[OC] What NBA team names are edible?
Eastern Conference
Boston Celtics: Celtics are people from Ireland, so it’s edible.
New York Knicks: Knicks are pants, so they’re not edible.
Milwaukee Bucks: Bucks are deer, deer are edible.
Cleveland Cavaliers: Cavaliers are daring, fearless men who never surrender, no matter the odds. Men are edible.
Orlando Magic: Magic is inanimate, so it’s not edible.
Indiana Pacers: Pacer Horses are edible.
Philadelphia 76ers: 76ers refer to the 1776 signing of the declaration of independence. Doesn’t sound edible.
Miami Heat: Heat is inanimate, so it’s not edible.
Bulls: Bulls are alive, so edible.
Hawks: Hawks are a bird, edible.
Brooklyn Nets: Nets aren’t edible
Raptors: Raptors are animals, so they’re edible in theory.
Hornets: Hornets are edible
Wizards: Wizards wield magic, so it might be hard to eat them, but they are still alive, so they’re edible.
Pistons: Pistons are not edible.
Western Conference
Thunder: Thunder isn’t edible.
Nuggets: Gold nuggets aren’t edible. Chicken Nuggets however are, unless they’re from Burger King.
Timberwolves: Wolves are edible.
Clippers: Sailing ships aren’t edible.
Mavs: Horses are edible
Suns: The sun isn’t edible obviously, being a giant ball of flaming gas.
Pelicans: Pelicans are birds, so they’re edible.
Lakers: Lakers are named after Minnesota’s lakes, so they’re edible, well drinkable that is.
Kings: Kings are people so they’re edible.
Warriors: Warriors are people so they’re edible.
Rockets: Rockets are not edible.
Jazz: Jazz is a type of music, not edible.
Grizzlies: Grizzlies are bears, edible.
Spurs: Spurs are a metal tool designed to be worn on the heels of cowboy boots for the purpose of controlling a horse’s movement and direction. Not edible.
Trail Blazers: Blazers are people, edible.
source for team names meaning: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1523132-the-origin-stories-of-every-nba-teams-name
Thanks for Reading-Zion Williamson