New Jerseys!

[JGib23]

It does worry me that the team is possibly making changes but, the N.O. Hornets stuff is available.

I have to admit- I will be happy to dump the Bobcats name, logo, etc but, it would be bittersweet if it's anything other than Hornets.

I hope they don't "F" this up

[BobCatsFanInTx]

I also tweeted the @bobcats, @NBA, @bobcatspr asking for some info on why it wasn't listed and when it would available and haven't gotten a response.

I'll also post any response I get.

I hope that even if it's not a full rebrand, maybe they change the colors and logo.....wishful thinking I'm sure they will have the oversight corrected soon.

On a side note, I'm pretty sure the Jordan Brand Bobcats stuff is only available at the team store so, that doesn't help the bottom line very much.

I can't believe that MJ hasn't launched a shoe with Bobcats colorways to try and increase Bobcats merchandise sales (last in the NBA)... I guess that research shows that it's not a popular color and would be hard to market even with a JUMPMAN on it......edit he has launched some Bobcats color ways and they are hideous. They were wore in the latest Jordan Brand Classic. Yuck

Orange works for several other teams and I can not see that as the reason. As a Broncos fan who spent my youth in Colorado I can say that Orange is a color that does fairly well in product sells. Maybe not top ten when the Broncos are losing but that is understandable. The Broncos are going back to the Orange jerseys by the way. The other NFL teams who have incorporated some Orange have held their own in merchandise sales. If our team was winning and had a better logo you would see more merchandise sold and more product in stores and on line. The OKC Thunder are not thought to be one of the better looking teams but due to winning they are a team that I would bet anything sells more than a respectable amount of team related merchandise.

On a side note I still prefer what the city had when the Hornets were there. Of coarse if you were to change the team name to the Hornets but retain Bobcats colors I would bet the team would sell more merchandise than they currently do. Not that I want to see that because I want the old look Hornets back. Just making an assumption.

[ND22]

The location of the team has nothing to do with it.

If they wanted to change from the Bobcats to something like the Fart Knockers, they could do it in one offseason. The Hornets could take longer because it's owned already but there is no arbitrary time frame for how long it takes to go through the process.

Oh okay. I was under the impression it would take two years, like that was the official time frame for every name change.

[JGib23]

I get your point on Orange, I think it can be successful but, our choice of colors (the shade of Orange and the shade of Blue) are bad they are washed out and faded looking.

In this city, and everywhere in the world really, the Bobcats merchandise will never perform better than Charlotte Hornets gear.

The Charlotte Hornets actually led the entire NBA in merchandise sales for 2 seasons, I honestly can never see the Bobcats merchandise leading the league.

I would love to see a comparison for merchandise sales for this past season between Charlotte Hornets and Charlotte Bobcats.... I would imagine the Charlotte Hornets sold considerably more merchandise and really the only thing they sold for that brand was hats and a few shirts and jackets.

[Wolfpackbobcat]

Wasn't teal a pretty popular color in the 90's

[JGib23]

Wasn't teal a pretty popular color in the 90's

Yes and in 2012- see all the Charlotte Hornet throwback gear basically everywhere.

[Deadshot]

I haven't read through every post in the thread but after reading what I have, I want to remind everyone that Benson doesn't technically own the Hornets until July anyway. So the league still owns them for now (which could slow down any name change, regardless if the Hornet name came back here or not). Now I'm sure the NBA could mutually agree on some measures to expedite the process if both sides so desire...

[JGib23]

Very true.

Although it got a step closer today as the Governor of Louisiana signed into law a bill for money to renovate the N.O. Arena and keep the team in N.O.

That had to be signed before Benson can be approved as owner... It's been speculated that Benson will be approved at the Board of Governors meeting next month

[Bosnian-Bobcats-Fan]

That is really weird i think it might be a color change...maybe even a jersey change. I doubt it would be a name change but if anything i think it's most likely a color change. We'll see though.

[ammofan]

If this is a rebranding, its not to the Hornets or Cougars. That process takes 2 years to complete, therefore taking the Bobcats gear off of NBA.com wouldn't make sense since we would be the Bobcats for another two years. I'll stand by my earlier stance, new logo and/or colors.

If we get a new logo/colors aren't we essentially rebranding? Why not make the new logo a Cougars logo and make the colors red white and blue? What's the difference?


And btw, I fully believe we're rebranding. Personally, I'm still a huge fan of the 'Flight' name but I'd take Cougars as well. We'll see.....but SOMETHING is going to happen this summer I think.