The New Jersey Nets to change their team name in 2012 when they move to Brooklyn

[madinmaryland]

Post your suggestions...

The Brooklyn Bridges??

[El Supremo]

1. The Brooklyn Too Many People Crammed Into One Spaces

[El Supremo]

2. The Brooklyn Ethnicities

[Upton]

3. Brooklyn Bums

[El Supremo]

4. The Brooklyn Lords (of Flatbush)

[El Supremo]

5. The Brooklyn We're Not From Joiseys

[name not needed]

36. The Brooklyn Nobody From New Jersey Says "Joisey"-s

:7

[JonLP24]

6. Cyclones

After the roller coaster.

[KamaAina]

7. Already in use by the Mets' Class A affiliate

that plays down at Coney Island.

[JonLP24]

10. Whoops

I'll have to think of another.

[Upton]

8. Brooklyn Pirates

heck, might as well name one abysmal team after another....

[shawmut]

9. The Brooklyn Backboards

[Scurrilous]

11. The Brooklyn NonLeBrons

:thumbsup:

[madinmaryland]

12. The Brooklyn "Rapid Transits"

Based on the subway line.

[Iggo]

13. Dodgers.

[Capt. America]

14. I call bullshit. Where is the source? Generally, professional leagues do not like to change "brands"

[Iggo]

15. And that's why we have the Oklahoma SuperSonics. (n/t)

[Upton]

16. Check it out..

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-11/nba-s-new-jersey-nets-file-paperwork-to-change-team-s-name-in-2012.html

[madinmaryland]

18. Baltimore "Ravens", etc. Back at you, Kiddoe!

[Capt. America]

22. Highlanders? Tip-tops?

[Jack Rabbit]

37. Good one, Captain -- the Brooklyn Bullshit

Kinda catchy.

[bluescribbler]

38. The Washington Wizards, the Texas Rangers

[shawmut]

17. The Brooklyn Ballers

[brendan120678]

19. Brooklyn Eminent Domainers?

[joeybee12]

20. In honor of disco...the Brooklyn Dreams!

Anyone out there know who they were????

[BulletproofLandshark]

24. No, but that sounds like a great name for a WNBA team. n/t

Edit: Oops that name appears to be taken.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Dream

[joeybee12]

27. Duet with Donna Summer...Heaven Knows...n/t

[hughee99]

21. The Brooklyn Septics...

I have a feeling at least one Russian is flushing money down the toilet.

In light of this potential move, in an attempt to keep their spot as NYC's worst professional team, the Knicks have rehired Isiah Thomas.
http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/knicksblog/knicks_to_name_isiah_consultant_kkF77XscbADGo7aM8qiJFI

[givemebackmycountry]

23. "The Brooklyn Commie Bastards"

OPULENCE.
I has it...

Shit, that will sell BIG time.

The Red Elvis's can perform at halftime.

[Iggo]

25. I would immediately change allegiance to the Commie Bastards.

No question.

[Gordan Shumway]

26. Brooklyn Globetrotters

That'll learn Harlem.

[Ter]

28. I remember hearing around 1994 that they were gonna change to the NJ Swamp-Dragons

Can anyone back me up on this?

[KamaAina]

29. Amazingly, yes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets#Butch_Beard_era_.281994.E2.80.9396.29

The team's image was so poor that in an effort to shed its losing image, management considered renaming the team "Swamp Dragons" or the "Fire Dragons" in 1994, but rejected the idea.

:wow:

[Ter]

30. Had they named them that in 1994

I would have switched from a Knicks fan to a Swamp Dragon's fan. Amazingly cool name, and yes I'm serious.

[LisaM]

31. They can be the Dutchmen

Isn't the name Brooklyn derived from some Dutch term?

[JonLP24]

32. It was originally Breuckelen

part of New Netherland. The name Breuckelen is also the same name as a town in the Netherlands. The name evolved a few times before ending with Brooklyn.

[Capt. America]

33. The Fighting Jay-Zs.

[brendan120678]

34. The Boooklyn....

"Pretending We're Not That Miserable Team Formerly Known as the Nets"-ers

[bluedigger]

35. The Brooklyn Bricks.