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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Y! Sports story: New Orleans Hornets expected to change nickname to local favorite Pelicans, source tells Y! Sports. <a href="http://t.co/OSZembO3" title="http://yhoo.it/11AbaMO">yhoo.it/11AbaMO</a></p>&mdash; Marc J. Spears (@SpearsNBAYahoo) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpearsNBAYahoo/status/276105441740738561" data-datetime="2012-12-04T23:27:21+00:00">December 4, 2012</a></blockquote>
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NBA gotta step In.

Give em the Jazz , Utah can think of something else
 
This will be...

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Hard to swallow

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
 
God what a terrible name. But hey, if it means I can go to Hornets games instead of Bobcats games, I'm down. Bobcats sounds like a fucking WNBA team name.
 
The fucking pelicans? Wonder if MJ wants the Hornets back.
 
I love the NBA again.
 
Apparently an old baseball team was called the Pelicans.

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http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/8...ets-change-nickname-pelicans-according-report

Report: Hornets becoming Pelicans

The New Orleans Hornets are expected to become the New Orleans Pelicans, perhaps as early as the 2013-14 season, according to a Yahoo! Sports report.

Yahoo! Sports, citing numerous sources, reports the team also considered Krewe and Brass as potential nicknames.

The Hornets have planned to change their name since New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson, who also owns the rights to the Pelicans nickname, bought the team in April.

Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan said in November he'd be interested in bringing the Hornets name back to Charlotte.

"It's definitely an interest down the road, but right now it's the New Orleans Hornets," Jordan told the Charlotte Observer. "We would definitely entertain the opportunity. That's as much as we can say right now. We've heard the community ask the question, and we would listen."

The pelican is Louisiana's state bird and appears on both the state seal and flag. A New Orleans minor league baseball team held the Pelicans nickname in all but nine seasons from 1887-1959, and again in 1977.

The Hornets moved to New Orleans from Charlotte in 2002, and when Benson bought the team earlier this year he said that he would like to change the name to something more fitting of Louisiana. His wife, Gayle, reiterated that idea and added that the franchise also would like to change the team colors from teal and purple to red, gold and navy blue.

- Didn't know owning rights to possible team names is a thing.
- MJ should definitely get the Charlotte Hornets back.
- New Orleans Krewe is meh and New Orleans Brass sounds pun-y.
 
At least there is some history behind the Pelicans name. Names like the Wizards or Bobcats and even Thunder are pretty awful.
 
Charlotte just changed their uniforms. They will have to wait a few years to change back to the Hornets.....as they should so people don't get confused.
 

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