Minnesota Timberwolves forward Shabazz Muhammad wants to legally change his name to just “Bazz,” he tells Jerry Zgoda of the Star Tribune:
Muhammad said before Friday’s 119-116 victory over Oklahoma City that he intends to legally change his name to just the short, single nickname.
“I just like it,” he said. “Everybody calls me that anyway.”
He said he’s not sure how involved the process is and now long it will be before the name change becomes official and he will be introduced at Target Center and elsewhere as such.
From a historical standpoint, those with mononyms have tended to be pretty big names. Muhammad acknowledges that:
When told the one-name thing worked pretty well for Elvis and Prince, Muhammad laughed and said, “Those are some pretty big shoes to fill.”
Muhammad, 24, was a free agent this summer and returned to the Timberwolves on a one-year veteran’s minimum deal worth $1.6 million.
Last year for the Timberwolves, Muhammad appeagred in 78 games, averaging 9.9 points and 2.8 rebounds in 19.4 minutes per game while shooting 48.2 percent from the field.
This year, in his six games, Muhammad has struggled, averaging just 4.0 points per game on a paltry 31.4 percent shooting.
