Twitter Reaction to Miami Heat and Brooklyn Nets’ Nickname Uniforms

TheMiami Heat and Brooklyn Nets matched up on Friday nightat the Barclays Center. The game featured two of the highest-profile teams in the league, but that isn't the reason people got excited about the matchup.

Nickname uniforms are here!

Both Brooklyn and Miami sported uniforms with the traditional surname replaced with a catchy nickname.

The rosters, if you please.

For Miami:

Ray Allen: "J. Shuttlesworth" Chris Andersen: "Birdman" Joel Anthony: "Doc" Shane Battier: "Battle" Michael Beasley: "B Easy" Chris Bosh: "CB" Mario Chalmers: "Rio" Norris Cole: "Cole Train" Udonis Haslem: "UD" LeBron James: "King James" James Jones: "JJ" Rashard Lewis: "Sweet Lew" Roger Mason Jr.: "MoneyMase" Greg Oden: "G.O." Dwyane Wade: "D.Wade"

For Brooklyn:

Alan Anderson: "Double" Andray Blatche: "Dray Live" Reggie Evans: "Joker" Kevin Garnett: "The Big Ticket" Joe Johnson: "JJ" Andrei Kirilenko: "" Shaun Livingston: "S Dot" Brook Lopez: "Brooklyn" Paul Pierce: "Truth" Mason Plumlee: "Plums" Tornike Shengelia: "Tokomotiv" Tyshawn Taylor: "Tee_Y" Mirza Teletovic: "MT3" Jason Terry: "Jet" Deron Williams: "D-Will"

D-Will? D.Wade? JJ? The other JJ? Some of these nicknames are pretty weak, and Twitter took notice.

Many fans and writers were looking for better nicknames.

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Twitter Reaction to Miami Heat and Brooklyn Nets' Nickname Uniforms

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