Dunlap interviewing for Charlotte Bobcats job

[beast of the east]

Jordan is finding that building a winning NBA team is harder than hitting a curveball. 

 
First off is that they must somehow get the "Hornets" moniker back from New Orleans. New Orleans new owner Benson doesn't want the Hornets name. He wants to change it to something more...well...New Orleans. Charlotte would really benefit from the name, colors and branding that tied into the city of Charlotte. They lost much of their identity when that name left town. The Hornets will likely be back in Charlotte.

 

New Orleans should demand the Jazz name back from Utah!

 

The Washington Nationals should be the Senators, who became the Minnesota Twins (for Twin Cities). I liked the Seatle Supersonics, but the name was more about the home of Boeing. The Kansas City Royals becmae the Sacramento Kings. The Minneapolis Lakers (appropriate for the terrain) became the LA Lakers with no relevance. The Philadelphia Warriors moved to San Francisco in 1963, then confused matters by trading their franchise player to the Philadelphia 76ers in 1964.

 

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Jordan is finding that building a winning NBA team is harder than hitting a curveball. 

 
First off is that they must somehow get the "Hornets" moniker back from New Orleans. New Orleans new owner Benson doesn't want the Hornets name. He wants to change it to something more...well...New Orleans. Charlotte would really benefit from the name, colors and branding that tied into the city of Charlotte. They lost much of their identity when that name left town. The Hornets will likely be back in Charlotte.

 

New Orleans should demand the Jazz name back from Utah!

 

The Washington Nationals should be the Senators, who became the Minnesota Twins (for Twin Cities). I liked the Seatle Supersonics, but the name was more about the home of Boeing. The Kansas City Royals becmae the Sacramento Kings. The Minneapolis Lakers (appropriate for the terrain) became the LA Lakers with no relevance. The Philadelphia Warriors moved to San Francisco in 1963, then confused matters by trading their franchise player to the Philadelphia 76ers in 1964.

 

Except that there never was an NBA Kansas City Royals (strictly an MLB franchise). Originally the Rochester (NY) Royals, they became the very successful Cincinnati Royals (Big O, Jack Twyman & Jerry Lucas), but when they moved to KC in '72, they became the Kansas City Kings. 

 

[salty dog]

And the old Syracuse Nats became the new Philadelphia 76'ers 

 

[newsman13]

 all you need to know...

1946: Detroit Gems moved to Minneapolis and became the Lakers.
1951: Tri-Cities Blackhawks (the "Tri Cities" area is now generally referred to as "Quad Cities") moved to Milwaukee and became the Milwaukee Hawks.
1955: Milwaukee Hawks moved to St. Louis.
1957: Fort Wayne Pistons moved to Detroit.
1957: Rochester Royals moved to Cincinnati.
1960: Minneapolis Lakers moved to Los Angeles.
1962: Philadelphia Warriors moved to San Francisco.
1963: Chicago Zephyrs became the Baltimore Bullets.
1963: Syracuse Nationals became the Philadelphia 76ers.
1968: St. Louis Hawks moved to Atlanta.
1971: San Diego Rockets moved to Houston.
1972: Cincinnati Royals moved to a new primary home in Kansas City and a secondary home in Omaha, carrying the name Kansas City-Omaha Kings. The team ceased Omaha operations in 1975 and became known as just the Kansas City Kings.
1973allas Chaparrals became the San Antonio Spurs.
1977: New York Nets, one year after the ABA-NBA merger, become the New Jersey Nets. Although the Nets moved within the New York metropolitan area, they dramatically changed their primary market within the area. When representing "New York", they played in Nassau County on Long Island; their primary fanbase then shifted to New Jersey.
1978: Buffalo Braves became the San Diego Clippers.
1979: New Orleans Jazz moved to Salt Lake City, becoming the Utah Jazz.
1984: San Diego Clippers moved to Los Angeles.
1985: Kansas City Kings moved to Sacramento.
2001: Vancouver Grizzlies moved to Memphis, Tennessee.
2002: Charlotte Hornets moved to New Orleans.
2005: New Orleans Hornets moved to Oklahoma City following Hurricane Katrina. The relocation was temporary and the team moved back to New Orleans following the 2006-07 season.
2008: The Seattle SuperSonics became the Oklahoma City Thunder.
2012: The New Jersey Nets became the Brooklyn Nets.