Your Nicknames For Shaq (What You Said)

Published August 11, 2010

  Boston Celtics newly signed basketball player Shaquille O'Neal holds up his new jersey at a news conference on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010, in Waltham, Mass. (Greg M. Cooper/AP)

He wore a bow tie. (AP)

Shaq started it on Twitter last week:

hello green town. ok what u got 4 nicknames? make um good

On the Celtics website, the team dubbed their latest shaquisiton “The Big Shamrock.”

Only A Game host Bill Littlefield likes “‘The Big Chowda,’ because it’s exquisitely silly.”

At the news conference in Waltham on Tuesday, Doc Rivers showed a fondness for “The Big Leprechaun” and “The Green Monster.”

Here are some great suggestions from readers.

Steve Engelr:

“Jolly” as in Jolly Green Giant.

Sean Tierney:

TIP’n O’Neal

Braden:

Bio-Diesel; Shaq’s going green! green check mark

Danielle Chenette:

If he deserves any nickname it should be “gold-digger”!

What are you favorite nicknames for Shaq?

Key:

green check mark = Phelps favorite

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