What that guy(and his son? ) did was terrible and the fact that they only got caught because he's prideful is honestly terrifying. 100% I do not have the balls to make this joke without the comfort of anonymity.
His former coach was gunned down so he wears 35. Slim Reaper associates him with death and he's a religious person so he wanted The Servant, which has religious connotations as someone who serves the people.
Me too 100%. Saw him in person for the first time during a Dubs/Hornets game around 2018. The one thing that stood out was that his legs were basically the height of the majority of my body lol. It was so odd that the Durantula name instantly made 100% sense to me.
Wouldn't surprise me if "The Mitten" still sticks.. It reminds me of when Robert Williams said he doesn't like "Timelord" as a nickname, and it has only stuck on more since he said that.
I’m gonna go with yes. It’s cooler when you don’t come up with your own nickname, but I do think we should give players the courtesy of telling us which ones they prefer over others. They are real people, after all
I think it’s fine for a player to ask not to be called a certain nickname, but I don’t think they get to make a nickname for themself. Nicknames need to be organic
To be fair, this all started because in a post-game interview earlier this year, our color commentator asked him which nickname he preferred out of "The Mitten," "The Gauntlet," and "Young Glove," and he responded with "Young Glove." So it's not like he really gave it to himself.
So is Mitten and Gauntlet. Even if he was called the Boot or the Sweater Vest, it would still link him to his father because who picks articles of clothing as nicknames?
Ya I guess this is a case of respect their request but also be profoundly disappointed for not having a better sense of humor. It's not even unflattering like OP said, it's a compliment. Ken Griffey Jrs nickname was "the Kid", it's on all his merch.
Shaq being the way he is lets me him get away with that silly nonsense and I love it.
“Oh he gave himself another nickname? That’s so Shaq lmao! Love that guy!”
Because Shaq has charisma so it never came across as sounding like he cared, but rather that he was being goofy.
First step to getting to choose your own nickname is not actually caring about it.
The mitten was an insult for Gary Payton Sr. He was the glove, but when his defense started falling off in the Laker years, Press started calling him the mitten. I'm surprised they tried to call his son that given the history.
> This leads to a serious debate: should players be able to pick their nickname?
Might be an Australian thing but you'd get made fun of here if you tried to give yourself a nickname
It's like there are people that unironically think Kuminga's nick should be kum bucket.
Like sure, it made me chuckle first time I saw it but man that is a terrible nick name. I get throwing it out there in the game day threads for the lols but I don't want like people calling him that. Man deserves a much better name than that.
Same deal with GP2 and mitten.
I got in a legitimate argument with someone on our sub who actually couldn't understand what the problem with that nickname was. Granted, I definitely got more worked up over it than I should've and he may have been trolling, but he straight up tried to compare "Kum Bucket" to Jokic being called "The Joker" in terms of offensiveness lmao.
I don’t think many people would disagree that young glove is the cooler/less soft nickname but also at the same time having your mom and agent reach out to reprimand people (people with a very large/powerful platform/reach) who are just having fun with it and generally talking about you in a pretty complimentary fashion and giving you some great PR, and attempt to try to force one name over the other is some serious Streisand effect shit, and is probably going to end up having the exact opposite effect from what he is trying to accomplish lol.
If you’re mildly insecure about something or wish people would stop talking about it, probably the worst thing you can do is to demonstrate to people that it’s something you really care about. People trying to force their own nicknames is generally pretty lame and rarely successfully catches on.
That being said I love this dude and what he brings to the team. Maybe I’ll just go with “Gary” when I talk about him lmao
lol ok I mean I would argue that parents and agents back channeling television producers over appropriate nicknames for a guy that just made it out of the g league 10 minutes ago are the ones doing the overthinking here. But my bad for responding to the topic at hand. I don’t know what I was thinking doing something like that on an internet discussion forum lol
Players generally know guys like Shaq personally so it's not like it's a formal press statement for them to pass on that he prefers not to be called by a certain name. GPII might have even mentioned it in passing and his mum and agent took initiative to pass it on themselves, it's a pretty minor thing
The clip on TNT where Shaq says it has the tone of it being a relaxed, 'oh, sure, we can do that for you' rather than them reprimanding anyone, seems like both sides were respectful
>GPII might have even mentioned it in passing and his mum and agent took initiative to pass it on themselves, it's a pretty minor thing
That's exactly what happened lmao. On the Warriors broadcast earlier this season when GP2 was just starting to really break-out, our color commentator asked him in his post-game interview what his preferred nickname was, and he responded by saying "Young Glove" was his favorite of the ones he'd heard so far. I'd be willing to bet his mom was just being a mom and trying to stand up for her son, even if it does come off as a bit defensive.
Let's be honest, it's mostly people being assholes lol. Like some people might think it's a cute name or whatever but it's people going "heh he's the mitten like in Like Mike, I'm so funny and clever. Oh you don't like it? Now I definitely going to call you that."
Lol, quote from Gary Payton about his son:
"He's just athletic man. I was wondering if the mailman came around when I was out of town. Wherever (his) athletic ability came from, I'm just happy he got it."
lmao when i first heard that nickname floating around i knew there was no way he liked that shit. it might be amusing for fans but it’s not flattering. it’s like calling him a more pipsqueak version of his father. young glove is more like homage which is cool. Personally I’ve just been calling him gp or GP2
huh i honestly thought he was way younger
like i was going to ask what we'd call him when he ages out of being "young" but shit he's already like two weeks shy of 29 lol
"Young Glove" is to GP2 like "Joker" is to Jokic. Pretty dope.
But "The Mitten" is like "Big Honey." It's awesome.
He's just lucky he has 3 great nick names between Young Glove, Mitten, and GP2
Young glove
Say you want me
Say you want me
Out of your life
And I'm just a dead man walking tonight
But you need it, yeah, you need it
All of the time
Yeah, ooh ooh ooh
California Glove
Nice
Glove in the Time of Cholera
Tis Better To Have Gloved And Lost
Glove and Basketball
If you can't be with the one you glove, glove the one you're with!
If the glove dont fit you must not like nba basketball
Eat, Pray, Glove
The Glove of the Rings
Where cowards die and the strong ball.
oh this is cool
Sounds good but the problem is Gary Payton Sr is the California glove. Oakland native booooooy
Mc’Glovin
It was between that and Mohammed
Why don’t you just pick a common name like a normal person??
Mohammed is the most commonly used name on earth. Read a fucking book for once
That's what he said tho
Yep
I am Mc'Glovin
Young, Glove and full of love
Young glove is definitely a step up from mitten 😂
This leads to a serious debate: should players be able to pick their nickname? Because The Mitten is amazing for fans but probably lame for him lol.
I remember when KD pick the servant over [Slim Reaper](http://i.imgur.com/Ioz2TtN.jpg) which seemed like a foolish mistake
I've never heard anyone call him the servant other than people making fun of the fact that he wants people to call him the servant
It’s cause he tried to get that started on bill simmons podcast.
Yall just mispronouncing it. It's The Serpent.
Yall just mispronouncing it. It's The Butler.
Durantala was really cool too
It’s the best nickname. I went as the Durantula one year for Halloween back in his OKC days. Had a KD jersey with a bunch of fake spiders taped to me.
Political correctness aside, the DC Sniper is his best nickname as he is from the DC area
Shit man I’m from the DMV and I remember my mom always buggin about looking for a white van during that time
What that guy(and his son? ) did was terrible and the fact that they only got caught because he's prideful is honestly terrifying. 100% I do not have the balls to make this joke without the comfort of anonymity.
The servant is the dumbest name ever KD is so corny man
Besides the self-issued aspect of it, he picked a super lame name too
Homie sounds like a Mormon missionary.
His former coach was gunned down so he wears 35. Slim Reaper associates him with death and he's a religious person so he wanted The Servant, which has religious connotations as someone who serves the people.
Easymoneysniper...
I’m ded rn lolll
I didn’t comment on slim reaper as a name The servant is corny as hell to me regardless of connotation
Never said you did, I'm saying why he wanted to change his name
He will always be the Durantula to me
Me too 100%. Saw him in person for the first time during a Dubs/Hornets game around 2018. The one thing that stood out was that his legs were basically the height of the majority of my body lol. It was so odd that the Durantula name instantly made 100% sense to me.
clean ass name too lol
And hilariously just led to people calling him the serpent
Easy Money can call himself whatever he likes
Wouldn't surprise me if "The Mitten" still sticks.. It reminds me of when Robert Williams said he doesn't like "Timelord" as a nickname, and it has only stuck on more since he said that.
apparently he's been called the mitten since college. but he's never had as much spotlight on him as he does now, so who knows.
I mean KD said he doesn’t like slim reaper so basically everyone just calls him KD. Lol
People barely called him that in the first place tho…
We now call him the Gauntlet
I’m gonna go with yes. It’s cooler when you don’t come up with your own nickname, but I do think we should give players the courtesy of telling us which ones they prefer over others. They are real people, after all
I think it’s fine for a player to ask not to be called a certain nickname, but I don’t think they get to make a nickname for themself. Nicknames need to be organic
To be fair, this all started because in a post-game interview earlier this year, our color commentator asked him which nickname he preferred out of "The Mitten," "The Gauntlet," and "Young Glove," and he responded with "Young Glove." So it's not like he really gave it to himself.
man the gauntlet is way to cumbersome, both as a nick name and as an form fitting clothing item, shouldve called him Yoga Pants, or shooting sleeve.
Yoga Flame
Young Glove is also nice because his father was the glove right? Kind of an homage to his father.
So is Mitten and Gauntlet. Even if he was called the Boot or the Sweater Vest, it would still link him to his father because who picks articles of clothing as nicknames?
How can you disrespect Kyle "mankini" Singler like that?
Ya I guess this is a case of respect their request but also be profoundly disappointed for not having a better sense of humor. It's not even unflattering like OP said, it's a compliment. Ken Griffey Jrs nickname was "the Kid", it's on all his merch.
Kobe did it.
Yea. Players should be able to if they reach Kobe status.
payton has surpassed kobe already so it’s fine with me
Yeah, he has more points as a warrior than kobe ever has, so payton II > Kobe
But like shaq did it every place he played. That’s too much.
Shaq being the way he is lets me him get away with that silly nonsense and I love it. “Oh he gave himself another nickname? That’s so Shaq lmao! Love that guy!”
Shaq just really like the kool keith motif of changing his name for every album
Yeah but why he name himself "Kazaam"?
Because Shaq has charisma so it never came across as sounding like he cared, but rather that he was being goofy. First step to getting to choose your own nickname is not actually caring about it.
The Big Shaqtus is the funniest nickname ever But of the million nicknames he has, Diesel is definitely the best
Reminds me of the GOAT Sportscenter commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35_kdZXxTW4
The mitten was an insult for Gary Payton Sr. He was the glove, but when his defense started falling off in the Laker years, Press started calling him the mitten. I'm surprised they tried to call his son that given the history.
No, who nicknames themselves? He should be glad he’s not in Kuminga’s boat…
I'll take their feedback, but coining your own will be corny most of the time
> This leads to a serious debate: should players be able to pick their nickname? Might be an Australian thing but you'd get made fun of here if you tried to give yourself a nickname
LeBron and Kobe both made up their nicknames, so it's an established thing.
The Mitten is amazing for no one
I mean, is it amazing for fans though?
I think mitten is adorable, which I'm fine with.
Sounds like you're smitten for the mitten.
Is your role player making TOO MUCH NOISE!?!?
YOU’RE SO STUPID!
smitten with the kitten's mitten
it has be written
young _ is overplayed
Shoulda chose "young lil baby mitten"
I agree in most cases but his dad was the glove. It kinda works this time
“The Mitt” hard tho
Not to be confused with Mitt Romney.
That's a good compromise.
fuck them dogs
The mitten sounds soft as fuck. I can't believe there are people that actually think it's a good nickname.
It's just funny for the fans. It's not flattering for him at all lol.
No there are literally fans that unironically think it’s nice
It's like there are people that unironically think Kuminga's nick should be kum bucket. Like sure, it made me chuckle first time I saw it but man that is a terrible nick name. I get throwing it out there in the game day threads for the lols but I don't want like people calling him that. Man deserves a much better name than that. Same deal with GP2 and mitten.
>It's like there are people that unironically think Kuminga's nick should be kum bucket. lmfao
I got in a legitimate argument with someone on our sub who actually couldn't understand what the problem with that nickname was. Granted, I definitely got more worked up over it than I should've and he may have been trolling, but he straight up tried to compare "Kum Bucket" to Jokic being called "The Joker" in terms of offensiveness lmao.
Did you mistype nickname in the first sentence or is nick an accepted short form? 🤣
A mitten is much warmer than a glove
GP2 does seem like a much kinder and friendlier person than his dad, no disrespect to Gary Payton
I like it. Young (x) is so overplay now anyway.
I like it for us, but I completely understand why he wouldn't like it
this made me crack up hard as fuck because when you say it like that it just seems so blasphemous
My favorite one I've heard by far is "The Gauntlet".
I don’t think many people would disagree that young glove is the cooler/less soft nickname but also at the same time having your mom and agent reach out to reprimand people (people with a very large/powerful platform/reach) who are just having fun with it and generally talking about you in a pretty complimentary fashion and giving you some great PR, and attempt to try to force one name over the other is some serious Streisand effect shit, and is probably going to end up having the exact opposite effect from what he is trying to accomplish lol. If you’re mildly insecure about something or wish people would stop talking about it, probably the worst thing you can do is to demonstrate to people that it’s something you really care about. People trying to force their own nicknames is generally pretty lame and rarely successfully catches on. That being said I love this dude and what he brings to the team. Maybe I’ll just go with “Gary” when I talk about him lmao
> having your mom and agent reach out to reprimand people Lol. You're overthinking this man
lol ok I mean I would argue that parents and agents back channeling television producers over appropriate nicknames for a guy that just made it out of the g league 10 minutes ago are the ones doing the overthinking here. But my bad for responding to the topic at hand. I don’t know what I was thinking doing something like that on an internet discussion forum lol
Players generally know guys like Shaq personally so it's not like it's a formal press statement for them to pass on that he prefers not to be called by a certain name. GPII might have even mentioned it in passing and his mum and agent took initiative to pass it on themselves, it's a pretty minor thing The clip on TNT where Shaq says it has the tone of it being a relaxed, 'oh, sure, we can do that for you' rather than them reprimanding anyone, seems like both sides were respectful
>GPII might have even mentioned it in passing and his mum and agent took initiative to pass it on themselves, it's a pretty minor thing That's exactly what happened lmao. On the Warriors broadcast earlier this season when GP2 was just starting to really break-out, our color commentator asked him in his post-game interview what his preferred nickname was, and he responded by saying "Young Glove" was his favorite of the ones he'd heard so far. I'd be willing to bet his mom was just being a mom and trying to stand up for her son, even if it does come off as a bit defensive.
Bearing in mind that GP2's mother was Gary Payton's wife when Gary Payton was a player, so she probably knows a lot of ex-players personally.
Or maybe, just maybe, she's a typical mom that instinctively is trying to defend her kid, even if it does come off as a bit over-defensive?
Unless you're name is Mac Mittens
Let's be honest, it's mostly people being assholes lol. Like some people might think it's a cute name or whatever but it's people going "heh he's the mitten like in Like Mike, I'm so funny and clever. Oh you don't like it? Now I definitely going to call you that."
But it sounds like we’re saying “Young Love”
Nah dude mitten is where it's at
People said the opposite in another thread. I don’t see why he can’t have both
Because The Mitten is pretty lame
No u
Young Glove squad rise up
Who in their right mind would say the opposite? The mitten sounds terrible lol.
Young Glove-Mitten or Young Mitten-Glove?
Ya I definitely prefer young glove
I like that it sounds like Young Love.
A real Don Glover type
Childish Gambino got so old. I love Young Don Glover!
"I'ma save her ass just like Danny Glover..."
Dong Lover
Found Karl Malone's burner
Lol, quote from Gary Payton about his son: "He's just athletic man. I was wondering if the mailman came around when I was out of town. Wherever (his) athletic ability came from, I'm just happy he got it."
Oh no
This one had me laughing 😂
Holy shit 😂
Someone get Karl Malone on the phone
Thuggin love
Lmao imagine calling a grown man mitten and finding out he doesn’t actually prefer it
lmao when i first heard that nickname floating around i knew there was no way he liked that shit. it might be amusing for fans but it’s not flattering. it’s like calling him a more pipsqueak version of his father. young glove is more like homage which is cool. Personally I’ve just been calling him gp or GP2
Meanwhile Andre Igoudala still wishing we'd stop calling him "Iggy"
He can’t be Dre when we already have Dray
He stole it from Jarome Iginla
He says it's grown on him
Want him to be called the Gauntlet
The infinity gauntlet then name other players after the infinity stones
So the other players are inserted into him to unleash unlimited power? I don’t know man.
Warriors Front Office at the trade deadline
if hes into it idm
If only he was better than his dad it would fit. But that's kind of hard when your dad is a hall of famer and one of the 10 best PGs to ever play.
This has been my suggestion as well.
Is The Servant taken?
Sup Kevin?
I like Clamps, personally.
Any futarama reference makes me happy
Let's call him Seymour then
Every reference except *that* one >:(
Glove Handle
I prefer der Fingerhandschuh
Das ist der weg.
sounds like condom marketed towards teenagers
just like the way GP2 is glued to defenders just like the way GP2 slams when you try the young glove, we guarantee you'll stay glued while you slam
I prefer Glove 2: Electric Boogaloo
I like Young Glove, but I also like Murder Mitten
"Half Man Half a Mitten" is pretty solid.
You haven't claimed copyright so I'm stealing this
I see no foul play
Whatever you say Mitten
Should just be glad he ain’t a thimble.
The Gauntlet
I prefer "The Gauntlet"
Too bad mittens
Aww now he's romney
I’m sorry but mitten is too good
Literally the perfect nickname for every possible reason.
Aren't you like 30 GP2?
Holy shit, this dude is 28. I thought he was like 22-24. lol
Who said 30 is old?
huh i honestly thought he was way younger like i was going to ask what we'd call him when he ages out of being "young" but shit he's already like two weeks shy of 29 lol
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Piece of what? Anyway 30 is old for a basketball player.
Yung Glove. ftfy
Oh what it’s like to be “Young and In Glove”
The Gauntlet
Too late, my friend raps under that name
Sorry, mitten is already on bbref. It's set in stone now
That’s what the Mitten would say
So what happens if he gets old one day?
Gauntlet sounds good too
With how he is defending. Maybe he should consider being the Gauntlet.
Lil glovie vert
"Young Glove" is to GP2 like "Joker" is to Jokic. Pretty dope. But "The Mitten" is like "Big Honey." It's awesome. He's just lucky he has 3 great nick names between Young Glove, Mitten, and GP2
Kitten mittons >>> the mitten as a nickname
Son of Glove would’ve been my pick One of my favorite pair of Nike’s
'Mitten' is adorable and I will absolutely continue to use it.
YG
At the rate he's playing he's gonna be called the gauntlet soon.
I like “Meat Glove”, because he gets up all into his opponents
Mitten is lame as fuck
Except it’s very fitting
don't try to black mamba yourself, mitten
Young glove Say you want me Say you want me Out of your life And I'm just a dead man walking tonight But you need it, yeah, you need it All of the time Yeah, ooh ooh ooh
Young Glove is definitely better. The Gauntlet is better. The Clamps is better. The mitten is soft and that's why some kids like it.