Sacramento Kings to be the Anaheim Royals?

[Chrispy]

A Sacramento attorney representing the Maloof family, owners of the Sacramento Kings, earlier this month filed federal trademark registrations for the names "Anaheim Royals" and "AnaheimRoyals of Southern California." The lawyer also registered the names Orange County Royals and Los Angeles Royals on that same date.

The filings, listed on the United States Patent and Trademark Office website, are dated March 3, days after the National Basketball Associationgranted the Kings an extended period to consider moving the team to Anaheim for the upcoming season.

NBA Commissioner David Stern confirmed the Kings have been in talks with Honda Center officials in Orange County.

Kings officials have declined to discuss any potential move. The attorney who filed the trademark names, Scott Hervey, could not be immediately reached Wednesday afternoon. Hervey is listed in legal documents and online databases as an attorney for the Maloofs and as the "correspondent" for the Maloof Cup, a skateboard competition run by Joe and Gavin Maloof, co-owners of the Kings.

Also, on Feb. 23, an unknown entity filed for control of the Internet domain names "anaheimroyals.com" and "laroyals.com."

The Kings have until April 18 to formally request the league allow it to move to a new city for the next season.

Maloof attorney files trademark papers for 'Anaheim Royals' name - Sacramento Sports - Kings, 49ers, Raiders, High School Sports | Sacramento Bee

[NAHSTE]

Anaheim Royals of Southern California would not only be retarded, it'd spawn even more shitty jokes than "Anaheim Angels of Los Angeles" did.

[G-men]

the LA area really doesnt need a third team. theyd be better off going to Kansas City.

[IamMedellin]

the royals? are you fuking kidding me?

[Rudi]

lol terrible name.

[ZAN]

The Royals is actually a cool name. Throwback to Oscar Robertson.

[stevsta]

not liking the royals name kings has a better ring to it

[Bear Pand]

Why is it that everytime a team changes it's name, or a new team comes along they choose the worst names.

Wizards? Bobcats? Thunder? Royals?

What a joke. Can't wait to see what their jerseys end up looking like, I'm sure it'll be some generic blue shit.

[G-men]

Why is it that everytime a team changes it's name, or a new team comes along they choose the worst names.

Wizards? Bobcats? Thunder? Royals?

What a joke. Can't wait to see what their jerseys end up looking like, I'm sure it'll be some generic blue shit.

thats just because the newer team names dont have the history and the mystique to them. im sure if a new team were to come around and name themselves the Lakers, we'd all be laughing at them as well.

[FedEx227]

Yeah I mean the Pistons is about as gay as you can get.

[Bear Pand]

thats just because the newer team names dont have the history and the mystique to them. im sure if a new team were to come around and name themselves the Lakers, we'd all be laughing at them as well.

I disagree, names like the Lakers (not so much anymore since they moved) and Pistons actually make sense. If a new team was formed in an area with a lot of lakes it wouldn't be a huge shock for them to choose Lakers as a name. Best names are the ones that are original, especially if they have some meaning.

Royals is about as generic as it gets.

[A Tasty Burgerr]

It's because there's already the L.A. Kings...

[James2Stapleton]

theyre still gonna suck