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2182657, Gouda Goggles bringing the Hornets name back to Charlotte
Posted by Marauder21, Sat May-18-13 09:19 AM
What was your favorite Bobcats memory?
http://www.cbssports.com/nba/blog/eye-on-basketball/22260671/charlotte-bobcats-in-process-of-changing-name-back-to-hornets
The Charlotte Bobcats are in the process of changing their name back to "Hornets," a source with knowledge of the situation told CBSSports.com's Will Brinson, including arranging digital assets that would allow a return to their original nickname.
There is no timetable for the switch though NBA commissioner to be Adam Silver told Bobcats season ticket holders in April that such a change would take at least 18 months to implement. Moreover, the change is not unexpected and would likely be popular with the North Carolina fan base.
Bobcats chairman and owner Michael Jordan confirmed in February that the team hired "a national polling group" (previously reported as Harris Interactive) to determine how fans felt about a change back to Hornets. Jordan called the reaction to the poll "very mixed." Numerous grassroots groups have pushed for a return to Hornets.
Charlotte's NBA team was known as the Hornets from its 1988 inception through 2002 when then owner George Shinn moved the team -- and mascot -- to New Orleans. When the New Orleans franchise changed its nickname to Pelicans this past season, it opened the door for "Hornets" to return to Charlotte.
Silver told season ticket holders re-acquiring the name "Hornets" would not be an issue, stating that the NBA and not the Pelicans owned the moniker. Acquiring and rearranging the necessary digital assets would be a major part of any change. Hornets.com and CharlotteHornets.com are owned by NBA Media Ventures, LLC and currently redirect to NBA.com/Pelicans.
However, a WhoIs.net search for the domain name NBAHornets.com shows that the URL was created and registered very recently -- on May 15, 2013 to be exact -- by NBA Media Ventures, LLC.
NBA Media Ventures, LLC, is the media branch of the NBA and owns NBA.com, Hornets.com and CharlotteHornets.com.
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2182659, I can't imagine there was a groundswell for this in CLT
Posted by calminvasion, Sat May-18-13 09:21 AM
There might be a dozen people that give a fuck. The hornet legacy is Charlotte w what? 13 years total?
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2182664, "There might be a dozen people that give a fuck."
Posted by jdevolve1, Sat May-18-13 10:52 AM
Yea, OK.......:http://bringbackthebuzz.com/
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2182757, right today, more people rock Hornets gear in NC than Bobcats gear
Posted by BrooklynWHAT, Sat May-18-13 07:52 PM
people here DO NOT LIKE the Bobcats. at all.
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2182769, Can't blame them
Posted by DJR, Sat May-18-13 08:24 PM
It's been almost 10 years and they've yet to get someone to build around, that anyone could get excited about.
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2182665, Wait...That Pelicans thing is really going to happen?
Posted by PimpTrickGangstaClik, Sat May-18-13 11:00 AM
I thought it was just a joke. Damn that is a dumb ass team name
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2182666, LOL
Posted by jdevolve1, Sat May-18-13 11:06 AM
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2182674, somehow, that announcement became a pretty good post:
Posted by Bombastic, Sat May-18-13 11:36 AM
http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=8&topic_id=2085607&mesg_id=2085607&listing_type=search
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2182677, Who you root for?
Posted by Kajun, Sat May-18-13 11:44 AM
Please don't say you get hyped up to cheer for a Knickerbocker.
Fear the men's pantaloons!
The NBA is full of goofy ass names, we are just used to em.
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2183190, i'm done. lmao
Posted by ChuckFoPrez, Sun May-19-13 09:07 PM
>Fear the men's pantaloons!
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2183220, HAHAHAHAHAHA
Posted by select_from_where, Sun May-19-13 11:45 PM
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2182702, ^^^ this guy hates these 'Cans! Stay away from the Cans!
Posted by KosherSam, Sat May-18-13 01:42 PM
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2182707, I've already seen someone wearing a hat
Posted by pretentious username, Sat May-18-13 02:03 PM
they've wasted no time.
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2182709, Was it the Dalai Lama by any chance?
Posted by HowieDooem, Sat May-18-13 02:20 PM
http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/yuSTwrjgI8T5KhMEw7cREw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NQ--/http://media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/sptusnbaexperts/dalailamanawlins.jpg.jpg
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2182998, haha, hadn't seen that before. unfortunately it was someone else.
Posted by pretentious username, Sun May-19-13 12:54 PM
dat lama's accidentally wearing it gangster as fuck though. good for him.
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2183017, i know right.
Posted by southphillyman, Sun May-19-13 01:09 PM
should have named the team after something music/party related
pelicans?
who the fuck associates new orleans with pelicans?
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2182667, just move this wack franchise to Seattle already n/m
Posted by Bombastic, Sat May-18-13 11:06 AM
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2182670, Brie's Bees
Posted by bshelly, Sat May-18-13 11:23 AM
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2182673, ^^^ powerful
Posted by Frank Longo, Sat May-18-13 11:33 AM
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2182973, THE HAVARTI HIVE!
Posted by ConcreteCharlie, Sun May-19-13 11:43 AM
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2182765, He probably wanted to call them the "Jordancats", but...
Posted by TheRealBillyOcean, Sat May-18-13 08:20 PM
got laughed at horribly by the first 10 people he told of his bright idea.
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2182999, "The Like Mikes"
Posted by pretentious username, Sun May-19-13 12:55 PM
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2183122, Punks be all up on it like a Charlotte Hornet
Posted by DeepAztheRoot, Sun May-19-13 06:02 PM
but they full of Chicago Bullshit cuz they don't want it
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