Frisco: it’s digestible
The new D-League team in Frisco, Texas, north of Dallas and affiliated with the Mavericks, is looking for a name.
“14ers,” the name the team had when it was in Broomfield, Colorado, simply would not do here. I thought of “214ers,” which would fit nicely in Dallas, but in point of fact, Frisco is way out there in 972-land. (Or 469, thanks to an overlay.)
So: the Frisco Kids. Or maybe the Frisco Treats, not to be confused with Rice-A-Roni. Frisco Routers? No. At the moment, I’m leaning toward the Dejà Blues, on the basis that the 7000-seat sports arena in Frisco was once named Dejà Blue Arena, after a bottled water sold by Dr Pepper. The arena has since been renamed “Dr Pepper Arena,” but Frisco Peppers? No. The team’s Wikipedia page contains the not-so-cryptic notation “Frisco Trail Runners,” which may or may not mean anything.
The real distinction of this team, though, will not be its name, unless the name turns out to be something completely off the wall, but its coach: Nancy “Lady Magic” Lieberman, a WNBA star for several years, now the first woman to coach NBA-level players. Lieberman wore #10 pretty much through her entire career. The Frisco Tenners? Maybe.
(Via Hardwood Paroxysm.)
McGehee »
28 November 2009 · 12:44 pm
Frisco Dekaphobias?