OT: Nets were almost renamed to Swamp Dragons (Not a joke)

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  1. KingSpeed

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    I lived in NYC and remember the Nets were going to become the Swamp Dragons around the time Calipari coached there, I think.
     
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    Someone need a cute, lovable, non-threatening, pansexual mascot?!
     
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    did this come out on april 1st?
     
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    Simply "Dragons" would have been fine. But Swamp Dragons does not sound right. And the logo feels too much like they are trying to copy the Raptors.

    I can understand why they'd want a name more flashy than "Nets". I wonder what they were thinking when they came up with Nets. Did they like that it rhymed with Mets? It's probably the most empty name in the NBA, with "knicks" being 2nd. You basically have the New York Pants and the New Jersey Nets.

    I think another good name for a pro sports team is Gladiators.
     
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    Better yet - the Swamp Dragoons! A Napoleonic cavalryman perched on the back of a loathsome, giant toad......that just happens to look like Stern.
     
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    Rod Thorn: Hey David...... I've heard this happ'nin' funky new group called the Soup Dragons.

    Stern: Rod.... Shut the F-ck Up!
     
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    The Brooklyn Swamp Gas
     
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    Swamp ass. Shit is no joke. Hurts like hell.
     
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    Where downtown Portland sits was a swamp.

    So was Lake Oswego. The very earliest maps called it Hog Swamp, then Sucker Lake, and now Lake Oswego.
     
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