Hornets Changing Name

[eliteballer]

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/tom-benson-orleans-hornets-owner-change-team-name-224908070.html;_ylt=Ak_g7Pa1DHVOrPKNAJyLNXi8vLYF

[Lebron23]

Yes! Yes! Yes!!

[MJ(Mean John)]

Interesting. I'm glad to see an owner who cares.

[SAKOTXA]

New Orleans Bats

[bluechox2]

NO hurricanes too soon?:confusedshrug:

[Beatlezz]

New Orleans Tankers? :kobe:

[Snoop_Cat]

Hopefully Charlotte will go back to being the Hornets

[Batz]

NO hurricanes too soon?:confusedshrug:
:biggums:

[MJ(Mean John)]

Hopefully Charlotte will go back to being the Hornets

Yeah; the bobcats sounds stupid

[Myth]

I prefer the New Orleans Party Sluts.

[MMM]

New Orleans Jazz
Charlotte hornets
Utah Raptor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utahraptor)

then change the Grizzles name, rename the Toronto franchise, and add a team to Seattle and everything is perfect in the NBA, imo.

[bdreason]

Utah should take this chance to change their name as well.


New Orleans Jazz

Utah Mountaineers

[OG LeeTSkeeT]

New Orleans Jazz
Charlotte Hornets
Utah Mormons

[Myth]

New Orleans Jazz
Charlotte Hornets
Utah Mormons

Might as well go with:
New Orleans Blacks
Utah Whites

[alanLA92]

Sonics. :lebronamazed:

jk.

[Xiao Yao You]

Utah should take this chance to change their name as well.


New Orleans Jazz

Utah Mountaineers

It's a little late. They should have done it when they came to Utah. Benson would have to give them a shit load of money for them to change it I'd think.

[Jasi]

New Orleans Krewes
New Orleans Dixies
New Orleans Buskers

[UtahJazzFan88]

Utah should take this chance to change their name as well.

Yeah... no.

[InspiredLebowski]

Something music related, NO Brass, NO Soul, something like that. Soul's kinda cheesy but at least it'd fit.

[anthonyRandolph]

Might as well go with:
New Orleans Blacks
Utah Whites
dude....just stfu

[Myth]

dude....just stfu

No thank you.

[Tenchi Ryu]

New Orleans Cajun Fire

New Orleans Mardi Gras

New Orleans Jambalaya
:pimp: :pimp: :pimp:

[Clutch]

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/tom-benson-orleans-hornets-owner-change-team-name-224908070.html;_ylt=Ak_g7Pa1DHVOrPKNAJyLNXi8vLYF
His suggestions are awful :facepalm

[Living Being]

New Orleans Ghouls

[Noof]

New Orleans Orleans

[novocaine]

Something music related, NO Brass, NO Soul, something like that. Soul's kinda cheesy but at least it'd fit.

i kinda like

New Orleans Souls

[Rake2204]

I prefer the New Orleans Party Sluts.
Approved.


i kinda like

New Orleans Souls
Sounds a little WNBA-like.

Anyway, I never knew how the Hornets got their to begin with. Interesting:


The team was originally named in tribute to North Carolina's steadfast, guerrilla-styled defense of its soon-to-be-state during the Revolutionary War, a defense which led to an English general referring to the area as "a veritable nest of hornets." Apparently Louisiana gave no such defense.

[R.I.P.]

New Orleans Voodoo
New Orleans Zombies
New Orleans Show Your Tits

[Bano114]

They should be called the New Orleans Unibrows after the draft lottery.

[Punpun]

Hornets and the symbol is awful as hell.

[Psileas]

NO hurricanes too soon?:confusedshrug:

I guess so. Same with N.O Lakers.

[Jasi]

i kinda like

New Orleans Souls

New Orleans Swing

more jazz-related at least

[bagelred]

New Orleans Machine

New Orleans Katrinas

New Orleans BlackPeoples

New Orleans Louisianans

Los Angeles Hornets of New Orleans

New Orleans Tubas

New Orleans OilSpills

New Orleans Lakers

New Orleans Creationists

New Orleans Aint's

[novocaine]

New Orleans Machine

New Orleans Katrinas

New Orleans BlackPeoples

New Orleans Louisianans

Los Angeles Hornets of New Orleans

New Orleans Tubas

New Orleans OilSpills

New Orleans Lakers

neg worthy.

[SpecialQue]

New Orleans Machine

New Orleans Katrinas

New Orleans BlackPeoples

New Orleans Louisianans

Los Angeles Hornets of New Orleans

New Orleans Tubas

New Orleans OilSpills

New Orleans Lakers

New Orleans Creationists

New Orleans Aint's

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[gasolina]

To all saying "Hurricanes"... not cool bra... how about changing the names of the other teams to:

OKC Bombers
Memphis Tornadoes
Miami Missile Crisis
Dallas Assassins
Golden State Quake
Orlando Challengers

and

New York Twin Towers

Guys... a lot of people probably have family or friends affected by Katrina. Let's keep it clean :coleman:

[SpecialQue]

To all saying "Hurricanes"... not cool bra... how about changing the names of the other teams to:

OKC Bombers
Memphis Tornadoes
Miami Missile Crisis
Dallas Assassins
Golden State Quake
Orlando Challengers

and

New York Twin Towers

Guys... a lot of people probably have family or friends affected by Katrina. Let's keep it clean :coleman:

I get what you're saying, but The Los Angeles Riots would have been a fvcking kick-ass team name.

[colorz]

LOL at that guys suggestions :oldlol:

[MaxFly]

To all saying "Hurricanes"... not cool bra... how about changing the names of the other teams to:

OKC Bombers
Memphis Tornadoes
Miami Missile Crisis
Dallas Assassins
Golden State Quake
Orlando Challengers

and

New York Twin Towers

Guys... a lot of people probably have family or friends affected by Katrina. Let's keep it clean :coleman:

I'm with you. Quite callous...

[jbryan1984]

New Orleans Burben.

[pnyozzzoo]

New Orleans Jazz
Charlotte hornets
Utah Raptor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utahraptor)

then change the Grizzles name, rename the Toronto franchise, and add a team to Seattle and everything is perfect in the NBA, imo.
how can you have a KG avatar and not make LA give back LAkers to Minnesota

LA drama queens and Minnesota Lakers.

[beeboywhoo]

The article said new orleans crays :roll: :roll:


dat shit crayy :roll:

[Stat & Melo]

New Orleans Panchode's

[All Net]

New Orleans Basketball reasons.

[Mr. I'm So Rad]

New Orleans (That Shit) Cray

[stallionaire]

Some history for yall:

Ever wonder why Charlotte were the 'Hornets'?

Charlotte was named after the reigning king of England when it was settled. Charlotte was a crucial battleground where the Americans and British fought, the American settlers in Charlotte were so fierce the city was described as the 'Hornets Nest' for its tough resilience.

[stallionaire]

neg worthy.
:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

[Shade8780]

The article said new orleans crays :roll: :roll:


dat shit crayy :roll:
:lol

[Jimmy2k8]

New Orleans Jacksonians.

Of course, not many people would know what I am referring to.

[Alamo]

Easy fix:

Make them the "New Orleans Saints"

And the Change the Saints to the New Orleans Bounty Hunters.

I don't know why they haven't done this yet :confusedshrug:

[D-Rose]

New Orleans Voodoo.

The jerseys and logo would be so damn sick.

[Scholar]

New Orleans Katrina

[EricGordon23]

New orleans saints 2
New orleans wasps
New orleans stegosaurus
new orleans Bee Hives

[stallionaire]

New Orleans Jazz
Utah Mountaineers

[talkingconch]

New Orleans Blues
lol

[Whoah10115]

New Orleans Blues
lol



I like this.

[alanLA92]

F*** it just call them the Jazz too. :lol

[Killbot]

New Orleans Notes? :confusedshrug:

[niko]

I like this.
Me too.

HOw about New Orleans Funk

[Meticode]

New Orleans Voodoo

Bringing new meaning to putting a hex on you.

Orlando Magic got some competition yo!

[NumberSix]

More importantly, get some proper colours. Those uniforms are freaking hideous

[Whoah10115]

Me too.

HOw about New Orleans Funk



I don't know if I can handle certain commentators calling their games if they were the Funk...also, it sounds a bit like a name that would come out of MLS.




New Orleans Voodoo

Bringing new meaning to putting a hex on you.

Orlando Magic got some competition yo!



Hendrix is the team music.

[Living Being]

New Orleans Blues
lol
I thought about this one too....watch this is what it will be.

[DuMa]

New Orleans Blues
lol

only one i like but if their colors dont include any blues, well then ill just start being really pissed

[Eric Cartman]

New Orleans Honey Badgers.

[Droid101]

New Orleans Honey Badgers.
Good one.

But seriously, Jazz/Mountaineers switch is too logical to not do

[Whoah10115]

Mountaineers just sounds corny...I like Utah Raptors, but it's kinda lame for Utah to take another team's name. The Raptors have yet to do anything with it, but still. Tho maybe if the Raptors wanted a new start, I could see them dropping it..I never liked Toronto Raptors...tho something in the uniforms made me think of Utah's mountains on the post 96 Jazz uniforms.

[RoseCity07]

I think it is going to have a French influenced name. I can't help but think of Joan of Arc when I think of New Orleans.

[Rake2204]

These new name threads always remind me of teams who came about in the 90's and their other possibilities. For instance, before settling on the Wizards, other options for the changeover from Bullets were: Dragons, Express, Stallions, or Sea Dogs.

[bleedinpurpleTwo]

Swamp Rats

[JohnRuck]

I like:
New Orleans Brass
New Orleans Krewe ('Krewe of New Orleans')
New Orleans Rhythm
New Orleans Flavor

I like the New Orleans Voodoo the most, BUT New Orleans already has a arena football team called the Voodoo!

[Blue&Orange]

New Orleans panty sniffers?

[dunksby]

It would have to be something Cajun... or French. New Orleans Legion / Legionnaires (as in French Foreign Legion special forces) would be cool. The symbol of the french foreign legion is similar to the New Orleans Saints symbol of the Fleur de Lis.
I like this guy's suggestion.

[ralph_i_el]

New Orleans Jacksonians.

Of course, not many people would know what I am referring to.

andrew jackson routing the british after the war was already over?

also:
New Orleans Soul
-Voodoo

are good imo

[bleedinpurpleTwo]

New Orleans Giant Fcuking Mosquitos

[CelticBaller]

New Orleans Scrubs

[bagelred]

New Orleans New Or Leans

[TeamLAC]

New Orleans Hurricanes

[no pun intended]

New Orleans Blacks and Blues.

[Wonder Bread Kid]

New Orleans Gators

New Orleans Fire

New Orleans Fighters

New Orleans Justice

New Orleans Gamblers

New Orleans Oilers

[jaydacris]

new orleans gone wild
new orleans beads

[LoneyROY7]

New Orleans Krewe makes the most sense.

[bleedinpurpleTwo]

New Orleans Flood







well, someone had to say it!!

[Mr. Jabbar]

New Orleans Sterns

[LosBulls]

To all saying "Hurricanes"... not cool bra... how about changing the names of the other teams to:

OKC Bombers
Memphis Tornadoes
Miami Missile Crisis
Dallas Assassins
Golden State Quake
Orlando Challengers

and

New York Twin Towers

Guys... a lot of people probably have family or friends affected by Katrina. Let's keep it clean :coleman:

Sounds better than "Thunder"

[DStebb716]

The best names, in my opinion, are:

New Orleans Brass. Makes so much sense with the jazz history, and there is no hassle with Utah there. So many options for a logo (could be something like a trumpet with the end turning into a Fleur de Lis).

New Orleans Krewe. Fits the Mardi Gras idea perfectly.

[Living Being]

New Orleans Debt

New Orleans Frogs

New Orleans Assassins

New Orleans Swarm

New Orleans Lawbringers

[magnax1]

I don't know why anyone would buy that team in the first place, but a name change is definitely needed if you want to look for some success in NO. I doubt you'll find any there though. There really isn't a worse city for an NBA team.

[DKLaker]

New Orleans Flood







well, someone had to say it!!

Not cool bleed :D

[Sicknote]

new orleans should give their name back to charlotte, utah should give their name to new orleans and charlotte should pass their name to utah.

New Orleans Jazz
Charlotte Hornets
Utah Bobcats?

lol

[DKLaker]

New Orleans Voodoo.

The jerseys and logo would be so damn sick.

Same as the new orleans arena football team......great name but won't happen.

[DKLaker]

The best names, in my opinion, are:

New Orleans Brass. Makes so much sense with the jazz history, and there is no hassle with Utah there. So many options for a logo (could be something like a trumpet with the end turning into a Fleur de Lis).

New Orleans Krewe. Fits the Mardi Gras idea perfectly.

You are onto something there :applause: :cheers: :applause:
I like how you're thinking.

Failed name list;

Big Easys

Bourbons

Beads

Boobs

Canals

Crawfish

Doubloons

Razoos (My fav nightclub there) :oldlol:

Zulus .........this would be hard to explain to the world if you know the krewe. :oldlol:

Endymions

[kap]

NO Flashers is most appropriate imo

[Wonder Bread Kid]

New Orleans Royals.

[gilalizard]

New Orleans Jazz
Utah Salt Lakers


Just name them the Saints. It'd be cool if both bball and football teams from the same city had the same name.

[ukfan22]

I just want to say that I always thought OKC should have been the Outlaws.

Seriously, Oklahoma City Outlaws. Just rolls off the tongue. I've gotten used to Thunder, but it's still terrible.

[ukfan22]

New Orleans Royals.

I like this and the Blues the best. Too bad they're already taken by other sports.

[Keith]

The singular names like Jazz, Heat sound good.

Since Jazz is taken only thing else I know about them is their food so
New Orleans Creole or New Orleans jumbalaya

[Droid101]

I just want to say that I always thought OKC should have been the Outlaws.

Seriously, Oklahoma City Outlaws. Just rolls off the tongue. I've gotten used to Thunder, but it's still terrible.
Outlaws is good, also Marshals would have been good too.

Thunder is ****ing stupid.

[ukfan22]

The singular names like Jazz, Heat sound good.

Since Jazz is taken only thing else I know about them is their food so
New Orleans Creole or New Orleans jumbalaya

I don't really like it. It can work, but most of the time it sounds like a WNBA team.

[IamRAMBO24]

New Orleans Hurricane Katrina

[fsvr54]

New Orleans Blues is the best. Blues as well as jazz have origins in the south and Louisiana in particular.

[ProfessorMurder]

New Orleans Blues
lol

Nah, call them the Delta Blues and make the crossroads devil the mascot.

[Hittin_Shots]

New Orleans Basketball Players

[kumquat]

Voodoo's would be sick.

[stax]

New Orleans Hot Five (after Louis Armstrong's early band)

But yeah Voodoo would be sick. Some Christians might object though?

[kumquat]

To all saying "Hurricanes"... not cool bra... how about changing the names of the other teams to:

OKC Bombers
Memphis Tornadoes
Miami Missile Crisis
Dallas Assassins
Golden State Quake
Orlando Challengers

and

New York Twin Towers

Guys... a lot of people probably have family or friends affected by Katrina. Let's keep it clean :coleman:

That's pretty sweet actually.




Also what if New York ever got 2 good big men....twin towers.

[midatlantic09]

New Orleans Cajuns

[El Kabong]

I don't really like any of those name suggestions for them apart from Voodoo and Blues. I'd say give 'em the Jazz name back and Utah can take the D-League Utah Flash name or the Owls or Avalanche or something.

[Rekindled]

I don't really like any of those name suggestions for them apart from Voodoo and Blues. I'd say give 'em the Jazz name back and Utah can take the D-League Utah Flash name or the Owls or Avalanche or something.

New Orleans Jazz
Utah Salt Lakers
LA Mambas
Charlotte Hornets

:rockon: :rockon: :rockon: