Wednesday, February 9th, 2011 at 2:10 pm  |  122 responses

What’s My Name?

Nicolas Batum needs one.

Third-year Portland small forward Nicolas Batum may not scream “NBA Superstar,” but he’s more compelling than you might think. He’s French, he wears No. 88 and he is a sneakily effective player, both for the perpetually undermanned Trail Blazers and for fantasy teams with deep rosters. And while we’ve heard “Batum Goes the Dynamite,” that’s a catchphrase, if not a straight-up sentence. It’s definitely not a nickname. So, you know the drill. Give us your best idea and we’ll all try to make it stick.

Whoever comes up with the the best nickname for Nicolas will win a dope prize from the SLAM vault and get their name in Trash Talk.

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  • Josh

    The Blazing Batman

  • hops

    French Suave

  • 49

    Parisian Blazer

  • Ryan Lian

    Monsieur Blocka

  • Ryan Lian

    France’s Finest

  • Ryan Lian

    Arc de “Trey”omphe

  • Ryan Lian

    The Eiffel Tower

  • Antonio Cruzado

    “the French prodigy”

  • Antonio Cruzado

    “Frenchy”

  • Antonio Cruzado

    “The French Sensation”

  • Antonio Cruzado

    “The Entertainer”

  • Scott Carter

    Nicolas Batum = BATUMAX

  • Scott Carter

    Alright, first off HOW THE F__K DO YOU PROPERLY PRONOUNCE IT??? is it batum as in “beta”max? “bata” up?….

  • Jose

    BatMan

  • Joel Pathiyil

    Nicholas “Blazed” Battum for his hot shooting and spark

  • Mykah H.

    Nicholas “”BABOOM” Batum

  • Reid G.

    Whattup Slam? Long-time reader and subscriber.

    Batum’s nickname should be Batumstone (or Batombstone) since he be killin’ these fools with his pull-up midrange J.

  • Reid G.

    Or we could go with “Hot Air Batum” since he floats above the D on the way to the hole.

  • daniel

    batumman!!!! enough said . haha

  • http://http//portlandfan1203.blogspot.com Karley

    Baaattuummmsshakkallacaa

  • BRUCE SMITH

    THE REAL FRENCH BOOM. NICOLAS BATUM.

  • Terri Riley

    Flying Frenchman

  • Terri Riley

    or Mr. Wingspan

  • gani

    Nicolas “Stretch” Batum, perhaps?

  • rob stewart

    Batums up

  • rob stewart

    just check his valentines day dunk on Milicic for why I gave him the nickname “Batums Up”

  • DD

    Nicolas “Badaboom” Batum

  • nick d

    Blazing Batman

  • nick d

    Nicolas “The Eiffel” Batum

  • Corey Clay

    Batonruge. Louisiana was owned by the french

  • Corey Clay

    Batumruge. Louisiana was owned by the french

  • JP Schedin

    Sir Nicolas!!!

  • pops

    masturBATUM
    semenBATUM
    BATUMbstone piledriver
    mr. time to take a BATUM
    BATUM bukkake

  • Mat

    The Tuminator

  • http://slamonline.com jude

    the batum menace

  • Antonio Cruzado

    Batum Raider

  • Ramn

    French Fries!

  • http://slamonline.com Petros Stavrakis

    nick the big

  • Hannah Wright

    BATUM-chhhh! (Sounds like a drum after a joke).

    Q: Why did the basketball visit the bank?

    A: Because his checks were bouncing.

    BATUM-chhh!

  • Hannah Wright

    Nicolas “French Bread” Batum!

  • Shaun McDonald

    there is no point giving him a french knickname because the american announcers would botch it every time. So in the interest of simplicity and catchiness I submit to you:

    Nick “the vacuum” Batum because of the way he cleans up on D, sucks up rebounds.

  • based

    battyboy

  • Kris

    Batum-Shakalaka

  • Micah Leslie

    Malignant Batumor

  • Jesse Chin

    The Reign of Terror

  • Katherine

    Batuminator

  • michael johnson

    loony tum!

  • Hugo

    BATUTUTUTUTUP (like a machine gun’s sound)

    Nick ” The Butter” Batum

  • Jake

    The French high Flyer

  • Andrei

    Dr. BaDOOM

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