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new orleans jazz sort of makes sense, but I don't know what Utah would be... maybe the Utah Cannibals! The fighting Donner party!
 
HispanicCausinPanic said:
Portland Pioneers!?!
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Well, you know Oregon does have a rich pioneer history.
And I'm sure there were plenty of people who, when the name was announced went "Portland Trail Blazers!?!"

Obviously they didn't do it on an internet message board.
 
Utah Mountaineers...?

That was definitely an interesting article. Thanks for sharing!
 
how 'bout, the Utah...... I have a 14 year old wife and live on a compounds!
 
Move the hornets back to Char, Jazz back to NO, and name the Utah franchise something significant to the state!
 
I would have gone with the Utah Polygamists personally.
 
julius said:
Well, you know Oregon does have a rich pioneer history.
And I'm sure there were plenty of people who, when the name was announced went "Portland Trail Blazers!?!"

Obviously they didn't do it on an internet message board.
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I would have enjoyed The Portland "Lumberjax" :devilwink:
 
That's interesting about Houston. I guess I always assumed - as the author suggests - that the "Rockets" were a connection to the home base of NASA.
 
westnob said:
new orleans jazz sort of makes sense, but I don't know what Utah would be... maybe the Utah Cannibals! The fighting Donner party!
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Although the Donner party crossed south of the Great Salt Lake, the cannibalism happened in California.

Actually, I think when they moved to Utah, they should have adopted the nickname of the other New Orleans professional team and become the Utah Saints - in reference to the Latter Day Saints who founded the city. The Utah Bees (or better yet, the Killer Bees, with John Belushi as their mascott) would have also been more appropriate than the Jazz (the beehive is the symbol of the state of Utah and appears on their state flag). Even the Lakers (at least they have a lake) would have made sense for the Utah team. So many choices, and they decided to stay with Jazz...

I also think Golden State should steal the Nuggets name from Denver. Golden State Nuggets makes perfect sense. The name Golden State referes to the California gold rush, and what better name to pair with it than Nuggets? It would also tie in nicely with the San Francisco 49ers, who are named in honor of the 1849 California Gold Rush.

The Lakers should have been forced to give the name back to Minnesota. Of course, by then it had been tainted and they probably didn't want it back. That team in LA could then become the Crips or the Analrapists.

Thunder is a stupid nickname, but what do you expect from that hick owner?

And Memphis keeping the Grizzlies is just plain lazy and shows you what a cheap ass owner they have. We'll if we have a team name contest, we'll have to give away a prize, and worse yet, we'll have to change all of our office stationary. Forget it. Lets just keep a name that makes ABSOLUTELY no sense. It's much easier - and cheaper. Hey, here's a couple suggestions... How about the Memphis Cheapskates? Or maybe the Memphis Penny Pinchers? Or maybe the Memphis Minor Leaguers - since they are basically a farm team for the Lakers.

BNM
 
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I still think OKC should have gone for a name that reflected the new ownership - "Wildcatters", "Robber Barons", "Trail of Tears", or (my favorite) "Dry Holes".
 
oldmangrouch said:
I still think OKC should have gone for a name that reflected the new ownership - "Wildcatters", "Robber Barons", "Trail of Tears", or (my favorite) "Dry Holes".
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Or, just the Liars. It's short, accurate and to the point. Or, they could have gone with Liar Liars and had their mascot dress up like Jim Carey.

BNM
 
I remember those fake OKC Barons logos and jerseys that hit the internet a while back. Those were way better than what they eventually settled on:

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Those a much better unis than what they have now. The Thunder's uniforms have to be one of the dullest, most boring, lame excuse for a desig in a long, long time.
 
Boob-No-More said:
Although the Donner party crossed south of the Great Salt Lake, the cannibalism happened in California.

Actually, I think when they moved to Utah, they should have adopted the nickname of the other New Orleans professional team and become the Utah Saints - in reference to the Latter Day Saints who founded the city. ...

I also think Golden State should steal the Nuggets name from Denver. Golden State Nuggets makes perfect sense...

The Lakers should have been forced to give the name back to Minnesota. Of course, by then it had been tainted and they probably didn't want it back. That team in LA could then become the Crips or the Analrapists.

Thunder is a stupid nickname, but what do you expect from that hick owner?

And Memphis keeping the Grizzlies is just plain lazy ...since they are basically a farm team for the Lakers.

BNM
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This are interesting points i would like to expand on. Utah Saints, would be acceptable to me. Golden State Nuggets seems redundant. I think the Lakers should have become LA Smog, and they could use a dragon logo ala Tolkien's character. But of course that idea would never work. Thunderbirds would have been ok with me. I like the idea of "Memphis Junior Lakers"
 
oldmangrouch said:
I still think OKC should have gone for a name that reflected the new ownership - "Wildcatters", "Robber Barons", "Trail of Tears", or (my favorite) "Dry Holes".
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how about OKC DustDevils?
 
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