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Only one team will win your league, but everyone can be a winner with a funny fantasy basketball team name. All you need to do is troll LeBron James, make a hipster or hip-hop pop culture reference and/or go meta with your NBA insight in a way that Metta World Peace might not follow.

Here’s our list of suggestions for cool and funny basketball team names:

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Blow Me (in the Ear)

Shin Shi Shin Shi Stephenson

Hairline Airlines

Headbands Make Her Dance

LeBron’s Merkin

99 Problems, LeBron Ain’t 1

Ninjas in Paris

Jesus Shuttlesworth

Bosh Spice

Donald Sterling Scumbags

Slumlord Billionaire

Flying V. Stiviano

Ebola Ballers

Kim Jong Worm

Ronery Island

Ambassador Rodman

Popovich In-Game Interviews

Adam Silver’s My Homeboy

Uncle Drew’s Team

LeBrontourage

Comic Sans Cavaliers

Very Rich Paul

HGH Testing = Weight Loss

JD & The Straight Shot

I Get Buckets

Bill Walton Smells Colors

Mr. Fancy

Swaggy P Iggy

Black Mamba > Black Widow

RE24ECT

Kobe Wan Kenobi

Space Jam 2

Steve Ballmer’s iPhone

Brooklyn Nyets

Westbrook Geek Chic

Serge I-block-ya

Lob City

Planet LoveBron

Planet Lovetron

Pippen Ain’t Easy

WTF is Mike Wearing?

Skyhookers

Cleveland Chemistry

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Clubber Cousins

Not a Big Gay Guy

DragonBlade

Goran&Zoran

Metta World War 3

Metta World Peace Pipe

Let’s Get Tropical

D12

No Free Throws For You

Derrick Rose Jersey

PG-13 Weeks

Mile High Manimal

Underrated Superstar

Craig Sager Style

Joakim Noah’s Arc

Rose Before Hoes

Brokeback Mavericks

Sprichst Du Dirk?

Dirk Digglers

Grabbing Assets

Brittney Griner Tight

Shaqramento Queens

Deng Girl!

Cowbell Fever

D-League D-Bags

Belieb It or Not

Stevie Wonder’s Courtside Seats

Shawn Kemp’s Kids

Pass the Rock to Lamar

Kardashian Double-Team

Lala’s Honey Nut Cheerios

Air Ballers

Two Ferns, One POTUS

Rodman & Madman

Grand Theft Rondo

Love Outlet Passes

Minnesota Maple Leafs

Tim Shootin’, Tim Duncan

Knockin’ Knickerbockers

Prokhorov Playboys

401KG

Mock Turtlenecks by SVG

Game, Blouses

White Men Can Jump

8 Points, 9 Seconds

Malice at the Palace

Goldstein Girls

Temporary Linsanity

Jay-Z’s My Agent

Toronto Drakes

Degrassi Raptors

Jurassic Drizzy

Ibaka Flocka Flame

Chocolate Thunder

Strawberry Thunder

Unibrow Uni-blocker

0-and-76ers

Practice?!

If you're looking for something a little more run of the mill, here are some other basketball team names:

Magicians
Lizards

Yellow Jackets
Bandits
Vikings
Geeks N Sneaks
Bantams
Screaming Eagles
Rams
Continentals
Sea Dogs
Generals
Grasshoppers
Wildcats
Eagles
Underrated Superstar
Islanders
Pioneers
Gentlemen

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