If NOH can change name to Pelicans, Toronto should change our name to HUSKIES

[NoPropsneeded]

Raptors is too badass to change

[Red and White]

I use to be 100% for Huskies. Kind of indifferent now.

Only way I'd go yes is if drastic sweeping changes occurred to coincide, like for example:

-New President and GM
-trading away all the excess baggage of the miserable last 5 years
-drafting a can't miss #1 like Wiggins

But all that is pretty unlikely so I'm happy to keep Raptors.... especially since Jurassic 4 is coming, AWESOME! What is old becomes new again!

+1.

If you are going to make changes like this, change the entire identity of the team (personel, management, logo, name, etc.), and not just the name and jerseys.

Also, imagine if the Raps ever win a championship. The championship rings would be diamond dino-rings. Thats pretty awesome to me.

[BasketballCrush]

No. I don't want the name changed. Think that sort of move is weak.

[Sig]

I dont think those are all bad names. Pelicans is one of the worst in sports in my opinion. I understand the desire to rebrand for the current city, but it isn't necessary. LA kept the name Lakers and that worked out pretty well for them.
I'm not a fan of the name 76ers, but the rest of the list I am ok with.

Worked out pretty well for them? Do appealing team names make the players pay better?

Have you ever seen a lake in Los Angeles? :P I dont think any of their success would have been any different if they were named the Los Angeles Sulfur Dioxides.

[NoPropsneeded]

It will fit better when we're winning. Well actually it fits good right now seeing as we play as a team and tear teams apart outside to inside, just like how raptors hunt in packs and work together. Idk what i'm saying but i think its right

[Sig]

Not sure why some people don't like the Raptors name - I think it's great. It's unique, cool, and its a friggin dinosaur. Not to mention that raptors or velociraptors are one of the few well known dinosaurs in pop culture.

Come on guys, cant just throw out 17 years for nothing

[CalgaryRapsFan]

I say relocate the team to Calgary, where the name will have all the same positives it currently has, with the added benefit of being applicable to the city/region/province. I could possibly have some bias in my opinion though...

[Nilanka]

I say relocate the team to Calgary, where the name will have all the same positives it currently has, with the added benefit of being applicable to the city/region/province. I could possible have some bias in my opinion though...

Calgary, where teams refuse to trade assets and commit to a true rebuild. Yup, sounds about right

[BasketballCrush]

...and a Raptor would kill a Pelican any day, just might get a little bothered by the Heat

[CalgaryRapsFan]

Calgary, where teams refuse to trade assets and commit to a true rebuild. Yup, sounds about right

Thankfully I'm a recent transplant, so I'm spared the pain of having to be a Flames fan... I think that's far worse than even being a Leafs fan!

[ceez]

I agree with the sentiment that if you're going to change, i want a complete whitewash, minus Casey and a few of the players.

a fresh, clean start could be a really good thing for this team, not to mention a talent infusion.

[ebrian]

If we change our name away from Raptors, then Kevin Durant will never be able to fulfill his childhood dreams.

[BasketballCrush]

I am not so willing to throw the past away. I think its a move based on fan insecurity. Probably the worst way to improve the team.

Not to mention that I have been a fan since 95, its my past I would be changing, and I don't feel there is a need to do that.

[DoNDaDDa]

if we change our name away from raptors, then kevin durant will never be able to fulfill his childhood dreams.

+1 lol

[Matt52]

Thankfully I'm a recent transplant, so I'm spared the pain of having to be a Flames fan... I think that's far worse than even being a Leafs fan!

Nonsense. I am not in Toronto but am a Flames fan. Flames at least have won a cup in the last 25 years!

[uke2themax]

+1 for Huskies...BTW, I get that the Raptors use the colour red to distinguish themselves as the only Canadian team, but, other than TFC all Toronto sports teams have traditionally used the colour blue..Maple Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts...So I'm all for having the blue & white Huskies jerseys

[Nilanka]

+1 for Huskies...BTW, I get that the Raptors use the colour red to distinguish themselves as the only Canadian team, but, other than TFC all Toronto sports teams have traditionally used the colour blue..Maple Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts...So I'm all for having the blue & white Huskies jerseys

I would prefer not having any association with the Leafs. If there was some way to sever ownership with them too, I'd be all for it

[DoNDaDDa]

on the pelican topic..

seems there new logo leaked already

http://www.thescore.com/buzz/article...fore-unveiling

hate there name but the logo isnt half bad..could have been alot worse that is

[Axel]

Worked out pretty well for them? Do appealing team names make the players pay better?

Have you ever seen a lake in Los Angeles? :P I dont think any of their success would have been any different if they were named the Los Angeles Sulfur Dioxides.

Sulfur Dioxides is still a better name than Pelicans.

[Nilanka]

on the pelican topic..

seems there new logo leaked already

http://www.thescore.com/buzz/article...fore-unveiling

hate there name but the logo isnt half bad..could have been alot worse that is

Looks like something borrowed from a commercial pilot's uniform :|