Why? It's their state bird and has allot of meaning around the city. And is not a horrible name. Birds are Badass.

Meh. It's basketball. Could have just changed it to the Overgrown Children.

Is this going to be their new mascot?

http://paulrevererides.files.wordpre...02-ss_full.jpg

I don't know if this is dumber than the Raptors or not. At least Raptors are scary. A pelican is only scary to fish.

Down on the Bayou they could be called the New O'leans Crocs
with T-shirts made up
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The Crocs or Gaters would be 1000x better.

Pelican. A freaking Pelican.

The only other worse names for mascots are the Sioux City Explorers and the Mid America Nazarene Pioneers.

New Orleans Hurricanes. There I said it.

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What's wrong with the Explorers? Lewis and Clark yo! :D

Hey, Lewis and Clark were genuine badasses.

Who kept a straight face in that marketing meeting when they said "Pelicans"?

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me3ps49fzz1qk3koy.jpg

I can hear their rallying cry right now.

"Beware of their peckers when you enter their nest"

Bobcats. Close enough?

You are firmly in the minority on this one. In fact, I think it is you and the guys who voted to go through with this that are the only ones who don't think it's laughable.