NBA, Style - Kicks and Gear / Mar 2, 2010 / 1:13 pm

Michael Jordan Should Change the Name of the Charlotte Bobcats To …

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As always, we asked and you delivered. We had more than 200 responses in the comments section of the contest post and sent to our Twitter feed suggesting new names for the Charlotte Bobcats now that The G.O.A.T. is running the show.

We received a ton of strong entries from our readers, some serious, some hilarious. They were so good, we decided to give out two awards – one for the best overall name, another for the entry that made us laugh the most. So here we go (complete with honorable mention honors)…

Funny Category, Honorable Mention

- Charlotte LaserDonkeys (from jnuh)

- Charlotte Juanitas (from Sho-Nuff)

- Charlotte Shockers (from Freezy, complete with this added in:
“…who wouldn’t want to see MJ throwin up the shocker??”)

And the winner is…

The Charlotte LOLcats from Captain Awesome. Had us cracking up in the Dime office when we saw it posted.

Serious Category, Honorable Mention

- Charlotte Knights (from Khalvin)

- Charlotte Panthers (from Kharizmatic)

- Charlotte Royals (from Poppi Gee)

- Charlotte Speed (from The Journeyman)

And the winner is…

Many suggested it, most supported it, but the first to deliver the Charlotte Flight as an entry was reader Tyler Whitcomb.

Special shout out to reader Fraz and this follow up post: “Years ago when the franchise came to the city, the local paper had a poll for the new name of the team. Flight won overwhelmingly and the unis had a blue/silver theme. Next day, they announce the Bobcats with that lame orange and purple/teal. WTF?!?!”

We’re not sure of the legal ramifications, but from the Wright Brothers to MJ and his legacy, “Flight” just makes too much sense on too many levels.

Tyler and Captain Awesome, we’ll be hitting you with an email shortly for your info…

Did we miss you favorite entries? Let us know in the comments section below

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  • http://twitter.com/PoppiGEE POPPI GEE

    Play ya roll boi, understand priorities,
    it’s like I’m on Klan ish cause I don’t deal with minorities.
    I don’t come off the top, stay on it, never rehearse this.
    You like that faggot in prison droppin the soap on purpose.
    I’m the President, the Tyrant, a Czar, a Dictator,
    You just a D!CK, who got small taters (Hahaaa).
    I understand you upset, that’s why you keep on keeping,
    but you need to use a better pad, we can tell you bleedin.
    Yeaa I could go on, but i’ll let you talk yo sh!t
    Ya girl told me it ain’t a penis, ……………it’s more like a BIG CLIT (B!tch Azz)!

    “Heat Check” _2

  • BigTyme

    Wish I knew about this contest, woulda won hands-down with
    Charlotte ScarHeels or TimeHeels (in ref to Jordans divorce)

  • mules

    whatever…I still like Charlotte Crowns. —sulk—

  • LakeShow84

    @ Mules

    Dont trip dude.. i like the Crowns too..

    And the Battlecocks as well lol people wouldnt know what to think about that one..

  • Randomized

    Battlecocks, that is best!

  • Christopher

    Charlotte Johanssons

  • http://yahoo james

    Charlotte Jordanairs

  • Luke

    Flight was one of the original options when they first named the team. Flyers or 03 Flyers would be better.

  • Jake

    Charlotte Cougars. Change the colors to Carolina and Duke blue together. That would sum up NC Basketball.

  • Freezy

    @ Jake
    no offense but that name would make them sound like a team of hot older women lol

  • http://luckylester.com luckylester

    Some guy said Thundercats on the original site (Rico?), I would have to agree, that is the best. And who cares that the Thunder and the Thundercats would be around – Thundercats is probably 100x better than thunder. I still don’t see why names without Ss on the end became all the rage. The reason flight sounds like a WNBA team is no S, I think half the teams in the lady league are S free.

    I like the colors and the name that Charlotte picked in the newspapper before Bob decided to be a douche bag and name the team after himself, and the colors off of the my-little-pony collection.

    I still think Aces would be a good name for selling gear, and it has some gambling references, for big Mike the Gambler.

    My favorite post from the first page was….

    “The Seattle Supersonics” – awesome.

  • http://luckylester.com luckylester

    I meant on the original page (the one where the contest went down), and his name was Jason Rico I believe. So, LakeShow84, even in the case that Thundercats was the “new winner” you would still be without Dime’s stuff.

    Jason Rico, post 147.

  • Knicksfan84

    I’m really feeling the Thundercats. If they could get the agreement on that. Imagine the Thundercats logo, some of the sound effects in stadium and gosh, it just sounds better. Thundercats! Ho!!!!!!!!!!

  • KenBuddha

    How about Charlotte Air?

    It’s nice and consise. Simple and elegant. Plus, you can say it has an ‘air of MJ’ in it. :)

  • http://idk Brent Wright

    How about Charlotte Jordanaries

  • http://www.schwartzsideofthings.com Zack

    Charlotte Air

    Jersey’s sell and this is an opportunity to brand a team like no other before

    http://www.schwartzsideofthings.com

  • rocket

    Carolina Cougars sounds the best it pays respect to the Old ABA team in which Larry Brown played for.
    You could have Carolina Blue uniforms(aka Tarheel Blue)

  • Homero

    I like Carolina
    Airmen. Not wnbaish. Straight to the point. MJ owns the team. MJ owns the past 100 years of athletics.

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