OK, so we there are a few things that we have learned in the past few days. First, Nancy Grace should be arrested. Second, Kenner League hot dogs haven't improved. And third and most important, it appears that Hoyas freshmen Jabril Trawick, Mikael Hopkins, and Greg Whittington can ball. Yes it is just Kenner League, but first impressions based on their play on the court are that these three will be able to contribute to the Hoyas next season and beyond. Hooray!
In the great tradition of THE GLOBAL PHENOMENON (the site that brought you the vaunted epic fail The Hoya Trinity for Austin Freeman, Chris Wright and Jason Clark) today we tackle the important question of what should these guys be nicknamed, individially or otherwise? We'll tackle Otto Porter and Tyler Adams after we get our first glimpse of them this weekend.
Nicknames after The Jump:
Jabril Trawick - Physical, attacking style of play thus far including a couple of monster throwdowns.
Possible nicknames: Jabril Deal, Wickipedia, The Big Tweet
Mikael Hopkins - Defensive minded, athletic, nice jumper.Possible nicknames: Special K, Mikael Michael Motorcycle, Hip-Hop
Greg Whittington - Fundamentally sound, nice perimeter game, faint echoes of Jeff Green.
Possible nicknames: Tighty Whitti, New Greg, G-Dubs
Let us know which of the above are your favorites, and if you can come up with better nicknames (AND BY GOD I HOPE YOU CAN), submit them below and earn a chance to win eternal fame and glory, not necessarily in that order.
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I propose waiting till they do something because that makes the nicknames better
though the big tweet is excellent.
Lubick was “Vanilla Gorilla” until he THUNDERSNOWED ON ’EM. clearly the second nickname is unbelievably superior in every way.
thejerseytornado - July 6, 2011
+1 on The Big Tweet
He’s already earned that nickname.
GoGorath - July 6, 2011
Hopefully some folks won't act biased towards some of the nicknames. They sure will turn something fun into something biased!
Jabril “The Train” Trawick, Greg “Magic” Whittington, Mikael “ShowStoppa” Hopkins…
Kent Adrian - July 6, 2011
Jabril plays like a train, Greg plays like Magic Johnson dribbles and handle the ball at 6’9" great passer also, Mikael blocks everything in sight so he stops the shots…I think it’s ALL GOOD…do you have something better?
Kent Adrian - July 6, 2011
you lost me after you compared 'new greg' to magic johnson
CasualHoya - July 6, 2011
Here we go..
Greg My Uzi Weighs a Whitttington
yaboynyp - July 6, 2011
Jabrilmatic
Done and done and done
brandonbowmansfootistoobig - July 6, 2011
Ja Brillah
Hoya Godzilla
Tuomou's Tuomou - July 6, 2011
What is G?
Jabbatrawicki
RusskyHoya - July 6, 2011
Whittington
Definitely “Cool Whit”. Preferable with an h sound before the w, like “Cool hWhit.”
shwonkBC - July 6, 2011
Why are you putting so much emphasis on the H?!?!?
HoyaSmacksYa - July 6, 2011
Yay Filler
Forced nicknames are the worst. I feel like it will take Trawick and Hopkins about 2 games tops to develop organic monikers.
WarmupEwing - July 6, 2011 via mobile
they have already played 2 kenner league games, SENOR BUZZKILL
CasualHoya - July 6, 2011
as an aside...
senor buzzkill was my nickname for benimon.
CasualHoya - July 6, 2011
And the Jabbatrawicki
is solid.
bunk moreland - July 6, 2011
Trawick
more like Très cas (ual)!!
HoyaSmacksYa - July 6, 2011
Greg
G Whitty.
thunderbus - July 6, 2011
Jabril the Bulldog
Instead of biting a cardboard box at halftime, he could bite a player on the other team
DaymondMyles - July 6, 2011
Nicknames
Although we haven’t seen Otto yet I think we should go with Ottomatic from what they are saying about him. For Greg I like " Sick Whit it". For Jabril I like " The bril deal". And for Mikael I like " The rejecta"
casualhoyasaxa - July 6, 2011
While I'd rather wait untl the season starts before giving nicknames
I applaud you guys for creating content for today…
VictorPage'sLeftEye - July 6, 2011
Attempts
Jabril “Did I Do That?” Trawick, not to be confused with Jaleel White
Mikael “The Executioner” Hopkins
Scott Zagurski - July 6, 2011
nicknames
’Bril, Hop, and Skinny G
TheYellofAllYells - July 6, 2011
seriously
I saw Greg Whittington on campus and he needs to go on the chicken madness diet immediately! I’m glad to hear he is playing well so far. Gotta make it out to some Kenner
TheYellofAllYells - July 6, 2011
If we’re trying to pack on the pounds we should skip right to the burger madness diet.
hoyasincebirth - July 7, 2011
This is a diet I pursued for at least two years
I mean you have to budget 3 hours of couch time after one of those babies just to regain your humanity.
TheYellofAllYells - July 8, 2011
It's easier if you never had much humanity to begin with
And if someone thinks Chicken Madnei are somehow more healthful than their far superior burger brethren, they are on crack.
#cantwaitfortomorrowpostkennerIwillprobablyeattwo
HoyaSmacksYa - July 8, 2011
I just "friended" Trawick on facebook
So nervous right now! I hope he accepts my request!!!
<—- loser
TheYellofAllYells - July 8, 2011
Whiz Whitt
gotta have the onions
SirHoya - July 8, 2011
not bad
CasualHoya - July 8, 2011
if he were from philly, it'd definitely be the winner
wishes Jabril and Greg swapped hometowns
thejerseytornado - July 8, 2011
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