How do say Lebron James and Kobe Bryant in Chinese?

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Well, if you trust The Hilton Hotel's somewhat erratic 'Get Your Chinese Name' machine, LeBron James and Kobe Bryant translate to "Jiang Liu Boa" and "Bei Kuang Bang," respectively. Faithful Ball Don't Lie reader Jim depicts them like so:

While I dig the "LeBron as a wide willow" visual, and Kobe's "bang," um, works, I still prefer both of their Chinese nicknames — Xiao Huang Di (Little Emperor) for LBJ, and Xiao Fei Xia (Little Flying Warrior) for Kobe. Those are cool.

In related news, Mr. Jiang Liu Boa sure looks healthy on that tweaked ankle. The King finished with a team-high 20 points on 8-of-9 shooting in USA's 114-82 exhibition win over Turkey this morning.

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1. Posted by Jaceman Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:40 pm EDT
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I kind of get LeBron but I don't get how Kobe was translated at all... but sure... if you say so Skeets. I personally don't trust Hilton when it comes to Chinese though.
2. Posted by ticktock6 Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:20 pm EDT
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So Kobe is Big Country... like the 80's song?
3. Posted by g Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:05 pm EDT
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whats yao ming in english? giant dork?
4. Posted by Lew A Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:21 pm EDT
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The Chinese "translations" really don't mean anything. They're simply phonetic pronunciations of their names done in Chinese, and remember, last names go first in Chinese. Therefore, Lebron James becomes "Liu Bo Jiang", and Kobe Bryant becomes, "Kuang Bang Bei". It's not perfect, but you can sort of get the idea of who they are in a basketball context.
5. Posted by Larry W Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:00 pm EDT
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Chris Bosh's nickname, according to the link, is "Long Wang"
rofl.
6. Posted by travisf Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:54 pm EDT
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Anything wrong with self-linklove?
http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/basketball/news?slug=ap-bko-turkey-us&prov=ap&type=lgns
7. Posted by Luis J Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:00 pm EDT
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LOL! It's a slow day for NBA news.
8. Posted by bub Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:34 pm EDT
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Kobe is the best no one is f with him u thick u can stop him but he make it rain eveing harder
9. Posted by bfk 4 life Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:20 pm EDT
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kobe is not even dennis rodman!!!! LBJ will be 10 times kobe. kobe cant win s&@# without a great center!!!!! LBJ is closer to JORDAN than kobe will ever be!!! just look at there STATS!!!!
10. Posted by jagr07 Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:32 pm EDT
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anyone who thinks kobe is not one of the best in the league is lying to themselves
11. Posted by worthy42 Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:52 pm EDT
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bfk 4 life, if being the best player was based on stats then Jordan wouldn't be considered the best player ever. Check your history and just look at the stats of someone like Elgin Baylor, Wilt Chamberlain, Jerry West, Clyde Drexler had great all around stats, you can't just say look at Labron stats and say he's better than Kobe. Why do you think every year before the season starts and all th GM's are asked if they needed someone at the end of a game takin a shot who would it be, for the pass 4-5 years they all say Kobe you know why, because he's money, all the players in the league think so as well so its not all about stats, stats can be interpeted anyway you want them.
12. Posted by bryan w Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:14 pm EDT
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agree with jagr07
btw this is so lame man thats not the way how chinese ppl translate eng into chinese
13. Posted by Robin L Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:26 pm EDT
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lol usually chinese people just pronounce and write english names in english
14. Posted by EricN Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:55 pm EDT
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Little Flying Warrior Kobe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
15. Posted by asiu Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:58 pm EDT
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this is hilarious.
i did my name and it's an attempt at china's translation for english. it sounds somewhat like it does in english.
16. Posted by Antonio V Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:56 pm EDT
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ching chong chang wang chu
17. Posted by then00b12 Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:04 pm EDT
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on newspapers from where i come from, Kobe is 高比 which means high competition or competitor, but i don't know, if skeets says so, then i guess he's right.
18. Posted by gunnar m Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:57 pm EDT
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ancient chinese philosophy says "the name that can be named is not the real name."
19. Posted by You don't suck anymore Skeets. Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:28 pm EDT
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My name says it all.
20. Posted by o_oholycrap Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:48 pm EDT
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In beijing NBA players name are translated into Chinese that just sound like their american names but can be written out with chinese characters. They dont translate american names into 3 "letter" chinese names dont know what machine is that in Macau
21. Posted by DMAN Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:45 pm EDT
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HA HA HA! Chokobe's chinese nickname is "Peter Pan" !
ROFL!
22. Posted by MaxHuang24 Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:45 pm EDT
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im chinese and i dont think those are kobe and lebrons names... lol usually like for english names they would try to translate it as similar as possible to their original names
23. Posted by kirby r Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:33 pm EDT
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I think Lebron is handsdown a better all around player than Kobe. It's not all about stats but on stats, Lebron beats Kobe in virtually every significant category: points, reobunds, assists, overall shooting percentage. He trails slightly or ties in the other categories. He beat Kobe in these areas despite having a far less capable supporting cast, which meant he had to play all out without as many breathers as Kobe.
Now that we see them together on the same team against the same competition, we will see how they stack up against one another, not just in stats but in leadership of the team. So far, it's Lebron hands down.
24. Posted by lol Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:48 pm EDT
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even names are made in china :)