re: Is the Raptor the worst team nickname in professional sports?

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Ravens. Fancy name for a crow. And the relationship to Edgar Allen Poe makes it worse.

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He's probably the most famous resident of Baltimore ever. Great nickname IMO.

LA Lakers - this would be like the Colorado Rockies becoming the New Orleans Rockies
Utah Jazz - this is like the New Orleans Jazz becoming, well, the Utah Jazz
Raptors - as already dicussed
Memphis Grizzlies

NBA has a lot of bad team names come to think of it