The Deep 3 Podcast - Are These NBA Nicknames Real Or Fake? | TD3 Clips

Episode Date: January 14, 2026

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I'm going to show you an NBA nickname. You tell me if you think it is real or fake that I made up. That's funny. So the real ones are from either Basel reference or Reddit or something. Someone that I've seen say this in a reputable fashion from a fan or whatever or ones that I made out of thinner. Okay. First off, for easy. Professor Penetration for John Wall.

It sounds like a, sounds like a U title. I don't know. Obviously because he's a slasher, you know, creates paint touches. He made it up. This is two rated R man. there's no way anybody said this. And if he did, it's like a deep cut ready room. If John Wall was playing today,

I do think that this would be a nickname for him. I do think that this could be there. However, given the time that he played, people weren't talking like during John Wall's time. I'm going to say this is fake. And that's what this one is easy level. Correct. This is fake.

That's a good point. This is 2225 of a nickname. It's too modern of a joke. Okay, fair enough. You guys start off with an easy one. You should get all the easy ones right. So that's good. Next up.

Medium. The Super Soaker for Sam Merrill. This feels real. A super soaker because he is Mormon. Oh, I didn't know. Oh, he's true. Oh, wow. He is a Mormon.

I mean, if he's with him, I'm going to say it's real. He's the super soaker. Yeah. This is real. I don't see why not, man. Go ahead. He's one of the best shooters. He was like he's too vulgar?

Nah. This is real. This is real. I saw this on Cavs. Somebody who came up with this. Yeah. This fair is, man. He is a super soaker.

The way he just be letting it fly. It's like a triple entendre. Yeah. Yeah, Caz Reddit made this up. So I think that qualifies a real nickname. Somebody else that's not me, he made it up. He's actually Mormon? Yes.

Wow. That's the part they were lying about. He's like, yes, bro. Next door. The latex for Gary Payton the second, because his dad is the glove. So he's the latex? This is real.

I feel like I've heard this before. Yeah. I'll trust you on it. I will go real. It's just fake. I made this up. Oh, shit. I'm not going to lie.

I thought it just felt too seamless. The evolution with a glove. It felt too real, bro. It wasn't a rubber. Glover and fit. It just feel like that's not what that means. Next one for Impossible. Salisbury steak for Zionl-Williamson,

because he's from Salisbury, South Carolina. That's his hometown. I've never heard this in my entire life. I feel like I've seen everybody calls Zion all types of things on the internet. You've seen every nickname there is. Never seen this. I'm going to face. But that is true.

He is from Salisbury, Salisbury, South Carolina. Yeah, this is fake. I'm not even cool. Yeah, it's fake. Yes, I made this up. Yeah. He made it up. You can see it making sense, though.

He's from Salisbury? Kind of. Steak? Nah. It's beefy. I guess Nah Nah

There's There's too many other names That people are called in him Like what Huh Listen this I just know that this one would This one would be up there

Especially during His weight loss journey All the times That people have made fun Of Zion's weight We would have A hundred percent Like had this in our minds

If it But stakes it's not It's not junk Do you know how to make A salsberg It's it Like It's not

A cover of gravy Isn't it? Yeah it's not like The Oh really? I think it's like a steak I've got to like gravy I've no idea

lathered I've only had it in school they gave it to you like fifth grade ew that's disgusting it was disgusting it was disgusting this that's like

peak TV dinner meal yeah yeah okay that's the first round is over back to easy now like the hungry man meals yeah yeah literally okay back to easy

second round PB no J environment man care of real this is the easiest one the best one too it's all over Twitter it's hilarious

anytime he has a slump anytime he's shoot him poorly is P BN OJ. This is real. This is just the worst time to ever be a star player and be bad. Facts,

they're going to call you anything and everything in the book and it will be creative and it will be hilarious. And it is so, it's so throwback too. Like, saying somebody doesn't have a J,

somebody doesn't have a jumper. Very 90s. Yeah, 90s, 90s, 2000. Pbb. No, Jay. Real word is bon.

Yeah. I watched the Ditty documentary over this weekend. So I saw all the 90s stuff when we were starting bad boy. Yeah. That's, that reminds me

that one time you're in the show, you were like, word is born. I was watching that for 20 minutes. Okay, easy, up top. Medium, cold cuts

for Kevin Durant. What does this mean? Cold cuts. Have you heard this before? No. Keep my, there's these deep cuts and bustle reference.

He did a lot of when you never heard. What's the play on it, though? I have no idea what the plays on it. It's like, slim or what? I don't know.

He's cold. He cuts a lot. I don't know. What did he cut? What's called? I think. I have no idea. This is a bad nickname if it's real. I think it might be real. The question is a good nicknames or not. There's some bad nicknames out there. I'm going to say real just because I do think this is one like the dumb ones on basketball reference. Yeah. It's too random from your makeup. Yeah. Incorrect. I made it up. This is fake. What were you thinking? Nothing. Clearly. Yeah. But it is good though because there's so many nicknones.

names that are just like not not conducive to anything I'm thinking deception and I was correct next one hard armadillo cowboy oh this is real Joe Johnson this is real see from oh he's from he's from Arkansas yeah did we have an armadillo's other I think so yeah didn't like Moses moody say they'd be catching or so oh no you asked Moses smoothie if he like armadillos or something like that first of all I was raccoons it was raccoons it was because it was they really good thing was raccoons no one said you eat armatillos it's crazy I eat Armadillo That's absurd

Hey, you mean bugs Oh man Oh man Real? I'm fake I'm gonna say real for this Have you heard this before? I feel like I've heard something

In this nature Armadillo Cowboy Nah man I think this is fake This is real Ah, okay Straight from Bassel reference You think you heard this before? Apparently yeah

He has not heard it before He just no I have Okay Armadillo, yeah, you're lying. Clearly, I'm not, I got it right. You never heard this dope, right. I got it right. Where did you find this?

This is a bachelor reference one. Wow, man. That's crazy. Official nickname. Impossible level. Unseasoned chicken for Luke Cornett. So disrespectful, man. It's a pun on Shaq being barbecue chicken.

They call them unseasoned chicken. He's the white version. Then I, okay. If that's the reason, I'm going to say real, because I do think the same way that like Mamba you could put whatever like adjective in front of Mamba

making plays off of like chicken and barbecue chicken for check I'm going with that I'm gonna say real fake fucking it should be real and we're starting this it's fake I made this up he's unseasoned chicken

we gotta make this happen it's gonna happen this is a great nickname unseason chicken is teeter on the lines but it's real there's no line for white jokes it's pretty good

that's it is a good job Disordinated chicken. You should feel proud of it. It feels so real. Yeah. That's a great nickname. We're starting it. Everybody in here, go to Luke Cornett and call it on season chicken. Spam it on his Instagram, last Instagram post.

Third round, last round, going back to Easy. Rodzilla for Dennis Rodman. I think this is true. Tough nickname. I think it's real. Also, Dennis Rodman is in a category where anything you say about him is instantly true. True. This is real.

He's been talking about so many times. so many crazy fashions, who might say it's fake? This is real. Rosilla is it real name for basketball reference. Yeah. Check so. Round two. Medium.

Cheddar for Chet. Cheddar. Come here, cheddar. Cheddar. I'm going fake. He's about that cheta. Ew, don't ever say that again. TTA.

I'm going fake here. Cheddar. You know, you call himself cheta with two T's? Something is off here. I'm going fake. My name's Cheddar. Yeah, exactly. neighborhood.

Hey, I'm Cheta. With two Tis. Don't that man's out of here, man. I didn't call you cheddar. Yeah, this is fake. It's real. His name with Balsall references, Cheddar.

This must have been back when he was living in Minnesota, man. No one's calling him Cheddar. Cheddar. No one. Ew. This is all you're saying. There's certain things that just make it hard to be like, yeah, it's my guy.

My name's Cheddar. You got to have a listen soon. Why is you talking like Trayon? He doesn't talk like that. Honestly, if you look at it, from his bottom half, he looks like Trey. Similar like Josh structure? Yeah.

And nose and mouth. He looks like Trey. He does a crazy observation. He does look like Trey. I do see what you're talking about. It's the beard mainly. He knows his mouth. He knows Trey Lung's mouth better than anybody on Earth.

I never forget him. Hard. Ointment for J. Dub. This is disgusting. It's a terrible big deal. They'd be calling him ointment. Why? I have no clue.

It's because when you got his tattoo, he just showed up with like, hell of waitment. Swiping every day. Cheta and ointment. on the local of the Oklahoma City of the under It's terrible

This is such a nerdy-astic name too Waitment I'm going to Let's this kid How would bully him, bro I have a rash I have to go fake off of just It's too nasty

There's no way That nasty It's not like no It's not disgusting nasty But it's nasty Okay Yeah Ointment

There's no way he's an NBA champion He has a nickname Insa or a loss Yeah this is fake Can't be real This is fake I made this up completely

He's like a nerd I thought it was so random. It might be believable. Oh my gosh, man. Maybe I didn't get you a cold cut. You might believe this one. William, it's crazy. It's hilarious.

Fool me once. Can't you fool me again. Like, next up, impossible. Kada Bates D.op is Master Bates D.op. Be there for a more time. This is real. This has to be real. I think, I think this is hilarious.

And a great play on work. I'm going real. Oh my gosh, man. I hate this for him so much. Fuck, man. Anytime you can get a joke off like this, it's going to be made and people will make it. That's why I believe it's true.

Really fake. I think this is real. I made this out completely. This is fake. You're in your back. You're disgusting too. I'm not going to lie. There's a couple of them where it's like,

yo, that pen is smooth. That's good. Yeah. It's like, you've been in the stew. You've been working on your crime. Yeah. And don't think. that it's gone unnoticed.

Somebody who did have had to have called this at some points. But it's not online. I couldn't find it anywhere online. That's hilarious, really. Is he the least so? I don't think, I don't know.

Oh, man. That's good stuff. Anybody call them a matcher? They wouldn't have done that. They wouldn't have done that.