Kansas City Knights- just a cool name, no real meaning there
San Jose Lionfish- another name that’s just cool
Dallas Duelers- Texas is typically known for the Wild West
Baltimore Rising Stars- the US national anthem was written near Baltimore, when Francis Scott Key saw the US flag rising after a long night of fighting
Philadelphia Penns- odd name, but the city of Philadelphia was founded by William Penn
Pittsburgh Shockwave- Pittsburgh is a leader of electronics production

San Jose Saints - The city is named for Saint Joseph, so this name recognizes that.
Kansas City Packers - Packers represents the rich cattle history of the city and it's importance as a cattle transportation hub.
Dallas Vaqueros- Vaqueros is Spanish for Cowboys, and recognizes the large Hispanic population of Dallas.
Baltimore Blue Crabs - Named for the food so popular around the city and Chesapeake Bay area.
Philadelphia Five - Philadelphia is home to five Division I college basketball programs, and recognizes the five players for the team on the court at each time. And a similar Ph to F sound at the beginning.
Pittsburgh Firebirds - If Atlanta doesn't take the Firebirds name, then Pittsburgh should. Known for the steel industry, Pittsburgh evokes imagery of fire and steel in my mind. Firebirds could recognize that history.

Last edited by Megildur (1/07/2021 5:51 pm)

Burmy87 wrote:

Megildur wrote:

San Jose Saints - The city is named for Saint Joseph, so this name recognizes that.
Kansas City Packers - Packers represents the rich cattle history of the city and it's importance as a cattle transportation hub.
Dallas Wings - Like the position of the wings on the court, Wings is a nod to the Pegasus sign that lights up Dallas.
Baltimore Blue Crabs - Named for the food so popular around the city and Chesapeake Bay area.
Philadelphia Keystones - Pennsylvania is known as the Keystone State due to its vital role in early US history and the American Revolution. Philadelphia was the integral part of the Keystone State as the original US capital.
Pittsburgh Firebirds - If Atlanta doesn't take the Firebirds name, then Pittsburgh should. Known for the steel industry, Pittsburgh evokes imagery of fire and steel in my mind. Firebirds could recognize that history.

*I'll edit this as Barons and Keystones were posted as ideas while I was typing this up*

Dallas Wings is the city's WNBA team...

Dang, and here I thought I was so smart for coming up with that! Thanks for catching that

DireBear wrote:

Philadelphia Quakers: Named after Philly's oldest college, UPenn. Pennsylvania was also created by a land grant given to a group of quakers

The rules say no area college team nicknames, so Quakers is DQ'd (As are Owls, Wildcats, Hawks, Explorers, and Dragons...three of which would've been DQ'd anyway, as they're AltSports names)

San José Silicon: Yeah, it's a blatant silicon valley reference, but it sounds cool and I like alliteration.

Kansas City Riff: As an homage to Kansas City jazz. Obviously, Jazz itself won't work here, but Riff sounds cool too, I think.

Dallas Barons: I was gonna use this for Baltimore, but Burmy beat me to the punch. I'll throw it in for Dallas instead, since QCS helpfully reminded me of oil barons, and we might as well be able to vote Barons for whichever city we choose.

Baltimore Banners: As has been noted, the Battle of Baltimore was the inspiration for our national anthem. I initially wanted to use Rockets (as in red glare), but remembered Houston exists, so I went with the less original but more American option.

Philadelphia Quills: A different take on the colonial theme. It also works well with the city nickname (Philly Quills, anyone?) and serves as a Pen(n) pun.

Pittsburgh Forgers: I don't think I need to tell you why this one makes sense, but I think it's a little bit more interesting than "Steelers." What kind of a name is that, anyway?