You don’t get to choose your own nickname, but you can come to terms with what the masses have selected on your behalf, which Boston Celtics reserve big man Luke Kornet got to find out firsthand on the Celtics’ 2022 Media Day on Monday.
Speaking with NBC Sports Boston on whether he prefers to be called the UniKornet or the Green Kornet, the Vanderbilt product seemed torn. “The problem with ‘the Green Kornet’ is to be Hornet, (it’d be) ‘core net,’ but it’s ‘CORE-net,’ suggested the Celtics center with plenty of emphasis on the first syllable in the latter example. “So, I’m going to go with ‘UniKornet,’ he added.
Almost as soon as the words left his lips, Kornet appeared to change his mind, however. “It’s more appropriate for Green (Kornet with the Celtics),” he second-guessed, playing with the contours of his name and current situation.
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“I’m phlegmatic as my wife will tell you, so indecision can be an issue,” he joked. “Okay, I’ll do ‘Green Kornet’ because it definitely makes the most sense with the Celtics, and it’s a fun, creative nickname.”
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