New Orleans Pelicans?

[UGLI baby]

i think its better than the bobcats












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[HeavenHarris]

Pelican doesn't roll off the tongue so easy and no abbreviated version of any worth comes to mind.

Pels, bro, Pels. I actually like the name. It's not some generic overused middle-school-mascot name like the bobcats.
It's Fresh. £¥£.

 

[JAG]

I laughed when I heard they wanted to change their names to the pelicans. And I would agree that it sounds like something a youth league would name their team. Is it just me, or has all the creativity been extinguished when it comes to naming teams?

On another note, and probably in bad taste but....... The first name that popped into my head for NO was the hurricanes....

 

[moevillini]

yes, teams should all have names like the Billikens (St. Louis U) or the Hoosiers or the Knitting Knees Lions

!

 

[HeavenHarris]

**** You, Pelicans Are Awesome: A Defense Of The NBA’s Best New Team Name

https://deadspin.com/5966336/****-you-pelicans-are-awesome-a-defense-of-the-nbas-best-new-team-name

 

[Dr. Jones]

So they've also trademarked 'Rougarou' and 'Swamp Dogs' ..

Kinda awesome... (swamp dogs be Cajun for allimigators)

https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/225090/NBA_Files_Trademark_For_New_Orleans_Pelicans_Four_Others

 

[Stifle Tower]

Well, the all-time lamest may have been the "Mighty Ducks" after Disney founded the Anaheim team. Imagine being a pro athlete and having to play for a team named after a children's movie about a bunch of peewees. And knowing that the franchise was more about marketing the Disney movies than about actually playing pro hockey.

BTW, my favorite all-time team name is a college one: the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs.

 

[spycam1]

^^greatest team name ever. I would trade "Jazz" for that **** in a heartbeat.

 

[spycam1]

Is the Banana Slug reading Plato?!?!

LOL

 

[Tarkanian]

Banana Slugs >>> Pelicans
but
I like Pelicans, too.
You will all like it at the end.

 

[Dr. Jones]

https://screen.yahoo.com/sports-friends-austin-rivers-anthony-000000332.html

 

[Hotdog]

Cu caw

Cu caw

 

[Stifle Tower]

I love the New Orleans name. Just wait until they start selling underwear with their logo on it; I can't wait to get me some of those Pelican Briefs!

 

[Tony]

Press conference of new name, logo, and uniform unveiling is live right now.
https://www.nba.com/live1/

 

[Atarwii]

I'm not a fan of Pelican's either and like most NOLA basketball fans, we would love to be the Jazz again, but it's you guy's name now and that is out of the question, but a music based name like "Brass" or "Krewe" for the mardi gras reference would've been more fitting.

 

[Beantown]

https://www.nba.com/hornets/new-orleans-pelicans-logos-unveiled?ls=nbahpsplit1

 

[nightmare3983]

I like the logos. I'm sure I'll get used to the name.

 

[ONE LOVE]

I don't like both the colours and the logo...

This mock logo would have been better IMO:

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I think the logo is badass.

 

[Hotdog]

Its kind of Harley Davidsonish.


Still dont like the name.