Yep, another NBA team may be changing it’s name. The Charlotte Bobcats went back to the Charlotte Hornets last month and now we may have another change coming. Find out who it is after the jump…
Via SI.com:
The Toronto Raptors’ new management regime will investigate the possibility of changing the team’s nickname.
Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE) president Tim Leiweke told reporters on Tuesday that he is considering ditching the only moniker the franchise has used in its 18-year existence.
The National Post reports Leiweke’s comments, which were made during a press conference introducing new GM Masai Ujiri.
On potentially changing the Raptors’ name: “We’re definitely going to take a look at it. It doesn’t mean we’re committed to it. It means it’s a good conversation. I saw those generic uniforms today in the paper. … That won’t be the uniform, by the way. I can assure you of that. I think we need to have this conversation.”
The Raptors entered the NBA as an expansion franchise in 1995 and are now the league’s only franchise in Canada after the Vancouver Grizzlies relocated to Memphis in 2001.
(Story Continues…)
