Guest fazzle Posted May 8, 2003 Report Posted May 8, 2003 Flight has an Historical connection that likely only 10% of Carolinas even realize... I dunno if I'd say that, considering it's on the damn license plates.
Guest alkeiper Posted May 8, 2003 Report Posted May 8, 2003 I'd go with the Charlotte Charlatans myself.
Guest PencilJobber Posted May 8, 2003 Report Posted May 8, 2003 I can't believe someone got paid 100 grand for those suggestions they are all pretty bland but i would go for the Flight just to see a grown man running round with wings pretending to be an Aeroplane LOL
Guest notJames Posted May 8, 2003 Report Posted May 8, 2003 I'd go with the Charlotte Charlatans myself. On the heels of that, I'd go with the "Charlotte Tens". Seriously, though, there are too many expansion teams. I say get rid of the lot of them and spread those All-Stars around. Make true powerhouse teams like in the '80s. Yeah, I know, there's money to be made and all, but I'm just an old codger yearning for basketball the way it was meant to be played -- as a team sport. (sigh) I gotta go sit down…
Guest Will Scarlet Posted May 8, 2003 Report Posted May 8, 2003 I also went with Dragons, even if it has no real connection to Charlotte that I know of anyway.
Guest Choken One Posted May 8, 2003 Report Posted May 8, 2003 Dragons is an easy to market name...The logo is ready made and the color schemes is there already Black and Green...
Guest starvenger Posted May 8, 2003 Report Posted May 8, 2003 I say Flight because I like non-pluralized team nicknames for some reason.
Guest Polish_Rifle Posted May 8, 2003 Report Posted May 8, 2003 All those names suck! I think a few more teams should consider a name change like the Clippers, Nets, Wizards and Cavs to name a few.
Guest Choken One Posted May 8, 2003 Report Posted May 8, 2003 NETS are good... CAVS bad... Wizards are mundane...
Guest The Grand Pubah of 1620 Posted May 8, 2003 Report Posted May 8, 2003 No vote here. They all suck as bad as The Hornets did when they came up it.
Guest El Satanico Posted May 8, 2003 Report Posted May 8, 2003 None of the names are anything special. I voted for Flight. It's something different that doesn't make them sound like a CBA team. Dragons would be ok as well, since a good logo and good colours are built in. Bobcats would suck and that type of name is way too common place. I mean how many teams must use a form of a tiger as a name.
Guest El Satanico Posted May 8, 2003 Report Posted May 8, 2003 Speaking of Charlotte. Are the New Orleans Hornets planning on changing their name?Charlotte Hornets sounded alright, but New Orleans Hornets just sounds wrong. Also will the Memphis Grizzlies ever change their name? It's not actually that bad, but they could give it a name that better relates to the Memphis Area. If it wasn't for Sacramento the perfect name would've been Memphis Kings.
Guest Bricks Posted May 8, 2003 Report Posted May 8, 2003 I voted for Flight, but I think Charlotte Flying Dragon Bobcats would be cool.
Guest Choken One Posted May 8, 2003 Report Posted May 8, 2003 Speaking of Charlotte. Are the New Orleans Hornets planning on changing their name?Charlotte Hornets sounded alright, but New Orleans Hornets just sounds wrong. Also will the Memphis Grizzlies ever change their name? It's not actually that bad, but they could give it a name that better relates to the Memphis Area. If it wasn't for Sacramento the perfect name would've been Memphis Kings. About a year ago they were almost *-* that close to becoming the MEMPHIS EXPRESS Named after Fedex whom would own the team... I thought that would've been a GREAT named... N.O needs a Name change BAD... Utah doesn't because Jazz has become synonmous with Salt Lake City.
Guest Vern Gagne Posted May 8, 2003 Report Posted May 8, 2003 Memphis Rhythm. St.Louis has go the Blues, Memphis can can have the Rhythm.
Guest Choken One Posted May 8, 2003 Report Posted May 8, 2003 Memphis Rhythm. St.Louis has go the Blues, Memphis can can have the Rhythm. Sounds like a WNBA team... I love the COMETS but not as WNBA team...
Guest El Satanico Posted May 8, 2003 Report Posted May 8, 2003 Utah should give the name Jazz back to New Orleans. Utah can be renamed Utah Mormons Memphis Express or Comets wouldn't be a bad name.
Guest The Czech Republic Posted May 8, 2003 Report Posted May 8, 2003 I voted for Flight, but I think Charlotte Flying Dragon Bobcats would be cool. Actually I believe "Flying Dragon Bobcats" is being considered for a team in Japan. SUPAH FRYING DLAGON BOBCATS NUMBAH ONE MEGA POWAH GO! Memphis Express would be awesome, has the FedEx connection, and makes me think of the Midnight Express. Washington should go back to being the Bullets. Utah kinda has to stay the same, anachronistic as it may be, because the only other choice would be the Fighting Polygamists. And then if the Hornets didn't leave Charlotte, the Fighting Polygamists could end up back in Louisiana and become the New Orleans Latter-Day Saints. But I'm telling you, Charlotte Triple-X is the way to go.
Guest Vern Gagne Posted May 8, 2003 Report Posted May 8, 2003 Memphis Rhythm. St.Louis has go the Blues, Memphis can can have the Rhythm. Sounds like a WNBA team... I love the COMETS but not as WNBA team... No it doesn't. If fits the Memphis area.
Guest El Satanico Posted May 8, 2003 Report Posted May 8, 2003 Well with the lose of Malone, Stockton and the other old white guard Utah has lost their "image". They should just give the Jazz name back to a New Orleans franchise and start the post Malone/Stockton era with a new name and uniform.
Guest Lethargic Posted May 8, 2003 Report Posted May 8, 2003 The Express thing fell through because it's not allowed for companies to pay for naming rights for teams. The NBA won't let them do it. Remember, when Memphis tried to get a NFL Expansion team they wanted to name it the Memphis Hound Dogs. haha They're still pissed that we (Nashville) got a NFL team and they didn't. With a presentation built around Hound dogs, what did they expect? Hell, they hate us here so much that they're tring to block Nashville's Triple A baseball team from getting a new stadium to play in.
Guest El Satanico Posted May 8, 2003 Report Posted May 8, 2003 Well then maybe The Grizzlies shall become the Hound Dogs
Guest Lethargic Posted May 9, 2003 Report Posted May 9, 2003 They're gonna be the Grizzlies, they haven't said anything about changing their name around here. If anybody named their team the Hound Dogs they might as well just go out of business right then and there.
Guest Choken One Posted May 9, 2003 Report Posted May 9, 2003 Why not just call it the Express and not say its named after the Fedex? Anyone remember Louisville made an offer as the Kentucky Colonels and were donna play in the KFC Bucket? Yep... I am convinced in 15 years sports teams will be named Pittsburgh Home Depots Cleveland Mountain Dews Utah Winterfresh I am just gonna cringe when the Reds become Cincy Gold Stars...
Guest the pinjockey Posted May 9, 2003 Report Posted May 9, 2003 But what you are not realizing is that soon towns are going to be selling the rights to name the city. So we may soon end up with the: Pepsi Home Depots Sony Dunkin Donuts
Guest Choken One Posted May 9, 2003 Report Posted May 9, 2003 I would love to live in Sony Dunkin Doughnuts...
Guest GeneMean Posted May 9, 2003 Report Posted May 9, 2003 Charlotte Dragons is the best of the three .. On the upside they could have Trogdor the Burninator as their mascot!!
Guest CED Ordonez Posted May 9, 2003 Report Posted May 9, 2003 The Express thing fell through because it's not allowed for companies to pay for naming rights for teams. The NBA won't let them do it. Well that's fine since FedEx already has a team called the Express. The PBA owns...except for the shitty logos... Check out this page if you want to see the potential with company sponsored teams. Anyway, I just put a vote for Dragons, though I still would kill for the Charlotte Horsemen.
Guest Choken One Posted May 10, 2003 Report Posted May 10, 2003 Charlotte Horsemen would be great but it would go over the heads of about 90% of America..But who cares anyways... That would INSTANTLY give Charlotte a quick little logo "4" fingers... The Logo shouldn't be "4" fingers like the actual Horsemen but Make the Jerzees Black and Lavender (Flair's colors)... You already got the built in catchphase in "WHOOO!" Flair/Jordan connection would be a GOD LIKE thing in the carolinas...
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