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Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles
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I always call Muhammad Ali "Muhammad Ali", and the same with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
My reference was regarding calling people by their nicknames for their entire lives, not changing one's name due to slave-name and/or religious purposes, which was the case with both Ali and Jabbar. Ali and Jabbar were both household names before they changed their names. Ali changed his name prior to beating Sonny Liston, he only announced publicly after winning the title.
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Sure, I do, too. It was just an interesting thought you gave me.
Magic Johnson and TY Hilton go by nicknames, but because they always have, there was never any mixup with the public.
In contrast, Ali and Kareem actually legally changed their names, but had a lot more mixup because the public knew them as superstars under different names. I think Leonard is getting that same kind of mixup now. The public for the past five seasons saw a perennial All-Pro and fan-favorite come up under the name Darius.