
These are not necessarily birth names
Some of these names are perfectly normal in other cultures
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First submittedFebruary 24, 2012
Times taken169,459
Average score66.7%
Rating3.72
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NBA Name
Kobe Bryant
LeBron James
Tayshaun Prince
Rajon Rondo
Dikembe Mutombo
Manute Bol
Shaquille O'Neal
Amar'e Stoudemire
Hasheem Thabeet
Hedo Turkoglu
Udonis Haslem
Dwyane Wade
Bonzi Wells
World B. Free
Tree Rollins
Luol Deng
Metta World Peace
Muggsy Bogues
Carmelo Anthony
Spud Webb
Smush Parker
Arvydas Sabonis
Popeye Jones
God Shammgod
swagjunction21
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Level 26
Feb 24, 2012
Good one ^
Nix01
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Level 46
Aug 6, 2019
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Flavoredliquid
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Level 43
Dec 13, 2021
nah also stop commenting on everything
TheShiningKnight
+2
Level 19
Feb 26, 2012
I agree with Profx743, how can you forget Metta World Peace?
MitchellOakes
+1
Level 5
Oct 27, 2012
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Corndog1756
+10
Level 15
Jan 24, 2020
no
keremt14
+2
Level 29
Jan 22, 2013
hedo is not his real name its hidayet
jd2001wizard
+15
Level 65
Jun 28, 2017
...which is, of course, super common in the NBA
sierraistheshiz
+1
Level 20
Feb 28, 2013
Yeah, but Metta World Peace isn't his real birth name, I don't think it should count.
joeythelemur
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Level 84
May 8, 2014
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is not his real birth name either. If you legally change it, which is what Artest did, then that's what should count.
yungcaff
+1
Level 13
Jun 9, 2013
I always thought his name was Hedo Turkgolu not Turkoglu ...... but whatever that's the only one i got wrong
kitshef
+1
Level 84
May 6, 2014
Thanks for the lenient spelling options on turkoglu. The fact that it is a mixture of real names and nicknames detracted from the quiz for me.
zizzers4
+1
Level 33
Jun 18, 2014
hey, can you check out my channel? it has all sorts of quizes.
BigFloppa
+2
Level 63
Dec 8, 2021
no
jakemolnar
+1
Level 22
Nov 26, 2014
100% with 1:00 to go.
MuppetMan
+4
Level 45
Feb 8, 2015
How about Cleanthony Early?
kidibu
+1
Level 91
Apr 10, 2015
Why do the column headings say NFL?
eric29cocoanuts
+2
Level 77
Apr 10, 2015
Good catch, kidibu. I'll bet a lot of basketball fans are amazed they know so much about football!
kalbahamut
+2
Level 82
Apr 10, 2015
Dwayne's not that strange. And Shaquille of course is a good old Irish name.
starbury
+5
Level 43
Apr 10, 2015
But Dwyane is an unusual spelling, even though the pronunciation is common.
joeythelemur
+1
Level 84
Oct 17, 2016
Shaq IS very Irish. :-)
starbury
+2
Level 43
Apr 10, 2015
I was surprised that God played in the NBA. Googled him, and it's legit! 62 career points!
manOFsteel
+3
Level 44
Feb 24, 2018
To be fair, he did invent the Shammgod crossover
Atzuul
+1
Level 39
May 13, 2022
61 actually
colinfarris35
+3
Level 39
Jul 29, 2015
Who the hell is God Shammgod??
justin03
+2
Level 20
Dec 29, 2022
legend
keremt14
+2
Level 29
Aug 14, 2015
hedo's name is not hedo. It's Hidayet you idiots. and its only strange for you americans.
Atzuul
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Level 39
May 13, 2022
Bro calm down. Did he go by Hidayet? No. Hero is what he went by and people started calling him that. Besides he doesn’t have to be Hidayet on this quiz like how steph doesn’t have to be Wardell
Yamaneko
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Level 73
Oct 13, 2015
So sad only 25% found Sabonis... One of the greatest ever, made David Robinson his thing in the Olympics in one of the greatest upsets of all time with the Soviet team full of Lithuanians
shaund
+1
Level 11
Apr 7, 2016
On God I put Scalabrine lol
jeisenberg24
+5
Level 72
Apr 25, 2016
What about Fat Lever or Sleepy Floyd?
shrek22
+1
Level 10
May 15, 2016
Some of the first names that you put are nicknames.
ElSalvador
+1
Level 52
Aug 2, 2016
done with 2:40 to spare
BenBoyQ
+1
Level 9
Sep 7, 2016
done with 1:32 left!
yest
+1
Level 9
Sep 11, 2016
kobe and dwyane and carmelo are not rare names
manOFsteel
+2
Level 44
Feb 24, 2018
Kobe is the name of a Japanese city, Carmelo reminds me of Caramel, and Dwyane has a y before the a, making them all rare.
hoopsfan
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Level 13
Oct 14, 2016
2 wrong Arvydas Sabonis (who i know he played for russia was one of the top players in the world but was stopped from going to the nba because he was russian later made it with the portland trail blazers after his prime and his son just got drafted) and God Shamgod who i looked up and he only played 2 yrs
joeythelemur
+3
Level 84
Oct 17, 2016
What? Your comment makes no sense.
bks961
+1
Level 76
Feb 5, 2017
No Anfernee Hardaway?
burpfacepottyjohn14
+1
Level 17
Mar 26, 2017
because it is spelled dwYane
bryangarfield3
+1
Level 15
Apr 3, 2017
Fat Lever
markthoma
+3
Level 73
Aug 11, 2017
All with 3:29 to spare...I loved the suggestion of Pops Mensah-Bonsu ... there are a lot of other great names like:

Alaa Abdelnaby

Uwe Blab

Luc Richard Mbah a Moute

Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje

Fennis Dembo

Yinka Dare

Bo Outlaw

Dickey Simpkins

Ekpe Udoh

Horacio Llamas

Slick Watts

Sleepy Floyd

Fat Lever

Kiki Vandeweghe

Bimbo Coles

Pooh Richardson

DeSagana Diop

Kelenna Azubuike

Zydrunas Ilgauskas

Stromile Swift

LaPhonso Ellis

Olden Polynice

Thurl Bailey

Pervis Ellison

Kermit Washington

Mookie Blalock

Speedy Claxton

Anfernee Hardaway

Royal Ivey

Carlos Boozer

Chubby Cox

Jacque Vaughn

and of course, Giannis Antetokounmpo!

manOFsteel
+4
Level 44
Feb 24, 2018
Maybe put commas next time, it looks like one giant name
Djilas
+2
Level 82
Nov 28, 2018
He probably put line breaks but they disappear on JetPunk
KyleBusch
+1
Level 40
Jan 30, 2020
I rocked with ilgauskas on the nba games
Atzuul
+1
Level 39
May 13, 2022
I only know like 1/4 of these guys tbh
JohnnyYeet
+1
Level 57
Mar 21, 2024
Few more:

Detlef Schrempf

Precious Achiuwa

Tyronn Lue

Malachi Flynn

Quinndary Witherspoon

Jaxson Hayes

Yuta Watanabe

Saben Lee

Beno Udrih

LaMelo Ball

D'Angelo Russell

Trae Young

Ja Morant

Bol Bol

Kawhi Leonard

DeMar DeRozan

tgojay
+1
Level 20
Sep 9, 2017
Got them all with 2:42 left
DrWatson
+1
Level 72
Sep 21, 2017
Please accept "shamgod" for "Shammgod".
Pike19
+1
Level 10
Oct 31, 2017
metta changed his name from ron artest so thats why people arent getting it right
CavsRule
+2
Level 16
Mar 21, 2018
how am i supposed to remember how to spell stoudamire
Atzuul
+1
Level 39
May 13, 2022
Stoudemire, but whatever
megahorst
+1
Level 50
Sep 14, 2018
easy Money... 3:03 left
Erlarcrarck
+1
Level 47
Nov 7, 2018
3:09
Nix01
+1
Level 46
Aug 6, 2019
Guys. I have a new quiz "NBA Top 10 League Leaders of the 2010s" for all NBA fans out there. I have many unique quizzes in my profile you gotta try these hard quizzes. Thanks more power jetpunk!. https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/342321/nba-top-10-league-leaders-of-the-2010s
WhyNotKertis
+1
Level 62
May 8, 2020
As of this week, Metta World Peace officially changed his name to Metta Ford Artest, this should be updated.
Atzuul
+1
Level 39
May 13, 2022
Matt’s SANDiford artest
ap2571
+4
Level 20
Feb 28, 2021
some of these names weren't even weird
ap2571
+2
Level 20
Feb 28, 2021
or unusual
GoblinOfCooz
+1
Level 75
Oct 25, 2023
Half of these are pretty normal names for black Americans, or they're just foreign lol.
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