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« Reply #15 on: December 03, 2012, 10:16:14 PM »

Move New Orleans to Seattle and name them the Supersonics. Let Charlotte have the name Bobcats. Allow Utah to pick a new name. Rebrand the Lakers the LA Posers.
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« Reply #16 on: December 03, 2012, 10:44:05 PM »

Move New Orleans to Seattle and name them the Supersonics. Let Charlotte have the name Bobcats. Allow Utah to pick a new name. Rebrand the Lakers the LA Posers.

I don't think Tom Benson is moving the Hornets out of New Orleans. 
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« Reply #17 on: December 04, 2012, 06:53:38 PM »

It's what most of us in Charlotte want. The city's people voted for the Hornets name originally. We actually had a say in it the first time.
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« Reply #18 on: December 04, 2012, 07:41:51 PM »

New Orleans Pelicans.  Ummm, ok?

Glad Charlotte might get the Hornets nickname back though.
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« Reply #19 on: December 04, 2012, 07:47:43 PM »

Wow, the Pelicans? Seriously? That's awful!
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« Reply #20 on: December 04, 2012, 07:53:31 PM »


The New Orleans Hornets are expected to change their name to the New Orleans Pelicans as soon as the 2013-14 season, according to Yahoo! Sports.
Louisiana's nickname is "The Pelican State," which helps to explain the decision. The name change could affect the Bobcats, as well, as Michael Jordan has said he would consider going back to the Charlotte Hornets if the name became available.
Source: Yahoo! Sports Dec 4 - 6:39 PM
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« Reply #21 on: December 04, 2012, 07:59:20 PM »

New Orleans Pelicans.........i.....i have no words.
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« Reply #22 on: December 04, 2012, 08:15:57 PM »

The NBA missed a golden opportunity here. They should have renamed the Utah Jazz to the Honey Badgers or something and then given the name of the Jazz to New Orleans, and then the name of the Hornets back to Charlotte.

The Pelicans!?!?
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« Reply #23 on: December 04, 2012, 08:16:32 PM »

How I long for the day New Orleans wins a game at the buzzer and the announcer screams, "PELICANS WIN!  PELICANS WIN!"  That'd be priceless.
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« Reply #24 on: December 04, 2012, 08:30:31 PM »

If only Mr Percival could've lived to see this...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_Percival
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« Reply #25 on: December 04, 2012, 08:37:09 PM »

New Orleans Pelicans? why do I feel like I'm watching Family Guy
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« Reply #26 on: December 04, 2012, 08:46:41 PM »

One word for this name:


STUPID!
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« Reply #27 on: December 04, 2012, 08:50:52 PM »

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« Reply #28 on: December 04, 2012, 09:05:19 PM »

Again, if this all goes down, I hope that people remember that Alonzo, LJ, Muggsy, etc were part of the Pelicans franchise, not the new Charlotte team. Even though their legacy is in the past, the way a team looks now is based off of how the personnel is built through the years. Charlotte will always have to look at guys like Keith Bogans and Brevin Knight as their history...sorry guys - at least you had the ROY in Okafor.
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« Reply #29 on: December 04, 2012, 09:32:31 PM »

I'm torn. I feel uncomfortable when the Thunder break Sonics records, so I don't know how I'd feel about players like LJ potentially getting lapped by some future Pelican.
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