BE... the Horace Grant of SBN names

by 3oo level fan on Nov 15, 2009 8:20 PM PST

Regularly I check out the BE game previews. Usually the last line or so instructs me to check out our opponent’s perspective on their SBN site. I generally look but the timeliness and quality isn’t usually as good as ours and I don’t stay long. But I began to take notice of the other blogs names. So, while it has been attested to in the national media that BE is the best of the blog sites, run by the most knowledgeable hosts, and frequented by the most rabid fans (yeah Bill). I have to admit. We don’t have the most clever blog name…

Don’t get me wrong Blazers Edge is a good name. It is a respectable name. It is a starter on the blog name starting five. It is Horace Grant, Steve Smith, Buck Williams, or Brian Grant to successful starting fives. However, I do like a couple of names more than ours. There are also several that are just terrible. Here is my list, I‘ll start with the ones I don’t like. Let me know what you think.

Least original

CelticsBlog (really, no kidding)

Honorable mention:

Raptors HQ

Sactown Royalty (replacing “Kings” with “Royalty” isn’t clever)

Clips Nation (the original SBN site is my favorite baseball team Athletics Nation. For them it is original)

SLC Dunk

Silver Screen and Roll (Cheesy and I just hate the L*kers)

Some I like:

Third Quarter Collapse (I am not sure the reference but I suppose someone will tell me)

Mavs Moneyball (remember I am an A’s fan, I think Cuban is good for the game)

Peachtree hoops

Denver Stiffs

Bullets Forever & Straight Outta Vancouver (gotta know where you are from)

Blog a Bull (good use of alliterations)

Best double meaning:

Indy Cornrows

Honorable mention:

Peninsula is Mightier

My favorite nonSBN basketball blog name:

3 Shades of Blue (I think this is in reference to their logo)

My favorite/most original SBN blog name:

Canis Hoopus (I find the Latin naming of species approach witty)

What do you think?

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SLC Dunk is a play on the movie SLC Punk.

I thought it was clever.

"Ain't nothin' in this world for free."

by Arby on Nov 15, 2009 8:21 PM PST reply actions

I stand corrected

that is not bad… ok

...just observing from a distance...

by 3oo level fan on Nov 15, 2009 8:28 PM PST up reply actions

Its one of the best.

I think.

by pdxlifer on Nov 16, 2009 1:49 PM PST up reply actions

Blazer Sedge is a good name, catchy.

I like the name Fear the Sword a lot too, the Cavs SBN blog.

by dario argento on Nov 15, 2009 9:28 PM PST reply actions

I thought Blazer's edge..

was also a double meaning to Razor’s edge by AC/DC.

by xedubx on Nov 15, 2009 9:29 PM PST reply actions

razor's edge...yes

that is what I thought too…
but ACDC….I hope not

...just observing from a distance...

by 3oo level fan on Nov 15, 2009 9:36 PM PST up reply actions

and I'm with you

razor’s edge yes…..AC/DC, no.

Witty Unpredictable Talent and Natural Game

by iDea on Nov 15, 2009 10:42 PM PST up reply actions

i like ac/dc

powers me house.

"Fernandez, to my eyes, is the Blazer who walks that walk most comfortably. A lot of Portland's fans (egged on, dare I say, by their local broadcasters) lament things like how Ron Artest or Yao Ming get to hit Brandon Roy's arms.

But I suspect Fernandez sees all that and thinks: We get to hit arms! Cool!"

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-39-135/On-Playoff-Experience.html

"I told Pau the Lakers never win here in Portland; I think it's great." -- Rudy Fernandez

by ratbastird on Nov 16, 2009 11:34 AM PST up reply actions

The Razor's Edge....

….is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham.

by PlaidSlacks on Nov 15, 2009 9:38 PM PST reply actions

thank you

whew….

...just observing from a distance...

by 3oo level fan on Nov 15, 2009 9:46 PM PST up reply actions

Maybe we should just ask Casey Holdahl

Since he’s the one that developed the blog to begin with (or so I understand)

Blazers win!

by The X-man on Nov 15, 2009 9:53 PM PST reply actions

I like Posting and Toasting

I like Posting and Toasting, the Knicks blog. Always thought that was clever.

by bocious on Nov 15, 2009 9:54 PM PST reply actions

Interesting name, but too long to type

by Norsktroll on Nov 16, 2009 3:15 AM PST up reply actions

I love toast

"its tough to play with one eye, unless you're a pirate." Delonte West
"una canasta a Pau en la cara" Rudy

by Honka Playboy on Nov 16, 2009 9:20 AM PST up reply actions

i love post.

But I suspect Fernandez sees all that and thinks: We get to hit arms! Cool!"

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-39-135/On-Playoff-Experience.html

"I told Pau the Lakers never win here in Portland; I think it's great." -- Rudy Fernandez

by ratbastird on Nov 16, 2009 11:35 AM PST up reply actions

I'm willing to sell my screen name in order to make it the new name of the blog.

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by TheTinfoil on Nov 15, 2009 10:12 PM PST reply actions

How Pithy

I think we’ll pass Tinfoil.

Down with the Ruskies

by TheSabasFan on Nov 15, 2009 10:29 PM PST up reply actions

Usually people call me pissy.

Do you have a lisp?

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www.dontevenreply.com www.passiveaggressivenotes.com
www.emailsfromcrazypeople.com www.failblog.org
www.thatwillbuffout.com www.graphjam.com

by TheTinfoil on Nov 16, 2009 3:28 PM PST up reply actions

That's a desperation move.

You’re Right-The Arkitect

by Roybot on Nov 15, 2009 11:00 PM PST up reply actions

I'm willing to that.

Love.

by L-TrainFTW! on Nov 15, 2009 11:53 PM PST up reply actions

Me Too

I would also be willing to give up my screen name for the new name of Blazers Edge. its a play on words cause u know its like rip city but its also like…well you guys know

by gotRIPPEDinTHEcity on Nov 16, 2009 9:17 PM PST up reply actions

is that a damon stoudamire reference?

Rip City. can't be stopped. twenty-ten.

by BlazinTrails on Nov 18, 2009 10:29 AM PST up reply actions

nah...

if it was a damon reference it would have been gotRIPPEDinTHEairport

by gotRIPPEDinTHEcity on Nov 18, 2009 12:18 PM PST up reply actions

I like Golden State Of Mind…

also, Third Quarter Collapse is defined on the introduction post on the original 3QC blog here

Bring the bling to Rip City, Natch'

Trade John Canzano!

by richardb on Nov 16, 2009 12:15 AM PST reply actions

thanks

I was hoping someone would know that

...just observing from a distance...

by 3oo level fan on Nov 16, 2009 7:53 AM PST up reply actions

At least

you didn’t say Harvey.

—Dave

by Dave on Nov 16, 2009 12:23 AM PST reply actions

Kind of wish he did say Harvey

at least he was a Blazer

"We didn't start the fire. It was always burning. Since the world's been turning." - E. E. Cummings

by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Nov 16, 2009 7:02 AM PST up reply actions

Never Harvey

C’mon Dave. I said I liked the name…

...just observing from a distance...

by 3oo level fan on Nov 16, 2009 7:52 AM PST up reply actions

That there is a Blazer Edge bugs me

that we retired Lewis and Clark bothers me too

"its tough to play with one eye, unless you're a pirate." Delonte West
"una canasta a Pau en la cara" Rudy

by Honka Playboy on Nov 16, 2009 9:22 AM PST reply actions

we had to retire them...

they’re dead and zombies don’t last forever.

But I suspect Fernandez sees all that and thinks: We get to hit arms! Cool!"

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-39-135/On-Playoff-Experience.html

"I told Pau the Lakers never win here in Portland; I think it's great." -- Rudy Fernandez

by ratbastird on Nov 16, 2009 11:35 AM PST up reply actions

We need a big ole wagon

Join the bandwagon down the Oregon trail to root for the Blazers. Wagons just get rusty overtime unlike Lewis and Clark.

by NWfan on Nov 16, 2009 2:15 PM PST up reply actions

Hence why we need diamond zombies.

by xedubx on Nov 16, 2009 3:42 PM PST up reply actions

Sactown Royalty (replacing "Kings" with "Royalty" isn’t clever)

Sactown is not a word either… so both are different.

Denver Stiffs fits your complaint… but then you liked that name.

I don’t mind Blazers Edge as two words… the one word new logo makes me sad.

...and that's a good thing

by In Walks Rudy on Nov 16, 2009 5:55 PM PST reply actions

Blazers Edge Double Meaning

i saw that some of you said it was a play on one of AC/DC’s songs and someone else even claimed it was a book. dunno about that last one cause who reads these days anyways. but it is a common known fact that Blazers Edge is a play on words that has to do with Razor Ramon’s finishing move when he was with the WWF haha

by gotRIPPEDinTHEcity on Nov 16, 2009 9:14 PM PST reply actions