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Washington's Basketball Team: What is the better name?

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by tinman, Feb 11, 2007.

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  1. tinman

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    In this day of extreme political correctness, the owner of the Washington NBA Team changed its name to the Wizards because Bullets were politically incorrect and a friend of his died because of a bullet.

    My argument is that people kill people. Wizards are known to kill people too with their spells. So what was the better name/logo etc?

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  2. tsunami

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    I like a new name like Nuke, or WMD...
     
    #2 tsunami, Feb 11, 2007
  3. Sextuple Double

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    How about the DC Terrorists.
     
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  4. tinman

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    im so happy les alexander is not a politically correct freak.
    hopefully a friend of his doesnt get hit by a rocket so he changes our names to the Houston Hobbits.
     
    #4 tinman, Feb 11, 2007
  5. tinman

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    people drown in lakes every year, you never see the Lakers change their name.
     
    #5 tinman, Feb 11, 2007
  6. Omer

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    Not to mention that the name has nothing to do whatsoever with Los Angeles.
     
    #6 Omer, Feb 11, 2007
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    Grand Dragons works for me.
     
    #7 Jugdish, Feb 11, 2007
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    A stunning point that should shut down (once and for all) the PC hataz.
     
    #8 KingCheetah, Feb 11, 2007
  9. count_dough-ku

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    People die of heat stroke, but Miami won't cave in to pressure. :)

    I still don't know why the Bullets were worried about political correctness when that NFL in their city had a much more offensive name.
     
    #9 count_dough-ku, Feb 11, 2007
  10. Williamson

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    But clearly the Washington Wizards are good wizards and members of the Order of the Phoenix! Not bad wizards doing the bidding of Lord Voldemort!
     
    #10 Williamson, Feb 11, 2007
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    Rockets are much more destructive than Bullets.
     
    #11 Easy, Feb 11, 2007
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    what about grizzlies? They are scary
     
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    Houston Colt 45's, Houston Gamblers. Those were some cool names

    Instead of totally going away from objects that can kill, they could have went with the Washington Tazers
     
    #13 Shroopy2, Feb 11, 2007
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    Washington Hype.
     
    #14 Dave_78, Feb 11, 2007
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    Washington Wiretaps
     
    #15 bejezuz, Feb 11, 2007
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    Before LA the Lakers were in Minneapolis.

    Lakers = Reference to The Great Lakes
     
    #16 WhoMikeJames, Feb 11, 2007
  17. finalsbound

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    Nothing would inspire DC quite like The Washington Snipers.
     
    #17 finalsbound, Feb 11, 2007
  18. lastopsuburb

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    Washington Georges
     
    #18 lastopsuburb, Feb 11, 2007
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    the people here who lived here during it would go insane at the joke. They're still pretty sensitive about it..
     
    #19 kaleidosky, Feb 11, 2007
  20. Behad

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    Not quite. Minnesota is known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes"...thus, "Lakers"
     
    #20 Behad, Feb 11, 2007
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