[Smith] An expansion team in Seattle needs to be the SuperSonics, or we riot.
What should the team in Las Vegas be called?
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Skip a few steps and go with Las Vegas Degenerates. Multiple possible meanings!
Relocate the kings to Vegas and call them the draft kings
No thanks, have you seen how they draft?
LuKa dOnciC wOuLD taKe tHe BaLL oUt oF De’AarOn FoX’s hAndS
Mascot: Michael Jordan
Arena DJ: Tim Donaghy
“The hottest dj in the desert, your D-d-d-d-d-dj Donaghyyyyyy” horns blare
Intro to “Blow the Whistle” by Too $hort plays
Vegas parlays
And for the mascot I shall call him Gamblor!
To really take the piss out of it, do the Las Vegas SuperSonics
Hyperloops
Last Vegas Mavericks
Vegas VuperVonics
Featuring Vikola Vucevic
Then we sell the Jazz name to Seattle and change the team name to the Utah Bullets, just for maximum confusion.
Obviously they’d never do it, but the “Gamblers” with some really gaudy Vegas Casino-style colors and branding would be absolutely spot on.
Aces would have been good but obviously taken
The Gentleman Aces
MNBA Aces
I’m hearing the NBA is like the WNBA but with all dudes
Impressive.
Sounds kinda gay. Yall just wanna watch man slap at each other.
honestly, why not? Soccer teams have same name for mens and women’s teams. Just call these guys the Aces too.
Built in fanbase. I understand why they didn’t but sometimes I wonder what the wnba would be like if the teams were under the same franchise.
Kings works too. Wait…
Easy, Las Vegas Draft Kings
Jokers 🃏
Keep it with the card theme and they could be the Las Vegas Kings
I think Las Vegas Spurs would work too
I think the most likely answer is that they don’t do anything related to the casino industry at all.
Unfortunately the most likely scenario is that the team gets a name thats vaguely a reference to some local wildlife, but is in fact a generic bird/cat/snake.
Roadrunner is the only animal name I like, although that’s strangely the state bird of New Mexico.
The state animal of Nevada is the Bighorn Sheep…eh.
There’s also an ultimate frisbee team named the Vegas Bighorns - conflict of interest? Lol
It’ll be the Las Vegas Bighorns. I’m calling it.
The Vegas Vipers
Would love another alliteration team name because surprisingly we only have 3 currently:
Cleveland Cavaliers Los Angeles Lakers Washington Wizards
Spurs and I would count the Knicks
I always liked…
Team name: “Las Vegas Jacks”
(Riffs on the playing card theme of Vegas, and complements the WNBA Aces)
Arena name: “The House”
(Because the house always wins)
I think leaning into the casino theme would be dope make it like x-men gambit themed mascot
The Vegas Gambit
Jokers
Las Vegas House. They’d always win!
Las Vegas Wildcards
Wildcard bitches!!
I cut the brakes!
Man, they need to lean into this marketing
YEEEEHAW!!
Pairs well with the Aces
would be funny to have the NBA team be called Las Vegas Hearts with the WNBA team being the Aces.
Lowkey, that’s a fire team name.
Las Vegas play-ins
What team? Wildcards What team?! Wildcards! WHAT TEAM? WILDCARDS
WILDCARDS! GET YOU HEAD IN THE GAME
Damn I like this one
Las Vegas Parlays brought to you by Fanduel
Parlays is actually a really great name
Las Vegas Tim Donaghys
Las Vegas Scott Fosters
Las Vegas Terry Roziers
Las Vegas Jontae Porters
Las Vegas Sinners?
Michael (B) Jordan starting guard?
Yes, and also Michael (B) Jordan starting guard.
Justice Young erasure 🍊
Orange juice!
Luke Kornet starts typing again
Las Vegas One Battles After Another?
They wanted to name themselves after a winner!
You like expansion teams?
I LOVE them.
New Orleans Pelicans should have been the Sinners.
The ownership group would have owned the Sinners and the Saints
Damn Jannik got clout like that?
The Vegas Resort Fees
The Vegas Mini-bar-that-you’re-terrified-to-touch-out-of-fear-of-being-charged-$25-for-a-box-of-M&Ms
The Las Vegas Alvin and the Chipmunks the Squeakquel
Came here to say this.
Everybody wants this but Silver is afraid
They aren’t ready for it. Their kids will love it though.
Best answer but I bet they won’t
It should be a name that plays off of the Aces WNBA team
Las Vegas Spades it is.
Edit: I was not aware that this was a racist term. I’m very sorry for suggesting it.
I feel like this is such an old racial slur that nobody under 50 would know it.
Lifetime black. Today I learned it was a slur. Thought it was only a game.
What does “lifetime black” mean?
they’re black and watch shitty television
Lifetime movies are goated and I will not tolerate such blasphemy.
Was my middle school after school go to.
Yeah this is like a D tier slur. Completely washed
As someone under 50 and pretty good knowledge of slurs I had no idea about this one until this thread.
It also explains some things I’ve seen in porn, now that I think about it…
Pretty good slur knowledge you say?
I know how that sounds but I’m a black social worker lmao gotta be culturally aware in my line of work
40 years old and never heard that in my life
Damn when people say let’s call a spade a spade, are they referring to the slur?
I just looked it up, apparently it’s from Ancient Greece and translated referring to the gardening tool.
researched this. The saying originated in the 16th century, the slur usage originated in the early 20th century. The “spade” in the idiom actually refers to a shovel.
Yeah they can NOT call a team this
LV Kings?
They had their chance, but wouldn’t let the Maloofs do it.
I know- Kings! Oh wait….Jokers…..um Tens!
Imagine they named themselves the Jokers in some wild attempt to bring Jokic over
That’s what I thought Orlando was trying to do when they called themselves the Magic.
Jacks would be cool
Queens!
The Las Vegas Balatros
Las Vegas Diamonds
Las Vegas Big Blinds
Las Vegas Craps. They can each have 2 dice on their jerseys instead of normal numbers.
Deuces
Las Vegas Vipers
Ohhh, we’re with the Vipers!
What’s that, your girl scout troop?
How bout that pricks face when he saw the gat
Vegas Tunnel Snakes
Tunnel Snakes Rule
Ya I like this one too! This is the team I downloaded when I expanded the league in my 2k
I wonder if it would matter that the G-League RGV Vipers already has the name?
Something tells me if they wanted the multibillion dollar nba team to be called the vipers they wouldn’t let a g league team get in the way
The problem with Vegas themed names is they all end up sounding really corny. I think something more Nevada/desert themed would be better.
The only Vegas/gambling themed name that sounds decent to me is the Vegas Diamonds but even that’s a little corny
Scorpions, Rattlers, Sidewinders, Coyotes, Monsoon…the kind of names my youth AYSO soccer teams in AZ and NV had all would fit
One of my little league team names got put up to a vote and we named it after a drill we all hated - The Go Devils. Christian parents rioted, so we had to go with something more PC: The Indians (Oklahoma).
Bothered by naming after imaginary shit, okay with the name of actual people whose land they stole. but at least they got to keep some reservations in Oklahoma.
lol
Sidewinders could work great as a double meaning: both the snake and the missile, with Nellis AFB being just outside Vegas.
Scorpions would be so fun.
I like the Las Vegas royals (subtle nod the royal flush in poker).
Too close to Kings, I would imagine. They didn’t let Toronto have Huskies because of the the Timberwolves existing, so I would expect the same principle to apply.
That was way back when people had principals and applied them over making money. Ain’t no one giving 2 shits about that now
I didn’t know that about Toronto. I would assume you’re right then. Good shout
You could do Diamondbacks and it’s a nod to the gambling and also desert themed
Plus the NFL has shown no one cares if you overlap with baseball names
Only when the same owner owns both and they wouldn’t do that again. That was back when it was milkmen and plumbers playing part time and they really were just nicknames.
Las Vegas Draft Kings
With the motto were like Sacramento but BETter
Light the beam is replaced by “pull the slot handle”
The Las Vegas Strip-pers
Luke Kornet doesn’t approve
James Harden does
They’re just working their way through college , with a cute two year old
The Las Vegas Sphere. Play their games in the sphere, but use a square basketball.
One way to foment a fake rivalry with the Knicks
Blackjacks feels loaded
Kings is taken
Jacks leaves the door open to racial stuff
Gamblers sends the wrong message
Mavericks is taken
Strippers, while funny, we recently learned the nba doesn’t like strippers.
Dealers has negative connotations
Desperados or Bandits (lean into old west theme plus slot machines), Vipers or Rattlers (lean into snake eyes imagery), High Rollers could work
Outlaws goes hard tbh
Outlaws or bandits does sound tuff
What’s the racial stuff for Jacks? (Serious question)
Blackjack. It’s not racist but people online will probably come up with some bullshit.
if Reeves signs there, there will be some aggregation account on twitter that says “The Las Vegas Blackjacks, and one Whitejack 😂🤣😂😭😭”
Bandits, Rollers, Outlaws, Vipers, Vandals, Jokers, Royals seem most likely
E: and maybe “Wild” … this one actually feels pretty cool.
Wranglers
Las Vegas Jeep Wranglers ^TM goes hard
Las Vegas Jokers, coinciding with them signing Jokic
Las Vegas Royal
Edit : reason for royal is cuz if the rumor of LeBron James buying a stake in the Las Vegas team xd
Just asking for people to make flush jokes when the team plays like shit
I’m not sure if the Kings would have an issue with that since they were previously the Rochester/Cincinnati Royals.
The SupererSonics
The DuperSonics
The Las Vegas Fixers
The BET365s
Rollers
Would be the most purchased jersey off all time thanks to the worst EDM bros you know
The Deathclaws.
Aces is such a perfect name, it’d be cool to see both teams share it. Almost like college or something.
They probably never would do this and there are reasons not to, but it’s the best brand in the W, and they’re isn’t a better card/gambling name available with SAC already the Kings.
Las Vegas 2-7s for how often they’ll be tanking
Las Vegas High Rollers
We should do as Utah did and have the completely opposite cultural icon for our team name.
Las Vegas Deacons.
Las Vegas Bluegrass?
Las Vegas “Degenerates” has a nice ring to it.
The Las Vegas Aspirations
Las Vegas Venom
Las Vegas Gambits
Vegas Craps
Las Vegas Scorpions 🦂
Vegas Royals
With cheese
Vegas Flush
I like this, but also reminds me of big ole dumps
SuperiorSonics
Ultrasonics
Why does every pro sports expansion team have to be Vegas?
Recent and projected growth. Watch Cuban buy back the Mavs and the current owners get the expansion.
Bc nobody wants a team in Ogdenville or North Haberbrook
prime spots for monorails though
The LeGamblers in honor of their future owner. Honestly though Aces, like the WNBA team name sounds legit. Or maybe the Las Vegas Jokers.
Honestly any of the Casino names work
Las Vegas Sand Las Vegas Flamingos Las Vegas Cesars Las Vegas Grands
Circus Circus
Unironically make Caesar’s and MGM bid against each other for the Las Vegas Emperors vs. the Las Vegas Lions
The Las Vegas Water Scarcity has a nice ring to it
Las Vegas Jacks
LeVegas Brons
Las Vegas Mafia would be cool as hell but they would never.
The Las Vegas Jokers
The Las Vegas Hot Donkeys
the Vegas Addicts
It’ll be something like the Bighorns
Goldener Knights
The Vegas Dealers?
The OverUnders
Las Vegas Addiction
the Fighting Service Fees