Atlantic region

Celtic-Celtic team was founded in the summer of 1946, when the boss was walter brown. The origin of the team name comes from the discussion between Brown and team employee mchugh. Initial name suggestions included Cyclone, Unicorn and Olympics. But in the end, it was Brown who suddenly thought of, put forward and finally decided on the name Celtic. Because the population of Boston was almost Irish at that time, the Celtics commemorated that the first Irish immigrants to the North American continent landed in Boston at that time.

Knicks-Knicks is short for bloomers. The Knicks founded the team on 1946, when the boss was Ned Irish. The name of this team comes from the discussion between the Irish and Knicks executive Fred podesta in the office. At that time, they all wrote down their favorite names and put them in hats. Finally, they found that most people suggested using the name bloomers, and that's it. Bloomers refer to a kind of bloomers worn by Dutch immigrants at that time. Therefore, bloomers are chosen to commemorate the Dutch who first came to new york in the 7th century. In the history of new york, the image of these Dutch immigrant bloomers has always been a symbol of new york. In the19th century and early 20th century, the symbol of new york was "knickerbockers priest", and their typical clothes included cotton wigs, triangular hats, buckled shoes and knickerbockers! Their image can be seen in the movie "New York Gangster". But interestingly, the new york Knicks is not the current basketball team, but the baseball team of 1845.

Nets-New Jersey Nets was founded in 1967, then called New Jersey American. At that time, the team also belonged to another league ABA (American Basketball Association), which was one of the 1 1 teams when ABA was just established. At that time, the boss was Arthur Brown, and the team moved around six different venues in downtown new york. 1968 New Jersey Americans finally settled in new york City and renamed it the new york Nets. The reason for choosing the Nets is funny. At that time, Brown listened to a reporter's suggestion that the pronunciation of Nets was escorted by the pronunciation of new york baseball team Mets and new york football team Jets, so he changed Americans to Nets. With the annexation of ABA by 1976 NBA, the new york Nets joined the NBA. Because the NBA had the symbol of new york Knicks at that time, it was difficult for the Nets to compete with the Knicks in the same city in business, so they chose to move to New Jersey, 40 miles away from new york, across the river, and changed their name to New Jersey Nets.

76ers-Philadelphia 76ers was founded in 1949, formerly known as Syracuse National Team. This year, the national team and five other midwestern teams joined the NBA, bringing the league to 65,438+07 teams. 1963 The national team was bought by two Phillies, Irv Kosloff and Ike Richman, and transferred to the city in the same year. On August 6th, 1963, the national team was officially renamed as the 76 ers. The name is to commemorate 1776 signing the American declaration of independence in Philadelphia, similar to the 49 people in the NFL, and to commemorate the discovery of gold mines in San Francisco.

Wizards-Washington Wizards was founded in 196 1, formerly known as Chicago Packers. In' 62, it was renamed the West Wind Team. 1963, the team moved to Baltimore and changed its name to Baltimore Bullets. 1974, Battimore Bullets moved to Washington and changed its name to Washington Bullets. Because the bullet was later accused of being violent, in May 1997, in order to cooperate with the team's anti-violence activities, team owner Abe Pollin decided to change his name. After the fans voted, the name Wizards won the last three choices.

Magic-Due to the expansion of NBA in 1989, many teams including Orlando Magic were established. Disney City in the United States is the biggest feature of Orlando, Florida, and magic represents Orlando's dream Disney. Another feature is backstreet, which is also the name of Backstreet Boys from Orlando.

Miami Heat was founded in 1988, one year earlier than Orlando Magic in the same state, but it also caught up with the NBA expansion tide in 1988 and 1989. The new army established at that time also included Minnesota Timberwolves (89) and Charlotte Hornets (88). Miami, another big city in Florida, is connected with the Caribbean Sea. All the year round is like summer, and the heat wave is pressing!

Central area

Eagles-Atlanta Eagles are rooted in three cities (Moline, Shidao, Illinois, Davenport, Iowa), and it originated from the Mississippi River. Tri-City Blackhawks, formerly known as Tri-City Black Hawks, was one of the earliest members of the NBA when it was founded, in memory of an outstanding Indian tribal chief-Black Hawk in American history. After two short years in three cities, the Black Hawks moved to Milwaukee and called them the Hawks for short. 1955, the team moved to St. Louis and changed its name to St. Louis Eagles. After a successful time in St. Louis, the announcer finally announced that the Eagles would take root in Atlanta during the baseball team Atlanta Warriors 1968.

Bulls-Chicago Bulls 1966 joined the NBA, but it was not the first NBA team in Chicago history. The name bull should mean that Chicago was once the largest cattle and animal trading place in the eastern and western United States. Cowboys in the west bring a lot of Niu Yi Road to Chicago every year and sell it to businessmen in the east.

Piston-Detroit piston originated in fort wayne and was founded by local automobile piston giant Fred Zollner in 194 1 year. Formerly known as Fort Wayne Zollner Piston, it should be an advertisement for the boss himself. When the team was built, it joined the then NBL (National Basketball Association), 1948, and the Pistons jumped to the league competitor BAA (American Basketball Association). 1949 NBL and BAA merged into the NBA, and Pistons became a member of the NBA Central Division. 1957, the piston moved to Detroit and changed its name to Detroit piston, which happened to be the automobile city of the United States.

—— Pacers 1967 was founded in Indianapolis, Indianapolis, and joined ABL at that time. Pacers joined the NBA with three other ABL teams on 1976. Pacers should be translated as walking on a horse or walking in a team, because according to Tinkam, an Indianapolis lawyer, the name Pacers was decided by several investors when building the team, including Tinkam and racing fan Chuck Barnes. According to Tinkam's explanation, the name Pacer is a combination of the racing history of Harness Racing Pacers, a luxury off-road vehicle in Indiana, and the racing history of Indianapolis 500. According to Tinkam's memory, when discussing the name, the pedestrians decided at once, which is not the main point of the argument. At that time, it was to argue whether it should be called Indianapolis Pacer or Indiana Pacer, and finally decided to call it Indiana Pacer.

Hornets-The New Orleans Hornets are the product of 1988 NBA expansion. They were founded in Charlotte on 1988 as the Charlotte Hornets. The wasp got its name because of its important position in Charlotte's sports history: a minor league baseball team and the world football league in Charlotte's history were named after the wasp. The Charlotte needle of WNBA team also went to a similar team name thorn, which also refers to the wasp's tail needle. In 2002, the Hornets moved to New Orleans and changed its name to New Orleans Hornets.

Bucks-After losing the first team in Milwaukee, Milwaukee finally established its own NBA team-Milwaukee Bucks, from 65438 to 0968. Milwaukee is a place where many reindeer haunt in history. According to 1969-70 Milwaukee Bucks Yearbook, Trevor Cox from Whitefish, Wisconsin was one of the 45 people who suggested the name of Bucks at that time. Mr. Trebilcox's explanation for choosing a stag is that the stag is a brave, sensitive, fast and good at jumping, and this name can help Milwaukee enter the field of professional sports. Milwaukee also produces wine, which is the origin of Milwaukee Brewers, a professional baseball team in North America.

Cavaliers-Cleveland Cavaliers was founded in 1970 and joined the NBA. It, Portland Trailblazers and Buffalo Warriors are all products of the expansion of the NBA.

Raptor-Raptor should be correctly translated as Raptor, not Raptor. Because velociraptor refers to the fastest velociraptor among dinosaurs, that is, the last few small dinosaurs that set up Tyrannosaurus Rex in Jurassic Park. The Raptors was founded in 1995, and the Grizzlies are the product of NBA's expansion to Canada. During 1994, Canada's PBF (French professional basketball company) launched a national competition called "naming game" to name the name, logo and color of the new team. Most of the final top 10 list are animal names, including beaver, bobcat, dragon, grizzly bear, pig and wild boar (Toronto's nickname is pig city), raptor, scorpion, overlord chinchilla, tarantula, terrier. Finally, in May 1994 and 15, PBF decided to choose Raptors. The reason is that Jurassic Park and dinosaur fever, which were popular all over the world at that time, were the trend of young people, and PBF chose Raptors as the nickname of the team, precisely to take young fans as the development goal of the team's commercial market.

Midwest

Mavericks-Dallas Mavericks Dallas Mavericks was founded on 1980. In March this year, WBAP local radio station launched a competition called "Name the team". A five-member committee received more than 4,600 suggestions and finally narrowed down the shortlist to three: Mavericks, herdsman debaters and Express Express. At last the calf came out. Calf should be interpreted as an unmarked calf (horse) or a lost calf (horse) in the old west. Dallas is a city in western Texas, named calf, to commemorate the local cowboy life in the west. Similar to the local NFL team dallas cowboys.

Spurs-San Antonio Spurs 1967 was founded in Dallas, belonging to ABA League, named Dallas Chaparrals Dallas Jungle Team. 1970, the team changed its name to Texas chaparrals, still in Dallas. 1973 a group of businessmen in San Antonio bought the Dallas jungle team and moved to San Antonio, renamed the San Antonio Spurs. 1976 The Spurs joined the NBA with three other ABA teams, namely, the new york Nets, Denver Nuggets and Indiana Pacers. San Antonio is also a city in Texas. Spurs are spikes in the heels of cowboy boots, which are used for riding horses and also to commemorate local cowboys.

Rockets-Houston Rockets, another Texas team, originated in San Diego and was founded in San Diego. 1967. Joined the NBA with seattle supersonics and was named the San Diego Rockets. Because it was not very successful in San Diego, the Rockets moved to Houston on 197 1 and changed its name to Houston Rockets. The American space headquarters is located in Houston.

Gold nuggets-Denver gold nuggets are not the Denver gold nuggets that played for one year in the NBA 1949-50 season. The current Denver Nuggets was founded on 1967, joined ABL and was named Denver Rockets (NBA team San Diego Rockets was also founded in the same year). Seven years later, it was renamed Denver Nuggets to commemorate the gold rush in Colorado in the19th century (Denver Plateau city is located in Colorado), when people flocked to this area in the hope of making a fortune through the gold rush. 1976 Denver Nuggets joined the NBA.

Timberwolves-Minnesota Timberwolves was founded in 1989 and was one of the two NBA teams (the other was Miami Heat). The choice of the timberwolves also stood out from 6076 suggestions through a competition of "naming teams" (17 suggestions were timberwolves). The reason why the timberwolves were finally chosen is because Minnesota is the habitat of timberwolves, where wolves haunt. Due to the promulgation of 1973 Endangered Species Act 1973 Endangered Species Act, open hunting of wolves was banned from 1974, and the number of timberwolves in Minnesota began to increase steadily. In addition, Minnesota is the headquarters of the International Wolf Research Center.

Jazz-Jazz Utah Jazz 1974 was founded in New Orleans as Jazz of New Orleans. The name jazz commemorates that New Orleans is the birthplace of American jazz. Cleveland Rock, a group similar to WNBA, commemorates Cleveland as the birthplace of American rock music. 1978 The team moved from New Orleans to Salt Lake City, Utah, and changed its name to Utah Jazz.

Grizzlies-Grizzlies, formerly known as Vancouver Grizzlies, was founded in Vancouver, Canada, 1995. Like Arthur Ross in Toronto, it is the product of NBA expansion in Canada. It was also through the name game that the name of grizzly bear was finally determined, because the local forests are all over the place, which is the place where grizzly bears haunt in history. Similar to the determination of the timberwolves.

Pacific region

Lakers-The Lakers were founded in Minneapolis on 1947, named Minneapolis Lakers, and joined NBL, one of the forerunners of NBA. Minneapolis is a famous lake area in the United States, with hundreds of lakes. 1948, the Lakers jumped to BAA, including the pistons. But with the merger of 1949 NBL and BAA, the Lakers became a member of the NBA. Due to the declining audience caused by Mikan's retirement and the great commercial success of the baseball team Dodgers 1958, the Lakers moved from Minneapolis to Los Angeles in 1960 and changed its name to Los Angeles Lakers.

Clippers-The origin of Los Angeles Clippers, another team in Los Angeles, is not in Los Angeles. Clippers 1970 built a team in Buffalo, Buffalo, and the name was Buffalo Warriors at that time. In 70 years, besides buffalo warriors, there were Portland Trailblazers and Cleveland Cavaliers. Due to the turmoil in the management of the team, the Warriors fell to the bottom in 1976 and 1977. At the suggestion of NBA lawyer david stern (now president), the Warriors moved from Buffalo to San Diego in 78, and the team was replaced by irv levin, a businessman from California. New owner Levin immediately renamed the team San Diego Clippers San Diego Clippers. Because San Diego at that time was famous for its prosperous port and seaside place, the boss Levin happened to see a speedboat sailing into the harbor when he wanted to name it, so he decided to call it Clipper Clipper Clipper. Although entering San Diego, the team's performance went up, but it still failed to enter the playoffs. In the end, the team changed hands again. 198 1 year, the team was acquired by Donald T. Sterling, a lawyer and real estate tycoon in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles. Because the box office was still weak, the San Diego Clippers finally 1984 moved to Los Angeles and changed its name to Los Angeles Clippers.

Kings-Another California team, Sacramento Kings, was founded in 1948, and the team was founded in Rochester, named Rochester Royal. In the same year, the Royals jumped from NBL to BAA with the Lakers and Pistons, but a year later, NBL and BAA merged into the NBA with 1949, and the Royals became an early member of the NBA. 1957 The team moved to Cincinnati and changed its name to Cincinnati Royal. Although the team's record was good, the great changes outside the stadium made the team jointly acquired by 10 Kansas businessmen in 1972, and the team moved to Kansas with 1972, renamed Kansas City-Omaha Kings, hereinafter referred to as Kansas City Kings. 1983, the Kings team was acquired by Mantu Sakala's consortium for105,000 USD. Until May 1985, the NBA board unanimously voted to allow the Kings to move to Sacramento, the capital of California, so the Kings changed its name to Sacramento Kings.

Portland Trailblazers Portland Trailblazers, like Clippers and Cavaliers, are also an NBA expansion of 1970. The name of the pioneer was changed to commemorate the pioneers from the eastern United States to the barren western region in history.

Sun-Phoenix Suns was founded in Arizona on 1968. On April 25th of the same year, the club announced that in the "team naming" competition, the name of Suns was finally selected from 28,000 name suggestions. The sun symbolizes one of the three characteristics of Phoenix: bright sunshine, hot desert and beautiful golf course.

Thunder-seattle supersonics team was founded in 1967, and the name of the team was also obtained through a game suggested by the public. More than 25,000 suggestions were received, of which more than 200 were "supersonic". The reason is that Seattle is the headquarters of Boeing. In the 1960s, Boeing announced their plan to develop Concorde into a supersonic transport vehicle. Although the plan to develop a new concept supersonic airliner has not been realized, supersonic has left a deep impression on the public. Later it was changed to thunder.

Warriors-Golden State Warriors was founded in Philadelphia, 1946, formerly known as Philadelphia Warriors. It was a member of BAA at that time, and later became a member of NBA with the merger of BAA and NBL. 1962 The team moved to San Francisco and changed its name to San Francisco Warriors. Due to the low attendance in San Francisco, in order to attract more spectators, the team moved across the bay to Oakland in 197 1 and changed its name to Golden State Warriors.