What's in a Name?

My generation is a lazy one, thats for sure. You can tell by the way things are for us. We have phones that do everything except wipe our butts, we've replaced face to face contact with facebook and we are incapable of coming up with a great sports nickname. Sure we can blame the younger generation of sports reporters, but when push comes to shove we have become so content with lousy names that we let them invade all our sports!

If you're confused about my point, which is quite understandable, take a look with me at some of the great sports nicknames over the years.
The Sultan of Swat
The Round Mound of Rebound
El Guapo
The Chief
Sweetness
Air Jordan
The Great One
Magic
The Worm 
The Big Diesel
The Human Eraser
And many many more...

How about recently? People have tried to create nicknames for athletes like Flash for Dwayne Wade or Black Mamba for Kobe, but in general its been embarrassing what we've come too. Names like:
LBJ
CP3
D-Wade
Car-Go
A-Rod
K-Rod
Ochocinco ( Yes I realize this is his "real" name still as of now, but it's still more or less a nickname and a bad one... I mean seriously? I wonder if anyone ever told him that's not how you even say eighty-five in spanish? It's just Chad Eight-Five!)
Ovy

It saddens me too little girl... 

Aren't these names lame? You could come up with something better for each of them I'm sure!

LBJ = Lebron James "Joyce gets more fouls called against him"
CP3 = "Excuse me I gotta take a" Chris Paul
D-Wade = Flash ( Already went over this)
Car-Go = Carlos "We just saw his one year brilliance like Luis" Gonzales
A-Rod = "Apparently Cameron Diaz isn't fazed by the affect of steroids on "A rod""...
K-Rod = "How'd You Avoid Jail Rod?"
Chad Ochocinco = Here's a shot in the dark... Johnson? 
Ovy = He's Russian, I don't want a fight.  Ya know what, Ovy is fine. 


These are quick thoughts today just what watching Sportscenter does to me.