Let’s start with the nickname. There’s been some great discussion in the comments, thanks to all of you whose ideas are being listed here; I’m sorry that my blindness prevents me from going back and seeing who said what. Your priority in these matters is preserved in the comment threads and I freely confess I have no authorship. Ideas:
Shamgod: A play on former player God Shammgod, possessor of perhaps the greatest name in the history of the NBA. History of the world?! For those too young to recall, Shammgod was the point guard for Providence College when they reached the Elite Eight and gave the eventual national champions, Mike Bibby’s Arizona squad, all they could handle before falling in overtime.