Aquilini in talks to purchase NBA Indiana Pacers for Vancouver

[Prometheus]

Originally Posted by Spoolmak

it doesnt have to make sense, I mean look at the BC Lions...

Is that a joke?

"Lions" as in "mountain lion," otherwise known as a "cougar," a large predatory cat native to British Columbia.

An image of a mountain lion is part of the BC Lions logo and appears on all team merchandise and marketing.

[Denscity]

The Vancouver Viewcones.

[Mininari]

Originally Posted by Denscity

The Vancouver Viewcones.

Love it.

[SpikePhanta]

Originally Posted by Mininari

Love it.

Then we wont be able to get the tall NBA players!

[canucks23]

How about the Vancouver Condos or Vancouver Sea foam.

[red-paladin]

Vancouver $10 ethnic hotdogs

[Spoolmak]

the vancouver rainmen.

[Spoolmak]

Originally Posted by Prometheus

Is that a joke?

"Lions" as in "mountain lion," otherwise known as a "cougar," a large predatory cat native to British Columbia.

An image of a mountain lion is part of the BC Lions logo and appears on all team merchandise and marketing.

LOL i wish it were a joke

[Spoolmak]

I have a question, what happens when BC gets a second team, change the name to Vancouver Lions?

[Yume-sama]

I always attributed the Lions name to the Lions Gate bridge

Or, the mountain.

Which, I'd assume the bridge is named after

So, in conclusion... I believe they are named after the Lions peaks!

[vancityrox]

Vancouver Dragons?
Vancouver Super Naturals? lol
Vancouver Thrillers (Dedication to MJ )

[Spork]

This discussion is over.

Vancouver Mayonnaise

You can thank me later.

[jlousa]

I say we call them the Vancouver Canucks, then normal people would have a chance of getting Canuck tickets.
The basketball team would benefit from people buying the wrong tickets and the organization could save money by having Fin as their mascot.

[flight_from_kamakura]

the lions - with how insipid professional sports team names are in north america, i doubt very much that the mountain lions of north vancouver have anything to do with the bc team name.

[WaxItYourself]

Definately the roughriders. I mean every other Canadian team has that name.

[Prometheus]

Originally Posted by Yume-sama

I always attributed the Lions name to the Lions Gate bridge

Or, the mountain.

Which, I'd assume the bridge is named after

So, in conclusion... I believe they are named after the Lions peaks!

Well, according to Wikipedia, the BC Lions are named after the twin peaks of the North Shore Mountains after all. However, the team logo is, and has always been, the cougar, i.e., the mountain lion. Here is the team's website: http://bclions.com/

So, go figure.

[raggedy13]

Originally Posted by Denscity

The Vancouver Viewcones.

How about the Vancouver Glass. Perhaps odd for a sports team but relevant to Vancouver (it has been called the "City of Glass") and could be used pretty easily in puns. "Rockets shatter Glass." "Squeaky clean victory for Glass." "Glass remain streak-free." "Glass' strategy too transparent." It sounded ridiculous in my head to start but I could see it work with the right marketing and branding. Their primary jersey colour could of course be sea foam green.

[WarrenC12]

Originally Posted by flight_from_kamakura

the lions - with how insipid professional sports team names are in north america, i doubt very much that the mountain lions of north vancouver have anything to do with the bc team name.

Got any other brilliant insights?

[Spikester]

The Vancouver Specials? And the mascot could be a two-story house with the basement rented out to another mascot. Or maybe we could just borrow a mascot from VANOC. How about the Vancouver Quatchis?

That said, I'm a huge basketball fan and would love for the NBA to return. I doubt that anything of this sort will happen until after the new labour agreement with the players' union is resolved in 2011 though.

[androo_k]

Vancouver Canadians with an A not Canadiens We could use the C like the Canucks too