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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 and ninth 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

Team	Mascot(s)	Photo
Atlanta Hawks	Harry the Hawk
Boston Celtics	Lucky the Leprechaun
Charlotte Hornets	Hugo the Hornet, Super Hugo
Chicago Bulls	Benny the Bull, Mini Benny, Big Ben, Benji, Mama Betty, Inflatabulls
Cleveland Cavaliers	Moondog and Sir CC
Dallas Mavericks	Champ and Mavs Man
Denver Nuggets	Rocky the Mountain Lion
Detroit Pistons	Hooper, Mini Hooper
Houston Rockets	Clutch the Bear Mini Clutch
Indiana Pacers	Boomer Mini Boomer
Los Angeles Clippers	Chuck the Condor
Memphis Grizzlies	Grizz
Miami Heat	Burnie
Milwaukee Bucks	Bango (the Buck) Bango Jr.
Minnesota Timberwolves	Crunch the Wolf
New Orleans Pelicans	Pierre the Pelican King Cake Baby
Oklahoma City Thunder	Rumble the Bison
Orlando Magic	Stuff the Magic Dragon
Philadelphia 76ers	Franklin
Phoenix Suns	The Gorilla
Portland Trail Blazers	Blaze the Trail Cat Douglas Fur
Sacramento Kings	Slamson the Lion
San Antonio Spurs	Coyote
Toronto Raptors	The Raptor
Utah Jazz	Jazz Bear Lil Bear
Washington Wizards	G-Wiz, G-Man

Former mascots

Team	Mascot(s)	Photo
Atlanta Hawks	Skyhawk
Brooklyn Nets	BrooklyKnight
Charlotte Bobcats	Rufus D. Lynx
Chicago Bulls	Da Bull
Cleveland Cavaliers	Whammer, The Wizard
Denver Nuggets	Maxie Miner
Detroit Pistons	Cocky Rocky, Sir Slam A Lot
Houston Rockets	Booster, Turbo
Golden State Warriors	Thunder, Berserker
Indiana Pacers	Hoop T Dunker Bowser – Boomer's counterpart, Pete M. Panther
Los Angeles Clippers	Sam Dunk
New Jersey Nets	Duncan the Dragon SuperDunk Sly the Silver Fox Mini Sly
New Orleans Hornets	Hugo (Current mascot of the Charlotte Hornets)
Philadelphia 76ers	Hip Hop Lil Hip Hop Big Shot Hoops
Portland Trail Blazers	Sparky Bigfoot
Sacramento Kings	The Gorilla Roy Al
Seattle SuperSonics	Squatch, The Wheedle
Toronto Raptors	Stripes
Washington Bullets	Hoops
Washington Wizards	G. Wiz

Mascot of the Year

In 1997, the mascots started having an annual meeting at the NBA Mascot Conference. From 2005 until 2023, the conference selected an individual to be honored as the top professional in the league, the Mascot of the Year.

Notes

1. Replaced by new owners following the 2012 season.
2. Retired when the 76ers departed the Spectrum following the 1996 season.

See also

• List of mascots

References

1. "Top 10: Sports Mascots. (page 2)". AskMen. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
2. "Top 10: Sports Mascots (page 1)". AskMen. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
3. "A look back at Denver Nuggets' history". Denver Stiffs. August 10, 2017. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
4. Sixers say goodbye to Hip-Hop
5. Philadelphia 76ers introduce their new mascot, doggone it. (Video) - Philadelphia Business Journal
6. Alum named NBA Mascot of the Year
7. Mascot of the Year: Houston's own Clutch.
8. ^ "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.
9. "NBA Mascot of the Year". Archived from the original on 2014-11-11. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
10. ^ NBA Mascot of the Year
11. Memphis' 'Grizz' named 2011 NBA Mascot of the Year
12. Congratulations, Crunch!
13. Barajas, Erik (August 19, 2013). "Rockets' Clutch the Bear wins best mascot title in NBA". ABC. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
14. 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.
15. Chicago's Benny the Bull named NBA Mascot of the Year
16. @OrlandoMagic (29 July 2016). "Wooooooohooooooooo!!! RETWEET to congratulate @STUFFMagic on being named @NBA Mascot of the Year!!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
17. Utah Jazz: Jazz Bear returns to the top, earns third Mascot of the Year Award

External links

Media related to National Basketball Association mascots at Wikimedia Commons

• Lists of mascots
• NBA lists
• NBA mascots