Most Logical Sports Franchise Name

I think it is also a reference to people of Dutch descent-- maybe because of the pant selection! Or vice-versa.

 

This is especially odd considering that the Washington Senators were a Baseball team.

 

Dallas Mavericks makes sense now.. considering their crazy loco owner.

LA Plastics sounds a lot more fitting for that city

 

nah, Washington had one of the highest murder rates a few years back. That named suits it. Wizards just doesn't represent the city well enough.

 

I wish Charlotte had named their team the Flight or the Aviators

 

The WNBA should move a team to Vegas and call them the Slots.

 

NBA Nicknames vary from

mediocre: Trail Blazers, Bulls, Knickerbockers, Kings

to bad: Magic, Heat, Suns, Spurs, Nets

to awful: Grizzlies, Bucks, Hawks, Hornets, Lakers, Jazz

to bizarre: Wizards, Cavaliers, Raptors, Celtics.

There are only three teams in the NBA that have all the elements of a good professional nickname: unique, but not strange; tied to the city or region; not an animal; and no confusion about representation. Thankfully, the Rockets are one of those teams. Of the others, only the Pistons and 76ers have acceptable nicknames that fit their city.

 

Per your classification, I think these also fit.

San Antonio Spurs
Phoenix Suns
Miami Heat

I guess Phoenix and Miami might be cutting it close, because theoretically Heat could refer to anywhere hot and Suns could refer to anywhere with a sun...um, everywhere.

But I still think when you think of Phoenix, you really do think of that hot sun beating down on the dry desert, and with Miami, you think of the heat and humidity and beach, etc.

 

Celtics bizarre? Boston does have a large population with Celtic roots.

 

True. Maybe I should have added a category for just sounding stupid.

As does 75% of the rest of the country.

 

What's wrong with a team named after an animal? Not every team can have a regional sounding name. Thankfully, the Rockets aren't known as the Houston Whale Vaginas...

 

Best-fitting sports names:

Pittsburgh Steelers (steel mill industry)
Houston Astros, Rockets (NASA-related names, wished the football franchise had picked an astronautically-related name like the COMETS)
Minnesota Timberwolves (animal is abundant)
Phoenix Suns (it's dang hot there, trust me.)
Seattle [Super]Sonics (home of Boeing, Founded in 1916 in Puget Sound, Washington?)
Florida Marlins (animal is abundant)

 

the coach

 

the Griz originally started in Vancouver, where they have Grizzlies.
now, i'm not sure that they have Raptors in Toronto.

also, Knickerbocker refers to the people of Dutch descent that settled in the NY area.

 

San Francisco 49ers because in 1849 was the california gold rush

 

The Rapors were named that because of the Jurassic Park craze of the mid 90's. They might be the only pro sports team to have a pop culture influenced nickname. For anybody that hates the name Texans, just imagine the Houston Hobbits or Houston Orcs...

 

Seattle had the supersonic passenger jet flying out of it for awhile. The concord.

 

Where are my Houston Jedis??

 

also last time I checked:

not many bears, cubs, or bulls in chicago.

well...back in the day...the meat industry would get lots of animals to get processed...ala Sinclair's The Jungle.