Ele chama o Pride de "King" porque esse é o seu apelido .
É explicado no episódio do NCIS (mothership) que apresentou o time de Nova Orleans, "Crescent City" , 11 ª Temporada Episódio 18:
Down in NO, LaSalle explains to Brody how Pride got the name King: When Pride first opened up the New Orleans NCIS office he made a big drug bust and a local crew made him an honorary member and named him King. LaSalle was a sheriff's deputy and King saved his life after Katrina.