New Orleans Pelicans

[ILChief]

Hornets changing their name. Lame

[J Diddy]

Are you kidding me?

[Canofbier]

http://optimaltraining.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/07/01/vlasic_pelican.gif

[ILChief]

Are you kidding me?

Nope

http://www.freep.com/usatoday/article/1747057?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CDetroit%20Pistons%7Cp

[GloryDayz]

ROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFL

We'll gulp you!!!!

[MIAdragon]

Named after a Baseball team!?

[Sassy Squatch]

Pelicans are fucking awesome.





































Said nobody ever.

[Rausch]

Pelicans are ****ing awesome.

Said nobody ever.

This...

[J Diddy]

Why didn't they go for a dove or some shit?

[Deberg_1990]

I would, yes!

[hometeam]

puke

[MoreLemonPledge]

They should have gone with the New Orleans JEEAAAAAAAAZZZZZ and hired the terrible Bill Grigsby impersonator they have on those commercials now as their stadium announcer.

Bluh blah blah bluh bon ton roulle JEEAAAAAAAAZZZZZZ

[morphius]

What are wrong with these owners? Too lazy to survey people to realize how embarrassing that name is? uck.

[gblowfish]

They should be the New Orleans Beer Looters. That would be AWESOME.

[GloryDayz]

Pelicans are ****ing awesome.


Said nobody ever.

ROFLROFLROFLROFLROFL

[GloryDayz]

They should be the New Orleans Beer Looters. That would be AWESOME.

Tryouts would take way too long...

[ILChief]

New Orleans should be the Jazz. Charlotte can be the hornets again. Utah can become...... I got nothing

[GloryDayz]

How about the "New Orleans Johnnys" since the city smells like a Johnny On the Spot?

[GloryDayz]

New Orleans should be the Jazz. Charlotte can be the hornets again. Utah can become...... I got nothing

Wife Collectors?

[loochy]

New Orleans Looters

[Aries Walker]

New Orleans should be the Jazz. Charlotte can be the hornets again. Utah can become...... I got nothing
"Avengers" would work.

[LiveSteam]

Bwaahahahahahaha

[ChiefsCountry]

What are wrong with these owners? Too lazy to survey people to realize how embarrassing that name is? uck.

Historic name in New Orleans.
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[GloryDayz]

New Orleans Floaters...

That's right, they didn't float, but they are shit!

[gblowfish]

How about the New Orleans FEMAs?

[GloryDayz]

How about the New Orleans FEMAs?

This!!!!!!!! :clap::clap::clap::clap:

[GloryDayz]

Historic name in New Orleans.
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So is the must and mold that permeates New Orleans. So call them the Spores..

[KurtCobain]

I like it.

[Psyko Tek]

welcome your....



NEW ORLEANS SHOW US YOUR TITS


would help attrencdance with hot cheerleaders catching beads

[Munson]

How about the New Orleans FEMAs?

I'll be honest.....that made me lol. LMAO

[chefsos]

Apparently, they also considered Krewe and Brass before settling on Pelicans. They could have called them the Fucksticks and I'd have preferred that to another of those dumbass singular names.

[morphius]

Historic name in New Orleans.
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Doesn't mean people will like it.

[-King-]

New Orleans WeDon'tHaveChrisPaulAnymore

[TimeForWasp]

Pelicans are cool.

A crowd once gathered for me on Ocean beach pier near San Diego.

I caught a mullet from the pier and there was a Pelican sitting on one of the light poles above the pier.

I tossed the mullet up and the Pelican caught it , bounced it around in his bill and dropped it back down.
I picked it up and tossed it back up, and he caught it again, bounced it around in his bill and dropped it again.

He must not have liked the taste of mullet , I guessed.

I started to giggle and threw it again, he caught it again and dropped it again.

I kept doing this for about a half hour. I was playing catch with a fucking Pelican on Ocean beach pier and a crowd gathered around and watched.

I'll never forget that shit and have liked Pelicans ever since.

[GloryDayz]

Pelicans are cool.

A crowd once gathered for me on Ocean beach pier near San Diego.

I caught a mullet from the pier and there was a Pelican sitting on one of the light poles above the pier.

I tossed the mullet up and the Pelican caught it , bounced it around in his bill and dropped it back down.
I picked it up and tossed it back up, and he caught it again, bounced it around in his bill and dropped it again.

He must not have liked the taste of mullet , I guessed.

I started to giggle and threw it again, he caught it again and dropped it again.

I kept doing this for about a half hour. I was playing catch with a ****ing Pelican on Ocean beach pier and a crowd gathered around and watched.

I'll never forget that shit and have liked Pelicans ever since.

Good thing they aren't a baseball team then..

[HonestChieffan]

I like it. Its not demeaning to any group of broke assed nitwits who hate to be a name of a sports team and it beats hell out of sporting New Orleans.

[JoeyChuckles]

How about the New Orleans FEMAs?

I don't really get it. A team named after a government agency that didn't help their city after a disaster?

Maybe the New Orleans Levees if you're going for the disaster joke. Now that's topical and ironic.

[Tombstone RJ]

good lord, it should be the New Orleans Cajuns and be done with it already. what idiots.

[Aries Walker]

They apparently also considered the Krewe and the Brass.

[HonestChieffan]

good lord, it should be the New Orleans Cajuns and be done with it already. what idiots.

Cajuns are a minority in NO. You are a racist

[Tombstone RJ]

Cajuns are a minority in NO. You are a racist

:rolleyes:

[RealSNR]

New Orleans For Sales

(Get it? Because nobody owns them)

[RealSNR]

Ten bucks says the logo is something super gay like an angry pissed off bird with a basketball net for that beak bag thing that pelicans have

[Tombstone RJ]

the New Orleans Red Beans & Rice!

[The Rick]

New Orleans For Sales

(Get it? Because nobody owns them)
Pssst...actually, the owner of the Saints (Tom Benson) bought them a while back.

[lewdog]

Was New Orleans Hurricanes not an option?

[stevenidol]

Cajuns are a minority in NO. You are a racist

So the Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns is a bad term?

[Tombstone RJ]

I'd respect the New Orleans Crawfish more than the Pelicans. You can't even eat a Pelican...

[Tombstone RJ]

I do like the new Brooklyn team, the look and the name (old NJ Nets team).

[morphius]

So they are going to shorten it to the Pels according to yahoo, whew, that makes it better, lol.

I just wonder what kind of sad cartoon characture of a pelican are we going to get, sailor, pirate, is there a chance that it will not have teeth?

[WV]

http://loldailyfun.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/20120110-205700.jpg

[NJChiefsFan]

I can not believe this is real.

[Demonpenz]

surprised there is no tigers or wildcats in the NBA

[Bugeater]

I can not believe this is real.
This. Words escape me right now.

[ChiefRocka]

Do Jews like pelicans or does Stern's grandson fancy Finding Nemo??

[okcchief]

Worst name ever.

[morphius]

This. Words escape me right now.
And that says something being from Omaha, home of the Beef and the Golden Spikes...

[Bugeater]

And that says something being from Omaha, home of the Beef and the Golden Spikes...
Or the StormChasers... :facepalm:

[Imon Yourside]

They should relocate to KC and change their nick to teh Sukc

[morphius]

Or the StormChasers... :facepalm:
Makes one wonder if the putz that picked the Pels name might have been from Omaha, lol

[KurtCobain]

This. Words escape me right now.

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

[listopencil]

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

[CrazyPhuD]

Is this going to be their new mascot?

http://paulrevererides.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/ss-100604-oilspill-002-ss_full.jpg

[The_Doctor10]

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.

[Rasputin]

good lord, it should be the New Orleans Cajuns and be done with it already. what idiots.

Down on the Bayou they could be called the New O'leans Crocs
with T-shirts made up
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i188/dburdyshaw/Z%20Misc%205%20FEP/Choot_Em_Lizabeth.jpg

[007]

http://img2-2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/030417/144241__NEMO_l.jpg

[BWillie]

Down on the Bayou they could be called the New O'leans Crocs
with T-shirts made up
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i188/dburdyshaw/Z%20Misc%205%20FEP/Choot_Em_Lizabeth.jpg

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.

[Johnny Vegas]

New Orleans Hurricanes. There I said it.

[Rasputin]

http://i1260.photobucket.com/albums/ii574/KCTattoo58/Brown20Pelicans20in20Flight20Carmel20California-222128.jpg
http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r502/lorderlanio/trol.png











http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e323/HylianTom/Mel%20Brooks%20Gifs/NotSafefromBirds.gif

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e323/HylianTom/Mel%20Brooks%20Gifs/RunningfromBirds.gif

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e323/HylianTom/Mel%20Brooks%20Gifs/HidingFromBirds.gif

[htismaqe]

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.

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

[Aries Walker]

Hey, Lewis and Clark were genuine badasses.

[Pushead2]

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

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

[J Diddy]

I can hear their rallying cry right now.

"Beware of their peckers when you enter their nest"

[Lzen]

surprised there is no tigers or wildcats in the NBA

Bobcats. Close enough?

[J Diddy]

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

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.

[Deberg_1990]

Why No New Orleans Hurricanes?

[OmahaChief]

Down on the Bayou they could be called the New O'leans Crocs
with T-shirts made up
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i188/dburdyshaw/Z%20Misc%205%20FEP/Choot_Em_Lizabeth.jpg

Problem is that that name there is not really a population of American Crocodiles near New Orleans. They live mainly in the far southern part of Florida only. It is Gators that are in those Bayous near NOLA.

[BIG_DADDY]

That is friggen hillarious. Worst name change since the Washington Wizards. Hell it's even worse than that.

[Bob Dole]

Hornets changing their name. Lame

Pelicans are badass. (And the LA state bird.)

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[Brooklyn]

Crescent City Pelicans would have been better. They don't have to use New Orleans in the name. The Warriors play in Oakland but are called the Golden State Warriors.

[Discuss Thrower]

The New Orleans Bayou Bangers and just have a caricature Cajun dude.

[KurtCobain]

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.

I don't see why? It's not any worse than 75% of collegiate nicknames, and it's not any worse than the Dolphins. Shit it's better than the Heat, atleast there's an S at the end. Could you imagine if this whole time Miami's football club was named the Miami Rebels or something, and they decided to change to the Dolphins because it's more meaningful to the community? Same kind of thing.

I really do like that name change, and I love all the young talent on that team, The Pelicans are going to be a force to be reckoned with.

[Bob Dole]

Seriously. Pelicans are like badass dinosaurs who SWALLOW OTHER ANIMALS ALIVE. Ya'll be haters.

It's not like they named them the New Orleans Rabbits or Crescent City Mice or Delta Dawns or some pussy bullshit like that.

[KurtCobain]

Bob Dole knows what the fuck he is talking about.

[ChiTown]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtT_5eQcicc

[durtyrute]

ghey

[Johnny Vegas]

Why No New Orleans Hurricanes?

I already beat ya to it.

[whoman69]

This name will strike fear into...no they'll be laughing.

[BIG_DADDY]

Seriously. Pelicans are like badass dinosaurs who SWALLOW OTHER ANIMALS ALIVE. Ya'll be haters.

It's not like they named them the New Orleans Rabbits or Crescent City Mice or Delta Dawns or some pussy bullshit like that.

Delta Dawns LMAO Almost as bas as the Washington Wizards. We don't want anything related to violence. :shake: Personally I was pulling for the Washington Cupcakes.

[HonestChieffan]

Seriously. Pelicans are like badass dinosaurs who SWALLOW OTHER ANIMALS ALIVE. Ya'll be haters.

It's not like they named them the New Orleans Rabbits or Crescent City Mice or Delta Dawns or some pussy bullshit like that.


This should wrap up the tread.

[RealSNR]

This brings up another good point.

"New Orleans" is a boxy, shitty name for a city. It's the "LUHNS" at the end that throws off the flow of any mascot name. Nothing rolls off the tongue.

The New Orleans Hornets were a mouthful to say. Something about going LUHNS- HOR- NETS trips up and just sounds like shit.

Well, is there ANY name that would go well with "New Orleans"? Let's ignore stuff that matches the city/area's image. And stick with something simple like cat names.

New Orleans Tigers?
New Orleans Lions?
New Orleans Panthers?

Those all sound like shit. There's no ring to anything up there.

To me, the only way around this issue of too many syllables that end with a consonant is to stick to one word.

New Orleans Rape
New Orleans Jazz
New Orleans Saints

It's not perfect, but it works. "Pelicans" just has too many damn syllables.

[KurtCobain]

That's why they said Pels.

[Aries Walker]

This brings up another good point.

"New Orleans" is a boxy, shitty name for a city. It's the "LUHNS" at the end that throws off the flow of any mascot name. Nothing rolls off the tongue.

The New Orleans Hornets were a mouthful to say. Something about going LUHNS- HOR- NETS trips up and just sounds like shit.

Well, is there ANY name that would go well with "New Orleans"? Let's ignore stuff that matches the city/area's image. And stick with something simple like cat names.

New Orleans Tigers?
New Orleans Lions?
New Orleans Panthers?

Those all sound like shit. There's no ring to anything up there.

To me, the only way around this issue of too many syllables that end with a consonant is to stick to one word.

New Orleans Rape
New Orleans Jazz
New Orleans Saints

It's not perfect, but it works. "Pelicans" just has too many damn syllables.
Or you could just pronounce it "New Ore-LEENS".

[Pasta Little Brioni]

New Orleans Rape has a nice ring to it.

The New Orleans Baskeball Saints

[htismaqe]

Or you could just pronounce it "New Ore-LEENS".

It's Nawlins.

[htismaqe]

The New Orleans Bayou Bangers and just have a caricature Cajun dude.

University of Louisiana Lafayette already have the Cajun locked up.

[Bob Dole]

It's a fucking PELICAN(ISAURUS).

It fucking eats other animals ALIVE.

Just fucking LOOK AT THAT BITCH!

Phuqtards.

[mlyonsd]

The interesting bird the pelican. His beak can hold more than his belican.

I've heard that phrase every year since I could walk from my dad hunting ducks when the first flock migrates through. The last time was approximately 3 weeks ago. He's 82 and its gotten to the point he can't see them anymore.

[Ultra Peanut]

HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA HA WYA IJAKFLS

what

This name/logo will never sound as dumb as the now-normal-to-me Thunder. Yay names with ties to the area.

... says the Grizzlies fan.

[RealSNR]

That's why they said Pels.

WTF is a Pel? That's the gayest shit I've ever heard. You can't just cut a word off at one syllable because it suits your fancy. What if New Orleans did that for their current team name?

[Ultra Peanut]

Crescent City Pelicans would have been better. They don't have to use New Orleans in the name. The Warriors play in Oakland but are called the Golden State Warriors.Okay, this would've been awesome.

And aside from the complete and total shock, it's easy enough to warm to. I've always thought the Myrtle Beach variety had a pretty interesting name.

[htismaqe]

WTF is a Pel? That's the gayest shit I've ever heard. You can't just cut a word off at one syllable because it suits your fancy. What if New Orleans did that for their current team name?

I see what you did there.

[RealSNR]

I see what you did there.

Glad somebody got it. Lol. And I was proud of that joke, too.

[Discuss Thrower]

University of Louisiana Lafayette already have the Cajun locked up.

In name, sure.

But a caricature of a drunk French-Canadian-American named Bayou Brawler?

Shit, just shorten it to Brawlers and the say it with the accent: the Nawlins Brawlahs

[DTLB58]

New Orleans and Utah need to get together and make a deal here. Jazz is the name they need to be.

[DTLB58]

New Orleans should be the Jazz. Charlotte can be the hornets again. Utah can become...... I got nothing

I agree 100%

How did Utah, Utah ever end up with Jazz anyhow?

[zigbazah]

New Orleans Katrinas

New Orleans Storm Surge

New Orleans Moochers

[Sorter]

New Orleans Komondors:
http://divaboo.info/img/Komondor_Dog.jpg

New Orleans Aye-Ayes:
http://divaboo.info/img/Aye.jpg

or the New Orleans http://startswithabang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/platypus-ausepa3.jpg

[JD10367]

Might as well have gone with the New Orleans Beignets.

Seriously... If "Hurricanes" is okay for Carolina (hockey), its okay for basketball. Or how about the New Orleans Voodoo? That'd be a badass name.

[zigbazah]

Or how about the New Orleans Voodoo? That'd be a badass name.
That's their Arena Football team:
http://i45.tinypic.com/xojds1.jpg

[RealSNR]

or the New Orleans http://startswithabang.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/platypus-ausepa3.jpg
HEY MAN BACK OFF AWRIGHT PLATYPUSES HAVE POISONOUS CLAWS HOW BADASS IS THAT YOU'RE JUST CRACKIN JOKES WHEN YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE ANIMAL, MAN! NOTHING!

FUCKING BACK OFF PLATYPUSES, GOT IT?

[Sorter]

HEY MAN BACK OFF AWRIGHT PLATYPUSES HAVE POISONOUS CLAWS HOW BADASS IS THAT YOU'RE JUST CRACKIN JOKES WHEN YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE ANIMAL, MAN! NOTHING!

****ING BACK OFF PLATYPUSES, GOT IT?

http://i.imgur.com/UQtQN.gif

[Sorter]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq2wfizgbJ1r16l00o1_250.gif


New Orleans, for one, welcomes their new platypus overlords.

[RealSNR]

I knew Sorter had a gif in his library for everything... but holy shit. He really does have a gif in his library for everything :eek:

[htismaqe]

That's their Arena Football team:
http://i45.tinypic.com/xojds1.jpg

Then JD was right because that IS fucking badass.

[Sorter]

I knew Sorter had a gif in his library for everything... but holy shit. He really does have a gif in his library for everything :eek:

"You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to SNR again"

Well, fuck.

[RealSNR]

"You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to SNR again"

Well, fuck.

Now do you believe it when people tell you that all you ever do is post gifs? :p

[Sorter]

Now do you believe it when people tell you that all you ever do is post gifs? :p

I probably should take a little GIFcation, shouldn't I?

[RealSNR]

http://greenwolf.wikispaces.com/file/view/Applejack_haters_gonna_hate_gif.gif/358279674/716x402/Applejack_haters_gonna_hate_gif.gif

[Pasta Little Brioni]

I want to see a gif of a HandBowenana...then I'll be impressed :D

[RealSNR]

Their mascot could be Platypussy. Like the James Bond Octopussy

[Sorter]

Their mascot could be Platypussy. Like the James Bond Octopussy

Me gusta

[okcchief]

I like the New Orleans Rape, and it has local ties.

[Rain Man]

I'd go with something more regional like the New Orleans Drunk Topless Women, but I nonetheless like the Pelicans.

They could really do this gag well with a pelican mascot.

http://gifs.gifbin.com/022010/1266235163_raptor_mascot_eats_cheerleader.gif

[Al Bundy]

The New Orleans Fema has a great ring to it.

[chefsos]

Regarding "Pels". I don't think the PR department (or whatever department) of the team gets to choose the shortened or bastardized version of the official nickname, especially well ahead of any name change even occurring. This needs to happen naturally, and the short version shouldn't necessarily be one that the team likes a whole lot. That's where the fun is.

EX: Pelicans/'Cans/'Can'ts

[Unsmooth-Moment]

Go Pelicans!

[-King-]

It's official now. They're changing it starting next season.

The logo really isn't as bad as I thought it would be... still a pretty shitty name.

http://nbcprobasketballtalk.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/new-orleans-pelicans-logo1.jpeg?w=480

[Rugby Thompson]

Logo isn't even bad, its the name.

[Sorter]

http://i.imgur.com/UQtQN.gif

this would have been a better mascot.

[houstonwhodat]

It's the state bird of Lousyana.

[Sorter]

It's the state bird of Lousyana.

Should be replaced with the platypus.

[ChiefsCountry]

The name is fine and the logo looks pretty good.

[DaneMcCloud]

Should be replaced with the platypus.

Perry?

[ChiefsCountry]

http://i.cdn.turner.com/nba/nba/.element/media/2.0/teamsites/hornets/012513_landing_tab_logos_info-1.png

[Sorter]

Perry?

O que?

[Tombstone RJ]

nope, still don't like it. It should be the New Orleans Cajuns IMHO.

[AussieChiefsFan]

Great looking logo. But Hornets is a better name.

[houstonwhodat]

FYI.

Pelicans are MEAN.

They are not docile creatures.

[Sorter]

FYI.

Pelicans are MEAN.

They are not docile creatures.

Oh, definitely.

Platys are venomous though. Adv ->Platypus.

[houstonwhodat]

Oh, definitely.

Platys are venomous though. Adv ->Platypus.

It's still a goddamn Pelican though.


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[OmahaChief]

http://i.cdn.turner.com/nba/nba/.element/media/2.0/teamsites/hornets/012513_landing_tab_logos_info-1.png

I actually think those are some pretty decent logos for what they named the team.

[-King-]

For something that was universally laughed at... they pulled it off pretty well.

[Sorter]

It's still a goddamn Pelican though.


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Flamingos are not pelicans.

THey are cool though.

[houstonwhodat]

Flamingos are not pelicans.

THey are cool though.



Tony Montana was on Coke.

Cocaine is a hell of a drug.

[Sorter]

Tony Montana was on Coke.

Cocaine is a hell of a drug.

RIck James approved.

[houstonwhodat]

RIck James approved.

I'm Rick James Bitch!

And now I be dead.

[Strongside]

Love the NOLA logo

[TLO]

Better just move the team to KC. Bring back the Kansas City Kings!

[JoeyChuckles]

What are those swamp rats that swim around down there? They should have named the team that.

But I must say the logo and name look pretty good.

[Sassy Squatch]

Prrrrrrrrrrrrrrt

[Sorter]

The New Orleans Manatees would have been a fine choice as well.

[SAUTO]

Bird de lis lo fucking l
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[okcchief]

The logo isn't bad at all.

[Sorter]

The logo isn't bad at all.

No, it is the name that sucks. Platypus would have been sooooo much more aesthetically pleasing.

[Discuss Thrower]

Should've been the Brawlers of the Bayou.