TwinkieTowers

I don't know if anybody posted this already, but Nene Hilario is now just Nene. I think he's trying to be like the famous Brazilian soccer players who have only a first name.

"Matt!"

TMOD

Is he actually going to have it on his jersey? That'll be sick, but I hope it doesn't trigger some sort of stupid trend (like the name changing on this site; eventually limited)...

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TwinkieTowers

I read it on NBA Draft.net...

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Damian Necronamous

Can I have a link to your source for him changing his name?

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TMOD

I heard he wanted it a while ago, but is it confirmed to be going through? I guess it could happen, b/c guys like PJ Brown, Muggsy Bogues didn't have their real names on the team listings or NBA.com profiles...its the next step I guess? LOL, we'll be seeing "Kobe" soon.

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"It's almost like going back to college and coaching them from that level," says Thornton. "Tyson and Eddy never got that level of college coaching. When you have a summer, you have to make up for everything they never learned."

pizzoni

Nenê real name is Maybiner Rodney Hilario a REALLY weird name for a brazilian.

So, in Brazil he is know by the name Nenê, only really basket junkies knows that he is named Hilario.

So, he is just changing BACK to his more famous name, cuz he will get more money and advertising using that.

Problably the same will happen to Leandrinho Barbosa.

Nene is not doing the same thing we do in soccer, he is just doing what brazilian usually do.

In Brazil we always call and know people for the first name or nickname, even in formal places. Example: I work at a big telephony company, and call my boss Teo, a nickname, but If I was living in america I would Problably call him Ko Freitag, his family name. Get it!!!!


I thought only Marc Stein would do this stupid assumption.

Pizzoni

2cent

Most Brazilians have a one word nickname we just know the famous ones e.g.pele,ronaldo,oscar,garrincha,giselle....mmmm giselle

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pizzoni

In brazil, we call Oscar " Mão Santa" or in english Saint Hand in litteraly translation, or a better translantion Blessing hands.

Oscar and Ronaldo are first names.

And we usually call ronaldo by the nick name ronaldinho.

Pizzoni

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does that mean you call ronaldinho of PSG ronaldinhodinho

Im just going by the nicknames we go by in english speaking countries

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PELE!

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i think this is cool! go nene!

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That's tight! Does this mean he joins Shaq, Yao and Kobe as the only current players refered to by just their first name?

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RollWithEm

What about "Dirk"?