The NBA was founded on June 6th, 1946. At that time, the NBA was called BAA. In order to prevent the stadium from being idle outside the ice hockey competition, the owners of1/ice hockey hall and basketball court initiated the establishment of this basketball league, when there were 1 1 teams. After nearly 60 years of evolution, by 2004, the league had reached 30 teams. Starting from the five naming principles of teams, this paper introduces 30 teams one by one.
1. wholeheartedly-Lakers, jazz.
The Los Angeles Lakers and Utah Jazz are both veteran teams in the West. However, from the name, both teams are not worthy of the name. They just use the names of their former teams. The Lakers 1948 just joined BAA and have been stationed in the cold Minneapolis. Understandably, the team named "Lakers" after the geographical nickname of "10000 lakes" in Minnesota. The name of the Lakers won the recognition of the local people. Under the leadership of super center Macon, the Minneapolis Lakers also won five championships. In order to continue the victory, even after the team 1960 moved to Los Angeles in the west, they decided to continue to use the old name of the Lakers.
Los Angeles Lakers (official English station of the team)
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Main gymnasium: Staples Center.
Capacity: 18997
Time to join the NBA: 1948
Current head coach: Frank Hamblen.
1974, a new NBA team was founded in New Orleans, Louisiana. New Orleans is the most popular place for jazz. It is the jazz capital of America. Therefore, the word "jazz", which best represents the local customs, was used in the team. 1979, jazz was transferred from New Orleans to Utah, which is Salt Lake City. Perhaps the name Jazz is really tempting, and no one has thought about whether it is necessary to change the name of the team. Therefore, even if there is no jazz music in Utah today, there is a strong jazz team.
Utah Jazz (the team's official English station)
Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah
Main gymnasium: Delta Center.
Capacity: 199 1 1.
Time to join the NBA: 1974.
Current head coach: Jerry Si Long.
2. The boss can type-Bull, Celtic, Knicks, Pistons.
When Richard Klein decided to set up an NBA team in Chicago, he was suddenly inspired-an aggressive bull has a never-say-die character, which is an indispensable quality of a champion team. In 1990s, under the leadership of Michael Jordan, the team showed the bull's persistent personality, and the team always fought to the end and never gave up. Obviously, it was a wise decision for Klein to name the team "Bulls". However, another way of saying it is that Chicago is a very developed area of animal husbandry. The local NFL team is Chicago Bears, and MLB has Chicago Cubs. Therefore, NBA teams have become bulls named after animals.
Chicago Bulls (the team's official English station)
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Main gymnasium: United Center.
Capacity: 2 17 1 1.
Time to join the NBA: 1966
Current head coach: Scott skeels.
Celtic and Knicks are both veteran teams in NBA, and they have been in Boston and new york since the establishment of BBA, and they have never changed their names. These two individual names were also decided by the team owner. The first owner of the Celts, walter brown, was the owner of the Boston Garden Stadium (the original home of the Celts). He organized a professional basketball team because he wanted to bring some entertainment to Boston fans on cold winter nights, instead of boxing or ice hockey. Brown came up with many team names, such as Cyclone, Olympics and Unicorn. Brown finally chose the Celtics because he remembered that in the early days of new york, there was a victorious army called the Celtics (19 14- 1939). However, more people think that Brown is a descendant of Scotland and decided to use this name to commemorate their ancestor-Celtic.
Boston Celtics (the team's official English station)
Hometown: Boston, Massachusetts
Main gymnasium: Fleet Center.
Capacity: 18624.
Time to join the NBA: 1946
Current head coach: doc rivers.
The founder of the Knicks was Ned Ethiopia, who decided to name his team Knickerbockers. Coincidentally, the first baseball team in new york's history was called the knickerbockers. The bloomers originated from Dutch immigrants who took root in new york in the17th century. They wear knee-length trousers, which are called bloomers. Because the name is too long, people call it "Knicks" for short. This is the Knicks.
New york Knicks (official English station of the team)
Hometown: new york, New York.
Main gymnasium: Madison Square Garden.
Capacity: 19763
Time to join the NBA: 1946
Current head coach: Herb Williams.
The position of the piston is not in Detroit. 1948, the piston was founded in fort wayne, Indiana. At that time, the name of the team was "Fort Wayne ZollnerPistons", which was composed of the surname of the boss Fred Zollner and his automobile piston factory. 1957, in order to expand the team market, Zona moved the team to Detroit. Just as Detroit is famous for its automobile industry, the name piston fits the image of "automobile capital".
Detroit Pistons (official English station of the team)
Hometown: Detroit, Michigan
Main gymnasium: Auburn Mountain Palace.
Capacity: 22,076 people
Time to join the NBA: 1948
Current head coach: Larry Brown.
3. Referendum types-Hornets, Heat, Magic, Timberwolves, Mavericks, Sun, Supersonic, Cavaliers, Pioneers, Bucks, Raptors, Bobcats, Rockets and Clippers.
Not all NBA bosses decide everything, and bosses are also quite democratic. 1On April 22nd, 987, the NBA decided to form new teams in Charlotte, Miami, Orlando and Minnesota. The four new bosses "respected the public opinion" in unison, handed the important task of naming rights to the fans, and held a voting activity to name the team.
In Charlotte, the fans overturned the team's first proposal "Spirit". After the team reduced the recommended names to six, "Wasp" stood out. Charlotte's logo has a pattern of wasps. It is said that during the Civil War, wasps near Charlotte helped the Confederate troops stationed there to repel the northern troops. Since then, the wasp has been regarded as the patron saint of Charlotte and its mascot is a bumblebee. When the Hornets moved from Charlotte to New Orleans, the team still adopted the team name, although some New Orleans people had hoped that Utah would return the jazz's name to New Orleans and let the jazz go home.
New Orleans Hornets (the team's official English station)
Hometown: New Orleans, Louisiana
Main gymnasium: New Orleans Arena.
Capacity: 17200.
Time to join the NBA: 1988
Current head coach: Byron Scott.
Miami residents chose heat among the candidate names of shark, tornado, beach and barracuda. Miami, Florida is hot all year round, and the heat also symbolizes that the team has a prosperous future.
Miami Heat (the team's official English station)
Home city: Miami, Florida
Main gymnasium: American Aviation Arena.
Capacity: 16500.
Time to join the NBA: 1988
Current head coach: Stan Van Gundy.
Orlando's choice is magic, and the famous Disneyland is located in Orlando. In order to promote tourism, the municipal government shouted a famous slogan "Come to magic".
Orlando Magic (official English station of the team)
Hometown: Orlando, Florida
Main Gymnasium: TD Waterhouse Centre.
Capacity: 17283
Time to join the NBA: 1989
Current head coach: chris jent.
After several rounds of voting, Minnesota people have been swinging between Timberwolves and Polars. In the end, the timberwolves won with a score of 2:/kloc-0:, because timberwolves are a specialty of Minnesota, where there are the most timberwolves in the United States except Alaska.
Minnesota Timberwolves (Team English Station)
Hometown: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Main gymnasium: target center.
Capacity: 19006.
Time to join the NBA: 1949.
Current head coach: kevin mchale.
In fact, many NBA teams are the result of a referendum. Dallas people chose the calf from more than 4600 nominations. The word "maverick" originally meant to represent the famous cowboy image in Texas-however, it may be more accurate to translate the name of the team into "pony" because the team is marked with a beautiful horse head.
Dallas Mavericks (official English station of the team)
Home city: Dallas, Texas
Main gymnasium: American Aviation Center.
Capacity: 19200.
Time to join the NBA: 1980
Current head coach: avery johnson.
Phoenix people choose sunshine, because Arizona has a tropical climate and sunny all year round.
Phoenix Suns (the team's official English station)
Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona
Main gymnasium: American West Arena.
Capacity: 18422.
Time to join the NBA: 1968
Current head coach: Mike D'Antoni.
Seattle people chose supersonic speed because Boeing, the largest civil aircraft manufacturing company in the United States, is located in this beautiful western city. 1967, Boeing just put forward the passenger plane manufacturing plan of "supersonic transport plane", and the locals chose supersonic as the name of the NBA team-ironically, Boeing's manufacturing plan fell by the wayside.
Seattle supersonics Team (Team English Station)
Hometown: Seattle, Washington
Main gymnasium: key arena.
Capacity: 17072
Time to join the NBA: 1967.
Current head coach: nathaniel mcmillan.
The name Knight was chosen with the help of local media in Cleveland, and it won more than one-third of the more than 6,000 votes.
Cleveland Cavaliers (official English station of the team)
Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio
Home: Gonder Arena.
Capacity: 20,562 people
Time to join the NBA: 1970
Current head coach: Brendan Malone.
Portland Pioneers was founded in 1970. Portland is the center of western development, and the use of pioneers is really characteristic of the times.
Portland Trailblazers (British team resident)
Hometown: Portland, Oregon
Main gymnasium: Rose Garden.
Capacity: 19980.
Time to join the NBA: 1970
Current head coach: Kevin prichard.
Bucks are Milwaukee's choice. They used to swing between the names of beavers and many other animals. Fortunately, they identified themselves as Milwaukee's unique wild stag, with good jumping ability. Otherwise, today's NBA team may be called "Milwaukee Skunk".
Milwaukee Bucks (the team's official English station)
Hometown: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Main gymnasium: Bradley Center.
Capacity: 187 17.
Time to join the NBA: 1968
Current head coach: terry porter
Raptors are also the choice of the public. This extremely fierce, fast and bouncing dinosaur touched Toronto people.
Toronto Raptors (official English station of the team)
Host city: Toronto, Canada
Main gymnasium: Air Canada Center.
Capacity: 19800.
Time to join the NBA: 1995
Current head coach: Sam Mitchell.
Starting from the 2004-2005 season, the NBA will set up a new team named Bobcats in Charlotte. Bobcats are the choice of Charlotte people. Bob Johnson, the new owner of the team, wants his name to appear in the team name, while Charlotte has a tradition of naming professional teams after cats.
Charlotte Bobcats (official English station of the team)
Hometown: Charlotte, North Carolina
Main stadium: still under construction (completed in 2005)
Capacity:
Time to join the NBA: 2004
Current head coach: Bernie Bickerstaff.
It is worth mentioning that the Houston Rockets, as the seat of NASA, quickly matched the name of the Rockets. But rockets are not Houston's choice. The hometown of the Rockets is San Diego, California. San Diego's nickname is "the city in motion", so the local people chose the Rockets as the team name in the initial vote. 1970- 197 1 season, the team moved to Houston, Texas. Houston seems to be more suitable for the name rocket than San Diego. San Diego has been looking forward to another NBA team since the Rockets left.
Houston Rockets (official English station of the team)
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Main gymnasium: Toyota Center.
Capacity: 18500.
Time to join the NBA: 1967.
Current head coach: Jeff Van Gundy.
1978, the buffalo warriors originally located in new york finally moved here. The team's top management believes that the Warriors are completely inconsistent with the image of San Diego, and it is another round of referendum. San Diego, which is famous for its water sports, takes the clippers that can be seen everywhere in the offshore as the new name of the team-tourists really like to cruise in the blue sky and blue sea by clippers. San Diego is doomed to miss the NBA. 1984, the Clippers moved to neighboring Los Angeles again, and Los Angeles became the city of two NBA teams.
Los Angeles Clippers (the team's official English station)
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Main gymnasium: Staples Center.
Capacity: 19060.
Time to join the NBA: 1970
Current head coach: mike dunleavy Sr.
4. wavering-eagle, gold bars, warriors, nets, kings, spurs.
It is not easy to trace the history and naming of NBA teams. Some teams are like gypsies. For example, the Atlanta Hawks moved three times in 20 years until they took root in Atlanta from 65438 to 0968. The original name of the Hawk Team was "Three Cities Black Hawk Team", and the Black Hawk came from Suk Indian Chief "Black Hawk". At that time, the research team took three small cities as their homes: Moline, Rock Island, Illinois, and Davenport, Iowa. Chief Black Hawk Tribe is located on the rock island of 183 1, where the famous "Battle of Black Hawk" took place. 195 1, the team moved to Milwaukee in the north, and the team name was changed from "Black Hawk" to "Eagle". Four years later, the team moved to St. Louis, Missouri, and changed its name to St. Louis Hawks. 13 later, the Eagles moved to Atlanta and finally found their own Ying Chao.
Atlanta Hawks (the team's official English station)
Home city: Atlanta, Georgia
Main gymnasium: Philips Arena.
Capacity: 19445.
Time to join the NBA: 1949.
Current head coach: mike woodson.
1967, Denver rocket joined ABA league. 1975- 1976 After the end of the season, ABA was annexed by the NBA, and four ABA teams, including Denver Rockets, joined the NBA. Because the name "Rocket" already belongs to Houston, Denver had to be renamed the Nuggets. /kloc-In the 9th century, the Rocky Mountains where Denver was located were a paradise for gold diggers. At that time, in the western development, westerners discovered gold mines here.
Denver Nuggets (official English station of the team)
Home city: Denver, Colorado.
Main gymnasium: Pepsi Center.
Capacity: 19099
Time to join the NBA: 1976
Current head coach: george karl.
The hometown of Golden State Warriors is Philadelphia. At that time, their names were "Philadelphia Warriors"-the warriors paid tribute to the warriors who died in the American Revolutionary War. 194 1 year, the team moved to San Francisco, California, and changed its name to San Francisco Warriors. 197 1 year, the Warriors moved to Auckland again. California is rich in gold, and the warriors who thought they were enough to represent the whole of California decided to move California's alias "Golden State" to themselves. At the same time, they still retain the old name of warrior. Golden State Warriors has also become the only team in the NBA whose team name is not composed of place names and names.
Jinzhou Warriors (Team English Station)
Hometown: Oakland, California
Main Gymnasium: The Arena in Auckland.
Capacity: 19596
Time to join the NBA: 1946
Current head coach: Mike Montgomery.
Nets 1967 was established in new york. Only one year later, the Nets found it impossible to grab the basketball market from the Knicks, so they moved to New Jersey, just across the river from new york. It is named Nets, because Nets is an indispensable part of basketball. In addition, there are famous baseball teams Mets and American football teams Jets in new york. We want to get a net that is homophonic with them, and we also want to touch the brilliance of these two big-name teams. However, at first they asked the new york Nets to hang out in Aba. 1976 After it was merged into the NBA, the Knicks in new york already existed, so it was forced to change its name to the New Jersey Nets.
New Jersey Nets (the team's official English station)
Hometown: East Rutherford, New Jersey
Main gymnasium: Continental Aviation Arena.
Capacity: 20049 people
Time to join the NBA: 1976
Current head coach: lawrence frank.
Sacramento Kings is also a turbulent team. Their predecessor was the royal family that 1945 joined. 1957, the team moved to Cincinnati and changed its name to Cincinnati Royal; 1972, their family moved to Kansas city, Missouri. Fans voted for the Kings in Omaha, Kansas, because the team also played some home games in Omaha, Nebraska. 1975, the team decided to take Omaha from the team name. 1985, the team moved westward to Sacramento, the capital of California, with the same name.
Sacramento Kings (the team's official English station)
Hometown: Sacramento, California
Main gymnasium: ARCO Arena.
Capacity: 173 17.
Time to join the NBA: 1948
Current head coach: Rick Adelman.
1973, a basketball team moved from Dallas to San Antonio. 1967 the team was called chaparrals when it was founded, because these bushes are all over Texas and Mexico. 1970, in order to win the recognition of Texas, the team changed its name to Texas Dwarf Woods, but after 1, they changed their original name. After moving to San Antonio, after public voting, people chose the "Spur" which represents Texas culture, because the Spur on riding boots is an essential tool for every cowboy.
San Antonio Spurs (the team's official English station)
Home city: San Antonio, Texas
Main gymnasium: SBC center.
Capacity: 18797
Time to join the NBA: 1976
Current head coach: Greg Popovich.
Five heads with one shot-Wizards, Pacers, 76ers, Grizzlies.
1997, Washington Bullet was renamed Washington Wizards, which is also full of stories. The team's predecessor was the Packers' Team. 196 1 founded the team because the team owner owned a packaging factory. A year later, the team was renamed Zephyrs. 1963, the team moved to Baltimore. During World War II, Baltimore was an important arsenal. The arms industry here is very developed, so the team changed its name to Baltimore Bullets. 1973- 1974 season, the team was renamed Capital Bullets again; Later, they changed it to Washington bullets. However, Bullet boss Pauline thought the name was too bloody and not peaceful enough, so he changed the name of the team to Wizarding Team in 1997-Pauline really longed for his team to have the magical ability of wizards or wizards.
Washington Wizards (the team's official English station)
Home city: Washington, D.C.
Main gymnasium: MCI Center.
Capacity: 20 173.
Time to join the NBA: 196 1 year.
Current head coach: eddie jordan.
1967, the top management of Indiana professional basketball team decided to name their team in a way different from other teams: named the team after its goal. They are eager for this team to become a good example of professional basketball (set a good pace) and move forward step by step, so their team is called Pacers. Another explanation is that in the Indy 500 racing car that Indiana is crazy about, the safety car is called Pacecar, and the team is named after the pedestrians, which obviously can rub the popularity of Indy 500.
Indiana Pacers (official English station of the team)
Hometown: Indianapolis, Indiana
Main gymnasium: Conseco Arena.
Capacity: 18345.
Time to join the NBA: 1976
Current head coach: rick carlisle.
1963, Philadelphia Warriors moved to San Francisco. In the same year, the Syracuse Nationals moved to Philadelphia to fill the vacancy. The owner of the country decided to change the name of the team to the 76ers to commemorate the revolutionary pioneer's signing of the Declaration of Independence at the Independence Memorial Hall in Philadelphia on July 4th. 1776.
Philadelphia 76 ers (the team's official English station)
Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Main gymnasium: Wachovia Bank Center.
Capacity: 20,444 people
Time to join the NBA: 1949.
Current head coach: Jim O'Brien.
Despite moving from Vancouver to Memphis in 2002, the team still uses the name Grizzly Bear. Grizzly bears are quite symbolic in the aboriginal culture of northwest America, and there are nearly 20 thousand grizzly bears in British Columbia where Vancouver is located, so the grizzly bear, which symbolizes strength, has become the name of Vancouver team. In fact, after moving to Memphis, the team had envisaged changing the name of Grizzly Bear to Express, because FedEx, the largest express delivery company in the United States, is headquartered in Memphis, and the company is also the sole sponsor of the team. However, the NBA headquarters flatly rejected the Grizzlies' request for renaming, and the league's regulations on team naming are quite clear: the team name is strictly prohibited from containing any commercial color.
Memphis grizzlies (official English station of the team)
Hometown: Memphis, Tennessee
Main gymnasium: Pyramid.
Capacity: 1935 1.
Time to join the NBA: 1995
Current head coach: mike fratello.