The New Official Logo of the New Orleans Pelicans.

Via: @NBA

About a month ago, the New Orleans Hornets under new management have decided to change their nickname from the Hornets to the Pelicans. As you all know, or if you have just started to follow the blog, I am on Team Pelican and is fully supportive of the change. I was persuaded of the mascot opportunities and countless of YouTube videos that featured these vicious aquatic birds, which I strongly recommend you to check out before criticizing the name. You will be surprised.

The logo itself turned out pretty well, while I prefer their current unique color scheme of Creole Blue, Dark Purple. Mardi Gras Gold and White. The Blue, Red and Gold is alright, but it has already been done by the Cleveland Cavaliers, so that's a little disappointing. Here are the alternate logos and their descriptions.

This is some information on the colors chosen:

Okay, I get the why they chose blue and gold, but what is up with description of red. "It also represents the legend of the mother pelican pricking her own breast to feed her young in times of need, doing whatever it takes to endure." What is this? Did they run out of ideas and decided to watch a pelican feature on Animal Planet? We don't need to know that. Gross.

Source: NBA

New Orleans Hornets reads the "Cajun Night before Christmas."

The New Orleans Hornets decided against the traditional Christmas Carol, which sucks for my NBA Christmas Carol Power Rankings, but they did something more creative. They read a children's book written in Cajun-English (dervied from Southern Louisiana, totally wiki'd that) and the results were hilarious. As you would have guessed, everyone failed to pronounce the words, except for Jason Smith. He nailed it.

The New Orleans Hornets might not change their name to Pelicans.

After I get completely sold on the whole Pelican name change, the NBA decided to trademark different possible names for the New Orleans franchise.

From Behind the Buck Pass:

Anil V. George, the attorney who typically handles the trademarks involving NBA brand names, filed trademarks on five new potential franchise names on behalf of the New Orleans Hornets NBA Limited Partnership…

The trademarks:

New Orleans Pelicans
New Orleans Rougarou
New Orleans Mosquitoes
New Orleans Swamp Dogs
New Orleans Bull sharks

I have watched too many hours of Pelican attacks on YouTube for another name change. These birds diabolical evil masterminds with wings. Mosquitoes are completely unacceptable when you have professional fly swatting uni-brow man on the team. Swamp Dogs are nicknames for Alligators, but these reptiles are way too played out. You don't need to keep the Bull in the Shark, so that is a no. The only thing that is really cool about Rougarou, other than the chances of it being mispronounced is that, it is a beast from Louisiana folklore, a monster from oral traditions that varies from a werewolf-like blood-seeking beast to a boogeyman. No matter how cool that sounds, I am staying on #TeamPelican and you cannot convince me other wise.

Via: PBT

The New Orleans Hornets are changing their names to Pelicans.

 The New Orleans Hornets have confirmed that they will be switching their name to Pelicans for the next season. Have no fear my fellow mortals, I know your knees are trembling right now at the thought of a large water bird swooping you into it's mouth. At least it is as bad as it sounds, I mean being kept into a throat pouch, separated from your loved ones until you become mentally insane and slowly wait for the day the Pelican chews you up into pieces can't be that bad. No wait, it would be the worst. Not sure if you can get any respect in the afterlife, telling people you got killed by a Pelican.

Seriously though, a Pelican could turn out way better than you can imagine. Think about the mascot opportunities, remember when that blow up Raptor swallowed a cheerleader, a Pelican version will take it to a whole new level (ALL THE CHEERLEADERS). If you are not into that, maybe the incredible amount of Anthony Davis's unibrow X pelican .gif opportunities may change your mind. Whether you like it or not, this will go down as one of the most joked about NBA news, and history will be made on Twitter.

Source: Yahoo Sports