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Can Players Choose Their Own Nickname?

ESPN.com - TrueHoop found this 8/20/2008 on nba.fanhouse.com

Andre Iguodala feels like a new man with his new contract and new teammates who should take the Sixers to new heights. As such, he wants a new nickname. From the Philadelphia Daily News (via Skeets via Sixersoul ): "I don't like 'Iggy,' I don't mind 'The Other A.I.,' " he said. "It just shows the fans are watching basketball and know what I do. I want to be 'Dre, that's it. "The A.I. ...