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National Basketball Association
(NBA) team
mascots
are as follows. Two mascots, Go the Gorilla and Rocky the Mountain Lion were ranked fourth
[1]
and ninth
[2]
respectively on
AskMen.com
's top 10 sports mascots. As of now, four teams do not have a mascot, namely the Los Angeles Lakers, Brooklyn Nets, New York Knicks, and Golden State Warriors.
Current mascots
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Former mascots
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Mascot of the Year
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In 1997, the mascots started having an annual meeting at the NBA Mascot Conference. Since 2005, the conference also selects an individual to be honored as the top professional in the league, the Mascot of the Year.
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Notes
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See also
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References
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"Top 10: Sports Mascots. (page 2)"
. AskMen
. Retrieved
March 10,
2013
.
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"Top 10: Sports Mascots (page 1)"
. AskMen
. Retrieved
March 10,
2013
.
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"A look back at Denver Nuggets' history"
.
Denver Stiffs
. August 10, 2017
. Retrieved
July 20,
2020
.
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Sixers say goodbye to Hip-Hop
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Philadelphia 76ers introduce their new mascot, doggone it. (Video) - Philadelphia Business Journal
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Alum named NBA Mascot of the Year
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Mascot of the Year: Houston's own Clutch.
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a
b
"NBA Mascots To Celebrate Dixie State's Mascot's Birthday At February Basketball Games"
. Archived from
the original
on 2012-03-21
. Retrieved
2013-03-23
.
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"NBA Mascot of the Year"
. Archived from
the original
on 2014-11-11
. Retrieved
2013-03-23
.
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a
b
NBA Mascot of the Year
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Memphis' 'Grizz' named 2011 NBA Mascot of the Year
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Congratulations, Crunch!
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Barajas, Erik (August 19, 2013).
"Rockets' Clutch the Bear wins best mascot title in NBA"
. ABC
. Retrieved
March 1,
2014
.
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Whitaker, Lang (August 1, 2014).
"San Antonio Coyote Named Mascot of the Year"
.
All Ball
. NBA. Archived from
the original
on August 1, 2014
. Retrieved
August 2,
2014
.
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Chicago's Benny the Bull named NBA Mascot of the Year
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@OrlandoMagic (July 29, 2016).
"Wooooooohooooooooo!!! RETWEET to congratulate @STUFFMagic on being named @NBA Mascot of the Year!!"
(
Tweet
) – via
Twitter
.
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Utah Jazz: Jazz Bear returns to the top, earns third Mascot of the Year Award
External links
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Media related to
National Basketball Association mascots
at Wikimedia Commons
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Eastern
Conference
| Atlantic
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- Lucky the Leprechaun (Boston Celtics)
- no mascot
(Brooklyn Nets)
- no mascot
(New York Knicks)
- Franklin (Philadelphia 76ers)
- The Raptor / Stripes (Toronto Raptors)
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Central
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- Benny the Bull
(Chicago Bulls)
- Moon Dog, Sir CC (Cleveland Cavaliers)
- Hooper
(Detroit Pistons)
- Boomer
(Indiana Pacers)
- Bango / Bango Jr. (Milwaukee Bucks)
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Southeast
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Western
Conference
| Northwest
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- Rocky the Mountain Lion (Denver Nuggets)
- Crunch the Wolf (Minnesota Timberwolves)
- Rumble the Bison
(Oklahoma City Thunder)
- Blaze the Trail Cat, Douglas Fur (Portland Trail Blazers)
- Jazz Bear
(Utah Jazz)
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Pacific
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- no mascot
(Golden State Warriors)
- Chuck the Condor (Los Angeles Clippers)
- no mascot
(Los Angeles Lakers)
- Go the Gorilla (Phoenix Suns)
- Slamson the Lion
(Sacramento Kings)
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Southwest
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- Champ / Mavs Man (Dallas Mavericks)
- Clutch
(Houston Rockets)
- Grizz (Memphis Grizzlies)
- Pierre the Pelican (New Orleans Pelicans)
- The Coyote
(San Antonio Spurs)
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