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!

Welcome to the Thanksgiving Edition of the COED weekly NBA roundup where we will be focusing on all of those who deserve thanks this holiday weekend. Let’s start it off with a big Thanksgiving Thanks to Eva Longoria from the fans of San Antonio. Unfortunately, her brief three-year marriage to Spurs star point guard Tony Parker came to an end this week, but not at the expense of the Spurs win-loss record.

With Will Ferrell sitting courtside Monday night at Madison Square Garden, Nate Robinson made sure to put the pedal to the metal. Robinson dropped a season-high 41 points on the Indiana Pacers en route to a last-minute 123-119 victory and stole the show in front of his all-time favorite actor…

All hail old-timey traditions that include things like…beer!
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I can barely carve an eye into a pumpkin, let alone the Death Star.
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