OT: New Orleans Pelicans???
The New Orleans Hornets are expected to become the New Orleans Pelicans, perhaps as early as the 2013-14 season, according to a Yahoo! Sports report.
Yahoo! Sports, citing numerous sources, reports the team also considered Krewe and Brass as potential nicknames.
LINK Well I must say, Pelicans is an upgrade over Krewe and Brass.
December 4th, 2012 at 9:53 PM ^
That's kinda the idea.
December 4th, 2012 at 10:05 PM ^
December 4th, 2012 at 8:34 PM ^
December 4th, 2012 at 8:41 PM ^
When you think about it, it really is. Why didn't they change their name when they moved to Utah in the first place?
December 4th, 2012 at 9:09 PM ^
December 4th, 2012 at 9:00 PM ^
December 4th, 2012 at 11:47 PM ^
Hey Sacramento, give Rochester no scratch that give Cincy back the Royals name no wait you don't have that name give Omaha back the Kings name no wait give KC back aw never mind. What a trail of futility (signed an aggravated KC-Omaha fan).
December 4th, 2012 at 9:18 PM ^
Brass is awesome.
December 4th, 2012 at 9:27 PM ^
I am glad Charlotte will become the Hornets again. I will buy some Charlotte shirts because that purple and teal color scheme is nice.
December 4th, 2012 at 10:16 PM ^
December 4th, 2012 at 10:18 PM ^
Lets not jump to conclusions. Maybe they're referencing the Halo transporter.
December 4th, 2012 at 10:22 PM ^
I NEED TO PLAY HALO NOW.
December 4th, 2012 at 10:28 PM ^
December 4th, 2012 at 10:37 PM ^
I suppose it's better than the New Orleans Whores
December 5th, 2012 at 12:36 AM ^
New Orleans Rising Suns come to mind. (or Redlights?)
/love your avatar, btw. one of my fav pics.
December 5th, 2012 at 9:44 AM ^
No it isn't.
December 5th, 2012 at 12:51 PM ^
Except they would go with the shortened version "Ho" and would spell it "Heaux".
December 4th, 2012 at 10:49 PM ^
December 5th, 2012 at 12:06 AM ^
December 5th, 2012 at 1:02 AM ^
Krewe might be cool for New Orleansers (New Orleansites? Nolans? The hell if I know) but nobody else would've got it, honestly. I've even been there twice and spent two years working with a guy who graduated from Tulane and loved telling Mardi Gras stories and I never, ever heard the word until today. If I were from Nola I'd feel lucky for not having to forever explain to scoffing out-of-towners why my basketball team's new name is not in fact best suited for the D-League, which is what 90% of folks would've assumed.
December 5th, 2012 at 8:31 AM ^
December 5th, 2012 at 8:23 AM ^
But I'd also like the New Orleans Professor Longhairs.
Logically, they'd be called the Jazz, and I bet Utah would give the name up if they could be called the Utah Fightin' Mormons.
December 5th, 2012 at 8:41 AM ^
December 5th, 2012 at 8:56 AM ^
This reminds me of that scene form Elf where the guys are talking about vulnerable vegetables.
December 5th, 2012 at 10:46 AM ^
I like it. Pelicans are funny.
December 5th, 2012 at 11:05 AM ^
How about the fightin' incarceration?
December 5th, 2012 at 12:36 PM ^
Pelicants only a matter of time.
Utah Jazz is ridiculous. LA Lakers not very far behind.
December 5th, 2012 at 1:46 PM ^
They could be the Crawfish. At least those have claws. Or the Dirty Rice.
December 5th, 2012 at 6:09 PM ^