When getting your basketball team together, it helps to give them a name that is memorable, marketable and – above all – imposing. Names like the Chicago Bulls, the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Dallas Mavericks are all names that strike fear into the opposition as well making a helluva lot more sense than – oh, we don’t know – Utah Jazz! With the first round of the 2011 NBA playoffs well under way, it’s time to honor – or dishonor – the teams with names that make fans everywhere cringe and their managers cry. Hit the jump to see COED’s list of 8 NBA teams that could use a name change!

After an exciting first week of action in the 2010-11 season that centered around the new look Miami Heat, the addition of Shaq in Beantown, and Amare Stoudemire’s name littered across the Madison Square Garden marquee, we are starting to get back into the flow of a new season of NBA basketball

On the totem pole of championship events, the NBA Finals is right there between the Indy 500 and the Fourth of July hot dog eating competition. Part of it is because nobody cares about the teams or by the time they’re ready to get invested into the Finals, the whole thing is over. Still, the NBA Finals used to mean something. It was the first must-see event of the summer when I was younger. So allow me to count down (or up) some memorable NBA Finals game.

Every year, there are plenty of NBA players that collect giant paychecks that don’t deserve to be paid anywhere near what the bottom line says on their tax return.  But let’s face it, the NBA Players Association knows what its doing.  Here we will take a look at the Top 5 players we expect to be the most overpaid players of the season.… Click to read more

In a very quiet move outside of New York, the Knicks acquired Patrick Ewing Jr. from the Houston Rockets in exchange for the draft rights for Frederic Weis.  This trade is hilarious/awesome/strange on so many levels.
Knicks fans may finally be able to rejoice and get closure on the infamous 1999 Draft seletion of Weis over local hero and St. John’s ball… Click to read more

Winning their 20th game in row, the Houston Rockets have much to be happy about. And the only thing better than hearing Dikembe Mutombo speak is hearing his teammates attempt to ape his incomprehensible, albeit endearing, babble.

Props to With Leather for finding this gem.… Click to read more

I know, I know – Valentine’s Day has been over for almost a week. But this has to been:… Click to read more