steiny_ramone Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 None of them are good. They're too trendy. I think Comets is a decent name. Monarchs is alright, I guess.Lynx is tolorable, though I prefer names to end in "s"Part of me thinks I should like Rockers--It ends in "s" and references something in the City, but it is too cheesy. Forgot about those ones. They are not that bad. But the league itself tends to give off the impression of trendy, singular names. facespace?http://www.myspace.com/seancalcottmusic http://www.myspace.com/forgottentoys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tohasbo Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 I have to go with Fever or Mercury. Why the Mercury? It is perfect for Phoenix, especially in the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejeff Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 The Sky are lost. They should be playing in Denver.I like the Mystics the best. It's better than their NBA counterpart's.Worst: Sparks, Shock, Fever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShinyHubCaps Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 "Trendy" is right. 13 of the 19 teams don't even have names ending in "s."That is 68.4% all-time teams (64.3% current teams), versus the NBA's 10% of current teams. (I would figure the all-time NBA teams but I don't know where the line is drawn on who is or is not in the NBA.) Most WNBA team names match well with the names of NBA teams, but some just don't cut it.Teams that match:Heat / SolHornets / StingKings / MonarchsMagic / MiracleRockets / CometsSpurs / Silver StarsSuns / MercuryTimberwolves / LynxWizards / Mystics I figure these are the ones that just "don't cut it," but I don't know, I might count the following, for the given reasons... These aren't as blatant as the ones in your list.Pistons/Shock (if you think about cars, but that one's on the fence)Jazz/Starzz (more of a spelling similarity, but all the same a relation)Trailblazers/Fire (since Trailblazers are now more commonly "Blazers")And let's not get into team colors... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSU_Butters Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 If only the Shock were the Shockers, then I might care about the WNBA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discrim Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 heh, Sparks does match with Lakers as an LA name, in that it don't make much sense. the Sky, just yeesh. I figure there's a better name out there than Sky. Wait, there was: Skyliners was better. One of the few tolerable logos the new ABA's ever spit out. A strong mind gets high off success, a weak mind gets high off bull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totc Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Bump.Atlanta has a one-week poll to determine whether the Hawks' sister franchise will be the Dream, Sizzle, Flight, or Surge.{Don LaFontaine}In a world of really bad nicknames, Atlanta engages in a deadly game of cat and mouse to determine the absolute worst.{/Don LaFontaine}To me, it should be something to do with a Hawk -- and it isn't Flight, Soar, or Altitude.I would have chosen Talons, but that's just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkJourney Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 The Charlotte Sting folded but the Atlanta expansion team is basically taking their place next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShinyHubCaps Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 It will be Flight, we can already see it. I would, however, like to see the WNBA merge with the D-League... no reason other than the comparable talent pool and crappy nicknames and logos with basketballs in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsox Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 It will be Flight, we can already see it. I would, however, like to see the WNBA merge with the D-League... no reason other than the comparable talent pool and crappy nicknames and logos with basketballs in them.As a coed league? Flight is easily the best name, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proc Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 The Shock should be the Pistonettes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedleyLamarr Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 To me, it should be something to do with a Hawk -- and it isn't Flight, Soar, or Altitude.But the "Atlanta Lottery Picks" doesn't sound like a good nickname.I guess they won't be using my suggestion: the Atlanta Swallows.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremyb Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 i have to go with Fever, why would you want to be a fever? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CS85 Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 The Starzz had to the be the stupidest name for a basketball team I've heard in a long, long time. Quote "You are nothing more than a small cancer on this message board. You are not entertaining, you are a complete joke." twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewG70 Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 To me, it should be something to do with a Hawk -- and it isn't Flight, Soar, or Altitude.But the "Atlanta Lottery Picks" doesn't sound like a good nickname.I guess they won't be using my suggestion: the Atlanta Swallows....Well, being that the city's NBA team sucks, that nickname for the WNBA team would go hand-in-hand. The (unofficial) NHL Uniform DatabaseThe WHA Uniform Database Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH42XCC Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 The Starzz had to the be the stupidest name for a basketball team I've heard in a long, long time.The reason why it's so stupid? The double Z's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CS85 Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 The Starzz had to the be the stupidest name for a basketball team I've heard in a long, long time.The reason why it's so stupid? The double Z's.Precisely. Anything with a corny extra letter or swapping of S w/ Z instantly delegates the item in question as profoundly lame. Quote "You are nothing more than a small cancer on this message board. You are not entertaining, you are a complete joke." twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 The Starzz had to the be the stupidest name for a basketball team I've heard in a long, long time.The reason why it's so stupid? The double Z's.Precisely. Anything with a corny extra letter or swapping of S w/ Z instantly delegates the item in question as profoundly lame.Unfortunately, the "ZZ" meme was a staple of Utah sports throughout the 90s. Thanks for nothing, Jazz.... On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH42XCC Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 The Starzz had to the be the stupidest name for a basketball team I've heard in a long, long time.The reason why it's so stupid? The double Z's.Precisely. Anything with a corny extra letter or swapping of S w/ Z instantly delegates the item in question as profoundly lame.Unfortunately, the "ZZ" meme was a staple of Utah sports throughout the 90s. Thanks for nothing, Jazz....Take the Salt Lake Buzz (now the Bees) of the Pacific Coast League or the Utah Catzz of the now-defunct Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL) for example. Those 'ZZ' names are all garbage. Fortunately, there are now only 2 teams in Utah with 'ZZ' -- the Jazz, which sounds ridiculous since you won't normally hear jazz music in the state of Utah, and the Grizzlies, which is the least lame of the 'ZZ' names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB61 Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 I'd tell you that I missed the ABL for this reason, but with the Xplosion, Reign, and Quest, I don't think it was much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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