Sacramento Kings shooting guard Nik Stauskas pulled up for a three early in the second-quarter of a matchup against the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday night.
But, according to the TV broadcast's closed captioning, it wasn't the Canadian rookie who drained the shot – it was "Sauce Castillo."
And a legendary nickname was born.
The error was spotted by Twitter users, and has resulted in an explosion of memes depicting the 21-year-old native of Mississauga, Ont., as his new alter ego.
My closed captioning just referred to Nik Stauskas as "Sauce Castillo" and I will never be able to not call him this again
— Andrew Unterberger (@AUgetoffmygold) March 25, 2015
Sauce Castillo? Sounds like the anti-hero of Robert Rodriguez or Tarantino film! Teatro de Los Reyes! @NStauskas11 pic.twitter.com/XOtRwWh6Ms
— Shera Starr Oliveria (@starr_rakh) March 26, 2015
#SauceCastillo pic.twitter.com/4J4Hby1A28
— Josh Anderson (@josh_s_anderson) March 26, 2015
I hear this goes great with Sweet Baby Ray. #SauceCastillo pic.twitter.com/6VDi58aHTV
— Kyle Ramos (@Kyle_Ramos) March 26, 2015
#SauceCastillo pic.twitter.com/loo9u7ILPY
— Bradley Geiser (@therealbradg) March 26, 2015
The nickname was trending on Twitter and even caught the attention of a very confused Stauskas.
Wait what does "Sauce Castillo" mean? Since when was that my nickname lol!! ����
— Nik Stauskas (@NStauskas11) March 26, 2015
Lol this Sauce Castillo thing escalated way too quickly!!!
— Nik Stauskas (@NStauskas11) March 26, 2015
Some of his teammates also got in on the fun.
Me and my Rook, #SauceCastillo!! ���� pic.twitter.com/hVWm4oLmQq
— Jason Thompson (@jtthekid) March 26, 2015
On Thursday, the president of the Sacramento Kings, Chris Granger, hinted at the possibility of Sauce Castillo merchandise, something that had been envisioned by some Kings fans.
#SauceCastillo merchandise??? Um....definitely. #SacramentoProud
— Chris Granger (@cgkings) March 26, 2015
.@NStauskas11 I already have a vision when the Kings return home on Friday, April 3rd vs the Pelicans. #SauceCastillo pic.twitter.com/G1RwgnVum8
— Jenman Fong (@Jenman27) March 26, 2015
Stauskas was the Kings' first-round pick (eighth overall) out of the University of Michigan last June.
In 63 games with the club this season, he is averaging 4.3 points per game in 14.7 minutes and shooting 36.3 per cent from the field.
