Pics: Heat, Nets Wear Player Nicknames on Jerseys

The NBA’s latest uniform experiment took place last night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn at the Miami Heat and Brooklyn Nets both had their players wear their nicknames in place of last names on the back of their jerseys.

Miami reportedly came up with the idea before the season and approached the NBA seeking an opponent to go along with the plan, Brooklyn being the “it” team this season was naturally chosen.

The full list of which player wore which nickname below:

MIAMI HEAT

LeBron James “KING JAMES” #6
DeWayne Wade “D.WADE” #3
Norris Cole “COLE TRAIN” #30
Roger Mason Jr “MONEYMASE” #21
Joel Anthony “DOC” #50
Chris Andersen “BIRDMAN” #11
Mario Chalmers “RIO” #15
Michael Beasley “B-EASY” #8
Chris Bosh “CB” #1
Rashard Lewis “SWEET LEW” #9
James Jones “JJ” #22
Shane Battier “BATTLE” #31
Ray Allen “J. SHUTTLESWORTH” #34
Udonis Haslem “UD” #40

BROOKLYN NETS

Kevin Garnett “BIG TICKET” #2
Reggie Evans “JOKER” #30
Andray Blatche “DRAY LIVE” #0
Jason Terry “JET” #31
Mason Plumlee “PLUMS” #1
Joe Johnson “JJ” #7
Alan Anderson “DOUBLE” #6
Shaun Livingston “S DOT” #14
Tyshawn Taylor “TEE_Y” #10
Andrei Kirilenko “Кириленко” #47
Mirza Teletovic “MT3” #33
Deron Williams “D-WILL” #8
Paul Pierce “TRUTH” #34

Some photos of how the jerseys with nicknames looked in action:

It was announced yesterday that this is only the first of three more such “nickname on jersey” games this season… the Nets and Heat will do this again on March 12 and April 8 in Miami. Miami will also wear them at home against the Boston Celtics (who we’re not sure if they’re also wearing nicknames) on January 21st.