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The New Orleans Hornets are expected to become the Pelicans as early as the 2013-14 season, numerous sources told Yahoo! Sports.

 

A change of the nickname has been expected since Tom Benson purchased the team.

 

Benson owns the rights to the nickname Pelicans. Louisiana is known as the Pelican State.

 

The Hornets also considered the nicknames Krewe (groups of costumed paraders in the annual Mardi Gras carnival in New Orleans) and Brass.

 

With the Hornets abandoning their nickname, the Charlotte Bobcats can possibly change their name.

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources--nola-hornets-to-change-nickname-to-pelicans-231227843.html

 

LOL

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I understand that a pelican is Louisiana's state bird but seriously that's the best they can come up with.

 

Oh well I at least hope that Charlotte buy's back the rights to the Hornets I just can't relate with the Bobcats name.

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honestly i like it lol, you can make a sick logo for pelicans, and i think it will catch on, thunder was whack at first too the thing lkr posted is fake i believe, i heard they supposed to have red and gold as their colors, nickname them the cans, in 1 or 2 years ppl will be used it, they are the hornets right now, look at the other weird names in the nba

 

lakers

Jazz

Knicks

bucks

magic

suns

spurs

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Maybe they'll have a rivalry with this team:

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Spurs_cowboy_crockett.jpg/225px-Spurs_cowboy_crockett.jpg

 

And go nose-to-nose with this team in the playoffs sometime:

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Gold-49956.jpg/200px-Gold-49956.jpg

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Nuggets, Lakers, Spurs...those are original though, and not named off an animal like so many [expletive]ing teams. And not only that, but it's not a very intimidating animal, and it just rolls off the tonge so badly.

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http://i46.tinypic.com/2uzcf2w.png

 

The more I say Pelicans, the better it sounds, I really believe people will come around on this

That's a sick logo!!! I prefer this color scheme though:

 

EDIT: On 2nd thought, Bounce > Pelicans:

 

http://sphotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/p206x206/559382_342095319187937_797787357_n.jpg

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