OT: Nets were almost renamed to Swamp Dragons (Not a joke)

[B-Roy]

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/15155466/once-nets-seriously-considered-becoming-swamp-dragons

Holy hell this is hilarious.

PAIGE: This was the time of the Raptors, Grizzlies, and Hornets. Everyone wanted to change their logos because of the Hornets. Kids loved it. I knew if we wanted to appeal to kids, we had to do something with the logo -- at least.

SPOELSTRA: I wanted kids wearing Swamp Dragons T-shirts to Knicks games.

Step 2: Get the commissioner to back the change. Spoelstra and O'Grady pitched the idea in Stern's office.

SPOELSTRA: David told me, "This is the stupidest f---ing idea I've ever heard."

O'GRADY: He did say that. It wasn't the first time he said something like that. I had an open-door policy on dumb ideas.

STERN: If they say I said that, I'm sure I did.

The Board of Governors voted by fax, 26-1, to approve the name change.

SPOELSTRA: David called me screaming, "What the f--- is going on?" I asked what he was screaming about. He told me the vote came in, 26-1, in our favor. Well, that's terrific. What's the problem? He told me: "No, that isn't terrific, because the one dissenting team was you -- the Nets."

We voted against our own name change. I thought he was kidding. If your own team votes no, you can't go ahead with something like this.

 

[Natebishop3]

I wish that would have happened...

I still love that Bill Simmons calls the Thunder the "Zombie Sonics."

 

[B-Roy]

I wish it would have happened too. Those logos look even worse than the generic Thunder and Clippers logos.

 

[Natebishop3]

I wish it would have happened too. Those logos look even worse than the generic Thunder and Clippers logos.

Well they were going for the same kind of thing that Toronto did with the Raptors originally.

 

[B-Roy]

Well they were going for the same kind of thing that Toronto did with the Raptors originally.

I get that, but even the dribbling drakes or the old Vancouver Grizzlies logo look more professional than that weird green dragon.

 

[Natebishop3]

They should have gone with this

 

[Draco]

Silly name but way the hell better than the Nets.

Can you imagine an NFL team being called the Goalposts?

Or an MLB team being called the Bats?

It's the worst name in major league sports. At least the Dragons is funny and out there. The Nets is just useless and boring. The have that long history of apathy; so I guess its fitting.

 

[barfo]

Silly name but way the hell better than the Nets.

Can you imagine an NFL team being called the Goalposts?

Or an MLB team being called the Bats?

It's the worst name in major league sports. At least the Dragons is funny and out there. The Nets is just useless and boring. The have that long history of apathy; so I guess its fitting.

Well, not if you consider it as part of the set of NYC team names: Mets, Jets, Nets, Sets, am I forgetting any?

barfo

 

[Natebishop3]

Well, not if you consider it as part of the set of NYC team names: Mets, Jets, Nets, Sets, am I forgetting any?

barfo

What's a set?

 

[barfo]

What's a set?

It's a tennis term. You wouldn't understand.

barfo

 

[Natebishop3]

It's a tennis term. You wouldn't understand.

barfo

Is that one of those fancy rich people sports like squash or polo?

 

[santeesioux]

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Is that one of those fancy rich people sports like squash or polo?

There's a sport that is revolved around wearing Polo's that's not golf??

 

[santeesioux]

I wear polo shirts, I must be either rich or have bad fashion sense.

 

[Natebishop3]

I wear polo shirts, I must be either rich or have bad fashion sense.

I'm wearing a polo right now!

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

I'm wearing a polo right now!

Have you just given up on ever getting laid again? Lol

 

[Natebishop3]

Have you just given up on ever getting laid again? Lol

Nah, if I want to provoke the woman, I just put on a pair of yoga pants. That seems to get it done.

 

[santeesioux]

Have you just given up on ever getting laid again? Lol

Popped collars doesn't make the panties drop up there?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

The Swamp Dragons would have been awesome!

And when the team moved to Brooklyn could have changed the name to the Brooklyn Dragon Queens.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Popped collars doesn't make the panties drop up there?

I mean, they probably do if you're picking up late 40s divorcé's in front of the courthouse.

 

[KingSpeed]

I lived in NYC and remember the Nets were going to become the Swamp Dragons around the time Calipari coached there, I think.

 

[ripcityboy]

Someone need a cute, lovable, non-threatening, pansexual mascot?!

 

[3RA1N1AC]

did this come out on april 1st?

 

[Sinobas]

Simply "Dragons" would have been fine. But Swamp Dragons does not sound right. And the logo feels too much like they are trying to copy the Raptors.

I can understand why they'd want a name more flashy than "Nets". I wonder what they were thinking when they came up with Nets. Did they like that it rhymed with Mets? It's probably the most empty name in the NBA, with "knicks" being 2nd. You basically have the New York Pants and the New Jersey Nets.

I think another good name for a pro sports team is Gladiators.

 

[riverman]

I wear polo shirts, I must be either rich or have bad fashion sense.

They're usually the only shirts at Goodwill with no holes and all the buttons even if they say Kentucky Fried Chicken above the pocket

 

[PDXFonz]

SPOELSTRA: David told me, "This is the stupidest f---ing idea I've ever heard."

 

[oldmangrouch]

Better yet - the Swamp Dragoons! A Napoleonic cavalryman perched on the back of a loathsome, giant toad......that just happens to look like Stern.

 

[ripcityboy]

Rod Thorn: Hey David...... I've heard this happ'nin' funky new group called the Soup Dragons.

Stern: Rod.... Shut the F-ck Up!

 

[Chris Craig]

The Brooklyn Swamp Gas

 

[rasheedfan2005]

The Brooklyn Swamp Gas

Swamp ass. Shit is no joke. Hurts like hell.