Pretty crazy that the Rockets and Pistons names originated elsewhere but ended up fitting even better in their new cities
@wilderac22503 жыл бұрын
San Diego Rockets also fit because there was a rise in space Engineering industry In San Diego at the time.
@bubbaandotis3 жыл бұрын
like what are the odds that the motor city got the “pistons” lmaoo
@Jiltedin20073 жыл бұрын
Obviously! Tell me, would you rather be playing in Fort Wayne, Indiana, or Detroit? Considering that Detroit is “The Motor City”, the name “Pistons” suits them to a tee. As for the Rockets, it is clear cut obvious that San Diego is not a Basketball Town. Considering that NASA is located in Houston, I could not have picked a better city to put the Rockets.
@Jiltedin20073 жыл бұрын
@@bubbaandotis I’m quite sure playing in Detroit was far better than playing in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
@stephenhorgan71103 жыл бұрын
@@Jiltedin2007 I'd rather play for a basketball team based in the deepest pits of Hell than play for one in *shudders* Detroit
@andymarkblanco57203 жыл бұрын
I feel like there is a quiz right after this video.
@Xanozzzz3 жыл бұрын
Fr
@tysjustvibinb9313 жыл бұрын
Fr, and the questions will be way different than what we watched.
@kahlifosman87273 жыл бұрын
0 points for originality
@jakeozzy47763 жыл бұрын
Question 1 - Define the word "Chaparall" and use it in a sentence.
@rp-ze3bp3 жыл бұрын
GO MAVS!!
@shanenackerud44482 жыл бұрын
The Minnesota Timberwolves are also named as such because Minnesota is the only state in the Lower 48 to never try to fully exterminate wolves. In fact, Minnesota has as many wolves (around 3,000) as the rest of the Lower 48 combined, and biologists have flocked to the state for decades to study how they behave and survive.
@JustinLearnsThings2 жыл бұрын
Nice! Thanks for sharing!
@Eko58 Жыл бұрын
A+ job explaining the name. The video barely bothered. Spent as much time explaining the Heat and Magic lmao.
@caidendaniel24 Жыл бұрын
Because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9 ❤
@JeffWinters-cd1mt4 ай бұрын
Only Alaska has more wolves then Minnesota
@infinitecontent80013 жыл бұрын
Additional fun fact: As Chicago had its own stock exchange, the name Bulls also dovetailed with the Bears to describe different market trends (Bull and Bear markets).
@LeonardStauffer3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely! Good call.
@johnhardman8252 жыл бұрын
Bulls are not sent to the meat packers. Bulls are the studs to increase the herd. Baby male cows have their nuts cut off and they are sent to the meat packers when they become fully grown.
@wiseguy6172 жыл бұрын
Hmmm, that makes perfect sense!
@doomassasin9233 Жыл бұрын
And my dumbass always thought the theme was bears, cubs 😂
@Loquacious_Jackson Жыл бұрын
White people are so lame 😂😂😂
@lukeh49463 жыл бұрын
They were called the Zephyrs because Chicago is known as the Windy City so it makes sense
@macAaronE3 жыл бұрын
Also Zephyr was a Greek God, the personification of the West Wind, so not just a gentle breeze, but a unique name tied to the city's nickname.
@aditc28533 жыл бұрын
As well as that, the Zephyr is the name of a higher-speed train (currently stored in the Museum of Science and Industry) There are multiple murals of it throughout Chicagoland
@cashbyrd7813 жыл бұрын
But zephyr is a light breeze so it doesn't make much sense being that Chicago is windy
@macAaronE3 жыл бұрын
@@cashbyrd781 The windy nickname actually came from politicians.
@zeflr1223 жыл бұрын
Woah zephyrs my name
@createmistakes3 жыл бұрын
As a British person the idea of moving a sports team from its community to another community is really alien to me but i still find it fascinating to see where the clubs started and were they ended up.
@jimj45832 жыл бұрын
I guess you’re too young to remember when the Wimbledon Dons became the Milton Keynes Dons ⚽️. But it’s the only instance in British pro sports I can think of.
@createmistakes2 жыл бұрын
@@jimj4583 am not too young to remember it but it’s the only time it’s happened to a professional team so the concept of moving a team is still a weird one to me.
@FFriday2 жыл бұрын
Well you have to remember that football clubs through out europe are traditional teams while NBA clubs are franchises that can be changed in a second. Its more business than it is tradition.
@daviddorger92072 жыл бұрын
I know nothing about the business side of sports in Britain but here, professional teams are all franchises with private owners who have revenue sharing agreements with the leagues but also are partly in control of certain sources of income related to their team and if they see greener pastures elsewhere, there is a process in which they can relocate. The only exception is the Green Bay Packers football team, which is publicly owned by all citizens of Brown County Wisconsin.
@TOTN172 жыл бұрын
@@createmistakes Wasps RFC moved from London to High Wycombe in 2002 then moved to Coventry in 2014
@racewiththefalcons13 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised Chicago is not the home of the financial industry and US stock exchanges. They have the Bulls AND the Bears.
@Ro-683 жыл бұрын
What you mean by that? I'm from here
@racewiththefalcons13 жыл бұрын
@@Ro-68, look up bull market and bear market.
@JDMatthias3 жыл бұрын
And the baby bears
@monty32813 жыл бұрын
thats not how industries operate big bro
@racewiththefalcons13 жыл бұрын
@@monty3281, how do jokes operate?
@TomDavis73 жыл бұрын
Ironically a more fitting name for the Utah Jazz would be the Utah Saints (Latter Day Saints), and what other city has a team named The Saints? New Orleans!
@mestillme18553 жыл бұрын
True! But New Orleans is pretty religious and has deep roots with the Catholic church. It’s kind of weird that they’re so religious, especially since it’s a super liberal city, but it’s whatever.
@timothyjackson19813 жыл бұрын
Cool coincidence. But the Saints were named after the song 'When the Saints Go Marching in', not to mention that they were founded on All Saints Day (November 1st)
@FIeeceJohnson3 жыл бұрын
Utah Hornets. Utah is the “Beehive State,” so it would accommodate the state’s theme quite well. In turn, New Orleans can retain the Jazz nickname, and I guess Charlotte gets stuck with the Pelicans moniker in the end.
@Steroidboy493 жыл бұрын
I’ve always liked the idea of the Utah Buzz because Utah’s nickname is the Beehive state, and they can keep the double Z’s in their name!
@TomDavis73 жыл бұрын
@@Steroidboy49 The Buzz would be the biz
@forshin53654 жыл бұрын
The Charlotte hornets is a reference to how British General Cornwallis described Charlotte as a hornets nest of rebellion
@johnanderson97653 жыл бұрын
I was about to say the exact same thing! As for Bobcats, it was named to honor the team's owner, BET founder Robert "Bob" Johnson and also to connect with the NFL's Carolina Panthers, who play in Charlotte.
@macAaronE3 жыл бұрын
It's frustrating how the origin of the Hornet name wasn't mentioned, nor how the Bobcats were named, assumed to be in reference to the owner's name.
@doah23433 жыл бұрын
Maybe they just liked the name hornets ion think jordan cares about all that
@johnanderson97653 жыл бұрын
@@doah2343 I'm positive it was a reference to what Cornwallis said. The name "Tarheels" (UNC's college teams) also has historical wartime significance. It was said during the Civil War that our soldiers did back down, as if they had tar their heels. North Carolina's nickname is "The Tarheel State"
@macAaronE3 жыл бұрын
@@johnanderson9765 Also, North Carolina was the major producer of tar at the time, which was vital to the maritime industry.
@ltoz773 жыл бұрын
i miss the Seattle Supersonics
@shattersucks62703 жыл бұрын
I have hope for you and your new stadium.
@bigtakeshi3 жыл бұрын
@@shattersucks6270 it's for their new NHL team, Seattle Kraken.
@shattersucks62703 жыл бұрын
@@bigtakeshi I know. But with a new stadium it will get the NBA to consider an expansion team.
@XaviRonaldo03 жыл бұрын
@@bigtakeshi it still makes it easier for an NBA team to be setup/moved there.
@not_tt3 жыл бұрын
NHL is gay I want the supersonics back
@de-fault_de-fault2 жыл бұрын
My favorite thing about the Nets is that they decided to move to Brooklyn because they were mad about not getting an arena in Newark, and then it took so long to build the arena in Brooklyn that they ended up playing in the arena that was eventually built in Newark anyway until they could actually move to Brooklyn.
@davezanko90512 жыл бұрын
Kinda sorta. The big thing is that delays in getting the Newark arena built lead the owners to fit their losses and sell, and the new owner bought the team specifically to use the arena as a smokescreen for the rest of his real estate yeah in Brooklyn. Even funnier is that the Devils then-owner, the late John McMullen, wanted a new arena not in Newark but in Hoboken. After the Devils took over the Newark arena plan, the Nets actually stayed in the Meadowlands for a few years, but then a deal was struck to have them go to Newark anyway because there was one arena too many.
@de-fault_de-fault2 жыл бұрын
@@davezanko9051 I forgot about the Hoboken arena completely. That was supposed to be over the rail yards, too, right? And also part of a bigger development, so not that far off what ended up happening in Brooklyn in a way.
@davezanko90512 жыл бұрын
@@de-fault_de-fault The Hoboken idea was even more like Hudson Yards. Real estate developers have been salivating over the idea of decking over the Hoboken yards for decades, ignoring that NJ Transit needs the open air yards for their diesel-only lines.
@de-fault_de-fault2 жыл бұрын
@@davezanko9051 yeah I was wondering about how the diesel exhaust would work, too. They’d have to build some kind of fan system like the car tunnels have I guess. I’m sure the neighbors would love having concentrated smoke blown at them from that.
@Mister__Jey3 жыл бұрын
It's unbelievable how many times Kansas City got the chance to have its own NBA team. And nowadays nothing more than comes close to the chance.
@SilverAndBlackZach2 жыл бұрын
Most warriors fans know they got the name Golden State because while in Oakland they also played home games in San Diego, stretching the entire state. It had nothing to do with the move from San Fran
@gaffneyrailroading19823 жыл бұрын
Gee, I can't imagine why the name "Packers" didn't stick in Chicago.
@OMGITZQUEZZO1873 жыл бұрын
I can’t believe this joke flew over peoples heads you ain’t right bruh 🤣💀
@SylveonMujigaeOfficial3 жыл бұрын
Because of the NFL team in nearby Wisconsin.
@gaffneyrailroading19823 жыл бұрын
No shit, Sherlock. That was supposed to be sarcastic.
@dvferyance3 жыл бұрын
Perhaps also it's similar to another basketball team nearby in Indiana. Pacers is spelled like Packers minus the k.
@SylveonMujigaeOfficial2 жыл бұрын
@@OMGITZQUEZZO187 I don't even get jokes or sarcasm.
@justasneakerhead56152 жыл бұрын
Actually, the real and/or main reason the bullets switched to the wizards is because the team’s owner’s close friend died to gun fire and understandably changed the name to something that was less violent. Great vid btw 👍👍
@JustinLearnsThings2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for checking it out!
@yovelzim Жыл бұрын
And the name of this friend was ytzhak rabin, prime minster of israel
@serenitydrummer3 жыл бұрын
A chaparral bird is another name for a roadrunner, which was the Dallas' team logo. I wonder if the hotel room was named for that or not. Interesting fact, Pat Riley was drafted to the Dallas Chaparrals.
@StuUngar3 жыл бұрын
I like to think that Thunder was chosen not only to disassociate with Seattle, but because the Thunder play about 1/4 of a mile away from the Sonic Drive In corporate HQ.
@aegisofhonor2 жыл бұрын
the Rochester Seagrams were called the Seagrams because that company you mentioned (the Seagram company) sponsored a team. This was VERY common in the early days of professional sports and even some Sports teams today have their names rooted in the company that sponsored them (The Green Bay Packers are named after the Indian Packing company of Green Bay who the team's founder worked for at the time and who funded the team in the early days.
@punklover993 жыл бұрын
The Lakers moved to la where there are no lakes The oilers moved to Tennessee where there is no oil And the jazz moved to Utah, where they don't allow music
@shakeybonessrh2 жыл бұрын
Baseketball was one of the greatest movies ever.
@poindextertunes Жыл бұрын
YUSSS
@TheMrPeteChannel Жыл бұрын
The Vancouver Grizzlies moved to Memphis where there are no Grizzlies.
@johnanderson9765 Жыл бұрын
@@TheMrPeteChannel Don't be so sure. I vacationed once in Pigeon Forge, TN once and saw a small black bear lumering around the condos as soon as I got there.
@johnanderson9765 Жыл бұрын
Following the move, the Oiler nickname only lasted two more seasons before it was changed to the Tennessee Titans.
@rockvilleraven3 жыл бұрын
The original Bullets team in the 40s, was named because of the Bata Athletic shoe company of nearby Harford County, they made a line of shoes called Bata Bullets and they outfitted the team in exchange for naming rights.
@KrimsonOutlaw3 жыл бұрын
I love the drawings of the teams
@teague9553 жыл бұрын
When the Spurs were called the chaparrals they were referring to a chaparral bird which is a roadrunner
@PandasutikkuDesu3 жыл бұрын
Beep.
@peaches10.092 жыл бұрын
Which is the name of a college in San Antonio, the UTSA Roadrunners… ha
@willmpet3 жыл бұрын
I saw the Lakers play in Minneapolis. George Mikan once was the first "Big Man" in the NBA. Bud Grant once played for the Lakers there.
@ezlrockwell823 жыл бұрын
And Minneapolis’ slogan is, ”City of Lakes”. So this is why they were called the Minneapolis Lakers (i.e. NOT the MINNESOTA Lakers ;)
@jimj45832 жыл бұрын
Wow! You’re a living history lesson. My father attended St Thomas Military Academy in St Paul in the early fifties. He went to a lot of Lakers games in Minneapolis. He told me that the reason they moved was that the people from St Paul basically boycotted them, so it was never hard to score a ticket. It sounds plausible, since all subsequent TC teams have been named after the STATE, beginning with the “expansion” Minnesota Twins in 1961. Even the 🧢 caps did not sport an M for the state, but TC for the Twin Cities. Some rivalry, huh?
@SpikeShooter922 жыл бұрын
It's a shame Los Angeles doesn't acknowledge Mikan or even have his number retired. Moves like that makes me wish they just return the Minneapolis history to the Wolves
@matthewhild16322 жыл бұрын
Interesting thing about the Utah Jazz. My grandpa was good friends and business partners with the main owner that moved them to Utah. He told me that they tried to come up with hundreds of Utah related names but they all sucked. Some examples the brighamites and the bee hives. So they just kept the name.
@JustinLearnsThings2 жыл бұрын
If brighamites was one of the options, I feel like Jazz was probably the right call. It at least doesn't feel clunky!
@brady.widlake3 жыл бұрын
The east conference team names really helped me remember what states had each industry in 7th grade (detroit pistons for example)
@citythink3 жыл бұрын
Rochester was named the Seagrams because the liquor company was a team sponsor.
@cashmoneyrblx81243 жыл бұрын
@@TheCrypticKnight why he is a nice guy
@jonsayers79263 жыл бұрын
did not know that
@petervarley24773 жыл бұрын
They changed to the Ebers, because the newspaper in Rochester was dry. Ebers owned the team.
@petervarley24773 жыл бұрын
Wiki KZfaq
@ObsessedCollector3 жыл бұрын
Nowadays they just name the stadium or arena after sponsors!
@conorgilles813 жыл бұрын
One season in the 90's when the Blazers were in a playoff series with the Jazz, one of the local Portland TV stations sent a reporter to search all of Salt Lake City for live jazz music. He eventually found a trio playing for almost no one in a tiny basement bar.
@JustinLearnsThings3 жыл бұрын
😂
@dsarmy12 жыл бұрын
Someone should open a Jazz bar close to the arena. I bet it would be more receptive now.
@404ever2 жыл бұрын
the Rochester Seagrams were named after a Seagram’s bottling plant in Rochester, they renamed themselves to the Eber Seagram’s Pro’s later shortened to just the pro’s
@JustinLearnsThings2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment! Yeah its a bummer; I had assumed that that was the case, but didn't feel like I had confidence in the sourcing. I was afraid both shared a common third party for their names or something like that, but this video was several years back now and one of my first. Still make mistakes, but I feel like my ability to find sources has gotten much better!
@einundsiebenziger54882 жыл бұрын
... Pros* (plural, no apostrophe) ...
@OxenFloxen3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact about the Timberwolves: The name "Polars" was the name of the High School team that the new owners attended, North Minneapolis High School, and they chose that name and let the fans pick the 2nd name, after that it went to city councils to vote on it.
@tuck503 жыл бұрын
Minnesota polars would be sick ngl
@charlesruege39183 жыл бұрын
Chaparral is a car brand that was raced in the 1960s and was based off the fast birds and everyone's favorite road runner. It wasn't the climate or a hotel room. It was based off the extremely fast and popular race cars.
@firstlast81572 жыл бұрын
If you like theme names for teams in same city, the Denver Nuggets shared the precious metal name theme for three years with the USFL team Denver Gold (1983-85)
@johnanderson9765 Жыл бұрын
For a time, the Saint Louis NFL and MLB franchises shared the name Cardinals, and the NBA franchise was the Hawks.
@ambergarcia38453 жыл бұрын
Seagrams actually comes from the beverage company being the sponsor of the team…. I found this information from searching Rochester seagram basketball.. so really a seagram is a guy who liked his own name
@davezanko90513 жыл бұрын
Funny part of that by the time the team was founded Joseph Seagram was long dead and had sold off the company to Samuel Bronfman, who had started his own company a few years before the sale, but who kept the more established Seagram's name. Seagram's was easily one of the largest liquor companies in the world, and Bronfman himself was owner of the Montreal Expos at one point, but his kids attempts to diversify the company into entertainment (such as buying Universal Studios) didn't work out and the company got out of their original liquor business. Their former brands are still around, now owned by other companies. All this to say that Joseph Seagram didn't name the basketball team after himself.
@YourPalAlRetroGamer3 жыл бұрын
The New Orleans Pelicans got their name from a minor league baseball that played from the late 19th century to the late '50s, but resurfaced for only in 1977. In the early '90s, Tom Benson, who owned the NFL's Saints wanted to bring back Double A minor league baseball back to New Orleans. He brought the rights to the name "New Orleans Pelicans." Unfortunately, the MLB granted an expansion team to Denver, which meant their Triple A team, the Denver Zephyrs, had to move, and they relocated to New Orleans. So when Tom Benson brought the N.O. Hornets, he already had the rights of the Pelicans name.
@RobdaVegasMailman3 жыл бұрын
Also, when Benson decided to rename the Hornets, he approached Utah Jazz ownership about getting the Jazz name back. He wanted a 3 team deal where Charlotte got the Hornets name back, New Orleans would get the Jazz name back and Utah would give their team a new name. Jazz ownership balked at the idea.
@cashbyrd7813 жыл бұрын
Maverick is also a horse so maybe that's how they got their name I mean they do ride horses in texas
@anthonyernst9993 жыл бұрын
You can ride a horse everywhere though.
@dscdisapruve.3923 жыл бұрын
@Cash byrd we do?
@cashbyrd7813 жыл бұрын
Here u 2 guys go lol so this what we doing we acting like they domt ride horses in texas wow I know they ride horses everywhere but texas they do more I mean the spurs did the same thing a spur is from a horseshoe anything else ?
@cashbyrd7813 жыл бұрын
It's always someone on social media gotta say dumb shit I hope yall are young so I can give u a pass
@hon3ykomb4083 жыл бұрын
Someone hasn't been to Texas
@therealrollinstone Жыл бұрын
Quick fact the tri-cities where the Hawks played is currently known as the quad-cities, with the cities of Rock Island and Moline, Illinois, and Davenport and Bettendorf, Iowa
@JustinLearnsThings Жыл бұрын
Nice! They added a city!!
@OfficeSupplyRobot3 жыл бұрын
The Minneapolis Lakers name wasn't just a reference to Minnesota's state nickname. It was also a reference to cargo ships on the Great Lakes.
@JustinLearnsThings3 жыл бұрын
Oh nice! Thanks for your comment!
@mistapotta5 жыл бұрын
Good video. A chaparral is the Spanish word for roadrunner.
@jerkov420 Жыл бұрын
You failed to mention another aspect of how the Bulls's name fits perfectly to Chicago, as the city was a huge hub for financial markets and their football team is called the Bears.
@ericvandevender83632 жыл бұрын
Actually, the first major professional sports team in Seattle was the Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA - hockey) and even won the Stanley Cup in 1917. So, the Sonics were not the first major professional team in Seattle.
@einundsiebenziger54889 ай бұрын
The Sonics were Seattle's first Major "League" (MBA, MLS, NBA, NFL, NHL) team, that's what the narrator says.
@SkodenMOC3 жыл бұрын
The Phoenix Suns makes the most sense out of every NBA name... the mascot on the other hand... yeah he bout to fight Godzilla...
@johnanderson97653 жыл бұрын
No, no. The Phoenix Sun the fought Godzilla was Charles Barkley.
@SkodenMOC3 жыл бұрын
@@johnanderson9765 understood that 😂🏀
@martinaguilargonzalez72813 жыл бұрын
The rockets makes more senses than the suns
@johnanderson97653 жыл бұрын
@@martinaguilargonzalez7281 Yes, but incredibly, the Rockets were originally based in San Diego. It's the only case I can think of in which the team name in the new city was more appropriate than the old one. There's no Jazz in Salt Lake City nor Lakes in Los Angeles.
@TomDavis73 жыл бұрын
"Go" The Gorilla has a very cool backstory as how he became The Suns mascot, and a subsequently a mascot icon. In short, he was a singing telegram performer randomly called and sent to a Suns game having to wear a gorilla suit. While sitting courtside he began dancing to the music played and the fans LOVED it. Fans kept hiring him back and ownership recognized this was popular. They offered to make the relationship official and The Suns had themselves a mascot. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Zqx3q6-Qnbmtk3U.html
@traxagenda34453 жыл бұрын
Kansas City has been bamboozled so many times with nba teams. First the things he talked about also the fact that we almost had Thunder 😭😭
@phenom20123 жыл бұрын
I didn't realize this until now, but the Washington Monument on the Wizards logo makes it look so cool
@theycallmedom41573 жыл бұрын
We could’ve had Tim Duncan the Gunslinger?
@thepickle77573 жыл бұрын
Great video...As a Charlotte Hornets fan there was just a little bit more history of why their team is..Revolutionary War Charlotte was known for being fierce or like a "Hornets Nest"
@teen_laqueefa2 жыл бұрын
Cornwallace
@unsheath3 жыл бұрын
5:08 *What did you call me?*
@blacktee313 жыл бұрын
I heard it too.
@leightonsavary76073 жыл бұрын
Ikr, yoooo
@ErickFideoMaru3 жыл бұрын
💀
@user-ds4in2qw5i3 жыл бұрын
hi takagi
@bendover84773 жыл бұрын
😳
@gizzinhereye2 жыл бұрын
From Wikipedia Sacramento Kings "two decades of sponsored 'semi-professional' team, Seagram was the team's main sponsor and received the bulk of what monies were made."
@Mprator3 жыл бұрын
I forgot the Kings existed.
@dawsonraney52893 жыл бұрын
De’Aaron Fox is so good to be on such a forgotten team lol
@biggusdickus12463 жыл бұрын
Who
@furymonger53953 жыл бұрын
I never knew the pelicans existed till about a year or two ago.
@mj28272 жыл бұрын
That's what your parents say about you
@KRajah-lg6ix Жыл бұрын
You know them now.
@seanpeterson49083 жыл бұрын
A simple search of "Rochester Seagrams" reveals: "One of the most prominent, the Seagrams, was founded in 1923 by Les Harrison and sponsored by the Eber Brothers and Seagrams liquor companies." -- by clicking the third result. No offense, but how hard did you look? I know its a couple years later now, but c'mon man. Nit Picking aside, well made video overall, thumbs up!
@steveo27373 жыл бұрын
The Pistons played in my High School, in Fort Wayne. :)
@alf25403 жыл бұрын
That’s insane lol
@no_bitches06213 жыл бұрын
Yeah I forgot they played in a high school gym before moving to the Coliseum.
@soulfly34383 жыл бұрын
they should still be playing in a high school gym tbh
@raytzeng92173 жыл бұрын
@@soulfly3438 lmao
@rjf50292 жыл бұрын
I always assumed that the "Bulls" was also a nod to the "Chicago Bears" and the Chicago Stock Exchange as a reference to "Bull Markets" and "Bear Markets"
@frherbst33 жыл бұрын
Chicago Zephers - The Zepher was a famous Art Deco styled train that ran out of Chicago from the 1930s to early 1960s. That train can now be seen in Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry. The train itself was named after a western breeze or wind. The Basketball team was referring to the then famous train.
@einundsiebenziger5488 Жыл бұрын
Chicago Zephyrs* ...
@robertgarza73373 жыл бұрын
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle discovered The Great Lakes and Cleveland sits right on Lake Erie hints the name Cleveland Cavaliers. Also Cavs used to play in Richfield which is 30 miles outside of Cleveland. The old Richfield Coliseum is now a open field park in typical Ohio fashion
@teddyhomemedia84052 жыл бұрын
Bobcats was in reference to it's new owner Bob Johnson who founded BET
@einundsiebenziger5488 Жыл бұрын
... its* new owner (it's = it is) ...
@josephbrown52302 жыл бұрын
10:18 - Marking the location of Denver on a map of Colorado has me laughing my ass off - it’s just a rectangle 😂
@ksamsel13 жыл бұрын
With the Magic, other names considered in the naming contest were the Heat (the Orlando Heat just sounds trippy given it's now Miami's name) And the Juice....which means the Orlando Juice would've logically been nicknamed the OJs....and in the mid 90s....probably another name change would be needed.....
@JustinLearnsThings3 жыл бұрын
Lol the Juice sounds like a pretty bold choice for a team name!
@ksamsel13 жыл бұрын
www.nba.com/magic/news/behindthename.html The "Juice" wouldn't be received well bc if a recent citrus freeze....so had weather not happened, we legit could have had the Orlando Juice aka the OJs playing for the '95 championship....while another OJ was in the news.....
@castlewhite15773 жыл бұрын
@@ksamsel1 don't forget juiced is a slang term for using steroids, so it would be a really bad name haha
@lakerherb4 жыл бұрын
More precisely, the Lakers got their name from the boats used on the lakes called "lakers".
@mijito_osito3 жыл бұрын
And there name is unique since Los Angeles is short for LA so Lakers LA KERS
@jahimuddin23063 жыл бұрын
@W, This guy is just looking for things that are not there.
@petergriffinowl3 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed this! Only thing that bothered me a bit is when you used the current Grizzlies-logo for Vancouver instead of the original one. Other than that, loved it, tons of new information :)
@LoneCourier2281 Жыл бұрын
He-he did that for every team though?
@timfortune93 жыл бұрын
"Soon it was commonplace for entire teams to change cities in search of greater profits. The Minneapolis Lakers moved to Los Angeles where there are no lakes. The Oilers moved to Tennessee where there is no oil. The Jazz moved to Salt Lake City where they don't allow music." - "Baseketball"
@xevious15383 жыл бұрын
At least the Oilers had the common courtesy to eventually change their name to the Titans. Same goes for the Thunder, just imagine the Oklahoma City Superonics in a state that has nothing to do with aviation manufacturing, lol. Utah should have gaven the Jazz name back to New Orleans when they gave back the Hornets name back to Charlotte, then came with something that represents Utah. Same goes for Memphis, although they wanted to change their name.
@dsarmy12 жыл бұрын
@@xevious1538 The NBA has said if Utah gives up the name Jazz, then Utah loses all of it's franchise history. I know it sounds stupid but it is a fact. The Pelicans even wanted to buy the name from Utah but couldn't for that reason.
@mongoslade2772 жыл бұрын
@@dsarmy1 Sounds like something David Stern would do. What history do they have?? They made the finals twice and lost in consecutive years. They have no rich history or tradition. They never won anything
@dsarmy12 жыл бұрын
@@mongoslade277 Just because it isn't a rich history to you doesn't mean it isn't a rich history to them. They had the Stockton and Malone era and the Williams/Boozer era Hayward era and now the Gobert and Mitchell era. Stockton and Malone have statues outside their arena and many players have their jersey's retired there. An all star game was played there. 4 gold medalist played for Utah. Many other All-stars. Stockton has two NBA records in which he played on the court in Utah. Malone has an MVP. Four Conference finals played there. The Jazz may have lost to the Bulls but they played against THE best player EVER on their court. The Jazz made the playoffs 20 years in a row until Stockton and Malone left. Then they were out for just a couple of years and started making it again consistently. For not winning a title the Jazz actually have fourth highest winning percentage of all teams. I can keep going but these are just some reasons that Utah does have a rich history. If you don't think so then maybe ask their fans in which Utah also has one of the highest attendance records year after year.
@elijah89872 жыл бұрын
@@dsarmy1 I understand where you're coming from, but the name still makes no sense. Its borderline disrespectful. Just think about the legacy of Jazz music in New Orleans and the impact it made for African-American communities nationwide. You could combine the histories of every professional sports team in Utah and it *STILL* wouldn't scratch the impact, of the legendary Jazz scene in Louisiana. Since we already have the "Pelicans" as a name, we don't need the "Jazz" name back. Utah just needs to change their name to something that actually represents their city. I'm sure the people living in Utah would actually prefer that. If they can't find something that represents the city, then they can just think of something really cool... * the Utah Dragons * the Utah Fist * the Utah Smoke * the Utah Villains * the Utah Gold * the Utah Spirit * the Utah Electro * the Utah Bounce Its really not that hard when you think about it.
@johnanderson97653 жыл бұрын
Another contender for Toronto's name in keeping with the Jurassic Park theme was the Torontosaurus Rexes or the Tornoto Tyrannosaurs.
@itsallovernow29292 жыл бұрын
I don't recall that. Being a Torontonian, I do remember the contest on the name and was not happy with the choice of Raptors.
@scottb3034 Жыл бұрын
@@itsallovernow2929 Raptors first more with the Grizzlies since relatives of the raptors actually were found in the region but even then....Agree Toronto should have picked a different name. Makes zero sense.
@RDTheAwesome3 жыл бұрын
The zephyr is the name of a famous train that went in and out of Chicago.
@33bravo143 жыл бұрын
Ouh I thought it was cuz Chicago was called Windy City
@voodude123 жыл бұрын
The Golden State Warriors had played in three different cities in 1971, San Francisco, Oakland and San Diego. THAT’S why Franklin Mieuli named them that.
@jetflyer629013 жыл бұрын
I don't think the Warriors ever played in San Diego.
@lilgawup79293 жыл бұрын
@@jetflyer62901 yeah me too
@cashbyrd7813 жыл бұрын
I was gonna say I didmt know that
@johje052 жыл бұрын
They really did play in San Diego for a bit.
@patthomas65892 жыл бұрын
They'd planned on splitting home games for the '71 season between oakland and san diego, which had just lost the rockets. They san diego part of the plan fizzled out but the golden state name stuck
@BobMocarski3 жыл бұрын
Chicago's first NBA team was the Chicago.Staggs. They played from 1946-47 to 1950-51. Their first year they won the Western division in a tie breaker over Saint Louis before losing in the Finals to Philadelphia. They Folded after the 1950-51. Then in 1961-63 We had the Packers/Wizards who are now the Washington Wizards. The Bulls are the 3rd NBA team for Chicago beginning in 1966-67..
@TheREALTMAB2 жыл бұрын
Born in raised in Rock island Illinois. From the quad cities. The tri city hawks were named after the chief and Indian tribe the black hawks. Also Little known fact. The first NFL game was played at Douglas park in rock island. The rock island independents!! My city has a bunch of history!
@einundsiebenziger5488 Жыл бұрын
Born and* raised ...
@Jiltedin20073 жыл бұрын
They also could have called the Miami Franchise “The Floridians” for their old ABA Team “Miami Floridians”.
@j___a___c___k___33 жыл бұрын
I'm curious if the Nets is also a reference to Long Island's fishing industry roots.
@JustinLearnsThings3 жыл бұрын
Oh interesting! Yeah that would definitely fit!
@jonathanr18912 жыл бұрын
Fort Wayne, IN. A city few have heard of but can thank for a lot of things sports related. Not only being home to WOWO radio, but as mentioned home the Pistons, on a side note, Fort Wayne was also where the NBA shot clock was used for the first time in a game. If you have seen A League of their Own. The movie is based on the Fort Wayne Daisy's
@einundsiebenziger5488 Жыл бұрын
Fort Wayne Daisies* ...
@LukeTRandall Жыл бұрын
Man, great video and great facts. On the next vid perhaps the background music can change at some point? After a half hour my mind starts struggling to focus on the words because the music pattern keeps repeating so much…
@JustinLearnsThings Жыл бұрын
Yeah I feel you! I’m exploring some different music options! Thanks for watching man!
@BoWSkittlez3 жыл бұрын
7:34 because Chicago is the windy city!
@kdailey43153 жыл бұрын
The Windy City isn't in reference to weather. It was named in reference to the old corrupt politicians who were "full of hot air"
@mikeisthelunawolf2 жыл бұрын
Being from Europe, these changes in names and in cities is so weird!
@JustinLearnsThings2 жыл бұрын
Yeah the only one that really comes to mind in Europe is Wimbledon FC moving to Milton Keynes and becoming the MK Dons. But it's such a rare thing in Europe compared to the US.
@kayleighlehrman95663 жыл бұрын
Love how washington changed their name due to rising gun violence; and then one of their players got arrested for packing (eh?) a gun in the locker room.
@ix69yn3 жыл бұрын
1:20 Wow I didn't realize this til now! What a mind blowing fact. I'm a fan of baseball, basketball, and American football but never realized the theme till today. Thanks for that! I'm in love with this now.
@Kiwaloayo3 жыл бұрын
as seagram sounds like it's a message that arrives via sea. or at least a package, so maybe that's what they were themed after originally.
@einundsiebenziger5488 Жыл бұрын
There are dozens of comments here explaning where that name actually derived from.
@andreamay4373 жыл бұрын
Who knew that the Sacramento Kings were that old? They’re almost 100 years old!
@wilderac22503 жыл бұрын
They haven’t won a championship since 1951.
@strahinjastevic74803 жыл бұрын
@@wilderac2250 got robbed out of one in 2002
@boywhodestroyedtheworld3 жыл бұрын
I've been a kings fan my whole life and I'm just now learning this hahaha 😂🤯
@lukeowalk2 жыл бұрын
Zephyr was also a major railway line that was huge in Chicago. Revolutionized modern transport before highways. There's a cool exhibit about it at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.
@JustinLearnsThings2 жыл бұрын
Makes a ton of sense! Thank you!
@squidMB2 жыл бұрын
Hopefully Seattle Supersonics return soon!
@JustinLearnsThings2 жыл бұрын
Yes please!
@andrewpongracz13692 жыл бұрын
I believe you’re incorrect about the ties to the Bulls as a nickname. Chicago is home to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange & the Chicago Options exchange. The Bears were already there of course. The Bulls match the Bears as in Bull markets & Bear Markets. I believe it is a wink to the financial district of Chicago, a tie in to the Bears, and not meat packing district.
@YeeSoest3 жыл бұрын
I was gonna elaborate on how Warriors don't have a fitting name for a team that shoots a lot of 3s but I guess modern warfare isn't hand-to-hand combat anymore so the long range approach does kinda work surprisingly well...huh
@danielandersondefreitas41832 жыл бұрын
haha this comment seems to work surprisingly well too!
@jourdansarpy49352 жыл бұрын
I almost didn't click this video because it seemed like a corny video but honestly, this video is just straight up a perfect youtube video. Good job, man.
@JustinLearnsThings2 жыл бұрын
Thanks man! Glad you enjoyed it!
@edwidjohnnomio3 жыл бұрын
i lol about the Lakers... "when was the last time you went to a lake in LA?"
@mojonijowjow3 жыл бұрын
...Yeah, I always thought why LA become LAKErs when there's no lake around it... Nice vid...👍👍👍
@Undecided02 жыл бұрын
L.A.kers
@readytogo99 Жыл бұрын
Mc Arthur Park has a "lake"
@1984FlyBy19843 жыл бұрын
there was an ABA team called "Houston Mavericks" in the ABA from 1967 to 1969 ... I'm Guessing it affected the chosen name for the Dallas Mavericks.
@Meme_Lloyd2 жыл бұрын
the name "maverick" actually fit perfectly with dirk as no one has played as he did at the time
@JustinLearnsThings2 жыл бұрын
Love dirk!
@tomb45753 жыл бұрын
Zephyre was the top of the line passenger train from Chicago to California. Baltimore had a large munition industry in Baltimore.
@jimj45832 жыл бұрын
That’s right. The Chicago Zephyr. I believe it still runs.
@alcelaya13652 жыл бұрын
@@jimj4583 Yes it does. I rode it April from Emeryville, CA to Chicago and it was amazing. Beautiful scenery just outside the window, ocean, mountains, deserts, rivers, farmland and some big cities.
@BallisticBerry3 жыл бұрын
0:55 the Seagram's the drink company is from Rochester, so it was definitely just a name as an advertisement for the company
@drewwemhoff11133 жыл бұрын
I don’t watch the NBA but I still kinda wish there was a basketball team in Kansas City just because we have the venue and the fans
@mongoslade2772 жыл бұрын
I remember the old Kemper Arena. It was dark but looked cool on Tv. It was a better arena that the Arco Arena in Sacramento. That was a dump. The Sprint Center looks real 😎. Guess it's the T-mobile Center now
@shaungray6722 жыл бұрын
LOVE the zoom-in on the Jazz name while the narrator rants about the JAZZ being in UTAH lol
@JustinLearnsThings2 жыл бұрын
🤣 Thanks!
@Smash673 жыл бұрын
I hope their are some new expansions in the nba soon. Im thinking it’s time to bring a team back to Seattle
@OjukwuIsaac2 жыл бұрын
The commissioner said that they were in the talks of possibly adding 2 teams to the NBA because of the money loss due to the pandemic. He said the idea was thrown out there and they were suppose to have a meeting about it. This was few months ago I haven't heard anything since. Also the 4 teams that is rumored to have a chance is Las Vegas, Saint Louis, Seattle, and/or Tampa. Out of those 4 Seattle and Las Vegas having the best chance.
@canuckjet9382 жыл бұрын
@@OjukwuIsaac all those cities do have nhl teams, so they do have the arenas to do so
@einundsiebenziger5488 Жыл бұрын
... there* are some expansions ...
@KitBaty3 жыл бұрын
Nice video - but you really missed a big part of the Grizzlies history... and that the name they wanted to change to was the EXPRESS after Federal Express (being HQ'd in Memphis). But the NBA wouldn't let them.
@hologram7163 жыл бұрын
Great video. Some were giveaways like Miami Heat, Phoenix Suns, Houston Rockets. I always thought los Angeles was surrounded by lakes and in Utah I thought most music bars played Jazz haha.
@JustinLearnsThings3 жыл бұрын
Yeah some are definitely more self explanatory than others!! Thanks for checking out the video!
@Malik95913 жыл бұрын
Maybe I’m wrong but when the Brooklyn Nets were first announced weren’t they the Brooklyn Knights and even had a mascot
@JustinLearnsThings3 жыл бұрын
That’s a great question! Very possible I missed that piece of the story!
@tjabbar3 жыл бұрын
Very interesting video, I learned a lot
@footballwhale71443 жыл бұрын
Wow, this is a very good quality video from such a small channel!
@nestorgutierrez8123 жыл бұрын
When my dad came to Chicago he told me how the cows would go through back of the yards through the railways to be butchered and packed
@praxis61722 жыл бұрын
I am still salty we lost the Griz. I did get to see the Lakers and Raptors courtside. I still have the magazine they handed for the Lakers game.
@noblinkreal8 ай бұрын
0:00 Sacramento Kings 1:48 Detroit Pistons 2:42 Atlanta Hawks 3:45 Boston Celtics 4:12 Golden State Warriors 4:49 New York Knicks 5:13 Philadelphia 76ers 5:50 Los Angeles Lakers 6:30 Washington Wizards 8:31 Chicago Bulls 9:03 Brooklyn Nets 10:05 Denver Nuggets 11:18 Houston Rockets 11:54 Indiana Pacers 12:18 Oklahoma City Thunder 12:56 San Antonio Spurs 14:03 Milwaukee Bucks 14:29 Phoenix Suns 14:57 Cleveland Cavaliers 15:23 Portland Trailblazers 15:57 Los Angeles Clippers 17:37 Utah Jazz 18:43 Dallas Mavericks 19:18 Charlotte Hornets 20:23 Miami Heat 20:45 Minnesota Timberwolves 21:17 Orlando Magic 21:37 Toronto Raptors 22:16 Memphis Grizzlies 22:47 New Orleans Pelicans
@williamangus39063 жыл бұрын
For the Chicago Zephyr name, it’s a reference to the Zephyr line of passengers trains of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad
@realbig14fr3 жыл бұрын
I’m not lying they should bring back the Buffalo Bisons! That would be so cool!
@thesexyskywalker32833 жыл бұрын
Too similar to Buffalo Bills in the NFL.
@chrisbonde74883 жыл бұрын
Just found your channel, love it. Great video!!!
@JustinLearnsThings3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for checking it out!
@carlosjuan-miguel32943 жыл бұрын
This video is absolute fantastic
@sherlockdad3 жыл бұрын
Now, now, Lebron was NOT the only success story in Cleveland! The Cavs had some excellent teams in the late 80s-early 90s & were kept from winning a couple NBA titles by league's greatest player ever; Michael Jordan. These Cavs featured a great core of Mark Price, Brad Daugherty, Hot Rod Williams, Larry Nance, Ron Harper & Craig Ehlo.
@Rodanguirus3 жыл бұрын
Don't be too hasty in saying Jordan was the only one between those Cavs and a title...if the '88 or '89 Cavs had gotten past him, they would have had to deal with my Pistons! In all seriousness, I'm kind of amazed they never met in the playoffs in that period, and I think that would have been interesting to see. The '89 Cavs had the Pistons' number for the first half of that season, and were neck-and-neck in the division race before the Pistons traded for Aguirre, which seemed to be the missing piece for them. That would have been an intriguing playoff matchup, if not for The Shot.