1, Oklahoma thunderbolt
1967 formally to join the team NBA, named "supersonic." At that time, the production of Boeing aircraft in Seattle, known for a year later, the company begin to develop a new type of plane, the new plane as human beings "supersonic transport." In fact, the plane that never fly to the sky . But in Seattle, famous because of this issue, "Supersonic" has become the name of the new basketball team. The summer of 2008, Seattle will be home to move to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma named team thunderbolt. SuperSonics became history.
2, Toronto Raptors
Team in NBA, the Raptors are a relatively young team. The'90s, the United States is called a "Jurassic Park" movies popular in the world. Because of the prevalence of the film, the image of dinosaurs has been accepted by many young people. At the club to allow fans to vote when the selection team, "Raptors," click on to win the hearts of young fans. May 15, 1994, the club announced that the team's first name as "Raptors."
3 Utah
1974, NBA New Orleans headquarters to build a new team. Team named "Sir", because the city the world-famous jazz band, and New Orleans jazz is recognized all over the world capital. The team moved to Salt Lake City in 1979, but they still retained the original name.
4, Memphis Grizzlies
1995-1996 season, the team officially became the NBA29 a strong. Club boss final word, the selection of "grizzly bear" as the name of the team. Grizzlies are the hometown of Vancouver, the province has long 20,000 wild grizzly bear. In 2001, the Memphis Grizzlies to return to the city of the United States, changed its name to the Memphis Grizzlies.
5, Washington Wizards
In 1946, a team called "bullets" of the basketball team set up at Baltimore. The team was dissolved and the original Chicago Parks (post-westerly wind had changed its name to Chicago) moved to Baltimore. In 1963, the team used "bullets" name. Pollin Club in 1996 decided to give up the boss with violent force, and finally decided to enable the "genius", which symbolizes the endless energy, super power, this is Pauline hopes for the team, I hope that have a team of intelligence and magic.
6, Atlanta Hawks
1946, NBL league start in three cities along the Mississippi River Molina, Rock Island, Davenport area, the construction of a basketball team. Indian tribes because of the black eagle on the rock island, in 1831 the black eagle is also the area around the battle, and on the basketball team that sticks to the "three-city black eagle" name. In 1949, the club switched to NBA, 1951 the team moved to Milwaukee years, teams were reduced to "an eagle." Again in 1955 to move the team to St. Louis and finally in 1968 moved to Atlanta today.
7, Boston Celtics
The team was founded in 1946. • the creation of Walter Brown, owner of the Boston Garden in the region of large companies, and named himself the name of the team. At that time, when the team name, the name of the candidate have a lot of: Tornado, the Olympic, such as Unicorn. But Brown, on a pick in the "Celtics" on the grounds that New York from 1914 to 1939 there are well-known basketball team, called the Celtic team of indigenous people.
8, New Orleans Hornets
Prior to joining the team at NBA, basketball team formerly known as "the spirit of Charlotte." But the people of North Carolina has not accepted the name. 1988 Club team in the assembly between the fans, and finally "Wasp" was elected. The name also dates back to the Revolutionary War period, when the United Kingdom called the General Charles • Corvallis, addressed to the British royal family in its front-line report of the war, wrote: This tragic war, like "a group of bees in the cell where the struggle . " The summer of 2004, transfer to the New Orleans Hornets, renamed the New Orleans Hornets.
9, Chicago Bulls
NBA Bulls in 1966 after joining from the club's first boss Dick • Clayton personally set this name. Clayton said: "Bulls do not indomitable Rao,a crisis , at the basketball court, what this spirit is more valuable than that?!" So the Bulls became the team's name, and is the one used for half a century.
10, Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland in 1970 set up a new basketball team, held up in the newspaper named a prize-winning activities • Jerry Tomko's "knight" became the winner. He explained his inspiration, said: "The Knight on behalf of a group of brave and fearless people, regardless of the ultimate fate, they never yield to surrender."
11, Dallas Mavericks
The name of the same name was born in a prize-winning activities fans. 1980 at WBAP Radio in Dallas, after a trial of strength, the club finally decided to enable the Executive Committee of "Mavericks", since it was the most consistent with the image of the Texas cowboy.
12, Denver Nuggets From
In 1967 when the ABA league or team members, the team called the Denver Rockets. The same year, NBA was born in a San Diego Rockets (that is, today's Houston Rockets). 7 after the season, also joined the Denver Rockets NBA, so the club decided to change its name. Colorado mineral-rich 19th century, attracting people all over the world all around the Bay dig gold smelting silver, in the light of this historical background, the club of "Nuggets" in naming the team. According to records, in 1949 -1950 in the newly established NBA also has a Denver called the club, but later went bankrupt.
13, Detroit Pistons
This is the first one is located in the wind Nani areas, belong to NBL (American Basketball League) team. Zenna at the same time the club owner is a company specialize in the production of piston boss. He personally decided on the name of the company's products to the team, basketball team named in the history of its own kind. The team formerly known as very long, called "wind N ani Zenna Pistons." The team moved to Detroit in 1957, Detroit in the automobile capital of the United States have the name, the "piston" should still apply, but the Pistons plant names and the name of the boss, it disappeared.
14, Golden State Warriors
Philadelphia in 1946 to build NBA team, the owner applied to the old team a new team named after the 1925 Philadelphia ABL basketball team has been named "Warrior." After the team moved westward in 1962, the team changed its name to the San Francisco Warriors, and then once again changed its name to the Golden State Warriors, means that this is a team representing the whole of California. The team moved to Oakland in 1971.
15, Los Angeles Lakers
Lakers in 1948 before joining ABA, they have been stationed in the cold in Minneapolis, it is understandable that the team of Minnesota, cited "the land of ten thousand lakes (The land of 10000 lakes)" the geographical name of the nickname "Lakers (Lakers) . " This Lakers team has won the recognition of the local people, in the super-center under the leadership of Mikan, Minneapolis Lakers also won the championship 5. Extension in order to win, even if the team moved west in 1960 in Los Angeles, they decided to continue to use the old Lakers team.
16, New York Knicks
Phoenix is the founder Ned, he decided to use Knickerbockers (knickerbockers) named its team, coincidentally, in New York the first in the history of the baseball team is called the Knickerbockers. Knickerbockers are from the 17th century roots in New York extended the Dutch immigration out, they wear pants to the below-knee length, called knickerbockers. Because of the name is too long, people put it referred to as the "Knicks", which is Phoenix.
17, New Jersey Nets
Nets set up in New York in 1967. Only for a year, the Nets find themselves not on the Knicks at the hands grabbed the basketball market, so they moved to New York one of New Jersey river. Check the name of Net (Nets), This is because the Nets are an indispensable part of basketball, in addition, has a well-known New York city baseball team (Mets) and American jets football team (Jets), and they take a homonym of the Nets also think the two big teams沾沾glory. However, initially they were still called the New York Nets in the ABA, into the NBA after 1976, because the New York Knicks have been in existence, they were forced to changed its name to the New Jersey Nets.
18, Indiana Pacers
In 1967, Indiana's high-level professional basketball team decided to use a different from the other team's approach to naming their team: The team's goal as a team name. They want the team to become a good example of professional basketball (set the pace), one step at a time to move on, so that their team is called Pacers (Pacers). And another explanation is that Indiana was crazy racing in the Indy 500, the safety car is called Pacecar, with the team name for the Pacers, it is clear to rub point of the popular Indy 500.
20, Charlotte Bobcats Team
Start from the 2004-2005 season, NBA to set up at a called Charlotte Bobcats (Bobcat) a new team. Charlotte Bobcats are the choice of people, and the new team owner Bob Johnson • (Bob Johnson) also want their names to appear on the team, while Charlotte has long been known to cats for the professional team named tradition. It is worth mentioning that the Houston Rockets, as the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration
21, San Antonio Spurs
In 1973, built in 1967 at the Dallas team bush (Chaparrals) moved to San Antonio after a public vote, select a representative of the people and culture of Texas, "San Antonio Spurs (Spurs)", because the Spurs are riding boot on each cowboy must have Preparation of the instrument.
