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  1. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    I actually like Pathfinders. Would be the second team in Portland with an SUV name.
     
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    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I was going with a name in a similar mindset of the Trail Blazers. I do like it, but it doesn't seem to sound super big league to me. :/

    Glad I'm not the one who has to decide on a name.
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    The Bert does not abide.

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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    That should be two words though.

    Path Finders.

    Otherwise, it's a car.

    Looking at it as two words, it's pretty bad, LOL.

    :cheers:
     
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    Rose City Reign is my #1 choice.
     
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    If you are going to buy a river terminal, may as well use it, right?
     
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    For a WNBA team! Reign is the name of Seattle's women's soccer team and their old women's basketball team before Storm.
     
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  8. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    No singular names. Heat/Magic/Thunder/Jazz/etc etc.

    just awful.
     
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    I like the Orlando Magic - The name anyways.
     
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    It's the whole reason they chose that site as a preferred spot. Logistics in a project that size can make or break you. But it looks as though they might have to upgrade the Hitachi's and fix some of the dock area. Then expand some of the rail issues.
     
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    And whys that? The obsession over plurality by some is so strange to me.
     
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  12. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    Personal preference
     
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    I wonder if it's an age thing? I'm old as hell, and grew up with predominantly plural names. Excluding Sox, which is basically plural, Jazz was about the only one around in the major sports.

    Younger people grew up with Avalanche, Lightning, Heat, Magic, Thunder, etc.

    I always associate it with minor league or WNBA. 7 of the 12 WNBA teams are non plural
     
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    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    Not age. I'm not THAT old at 30.

    It just sounds stupid while hearing the Jazz announcers call their players "Jazz men." WTF is that? Or how about "the Thunder look exhausted." It's a singular noun to describe a group of people. As I was saying... awful.
     
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    I want my team to be a tangible thing rather than a concept. The worst are in college--the Syracuse Orange and the Stanford Cardinal. The Alabama Crimson Tide bothers me too, especially since they inexplicably have an elephant mascot. Are they just the University of the GOP?
     
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    I wonder if the old curmudgeons of baseball tradition would even allow the team to be called Rose City instead of Portland or Oregon?
     
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    GriLtCheeZ "Well, I'm not lookin' for trouble."

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    The mascott can be a retractable roof.
     
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    They could supplement the Max and alleviate traffic by including a free Max ride with every ticket.
     
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    Whatever the name ends up being, a lot of people will probably hate it.
     
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Didn't realize we curmudgeons had that kind of pull.

    At first blush, it just feels minor league. And I don't really see the point. At least with Golden State, it's an effort to brand the team as representing more than just the Bay Area; Rose City is still just Portland. Yeah, it'd be unique, but aside from that...why? I mean, we could accomplish the same thing by being the "Willamette Valley Wolves" or something like that, and that would even be inclusive of Salem and Eugene.
     
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