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

how about the houston traffic,haha j/k but for real whats a celtic,and whats a laker?

 

It's sad, but many of the images that are associated with Houston on a national level are not exactly positive, so if you're going to go with a name that is representative of the city, how about

Houston White Collar Crime (in honor of Enron)
Houston Right-wing nutcases (in honor of Tom Delay)

 

Celt·ic ( P ) Pronunciation Key (kltk, sl-) also Kelt·ic (kl-)
n.
A subfamily of the Indo-European language family comprising the Insular and the Continental branches

Lakers: originally the Minneapolis Lakers. Minnesota is the Land of 10,000 Lakes and 18,000,000,000,000 mosquitoes

 

...the "Houston Faints" cause our heat and the presence of Bob Sura will make the opponents drop.

 

I liked it better than the rest of the names they came up with though. Would you have prefered the Texas Wildcatters?

 

A long, sleek, fast sailing ship invented in the 1800's for international commerce. Big enough to haul vast amounts of cargo yet fast enough to outrun pirate ships of the day.

 

I love our team name. Is it the only team name in major league sports that has more local connotations than the city it moved from?

I think all major league teams should be forced to keep their original name after they move. It doesn't matter what the original and new connotations mean. It adds to the history, and makes things more interesting. I think Tennesse should have been forced to keep the Oilers name. It would have made for a much better rivalry, and Tennesse would always be forced to remember the origin of their team. This applies double to the Cleveland Browns.

 

If I remember correctly Bud Adams had the name "Oilers" retired when it was made official that Houston was going to get the new NFL franchise.

 

Dude, we could have an embarassing name like the SPURS or the MAVERICKS, thank goodness we're the ROCKETS!

 

Hmm, I dont consider the "Sperms" or the "Mavwrecks" to be embarassing names at all....

 

I'VE GOT IT!!

Your Houston brooksstephenss!!

 

IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, THIS IS THE DUMBEST POST I HAVE EVER READ ON THIS BOARD, PERIOD.

 

Be it being LA and all, I think it refers to those male hair dressers popular on those make over shows on those women's cable channels.

How about the San Antonio Fightin Lard? Or "Spittoons"

It would be humorous if Milwaukee’s Baseball team moved to Salt Lake, they have a great name.

I always the thought the NY Yankess should have been the "Roaches", both in honor of lots of them in the city plus the fact that team used to be so darn hard to finish off even when you think you have em down. But that was before the last few years and the Boston choke so it doesn’t fit as well now, maybe "Primma Donnas" is more like it now.

New Orleans “Bourbon”

Charlotte “Chew”

I like the Rockets and Texas just fine. Don’t like the “Stampede” thing at all, too much urban Cowboy/Rodeo inferences (I think also the name of Calgary’s football team). Might as well take something with a similar spirit, but which has not been used by any other city, like the Houston Manure.

 

the texans is the worst team name i have ever heard besides the oilers. all of the other houston team names are real good.. the aeroes is kinda odd but better than texans/oilers

 

We can lobby to change the team name to the Houston Houstonians.

 

this is blasphemy

 

Just having some fun with this ridiculous thread......

I don't know why, but for some reason I've never liked Yao's name. It just seems so ethnic, like something you see on Saturday Morning Kung Fu. I prefer more stoic names like the Chamberlin or Walton. Names like Olajuwon, Ginobili, Nowitski, Gasol seem to fall in the same camp.

 

I like the Houston Texans because it just says "damn right we are from Texas and the best city in America, to boot." Also, I would have to say that our logo and lettering is easily some of the best in the league.

 

I would LOVE to see McNair pull a Bud Adams and move the Texans to Utah (more likely LA) and, because of Utah's lack of tendency to change, the team would remain the Utah Texans. With that, Tillman Fertitta outbids Jim McIngvale to purchase the Indianapolis Colts and moves the team to Houston, thus becoming the Houston Colts and adopting a new gun-in-horseshoe logo.

And going back to the NBA, sure the Jazz are a terrible name, but what's better? Sadly, there is nothing in Utah that would suffice. Who knows, maybe with recent trends the Clippers will become LA's team and the Jazz just fold. Well, Jerry Buss might decide to be born again...as a Mormon, move the franchise to Utah and be the Salt Lakers. Or worse, the Salt Lake City Salt Lakers. Yikes.

And as bad as Jazz are as a name in Utah, as mentioned, the Grizzlies is just as bad. Well I forsee the future of the Memphis franchise as it was MEANT to be; a corporate face. The team changes its name and logo to the Memphis Express, FANTASTIC choice for the franchise that beats out the Blues name, regardless of the obvious ties to FedEx. Well, after a few years of missed playoffs and poor attendance, the owners decide to move the franchise. Where to? Well, interestingly enough Abe Pollin turns senile and decides to move the franchise back home to Baltimore and the team once again becomes the Bullets and everything fits perfectly.
Well with this, the Express franchise moves to Washington. But what is their name? The Washington Express? DC Express? Washington Wizards? NO WAY! Yup...the Federal Express.

Oh, and whoever said Nationals was a bad name for the team: it was chosen as a semi-temporary name, sort of on a "trial" basis as long as the team plays at RFK and the uniforms made purposely bland (although I really do like the look and colors of the team, logos, and unis). While the name is kind of pathetic, there isn't really anything better. The Capitols? Good name, but taken. Senators? Automatic bad-luck death sentence. United? Great...but also taken. Nationals? Neutral. And it has history as it was once the team's name:


(circa 1930)

I think it should stay, but I personally think DC Nationals would be better than Wasington Nationals. It's just too many syllables. Then again, Nats seems to be quite popular now. Either way (Washington or DC, Nationals or Nats) I think it's the way the franchise will be known for a while, especially since they are a WINNING team.

And yes, this was VERY off topic.

 

I didn't like the Texans at first until I saw everything together. Then I loved it, especially when I saw a huge TEXAS flag waving proudly in the stands during their first open practice.

The Houston Texans rock.