Great video!! Just a quick note, which you forgot to mention: In 2014 (when the New Orleans team was renamed the Pelicans, and the Bobcats were renamed the Charlotte Hornets), the revived Hornets franchise acquired the official history and records of the original Hornets (spanning from 1988 to 2002).
The Hornets-Pelicans connection is a little convoluted and involves one more thing you left out. When the New Orleans franchise changed their name to the Pelicans, they actually made a deal with the Charlotte franchise (with the NBA's blessing) to not only allow them to become the Charlotte Hornets, but to reclaim the history of the original 1988-2002 Charlotte Hornets. As such, the current Charlotte Hornets franchise is now considered an extension of the original Charlotte Hornets franchise founded in 1988. The Pelicans, meanwhile, only lay claim to the New Orleans (and OKC)-era history, going back to 2002.
That's interesting. In the NFL nobody really thinks about that with the Cleveland Browns/ Baltimore Ravens. Everytime people bring up the history of the Browns these days, they'll bring up the past era of the team up until 1995, which technically would just be the history of the Ravens. Anything these Browns do now should just be traced to their return in 1999
@@christophersuswal9544 The only thing is - when the Ravens went to Baltimore, they made an agreement to leave the Browns' history behind. While they took the players and management with them, as far as official NFL records are concerned, they were an expansion team. When the new Browns team came along a few years later, they were given the rights to claim all the history of the previous Browns team.
And the Atlanta Hawks actually started in Buffalo as the Buffalo Bisons, they moved on Christmas Day to become the Tri-Cities Blackhawks after 3 months.
I didn't know about some of the older relocations, but the Rockets one stuck out to me. I'd always assumed their nickname was to honor the massive NASA operation in Houston, but since they already had the nickname in San Diego it just happens to be a funny coincidence.
General Dynamics and it's Convair division (originally an independent company) were big in the rocket industry for a long time - big enough to be one of the 3 original contractors for studies outside of NASA that led to the Apollo program (GE and the Glen Martin company being the others) and eventual builder of the Saturn V 3'd stage. I don't count the Cruise Missile, it was quite a bit later and not a rocket - but among other things
Even as a lifelong nba fan, this was very informative and intriguing. Also was not expecting a Dyatlov cameo, but it scores high marks in my book. Thanks!
In the ABA, the Denver team was called the Denver Rockets, but the name was changed to the Nuggets when they switched to the NBA because of the Houston Rockets
A couple of things. 1. The NBL was originally an industrial league that consisted of factory teams mostly (In fact the Akron Wingfoots, Goodyear's factory team won the first title and they sponsored the Cavs since). It organically grew over the years with other local teams through the Great lakes/midwest area joining. The Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons were a factory team of the Zollner Piston company. During this period in the 40s there was also a world tournament that functioned a bit like the FA Cup in Football as well. 2. The Indianapolis Olympians are interesting case because they essentially shut down due to game fixing scandal at the college level that most of the players had been caught up in. 3. The Celtics/Clippers swap happened essentially because the owner Irv Levin wanted to move Boston closer to his home in SD, but NBA said absolutely not. So the swap was arranged with John Y Brown, the former owner of Kentucky's ABA team, who had picked up the Braves/Clippers as he found they were cheaper to buy than to move Kentucky (One of the most stable and successful franchises) into the NBA. With the Braves being less 10 years old and didn't have the 13 titles the Celtics did so the NBA didn't care what happened.
@@tastyjay Here's the really interesting part, the industrial teams didn't go away, they actually spun off into their own league the NIBL which last until 63 and nabl which kept going into the 70s en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Alliance_of_Basketball_Leagues
Before watching this video I hope you mention how weird the whole Bobcats/Hornets / Hornets/Pelicans thing is. It annoys me sometimes. It’s kinda like the Ravens/Browns situation but more complicated.
Not sure if this had been mentioned, but the Oklahoma City Thunder, despite relocating from Seattle, are technically considered an expansion team. The SuperSonics records and history remained in Seattle; everything post-2008 in OKC is independent of the Sonics' history. That's the way it should be with franchise relocations, in my honest opinion.
The sonics records and history actual do belong to OKC Thunder. Trophy’s and banners were left in a museum as part of a lawsuit from the city of Seattle but technically OKC owns all the records and what not. I think the nba will negotiate some sort of deal or buyout of the Sonics history when seattle inevitably gets its franchise back.
The map in the beginning made me realize how badly the NBA needs to do a realignment and/or dissolve east and west. OKC is still in the Northwest division despite Oklahoma being directly above texas. Pacific: Blazers, Kings, Warriors, Lakers, Clippers, Suns Southwest: Thunder, Spurs, Jazz, Nuggets, Mavs, Rockets Southeast: Heat, Pelicans, Magic, Hawks, Hornets, Grizzlies Central: Bulls, Pacers, T-wolves, Pistons, Cavs, Bucks Atlantic: Nets, Knicks, Sixers, Celtics, Raptors, Wizards
I can imagine the next two expansion teams being Seattle and Mexico City, the latter being a view to expanding the league further overseas. I know the Euroleague have their own thing going rn but imagine Real Madrid, Barcelona, Galatasaray or Fenerbache in the NBA - all places with strong basketball followings albeit through footballing roots
No if there is some expansions it would be (in order): Seattle, Las Vegas (who should have one for years), Montreal, Kansas City, Tampa Bay/maybe San Diego (but I doubt it as they can't keep a franchise) then Mexico
Great video mate, I’ve always wondered about why teams randomly appear or relocate, just never enough to actually look it up but when UA-cam recommended me this all my questions were answered! Stellar work
The weird thing not mentioned about the new Charlotte Hornets, is that all the franchise history and stats of the old Charlotte Hornets transferred to the new Charlotte Hornets. The Pelicans maintained the history and stats of the NO/OKC Hornets. It’s just odd that you can magically transfer history to a different franchise.
It’s a shame the flint tropics didn’t join the nba in the merger, Jackie Moon was a great player/owner/coach and really pushed them in their final season prior to the merger inventing the allyoop in their final game. You’d go to see the tropics play but you’d stay to see Jackie moon fight a bear.
Very interesting video. I liked how you portrayed the history of the NBA. One thing I would've loved to see would've been a complete histogram of the league and mergers and the folding of the teams. Now that I think of it, seems like a lot of work. Interesting video nonetheless ☺️
Thanks, this video was really helpful for a brazilian to understand this whole thing of reallocate teams, here the teams aren´t franchises, just clubs, so they remain in the same place always.
As a soccer fan from Europe, the fact that clubs (franchises) can be sold and relocate to other cities is hard to come to terms with. Very USA-esque tho.
As a sports history buff, the NBA's erasure of the NBL annoys me. It was first, it was integrated, it had some of the game's biggest stars of the time, its teams proved competitive with BAA teams (as seen in the World Professional Basketball Tournament played annually throughout the 1940s, and in the first few seasons of the merged NBA), and some of the NBA's staple teams come from there (Lakers, Pistons, 76ers, Hawks, Kings), and a significant portion of their history is just ignored in most official materials.
NBA teams and their names such as Denver McNuggets Golden Steak Warriors Indiana Steakers Houston Hot Pockets Miami Eat Phoenix Sundaes Chicago Rolls New York Twix Washington Blizzards Los Angeles Cakers Sacramento Burger Kings Philedelphia 70 Snickers Oklahoma City Hunger Toronto Twizzlers Detroit Pizzatons
Portland Pizza pies Seattle Star Bucks San Diego Sunfish Pittsburgh Pasta Baltimore Burritos Boise Burgers Mississippi Mud Pies Columbus chowder Tucson Tacos Oakland Ocra Boston Baked Beans Buffalo. Hot wings St. Louis Spare Ribs Cincinnati Calamari Tampa Torillas Las Vegas Vegi Burgers Fresno Flap Jacks Honolulu Honey Green Bay Green Beans Fort Worth Fried Rice Omaha Omlettes Louisville Lasagna Providence Pancakes El Paso. Eggplant Brownsville Brownies 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
In the ABA the Nuggets were originally supposed to be the Denver Larks but switched to the Denver Rockets right before their inaugural season. Right before the merger, in 1974, the team became the Nuggets who still play today.
I have read that the franchise that ultimately ended up in Denver was originally slated for Kansas City, but arena issues led to the team ending up in Denver.
7:17 THANK GOD They changed the name from the Bullets to the Wizards!!! Because clearly crime dropped drastically because of this, and gun violence was basically no more once they got rid of the Bullets name and became the Wizards of DC. I mean, if that didn’t happen, the whole city would’ve shot each other to death, and there be basically no people there at all today! Once they became the Wizards, people felt safe walking down dark alleys at night!!!
As a hornets fan, it’s important to note, that a couple years ago, all the hornets history until they left Charlotte was moved back with the Charlotte bobcat line. So technically the Charlotte hornets today are still considered a 30isg year org even tho. The bobcat line is about 18 years. The pelicans line is considered from when the team had been in New Orleans.
You video is 100% in both completeness & accuracy! Great job! Thank for doing this. Other people that tried to make this sort of video would skip the Buffalo Braves, San Diego Rockets, Fort Wayne Pistons. Then others would put the 1988 Charlotte Hornets on the same timeline as latest version of Charlotte Hornets, or say that New Orleans Pelicans began with New Orleans Hornets.
Yes, but they forgot the Kentucky Colonels. A Yum/Pepsi high roller could have bought them and restylized the Colonel into a form more like Colonel Sanders.
@7:21 youre mistaken mate, the wizards didnt change their name because of the gun violence in the city, they changed it because Abe Pollin, the owner, was a close friend of Yitzhak Rabin, the Israeli Prime minister who was murdered in 1995. Quote of Abe Pollin: "My friend was shot in the back by bullets, the name ‘Bullets’ is no longer appropriate for a sports team.”
6:44 The Chicago Packers actually made MORE sense as a team name, due to the HUGE meat packing industry in Chicago (Green Bay was small scale in comparison, NFL team or not).
And they hardly ever slaughter bulls. How about the Chicago cattle? Or cattle beasts, as some farmers call them? Of course, a team with that name might get slaughtered.
@@canadaclaret Cattle would have not been an aggresive enough name. Packers was taken by Green Bay - and they're close enough they might have got upset about the name getting recycled. And yes, stockyards DO in fact slaughter bulls - it's COWS that don't get slaughtered much due to their MILK - you have that entirely BACKWARDS.
Next two NBA teams: 1. Las Vegas Ramblers 2. Kentucky Colonels (they should’ve been in the NBA during the ABA merger! One of the best ABA teams) Next two teams: 3. Seattle SuperSonics 4. Nashville Stars (lots of money flowing to this city)
The Kentucky Colonels were excluded because they played their home games in different cities in Kentucky, yes a majority were in Louisville but some in their latter seasons were moved to other cities such as Lexington. This was the NBA's excuse to exclude them, along with the Virginia Squires for the same reason.
Also before Minneapolis Lakers became Lakers they were known.. or well not really known as Detroit Gems, a team that bankrupted and got sold to form Lakers later
tbh, I'm european so the idea that team can move from one city to another is unthinkable, here on old continent, if your team struggles it just falls to lower division but city/community and club are strictly linked, and if owner wants to move they'll have to buy other team with it's own separate identity and history imagine manchester united moving and becoming birmingham united, really unthinkable
@@NIDELLANEUM i like the quad cities, i was from davenport iowa, the arena is across the river in moline, illinois though. to be honest, there is very little about the past NBA legacy, i would assume that most people have no idea, haha! another interesting fact is that one of the very first NFL games took place here too in Rock Island, Illinois
In reality Charlotte retains her history. So New Orleans figures as the franchise born in 2002. Charlotte, as the Cleveland Browns from 1996 to 1998, had suspended operations from 2002 to 2004 when rejoined Nba with the name Charlotte Bobcats until 2014 not 2013 when she became Charlotte Hornets for the second time.
Cleveland Browns? I think I know what you are saying (Browns/Ravens in the NFL) but I think you haven’t explained that part well. I think this guy did a very good job. Not everyone knows about this somewhat weird history of the Hornets. I think the Sonics/Thunder have an even stranger arrangement where a new Seattle team would be called the Sonics and share their history with OKC.
The NBA started with 11-teams in 1946. wow has the times have changed. Right now in 2022 the NBA is perfect almost with 30 teams, so many cities with huge amount of stars and the excellent and level of pro play with a ton of styles n fandoms. Love it. #NBA
Check out www.leaguestories.com !!
League Stories cool I will
hate to break it to ya but it was the NBA that ditched the Supersonics and the city of Seattle
Great video!! Just a quick note, which you forgot to mention: In 2014 (when the New Orleans team was renamed the Pelicans, and the Bobcats were renamed the Charlotte Hornets), the revived Hornets franchise acquired the official history and records of the original Hornets (spanning from 1988 to 2002).
You forgot the Toronto raptors
The Hornets-Pelicans connection is a little convoluted and involves one more thing you left out. When the New Orleans franchise changed their name to the Pelicans, they actually made a deal with the Charlotte franchise (with the NBA's blessing) to not only allow them to become the Charlotte Hornets, but to reclaim the history of the original 1988-2002 Charlotte Hornets. As such, the current Charlotte Hornets franchise is now considered an extension of the original Charlotte Hornets franchise founded in 1988. The Pelicans, meanwhile, only lay claim to the New Orleans (and OKC)-era history, going back to 2002.
That's interesting. In the NFL nobody really thinks about that with the Cleveland Browns/ Baltimore Ravens. Everytime people bring up the history of the Browns these days, they'll bring up the past era of the team up until 1995, which technically would just be the history of the Ravens. Anything these Browns do now should just be traced to their return in 1999
@@christophersuswal9544 The only thing is - when the Ravens went to Baltimore, they made an agreement to leave the Browns' history behind. While they took the players and management with them, as far as official NFL records are concerned, they were an expansion team. When the new Browns team came along a few years later, they were given the rights to claim all the history of the previous Browns team.
The eventual SuperSonics expansion shall go weird I guess...
They should put all pro sports teams in LA
Interesting... Knowing the Jazz belonged to New Orleans before sold to Utah...
The NBA really needs to give Seattle the Supersonics back as a Expansion team, I need it back
Ya but they would need to add another East team to even it out? Any ideas for an eastern team?
@@Tune_Theory Just make either Timberwolves, Grizzlies, or Pelicans an eastern team.
@@jerrymelgoza4358 It still would be 31 teams?
Bring Seattle Back and give Kansas City a team to even out
I'm still trying to figure out how I expansion draft would work, like every team get to keep 10 players and release the rest into the draft? Idk
I really like how you organized each team's history. It makes it easier to follow.
Before Minneapolis got a team, there called the Detroit Gems. Just a fun fact
Dope picture and name 💯🤙🏽
And their logo was what is now the pistons logo
i know
He said Minneanapolis!
And the Atlanta Hawks actually started in Buffalo as the Buffalo Bisons, they moved on Christmas Day to become the Tri-Cities Blackhawks after 3 months.
I had no idea the Rockets name came from San Diego. Houston Rockets always made sense since that's where the NASA space program takes off from.
I was surprised to learn that the Pistons weren’t originally from Detroit since that’s another name that fits the city really well
NASA takes off in Florida not Houston.
I worked with old men from General Dynamics, who built missiles. The Rockets were named in the spirit of General Dynamics.
@@Truckdriverplays Mission control is in Houston
@@JacksonBlackmon mission control and where they take off from is 2 different things and 2 different locations
I didn't know about some of the older relocations, but the Rockets one stuck out to me. I'd always assumed their nickname was to honor the massive NASA operation in Houston, but since they already had the nickname in San Diego it just happens to be a funny coincidence.
General Dynamics and it's Convair division (originally an independent company) were big in the rocket industry for a long time - big enough to be one of the 3 original contractors for studies outside of NASA that led to the Apollo program (GE and the Glen Martin company being the others) and eventual builder of the Saturn V 3'd stage.
I don't count the Cruise Missile, it was quite a bit later and not a rocket - but among other things
Cruise missiles are rockets too, just equipped with a guidance system
Imagine a team called the swamp dragons
you should watch dom2k's 2023 nba sim
@@meep7895 probably later
Best I've ever heard is the "Phoenix Cactus Giants" which was a suggested name before they became the Suns... xD
One of the final choices for the Pelicans franchise was the "Mosquitoes"
@@TRJ2241987 imagine that lol
Expansion to Europe would be insane. Imagine the plane flights
That would be too much, but I want see a NBA in Mexico that would be cool.
Mexico would be so awesome
@@GAYWEEDDAD420 yea if Canada have one than Mexico can also have one
i.e. NBA-Euroleague merger.
@@hellionus euroleague is too far away from nba level
Even as a lifelong nba fan, this was very informative and intriguing. Also was not expecting a Dyatlov cameo, but it scores high marks in my book. Thanks!
In the ABA, the Denver team was called the Denver Rockets, but the name was changed to the Nuggets when they switched to the NBA because of the Houston Rockets
The Denver Rockets actually switched to Nuggets before joining the NBA. The old name came from the trucking company that started the team.
@@gregsells8549 ....changed in anticipation of joining the NBA, due to the Houston Rockets
A couple of things. 1. The NBL was originally an industrial league that consisted of factory teams mostly (In fact the Akron Wingfoots, Goodyear's factory team won the first title and they sponsored the Cavs since). It organically grew over the years with other local teams through the Great lakes/midwest area joining. The Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons were a factory team of the Zollner Piston company. During this period in the 40s there was also a world tournament that functioned a bit like the FA Cup in Football as well. 2. The Indianapolis Olympians are interesting case because they essentially shut down due to game fixing scandal at the college level that most of the players had been caught up in. 3. The Celtics/Clippers swap happened essentially because the owner Irv Levin wanted to move Boston closer to his home in SD, but NBA said absolutely not. So the swap was arranged with John Y Brown, the former owner of Kentucky's ABA team, who had picked up the Braves/Clippers as he found they were cheaper to buy than to move Kentucky (One of the most stable and successful franchises) into the NBA. With the Braves being less 10 years old and didn't have the 13 titles the Celtics did so the NBA didn't care what happened.
I really wish they would give us back the Kentucky colonels we big on sports in Louisville
The whole idea of the 'factory teams' era is so fascinating to me. It happened in baseball too (and football as well, I'm sure).
@@tastyjay Here's the really interesting part, the industrial teams didn't go away, they actually spun off into their own league the NIBL which last until 63 and nabl which kept going into the 70s
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Alliance_of_Basketball_Leagues
Along with the Pacers, the Kentucky Colonels identified the ABA more than any other franchise.
As a Thunder fan give Seattle an expansion team that way OKC and Seattle will have a big rivalry
And possibly Portland too.
memphis and vancouver also
vancouver get an expansion too so there can be a rivalry there
@@riyadinho6795 Basketball didn't work in Vancouver the first time. It's more of a hockey and CFL town.
@@anthonyanderson9303 what about giving montreal a team then? idk i think canada should get a 2nd team
Before watching this video I hope you mention how weird the whole Bobcats/Hornets / Hornets/Pelicans thing is. It annoys me sometimes. It’s kinda like the Ravens/Browns situation but more complicated.
The ravens browns is kind of forgiving compared to that
@@Kill_bit yes indeed
Very informative and well rehearsed/ structured video! Keep it up!
Not sure if this had been mentioned, but the Oklahoma City Thunder, despite relocating from Seattle, are technically considered an expansion team. The SuperSonics records and history remained in Seattle; everything post-2008 in OKC is independent of the Sonics' history. That's the way it should be with franchise relocations, in my honest opinion.
The sonics records and history actual do belong to OKC Thunder. Trophy’s and banners were left in a museum as part of a lawsuit from the city of Seattle but technically OKC owns all the records and what not. I think the nba will negotiate some sort of deal or buyout of the Sonics history when seattle inevitably gets its franchise back.
Facts. OKC Thunder is in no way connected to Sonics history!
@@hia5235but kd played for the sonics and thunder
The map in the beginning made me realize how badly the NBA needs to do a realignment and/or dissolve east and west. OKC is still in the Northwest division despite Oklahoma being directly above texas.
Pacific: Blazers, Kings, Warriors, Lakers, Clippers, Suns
Southwest: Thunder, Spurs, Jazz, Nuggets, Mavs, Rockets
Southeast: Heat, Pelicans, Magic, Hawks, Hornets, Grizzlies
Central: Bulls, Pacers, T-wolves, Pistons, Cavs, Bucks
Atlantic: Nets, Knicks, Sixers, Celtics, Raptors, Wizards
Cool video, just what I was looking for. Sharp, brief, entertaining, and informative. Thanks man.
What about the Flint Tropics?
7:23 Incorrect, the Washington Bullets changed their name to the Washington Wizards in 1997 not 1995.
Tomato tomato what's the difference
@@akidwhoiswackooncracko8389 just correcting
@@akidwhoiswackooncracko8389 about 2 years
I can imagine the next two expansion teams being Seattle and Mexico City, the latter being a view to expanding the league further overseas.
I know the Euroleague have their own thing going rn but imagine Real Madrid, Barcelona, Galatasaray or Fenerbache in the NBA - all places with strong basketball followings albeit through footballing roots
You have to understand that the Euro League is an international league + knockout in-season tournament on top of the their respective league
No if there is some expansions it would be (in order): Seattle, Las Vegas (who should have one for years), Montreal, Kansas City, Tampa Bay/maybe San Diego (but I doubt it as they can't keep a franchise) then Mexico
Can’t wait to see a Mexico City vs Toronto finals if that happens
Wow two years ago I really didn't watch Euroleague 🤣🤣🤣
Great video. Final got a good explanation on the Hornets/Pelicans/Bobcats history
Great video mate, I’ve always wondered about why teams randomly appear or relocate, just never enough to actually look it up but when UA-cam recommended me this all my questions were answered! Stellar work
The weird thing not mentioned about the new Charlotte Hornets, is that all the franchise history and stats of the old Charlotte Hornets transferred to the new Charlotte Hornets. The Pelicans maintained the history and stats of the NO/OKC Hornets. It’s just odd that you can magically transfer history to a different franchise.
The odd thing is to transfer a team. The Hornets identity is within Charlotte and I find it natural to think of their team playing there.
Similar with the Cleveland Browns/Baltimore Ravens. The Browns retained their history four years after the team left for Baltimore.
This was sick but that pronunciation of Minneapolis killed me lmao
It’s a shame the flint tropics didn’t join the nba in the merger, Jackie Moon was a great player/owner/coach and really pushed them in their final season prior to the merger inventing the allyoop in their final game. You’d go to see the tropics play but you’d stay to see Jackie moon fight a bear.
The reason the "packers" were in Chicago is because Chicago used to have a huge meat packing industry. 6:34
But still, really dumb to name the team like that
nah its because the owner was packing meat
@@ojzil3631 so am I.
@@TheLAKERSareGodsTeam 🧢
Meat and cheese ok now we need some bread.
Very interesting video. I liked how you portrayed the history of the NBA. One thing I would've loved to see would've been a complete histogram of the league and mergers and the folding of the teams. Now that I think of it, seems like a lot of work. Interesting video nonetheless ☺️
Thanks, this video was really helpful for a brazilian to understand this whole thing of reallocate teams, here the teams aren´t franchises, just clubs, so they remain in the same place always.
Seeing Seattle move broke my heart
2:09 historys first broken ankles 😂😭
Mans faked a pass to the fallen and proceeded to splash one, ballerina style. What a Savage.
As a soccer fan from Europe, the fact that clubs (franchises) can be sold and relocate to other cities is hard to come to terms with. Very USA-esque tho.
same bro imagine real Madrid was bought and transferred to premier League 😂
Great detailed video! Great channel! Keep hustling bud
The 1988 - 89 NBA Season was a highlight for me. Seeing Charlotte and Miami was a sigh of fresh air.
Excellent vid - and so awesome to see all those old logos and how they evolved!
dude i wish more people knew about your channel this is some good content
Very good. Swamp dragons??? Wtf 😳
Great video, really insightful and well done👍
As a sports history buff, the NBA's erasure of the NBL annoys me. It was first, it was integrated, it had some of the game's biggest stars of the time, its teams proved competitive with BAA teams (as seen in the World Professional Basketball Tournament played annually throughout the 1940s, and in the first few seasons of the merged NBA), and some of the NBA's staple teams come from there (Lakers, Pistons, 76ers, Hawks, Kings), and a significant portion of their history is just ignored in most official materials.
Ahhh yes, an accurate account, properly separating teams by franchise, like the Pelicans and Hornets. Thank you and well done!
Good stuff!!
Daniel Stojanovski thanks g!
Excellent recap abouth nba's history
bro !!
Now the NBA is highly interested in adding an expansion team in Las Vegas and in Seattle.
Well explained. I enjoyed this video. Pretty entertaining
NBA teams and their names such as
Denver McNuggets
Golden Steak Warriors
Indiana Steakers
Houston Hot Pockets
Miami Eat
Phoenix Sundaes
Chicago Rolls
New York Twix
Washington Blizzards
Los Angeles Cakers
Sacramento Burger Kings
Philedelphia 70 Snickers
Oklahoma City Hunger
Toronto Twizzlers
Detroit Pizzatons
Oklahoma City Hunger :DDD
Philadelphia 70 Snickers😂
@@juggercrawler yummy 😋
Portland Pizza pies
Seattle Star Bucks
San Diego Sunfish
Pittsburgh Pasta
Baltimore Burritos
Boise Burgers
Mississippi Mud Pies
Columbus chowder
Tucson Tacos
Oakland Ocra
Boston Baked Beans
Buffalo. Hot wings
St. Louis Spare Ribs
Cincinnati Calamari
Tampa Torillas
Las Vegas Vegi Burgers
Fresno Flap Jacks
Honolulu Honey
Green Bay Green Beans
Fort Worth Fried Rice
Omaha Omlettes
Louisville Lasagna
Providence Pancakes
El Paso. Eggplant
Brownsville Brownies
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The Hawks started out in 1946 as the Buffao Bisons. After 38 days the franchise was moved to Moline, Illinois, and renamed the Tri-Cities Blackhawks.
7:01 Landover is in Maryland not DC although it is part of the Washington metro area I guess
That was a sweet recap. Thanks
Enjoyed your presentation of the history of teams
Very good video mate. I knew a few, but you explained it all here. Thx!
Love this video bro keep up the great work
In the ABA the Nuggets were originally supposed to be the Denver Larks but switched to the Denver Rockets right before their inaugural season. Right before the merger, in 1974, the team became the Nuggets who still play today.
I have read that the franchise that ultimately ended up in Denver was originally slated for Kansas City, but arena issues led to the team ending up in Denver.
7:17 THANK GOD They changed the name from the Bullets to the Wizards!!! Because clearly crime dropped drastically because of this, and gun violence was basically no more once they got rid of the Bullets name and became the Wizards of DC. I mean, if that didn’t happen, the whole city would’ve shot each other to death, and there be basically no people there at all today! Once they became the Wizards, people felt safe walking down dark alleys at night!!!
Just found your channel. I love it!
This is my kind of sports show. Maybe do a short documentary on each team next time?
As a hornets fan, it’s important to note, that a couple years ago, all the hornets history until they left Charlotte was moved back with the Charlotte bobcat line.
So technically the Charlotte hornets today are still considered a 30isg year org even tho. The bobcat line is about 18 years. The pelicans line is considered from when the team had been in New Orleans.
exactly, the franchise from the 80s is part of the current charlotte hornets history, not the pelicans
Thank you for your project investigation! Impressive
Great Vídeo Man
You video is 100% in both completeness & accuracy! Great job! Thank for doing this. Other people that tried to make this sort of video would skip the Buffalo Braves, San Diego Rockets, Fort Wayne Pistons. Then others would put the 1988 Charlotte Hornets on the same timeline as latest version of Charlotte Hornets, or say that New Orleans Pelicans began with New Orleans Hornets.
Yes, but they forgot the Kentucky Colonels. A Yum/Pepsi high roller could have bought them and restylized the Colonel into a form more like Colonel Sanders.
6:32 the chicago packers... as a football fan, this is VERY cursed
I’m from San Diego and having 2 different teams in the 70’s and 80’s makes me sad bc we’re still waiting for an nba team now!
Great vid. Very informative
Nice work, maaaate!
@7:21 youre mistaken mate, the wizards didnt change their name because of the gun violence in the city, they changed it because Abe Pollin, the owner, was a close friend of Yitzhak Rabin, the Israeli Prime minister who was murdered in 1995. Quote of Abe Pollin: "My friend was shot in the back by bullets, the name ‘Bullets’ is no longer appropriate for a sports team.”
Great Video!!! I Liked!!!
The newer logos may be more streamlined, although the old(er) logos had more character.
Bullets didn't officially become the Wizards until 1997-98. Great video though.
Yeah I thought the samething too
great vid dont know y u dont have at least 1k subs
Pittsburgh needs a basketball team. Seattle should get back the SuperSonics and play at Climate Pledge Arena. Las Vegas needs an nba team as well
I see you keep up the grind I bet you will hit 10 million befor you even know it keep up the grind
excellent concise presentation on the nba
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The Washington Bullets final year was 1996 - 97. It was during that offseasons where they became the Washington Wizards. 1997 - Current.
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The Chicago Packers actually made MORE sense as a team name, due to the HUGE meat packing industry in Chicago (Green Bay was small scale in comparison, NFL team or not).
And they hardly ever slaughter bulls. How about the Chicago cattle? Or cattle beasts, as some farmers call them? Of course, a team with that name might get slaughtered.
@@canadaclaret Cattle would have not been an aggresive enough name.
Packers was taken by Green Bay - and they're close enough they might have got upset about the name getting recycled.
And yes, stockyards DO in fact slaughter bulls - it's COWS that don't get slaughtered much due to their MILK - you have that entirely BACKWARDS.
@@bricefleckenstein9666 Fudge Packers?
@@canadaclaret VERY bad connotations to THAT name.
The logos and team names were so much better in the 50’s,60’s and 70’s
good content, congratz
this channel is good i like the narrator voice
Very good video 😊😊😊
this deserves more views
Great video
The Hawks actually started in Bufffalo as the Bisons. They moved to then Tri-Cities, now Quad Cities, mid season during their inagual year.
Next two NBA teams:
1. Las Vegas Ramblers
2. Kentucky Colonels (they should’ve been in the NBA during the ABA merger! One of the best ABA teams)
Next two teams:
3. Seattle SuperSonics
4. Nashville Stars (lots of money flowing to this city)
The Kentucky Colonels were excluded because they played their home games in different cities in Kentucky, yes a majority were in Louisville but some in their latter seasons were moved to other cities such as Lexington. This was the NBA's excuse to exclude them, along with the Virginia Squires for the same reason.
I was today years old when i came to common sense that there was once 2 canadian teams in the nba.
To be fair, from what I saw in GX academy, you're not the sharpest tool in the shed.
@@octopus8420 there's a reason he was a red jacket
Very informative and well rehearsed/ structured video! Keep it up!
Very Informative
Had NO IDEA the T-wolves could've been born in 1980!
Also before Minneapolis Lakers became Lakers they were known.. or well not really known as Detroit Gems, a team that bankrupted and got sold to form Lakers later
Well done!
Great job! Now do the other 3 major sports in the USA, and then put them out in their championship series or game
I never heard of some of these teams
I remember attending a Vancouver Grizzlies vs Toronto Raptors charity off season game when I was a kid back in the early to mid 90's.
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tbh, I'm european so the idea that team can move from one city to another is unthinkable, here on old continent, if your team struggles it just falls to lower division but city/community and club are strictly linked, and if owner wants to move they'll have to buy other team with it's own separate identity and history
imagine manchester united moving and becoming birmingham united, really unthinkable
i’m from the Tri-Cities, now called the quad cities. I used to play in high school at the arena the Tri-Cities Blackhawks played at, very cool video!
how was the arena like? does it keep its NBA legacy?
@@NIDELLANEUM i like the quad cities, i was from davenport iowa, the arena is across the river in moline, illinois though. to be honest, there is very little about the past NBA legacy, i would assume that most people have no idea, haha! another interesting fact is that one of the very first NFL games took place here too in Rock Island, Illinois
@@nickwilkinsmusic an old relic of the past near a river. Sounds like it is out of a fantasy story
@@NIDELLANEUM ha definitely! the place is called wharton field house, look it up it’s pretty cool!
@@nickwilkinsmusic I lived in Davenport for a few months when I first moved to Iowa.
Ended up in the Iowa City/Cedar Rapids area eventually.
In reality Charlotte retains her history. So New Orleans figures as the franchise born in 2002. Charlotte, as the Cleveland Browns from 1996 to 1998, had suspended operations from 2002 to 2004 when rejoined Nba with the name Charlotte Bobcats until 2014 not 2013 when she became Charlotte Hornets for the second time.
Cleveland Browns? I think I know what you are saying (Browns/Ravens in the NFL) but I think you haven’t explained that part well. I think this guy did a very good job. Not everyone knows about this somewhat weird history of the Hornets. I think the Sonics/Thunder have an even stranger arrangement where a new Seattle team would be called the Sonics and share their history with OKC.
When your city (Sheboygan) had an NBA Team 😳 they recently destroyed the arena
Is it a small city?
@@Yli.ndjjjjjj depends on how you view it but only 50k people so very small in American standards
That was amazing👍🏼
That TriCities Blackhawks logo might be the ugliest logo ever, and that includes the Red Sox' smiling condom logo
Sick Ass Video & Benny The Butcher At The End
8:25 damn 1968 really predicted the 2021 finals
I came for this comment
The NBA started with 11-teams in 1946. wow has the times have changed. Right now in 2022 the NBA is perfect almost with 30 teams, so many cities with huge amount of stars and the excellent and level of pro play with a ton of styles n fandoms. Love it. #NBA
Now... the Tri-Cities Blackhawks actually played at Wharton Field House Moline, IL. Also playing at the Field House is Moline High School