Rondo, Dalembert, Azubuike: Top 30 Names in NBA

By Ryan Hogan

Top 30 Names in NBA

They range from the unique, Didier Llunga-Mbenga, to the sublime, Royal Ivey. Some are fun to pronounce, Sonny Weems, while others sound like a character from Star Wars, Thabo Sefolosha. However you described them they all made the list of the 30 best names in the NBA.

While there are dozens of great names in the NBA, the 30 below are the most interesting, fascinating, appealing, and enthralling.

In no way is this list meant to cast dispersions on the player, their ancestry, or their parents. Bombastic Sports feels that names, like a NBA player’s game, can have an aesthetic component.

This list is meant to celebrate one’s appellation not ridicule it.

Samuel Dalembert has one of the NBA's best names.

  1. Brian Scalabrine
  2. Chase Budinger
  3. Cuttino Mobley
  4. Daequan Cook
  5. DeMar DeRozan
  6. DeSagana Diop
  7. Didier Llunga-Mbenga
  8. Gal Mekel
  9. Hasheem Thabeet
  10. JaVale McGee
  11. Jamario Moon
  12. Jonas Jerebko
  13. Kelenna Azubuike
  14. Keyon Dooling
  15. Kosta Koufos
  16. Kyrylo Fesenko
  17. Luol Deng
  18. Luther Head
  19. Omri Casspi
  20. Rajon Rondo
  21. Royal Ivey
  22. Samuel Dalembert
  23. Serge Ibaka
  24. Sonny Weems
  25. Thabo Sefolosha
  26. Thaddeus Young
  27. Udonis Haslem
  28. Yakhouba Diawara
  29. Zarko Rakocevic
  30. Zaza Pachulia

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