After two “incomplete†NBA seasons, you want to move all-in in 2021 – and that starts with a funny / smart / good fantasy basketball team name. Sure, dominating your draft thanks to our positional and overall rankings, list of must-do sleepers and breakouts, and a full cheat sheet is all well and good, but until you find the best name for you. fantasy team … well, your season isn’t even ready to start.
As we say every year, our list does not contain all of “Top Fantastic Basketball Team Names”. To do that, we would need more inappropriate phrases and internal jokes that we couldn’t post here – you know, things that only other members of your league understand (or won’t undo you). Instead, we just have a bunch of word games based on player names. Some are decent (“Rock ’em, Siakem Robots”, “Ingles All The Way”, “You Can’t Randle The Truth”); many are terrible (“Implicit Tobias”, “Wham, Bam, Merci Madame”); and a lot of things you won’t get (“Boogie Towns Productions”). Not worth it. We are volume shooters. Think of us as D’Angelo Russell. They’re not all going to hit rock bottom, but the ones that do … man, they look good. And “There is always room for D’Angelo”. (Splash!)
2021 FANTASY BASKETBALL RANKS:
Guard point | Shooting guard | Small before | Power forward | Center | First 200
Ultimately, the point of this list isn’t necessarily to provide you with a slam dunk. This is to inspire you because you can definitely do better – kind of like how players now head to the three point line instead of filling the lane and head to the hoop on quick breaks. The three are worth more than the two, so don’t settle for our “layups”. Own something, be smart and hit a three.
Start your season like this, and you’ll end it with a fantastic title … or give your friends a smirk, which is the real mark of a champion.
FANTASY SLEEPERS 2021: one from each team | Top 10 thefts in the draft | The best recruits
Names of the best fantasy basketball teams 2021
SION WILLIAMSON
The kings of Zion
JA MORANT
Ja rules
Moranting and Raving
KEVIN DURING
(See above)
JOE INGLES
Ingles all the way
James gang
Brains and LeBron
STEPH CURRY
Steph Infection
MARC GAZOL
Gasol in the family / Gasol I need
Better to call Gasol
ENES KANTER
Envy
You Kanter come home
MYLES TURNER
A real page turner
I would walk 500 Myles / 100 Myles and Run
MILES BRIDGES
(See above)
Bridges over troubled waters
MIKAL BRIDGES
(See above)
YOUNG TRAE
Trae Bombs
Still young / young and restless
CJ MCCOLLUM
McCollum as I see them
Here is my number, McCollum maybe me
SHAI GILGEOUS-ALEXANDRE
Thowin ‘Shaid / Actin’ Shaidy
MIKE CONLEY
The Long Conley
CHRISTIAN WOOD
In front of the Christian soldiers
Knock on wood
GUESS BOOKER
Booker Smart / Crack a Booker
Stairs to Soothsayer / Soothsayer sent / Soothsayer can wait
DRAYMOND GREEN
It’s not easy to be green (also works for several other Greens, obviously)
Go ahead, do my Draymond
CADE CUNNINGHAM
First Cadet Kit
KYLE LOWRY
The Lowry Boys
BAM ADEBAYO
Wham, Bam, thank you, ma’am
Adebayo Blues
ANDRÉ DRUMMOND
Hit the Drummond
CLINT CAPELA
The power of Christ Capela’s You
A Capela group
LOPEZ STREAM
Babbling streams
ROBIN LOPEZ
Robin and Stealin ‘
JARRETT ALLEN
Smile and Jarrett
We are Allen this set
AL HORFORD
Dirty horfords
MICHAEL PORTER JR.
Any porter in a storm
M-PJ Evening
PJ WASHINGTON
(See above)
COLLIN SEXTON
I want to please you / let’s talk about sexton / safe sexton / unprotected sexton
Collin of your body
Nature collin
BUDDY HIELD
Bosom buddies
JAMAL MURRAY
Murray Convention (also works for Dejounte Murray)
Jamal on this bass
ANTHONY EDWARD
The ant Man
ANTHONY DAVIS
Eyebrows Chicka Eyebrows
Eyebrow beaters
LUKA DONCIC
I made you Luka / Luka talking / etc.
Slam Doncic
Scatch My Doncic (works with many names from Eastern Europe)
DONOVAN MITCHELL
Spida webs
CITIES OF KARL-ANTHONY
Boogie Towns Productions
Just a small town girl
KAT stripe fever
MARVIN BAGLEY
Hold the Bagley / Secure the Bagley
RJ BARRET
Smile and Barrett
RUSSELL WESTBROOK
Russell Westbrookstone Brothers
Come on Westbrook, young man
Russ belt
Russian interference
DARIUS GARLAND
Double Darius / Truth or Darius
DEANDRE AYTON
Master Ayton
LONZO BALL
Get off my Lonzo
Have a ball / kick the balls
LAMELO BALL
(See above)
FRED VANVLEET
I live in a VanVleet by the river
NICOLAS BATUM
Batum goes dynamite
Harden
It’s hard here for a pimp
Go harden in the paint
MALIK BEASLEY
Pimpin ‘is not Beasley
DE’AARON FOX
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Zero Fox Given
De’Aaron on the side of caution
AARON GORDON
(See above)
PASCAL SIAKAM
dirty pascals
Rock ’em, Siakam Robots
MONK MALIK
Monk’s tale
City of monks
D’ANGELO RUSSELL
There is always room for D’Angelo
OG ANUNOBY
The last OG
DE’ANDRE CHASSEUR
Big game hunters
VICTOR OLADIPO
Oladipo office
Hail to the winners
JULIUS RANDLE
Randle’s Messiah
You can’t reveal the truth
Too hot for Randle
GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO
Greek monster squad
Get off my Giannis
DAMIAN LILLARD
Illard License / Illard Obtaining Time
JEREMY LAMB
Lambs for slaughter
DEWAYNE DEDMON
Dedmon Day
Do it Dewayne
JIMMY BUTLER
Butler service
The butler did it
JALEN SUGGES
Rabbits suggested
SMART MARCUS
smart asses
TOBIAS HARRIS
Tobit implied
NORMAN POWELL
Boom Boom Powell
TIM HARDWAY
Three the Hardaway
JAYSON TATUM
Tatum? I hardly know them!
PAUL GEORGES
PG-13 rated
LAURI MARKKANEN
On the Markkanen
TYRESE HALIBURTON
Tyrese Parts
STAR DEROZAN
Fruta DeMar
A DeRozan by another name
TERRY ROZIER
A Rozier under another name
GORDON HAYWARD
Carry on my sons Hayward
ZACH LAVINE
LaVini Vidi Vici
KYLE KUZMA
Kuzma control
DOMANTAS SABONIS
Sabonis Round
Praying Domantas
DERRICK’S FAVORS
Sexual favors / party favors
Favors of love
Favors to Ya Ear
LARRY NANCE
Mr. Nance-a-Lot
Nance-y Boys
JRUE HOLIDAYS
Happy Holidays
Just how we find ourselves there
TREVOR ARIZA
Ariza Con Pollo
RICHAUN HOLMES
Richaun and Famous Lifestyles / Richaun Homey Quan
Holmes alone
RICKY RUBIO
RubiOMG
RUI HACHIMURA
Hachimura sauce
DEVONTE GRAHAM
Golden grahams
CARIS LAVERT
24 Magic Curries
KLAY THOMPSON
Domination of Klaymation
BRADLEY BEAL
Certificate of Approval
End it all, Be-al
Trained Beals
RODNEY HOOD
Boyz N Tha hoodie
TJ WARREN
Warren Peace
MOE HARKLESS
How could you be Moe Harkless?
Give me some Moe
RUDY GOBERT
Sweet Home ChicaGoberts
Gobert or come home
JOSH RICHARDSON
Get Richardson or Die Tryin ‘
KEVIN HUERTER
Please Kevin don’t crush them
Boo so good
NIKOLA JOKIC
joke on you
DENNIS SCHRODER
Taming the Shroder
STEVEN ADAMS
I literally can’t Steven
KHRIS MIDDLETON / MALCOLM BROGDON
Malcolm in Middleton
SPENCER DINWIDDIE
Spencer’s gifts
TYLER HERRO
Hero’s ball
Did you ever know that you are my Herro?
SHOWL HARRELL
Escape from Alcatrezl / Birdman from Alcatrezl
NIKOLA VUCEVIC
Deja Vucevic
Picturesque vucevicf
ANDREW WIGGINS
Divide your Wiggins
