Official Name Announced

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  1. Shapecity

    Shapecity S2/JBB Teamster Staff Member Administrator

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    <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Charlotte's NBA expansion team will be called the "Bobcats,'' a nod to the owner who spent $300 million for the franchise, The Associated Press has learned.


    Bob Johnson selected Bobcats over "Flight'' and "Dragons,'' a source familiar with the process told the AP on Monday on condition of anonymity.


    The dominant color in uniforms and logos will be orange and official team apparel will be in stores Wednesday afternoon, the source said.


    An official announcement is planned for Wednesday, when city leaders plan to join Johnson and NBA commissioner David Stern in a downtown street festival to unveil the name, mascot and logos.


    Chris Weiller, a spokesman for the new NBA team, would not confirm or deny that Johnson has picked Bobcats as the name.


    In picking Bobcats, Johnson gets to see his own name used and continues the feline theme established by Charlotte's other pro team, the NFL's Panthers.


    Bobcats was one of three finalists for the team name, whittled down from a list of nearly 1,200 suggestions the team received from the community. Johnson's group used several focus groups and spent nearly $100,000 researching the names and their trademark status and designing possible logos.


    Team officials cut the list about 10 names, then matched them with potential colors, graphic designs and mascots.


    Chicago's NVU Productions was hired to help develop the logos.


    Reaction was lukewarm -- at best -- when the finalists were announced last month. But the same thing happened in 1987 when owner George Shinn was naming his Charlotte NBA team.


    Originally "Spirit'' was selected, but Shinn changed it to Hornets, a name that traced its roots to the Revolutionary War.


    That name -- and its lovable purple and teal mascot "Hugo the Hornet'' -- eventually caught on and then moved on with the franchise to New Orleans.</div>
     
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  2. renuszm

    renuszm JBB Banned Member

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    What a stupid name. The uni's will be ugly too
     
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    i gotta see the logo for this....imo i like the "spirit" name
     
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    i liked the flight a bit but it was kinda girlesh
     
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  5. Shapecity

    Shapecity S2/JBB Teamster Staff Member Administrator

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    yeah i don't like the name or color either, hopefully the logo is decent
     
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    yea, flight sounds like a wnba team. bobcats.. that's kinda weird.
     
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    yeah thats a pretty weak name...
     
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    Royals,Emeralds,or Cougars would of been better. But still I cant wait to see the unis.
     
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    they shoulda chosen Flight...it's an awesome name--Dragon? BLAGH. *throws up* that's not a BBall team...that's like a Chinese Festival Parade symbol! (I'm <u>not</u> kidding...that's just a plain...unidealistical name for a basketball team....especially one that's on a franchise.)
     
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    shoulda been the flight they could have had the Wright brothers plane as a pic for their unis but atleast its not the dragons.
     
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    Flight would have given them symobolism with the Wright brothers planes. Like in NC the liscence plates have the Wright brothers on them. The number one reason they should have chosen flight would be because it sounds really cool and they could make some tight logos and jerseys from it.

    Orange isnt the color I would have personally chosen either.
     
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    What a stupid name...

    bobcats?

    only name is worst is bobcake..

    and orange jersey's?

    what a mess....
     
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    <div class="quote_poster">Quoting "allnet":</div><div class="quote_post">What a stupid name...

    bobcats?

    only name is worst is bobcake..

    and orange jersey's?

    what a mess....</div>

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    yuck...
     
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    I think the name is kind of boring. Doesn't really fit with Charlotte (not that the hornets did).
     
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    i gotta good name for the,- the charolate expansion team lol better than the bob cats
     
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    <div class="quote_poster">Quoting "knicks235":</div><div class="quote_post">i gotta good name for the,- the charolate expansion team lol better than the bob cats</div>

    werd
     
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    why can't they be the Charlotte Rams....ya know...UNC TarHeels...why not Charlotte Rams....better than Bobcats
     
    jjdaman20, Jun 13, 2003
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    where are all the players going to come from?
     
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  20. Shapecity

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    <div class="quote_poster">Quoting "cross;yo;ova":</div><div class="quote_post">where are all the players going to come from?</div>

    Draft Picks
    Free Agents
    Expansion Draft
    Trades
     
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