Monikers/Nicknames of Talk N Text and Magnolia Hotshots
Talk N Text
- Ryan Reyes - "The Energizer" - By just looking at Ryan's body language you can he is "The Energizer" of the team. Even playing injured sometimes, his intensity is just the same as a healthy Ryan Reyes.
- Jason Castro - "The Blur" - He's so quick that he'll vanish live at the venue or at your TV screen when he cuts his defender going to the basket. #Best Point Guard in Asia
- RR Pogoy - "Cebuano HotShot 2.0" - Who is the original Cebuano HotShot? It's Dondon Hontiveros. Who is the Cebuano Cannon? It's Stephen Padilla. Who's the Cebuano HotShot 2.0? Yes! It's Roger Ray Pogoy.
- Kelly Williams - "Machine Gun Kelly" - He got his moniker back when he was still in Sta. Lucia Realtors. He was their main man, Kelly was playing there like a soldier in world war II with his Machine Gun.
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Magnolia Hotshots
- Paul Lee - "The Lethal Weapon", "Angas ng Tondo" - Rhyming Lee for Lethal. And yes, He is the team's lethal weapon. Born in Tondo Manila, He carries the title of swagger or angas.
- Mark Barroca - "Coffee Prince", "The Flying B" - Bashed by Mark's haters, they often called him the Coffee Prince for his dark complexion while playing for San Mig Coffee (Purefoods/Magnolia) On the flip side, Mark really blossom there as a solid point guard. Mark is wearing jersey number 14, it originally the jersey number of Johnny "The Flying A" Abarrientos. Both of them are point guards and that helped him to get the moniker Flying B.
- Justin Melton - "Quick Melt" - When Melton heard his moniker for the first time he said, "I sound like a cheese". It was a different case of Asi Taulava's case because "Quick Melt" was never changed even though he does not like it that much at first. Now when we hear quick melt, it really means business when it comes to hustle and aggressiveness
- Rafi Reavis - "LastikMan" - For looking so stretchy like the Pinoy fictional superhero Lastikman.
- Jio Jalalon - "The Cyclone" - He can damage the opposing team like a cyclone with his capabilities of making a triple-double stats.
- Marc Pingris - "Pinoy Sakuragi" - Pringris got this moniker as he plays like Hanamichi Sakuragi "a fearless super athlete"
- Peter June Simon - "Scoring Apostle". "Super-Sub" - Often used as a 6th man or off the bench player but plays like a starter.
