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		<title>Slam Doink: Other Names for the Brooklyn New Yorkers</title>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/brooklyn_new_yorkers_2.jpg?w=300&h=189" />In case you hadn't heard, the New Jersey Nets will be <a href="/2010/real-estate/hoop-dreams-steel-erection-going-barclays-center">coming to Brooklyn the season after next</a>. Up until now, they have often been referred to as the Brooklyn Nets, but a name change is in the works, and it looks like it will be a terrible one. According to Nets Daily, <a href="http://www.netsdaily.com/2010/12/13/1869875/who-are-the-brooklyn-new-yorkers">the team may well be known as the Brooklyn New Yorkers</a>. As if that weren't bad enough, the associated copyright filings include gratutiously graffiti'd logos.</p>
<p>Considering the copyright comes from a Philadelphia law firm, it is clearly lacking in the necessary New York wit. With that in mind, <em>The Observer</em> has some suggestions, and hopes you will share your own in the comments (along with any spam):</p>
<ul>
<li>The Brooklyn Bagels</li>
<li>The Brooklyn Fixies</li>
<li>The Brooklyn Nyets</li>
<li>The Brooklyn Blueprints</li>
<li>The Brooklyn Deckers</li>
<li>The Gowanus Monsters</li>
<li>The Brooklyn Brownstones</li>
<li><a href="/2010/brobos-paradise">The Brobos</a></li>
<li>The Bedford Stuyvesants</li>
<li>The Brooklyn Bodegas</li>
<li>The Brooklyn Flannels</li>
<li>The Brooklyn Queens Expressways</li>
<li>The Brooklyn Techs</li>
<li>The Park Slope Strollers</li>
<li><a href="/2010/daily-transom/camel-lures-aspiring-hipsters-cigarettes-williamsburg-themed-packaging">The Brooklyn Camels</a></li>
<li>The Brooklyn Bee Keepers</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="/2010/real-estate/barclays-box-office"><em>Check out where they'll be playing some day. &gt;&gt;</em></a></p>
<p><strong><a href="mailto:mchaban@observer.com">mchaban [at] observer.com</a> </strong>|<strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/MC_NYO">@mc_nyo</a></strong></p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/brooklyn_new_yorkers_2.jpg?w=300&h=189" />In case you hadn't heard, the New Jersey Nets will be <a href="/2010/real-estate/hoop-dreams-steel-erection-going-barclays-center">coming to Brooklyn the season after next</a>. Up until now, they have often been referred to as the Brooklyn Nets, but a name change is in the works, and it looks like it will be a terrible one. According to Nets Daily, <a href="http://www.netsdaily.com/2010/12/13/1869875/who-are-the-brooklyn-new-yorkers">the team may well be known as the Brooklyn New Yorkers</a>. As if that weren't bad enough, the associated copyright filings include gratutiously graffiti'd logos.</p>
<p>Considering the copyright comes from a Philadelphia law firm, it is clearly lacking in the necessary New York wit. With that in mind, <em>The Observer</em> has some suggestions, and hopes you will share your own in the comments (along with any spam):</p>
<ul>
<li>The Brooklyn Bagels</li>
<li>The Brooklyn Fixies</li>
<li>The Brooklyn Nyets</li>
<li>The Brooklyn Blueprints</li>
<li>The Brooklyn Deckers</li>
<li>The Gowanus Monsters</li>
<li>The Brooklyn Brownstones</li>
<li><a href="/2010/brobos-paradise">The Brobos</a></li>
<li>The Bedford Stuyvesants</li>
<li>The Brooklyn Bodegas</li>
<li>The Brooklyn Flannels</li>
<li>The Brooklyn Queens Expressways</li>
<li>The Brooklyn Techs</li>
<li>The Park Slope Strollers</li>
<li><a href="/2010/daily-transom/camel-lures-aspiring-hipsters-cigarettes-williamsburg-themed-packaging">The Brooklyn Camels</a></li>
<li>The Brooklyn Bee Keepers</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="/2010/real-estate/barclays-box-office"><em>Check out where they'll be playing some day. &gt;&gt;</em></a></p>
<p><strong><a href="mailto:mchaban@observer.com">mchaban [at] observer.com</a> </strong>|<strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/MC_NYO">@mc_nyo</a></strong></p>
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