Darius Leonard on PUP

[ChaosTheory]

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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I call Earvin Johnson "Earvin Johnson" ...... he hasn't played basketball in 26 years, so I don't see any reason why a 63 year-old man needs to be called by a cheesy nickname that was given to him when he was a sophomore in high school.

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I don't know, he was always publicly known as Magic Johnson. TY Hilton's name is Eugene Marquis, but I'm sure he'll always go by TY.

I know this isn't exactly the same... but in a way, Leonard is kind of going the route of Cassius Clay and Lew Alcindor in that they changed their names after becoming world-famous, household names. Clay was a world champion before he was Muhammad Ali, Alcindor was an NBA champion and MVP before he was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. It was before my time, but I've read/heard people say they had a hard time (if ever) coming around to those name changes.

By the way, I personally think Lew Alcindor and especially Cassius Clay are two of the coolest names in sports history.