New Orleans Pelicans?

[3 Da Hard Way]

The NBA's Board of Governors would have to vote in favor of any name change and the process usually takes two years to complete but could come as early as next season with Stern expediting the process. The Hornets moved to New Orleans from Charlotte in 2002.

"My guess is that there is going to be some formal application; judication in the next couple of months and I’m going to see where it goes from here,’’ Stern said.

Stern said the Benson has filed trademark protection for five possible names that he did not identify.

US Trademark site filed December 5th

[Jake]

Bullsharks would have been ALOT better.

[pr26]

I AM THE BIGGEST NEW ORLEANS ROUGAROU FAN EVER!!!!!!

[Frank Reynolds]

Wow I can't wait to see Anthony Davis as the new front man of "The Pelicans"

I mean the unibrow, the pelicans, I'd be scared. But then again I am scared of birds.

[brownindian]

New Orleans Mosquitoes? really? wow !!!!!

[Warren G.]

Those are the five worst team names I've ever seen. Terrible.

[Jack Brickman]

Bullsharks would have been ALOT better.

Yeah I actually kind of like that name.

[No Regard]

Yeah I actually kind of like that name.

The Bull Sharks could work. But then it also could end up being a cheap copy of the Bulls.

They should keep their color schemes though. I love their jerseys.

[Bob_The_Cat]

New Orleans should be the Jazz
Minnesota should be the Lakers.
Utah should be the Rangers (as in mountains)
LA should be......Flash? Who the fuck cares

Fixed

[randymoss1881]

my god who would have thought the pelicans would be the best name in there top 5 i mean really the fucking swamp dogs or mosquitos


NBA Files Trademark For New Orleans Pelicans, Four Others
Dec 18, 2012 8:38 PM EST


The NBA has filed trademarks for the New Orleans Pelicans, amongst four other potential nicknames on behalf of the New Orleans Hornets NBA Limited Partnership.

The Rougarou, Mosquitos, Swamp Dogs and Bullsharks are the other nicknames that have been filed for trademark.

A swamp dog is a Cajun nickname for an alligator, while Rougarou refers to a beast from Louisiana folklore.

New Orleans will likely adopt a red, blue and gold color scheme.

[Pyro]

What in the fuck is a Rougarou?

[dano_24_26]

I had no idea. Pretty easy to wiki it.

Rougarou
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The Rougarou (alternately spelled as Roux-Ga-Roux, Rugaroo, or Rugaru), is a legendary creature in Laurentian French communities linked to European notions of the werewolf.

Goes on talking about human transforming into a werewolf or something...idk...

[Dungong]

Mosquitos vs Hornets... c'mon it woulda been awesome

[Nw220]

Like the Bullsharks and think Rougarou is okay for there area but will go over the head of the masses not knowing what it is,saw them on swamp people talking about that it was pretty cool...

Also Pelicans dont know how to feel about that one other than we need to change Areas back to there originally names like Jazz going back to NO as people have stated....

[Hurl Bruce]

Pelicans?

That name's tenure will be brief.