Are the New Jersey Nets becoming the 'Brooklyn New Yorkers'?
There are signs the New Jersey Nets are considering renaming themselves the "Brooklyn New Yorkers" in two years when they move from Jersey to the NYC metropolitan area, and we just can't help but wonder if the Nets, or New Yorkers, are a lot better than this.
Two Philadelphia lawyers have filed for trademark protection for the name, along with three possible logos.
im not buying it. the artwork isnt professional sports franchise caliber artwork and besides that... no one, not even russians would be so corny as to new a team the Brooklyn New Yorkers.....
The team was originally known as the New York Americans, and Brown intended for it to play at the 69th Regiment Armory on Manhattan's east side, but pressure from the New York Knicks forced the Armory to back out three months before opening day.
For the second year, the team opted to stay on Long Island, where it changed its name to the New York Nets. The team was renamed to "Nets" to rhyme with the names of two other professional sports teams that played in the New York metropolitan area at the time: Major League Baseball's New York Mets and the American Football League's New York Jets. "Nets" was also a nickname that related to basketball in general, since it is part of the hoop.
