Description: fan club of the toronto huskies basketball team. the original.
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At torontohuskies.org, we believe the true name of the Toronto NBA team is the Huskies. History proves us right: In 1946, the first game of the Basketball Association of America (a fore runner to the NBA) was played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto between the New York Knickerbockers and the Toronto Huskies. A team that broke ground in pro basketball. A name that should never have changed.
Why did they not adopt "Huskies" as the team name upon re-entering the league in 1995? A Canada-wide "Name Game" competition was held and ten names made the final list - the 'Beavers', the 'Bobcats', the 'Dragons', the 'Grizzlies', the 'Hogs', the 'Scorpions', the 'T-Rex', the 'Tarantulas', the 'Terriers' and the eventual winner, the 'Raptors'. The contest is a nice egalitarian thing to do, but in reality these generally just follow the trends of the day. We ended up with a mix of Barney and other jurassics
There was an earlier precedence for changing names, so it can be changed back to the original just as easily. The Buffalo Braves/San Diego Clippers; Syracuse Nationals/Philadelphia 76ers; and more recently Washington Bullets/Washington Wizards (who were actually originally the Chicago Packers). There are many recent examples in the NBA of teams keeping their names intact following moves, for example: Grizzlies, Jazz, and Lakers. This strategy has produced some interesting combinations. This Toronto team has