Anyone else who doesn't like the 'Rockets' Team name?

You didn't know the Rockets moved here from San Diego?

And the name pretty much did come from a NASA program since the rockets they were manufacturing in San Diego were being used by NASA.

 

The Houston Stampede? A more suitable replacement for our football team's current name. I could see the basketball equivalence of the name getting into an awful heap of foul trouble.

And the Rox?? Ew, sounds like something belonging to the late XFL. Hell could pass as a name for a brutish tandem in it's wrestling predecessor. And that's just.. "yikes".

 

http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20000203.html

At the beginning of the 17th century, New York City was a small Dutch community located at the south end of Manhattan Island. History tells us that the people of New Amsterdam were canny traders and wore funny pants. A knickerbocker is a descendant of these original Dutch settlers. The term can also refer to anyone who lives in the city, hence the New York Knicks.

But where does the name come from? Apparently from the one and only Diedrich Knickerbocker, the fictitious author of Washington Irving's 1809 novel Knickerbocker's History of New York. He's also mentioned in the original title of Irving's most famous work, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Found Among the Papers of the Late Diedrich Knickerbocker.

Diedrich was a product of his age: a descendant of immigrants, a wide-eyed opportunist, and a fiercely proud American. Using Diedrich Knickerbocker as a guiding light, Washington Irving went on to found the Knickerbocker School, a group of writers who were intent on distancing themselves from European traditions.

Did we mention the funny pants? Knickerbockers can also refer to baggy pants that end just after the knees. Very useful for stomping about in New York City puddles.

 

we're not an arena football league team.

 

So, how about:

Miami Heaters: Shaq is a Heater. Wade & Shaq are heating up.

Orlando Magicians Stevie "The Magic Man" Francis is a Magician. Now you see the ball in his hands, now you don't.

Utah Jazzholes: Kirilenko is a Jazzhole & the whole team is a bunch of Jazzholes.

I've got more, if you want them.

How about changing the Denver Nuggets to the Denver ButtNuggets? Can you hear Carmelo bragging about being a ButtNugget? Okay, it's late & I'm getting delirious.

 

Houston Stampede sounds too much like a cheesy Arena Football team.

Edit: Damn. F4P and I were thinking the same thing.

 

i agree texans is bad. how about the houston apollo's or something

 

You all missed it. We are the best hand of Texas Hold'em!!

 

I wouldn't change our name, but, if we did, we could become the Houston Herons -- because we have a big craw, take a lot of dives, come up for air. and successfully soar into the sunset.

 

I like the Texans name, but if I were going to change the name, it'd be the Houston Roughnecks. Kinda' sounds like a CFL team.

How about:

"The team formerly known as the Oilers"

"The Pain Machine"- Rename Reliant Stadium "The House of Pain". I can hear the announcers now; "Live from the House of Pain, we introduce the starting lineup of The Pain Machine. Starting at............ And now, let's get ready to rumbllllllllllle." Okay, that's a bit too much.

 

I've always been partial to the Houston Cockroaches.

 

A dutch warrior or fighter....the Dutch founded New Amersterdam, which became New York.

 

Rockets is a great name. Fits nicely with our space theme. We got lucky considering they were already named that in SD. If they were already named something more regional before they moved, it could look a little silly (See Utah Jazz, LA Lakers)...

Texans is a silly name...Might as well call them the Houston Houstonians just to make it even less creative. Though I do like the logo work they did with the name. Improved it somewhat. And Buffalo Bills name saves us from being the most nonsensical name in the NFL. Perhaps we should be called the Houston Humidity. Would be appropriate if we ever have a stiffling, suffocating, sticky defense.

 

I could not believe that this thread even got one star, until a looked and saw that the new board doesn't have the zero star option


... Clutch, in your wisdom you added that zero star for a reason - read this thread and find your soul again

... in the meantime - I give this thread one star

 

and I also

Rocket River

 

I don't know...How bout the Houston Mexicans. I mean if we are going to state the obvious, our growing mexican population is one of them.