375 Best Basketball Team Names (That Will Boost Your Success)

Are you wondering, how to name your basketball team? Check our ultimate collection of the best basketball team names that will help with your success.

We have divided these names for basketball team into several categories – catchy, creative, unique, funny, clever, and more…

You can jump to those categories in the table of contents:

Catchy Basketball Team Names

1. Chocolate Thunder
2. Zion Kings
3. Mud Hens
4. No Time Out
5. Fighting Scots
6. Highlanders
7. Panthers
8. Net Rippers
9. The Hot Shots
10. Pink Ballers
11. Black Cobras
12. Defenders
13. Fighting Fish
14. Spinners
15. The Crossovers
16. The Unicorns
17. First String Superstars
18. Bethel Royals
19. The Heat
20. Bulldogs
21. Hoop Dreams
22. Afrostars
23. Hilltoppers
24. Court Rulers
25. Rainbow Warriors
26. Hall of Dame
27. Rising Suns
28. Wonder Boys
29. Black Knights
30. Vipers

Creative Basketball Team Names

1. Llamas in Pajamas
2. Malice at the Palace
3. Run, Shoot, Steal
4. Ragin’ Cajuns
5. Slammed Drunk
6. Baseline Leaners
7. Terriers
8. Untouchaballs
9. Ice Angels
10. Little Giants
11. The Heatwave
12. Basket Junkies
13. Heart Stoppers
14. Skywalkers
15. Yeomen
16. The Rimshots
17. The Hammerheads
18. Pippen Ain’t Easy
19. Steal 4 Real
20. No Sympathy
21. Dribbling Soul
22. High Tops
23. Baseline Leaners
24. Full Court Pressure
25. Screw Balls
26. Queens of the Court
27. Jumpshot Hustlers
28. Grabbing Assets
29. The Dirty Cheetahs
30. White Men Can Jump

Funny Basketball Team Names

1. Lay Up Lay Down
2. Net Positive
3. On Da Rebound
4. Scorgasm Masters
5. Dirt Cheap Deeds
6. The Ball Boyz
7. Bull Shotz
8. D-Fence
9. Jump Balls
10. Nose Pick and Roll
11. Droolers and Dribblers
12. Gang Green
13. Sneaker Squeakers
14. No Hops
15. Dunkin’ Dads
16. Netty Shots
17. Fast Brakes
18. Ball Hogz
19. Shattered Backboards
20. Fowl Outs
21. Slammed Dunk
22. Spare Balls
23. Unpowered Forwards
24. Net Rippers
25. Tipped Off
26. Alley Oops
27. Upcourt Funk Me Up
28. Swish Kebabs
29. Netty Shots
30. Pointing Guards

Unique Basketball Team Names

1. Dub Shots
2. Senators
3. Bombers
4. Bantams
5. Juan On Juan
6. Catamounts
7. Space Jam 2
8. Synergy
9. It’s Like BOOM
10. The Stags
11. Human Size Players
12. Victorious-secret
13. Johnston County Nighthawks
14. Clutch Kobes
15. Enes Envy
16. Scoregasms
17. Comic Sans Cavaliers
18. Pace Makers
19. Nash Potatoes
20. Sycamores
21. Minx
22. Banana Slugs
23. Polar Bears
24. NBA Bound
25. Foresters
26. Temporary Linsanity
27. Shatter Dreams Like Jordan
28. Dribbling Softly
29. Lugnuts
30. Ja Rules

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Powerful Names for a Basketball Team

1. Sioux Falls Skyforce
2. Westerners
3. Cougars
4. Stormy Petrels
5. Basket Hounds
6. Women With No Fear
7. Timberwolves
8. Bandits
9. Lumberjacks
10. Stags
11. Coyotes
12. High Impulse
13. Saxons
14. Huskies
15. Demon Deacons
16. Dragon Blade
17. -Big Horns
18. Lady Balls
19. Basketeers
20. Maine Red Claws
21. Defenders
22. Westchester Knicks
23. Panthers
24. War Eagles
25. Straight Up Ballerz
26. Yellow Jackets
27. Santa Cruz Warriors
28. Cadets
29. Tigers
30. Texas Legends

Modern / Trendy Basketball Team Names

1. Spin City B-Ballers
2. Mother of Dragics
3. Killer Barbies
4. Brow Chicka Wow Wow
5. Streets to da Courts
6. Dribbling Souls
7. Bros Before Hawes
8. First String Superstars
9. Traditional Favorites
10. The BB’s
11. Kobe Wan Kenobi
12. Nash It and Dash It
13. Let’s Get Tropical
14. Knockin’ Knickerbockers
15. Railsplitters
16. Personal Favors
17. Rush Hour
18. One Shot Wonders
19. Head on Collison
20. Hoosiers
21. Stockton Kings
22. Sixth Man Standing
23. Shattered Scoreboard
24. Boston Cell Ticks
25. Metta Physics
26. Melo Fellows
27. Foye Ever Man
28. The Wingfoots
29. Duncan’s Donuts
30. Women With No Fear

Clever Basketball Team Names

1. Boxed Out
2. Impossible Shots
3. Bruisers
4. The Pros
5. Volcanoes
6. Soup-a-Stars
7. We Got Game
8. Mules
9. Wiggins Out
10. Zebras
11. Underrated Superstars
12. The Intimidators
13. Someday Starters
14. Ankle Breakers
15. The Bosh Pit
16. The Dirty Cheetahs
17. The Crush
18. Storm Serge
19. Fightin’ Hens
20. Easy Win
21. Geeks N Sneaks
22. Lady Hot Shotz
23. Cereal Killers
24. Outlaws
25. Carisless Whisper
26. Double Dribblers
27. Zig Zaggers
28. Shortlings
29. Hoops, I Did It Again!
30. LeBron’s Tutors

Cool Basketball Team Names

1. On The Rebound
2. Pass the Rock to Lamar
3. Dribblers And Droolers
4. That’s How I Beat Shaq
5. Pigs Can Fly
6. Big Girls Don’t Kawhi
7. Swing Men
8. Acapella with Capela
9. Badass Butterflies
10. Shake And Blake
11. Euro-Step Brothers
12. Zero Violations, So Far
13. Rimming Me Softly
14. Sky Hookers
15. Ball in the Family
16. Groovy Ladies
17. No Hairy Balls Here
18. Half Court Hotties
19. Pussycat Passers
20. The Gerballs
21. Meme Team
22. The Chuck Taylors
23. The Shortest NBA Players
24. Shaqramento Queens
25. Freak Squad
26. Locker Room Talk
27. Free Throw Fancies
28. Crying Jordans
29. Runnin N Gunnin
30. All The Ingle Ladies

Fancy Basketball Team Names

1. Delaware Blue Coats
2. Lakeland Magic
3. Los Angeles Sparks
4. Chapel Hill Blue Force
5. The Dream Shakers
6. Texas Cyclones
7. United
8. Charlotte Elite
9. Memphis Soul Kings
10. Sugar Land Vipers
11. Columbus Condors
12. Minnesota Lynx
13. Wisconsin Herd
14. Braves Hearts
15. London City Royals
16. Seawolves
17. Kentucky Waves
18. Marion County Showtime Stallions
19. Bay Area Boogie
20. Radisson Red Glasgow Rocks
21. Mountain Lions
22. In the Zone
23. Crossover Pwners
24. Cowbell Fever
25. Bosh Ladies
26. London Lions
27. The Wicked Jump Shots
28. Las Vegas Aces
29. The Lysistratas
30. Toronto Drakes

Vintage Basketball Team Names

1. Jaguars
2. Warriors
3. The Swishers
4. ThunderWolves
5. Boston Celtics
6. Pacers
7. The All-Americans
8. Broncos
9. Prairie Wolves
10. Ball Stars
11. Chicago Bulls
12. The Wildcats
13. The Defenders
14. Blue Tigers
15. Cleveland Cavaliers
16. Crimson Hawks
17. Red Raiders
18. The Monarchs
19. Leopards
20. Falcons
21. Beavers
22. Marlins
23. Milwaukee Bucks
24. Dream Team
25. Golden State Warriors
26. Bulldogs
27. Clippers
28. Raging Bulls
29. Red Rockets
30. Golden Grizzlies

Weird Basketball Team Names

1. Android Dreams
2. 99 Problems But A Swish Ain’t One
3. Cherry Bombers
4. Boogie Knights
5. Dragon Trainers
6. The Droids
7. Great Balls of Fire
8. Knights of the Round Table
9. Mad Max
10. 50 Shades of Play
11. Net Flix Bingers
12. Doctors, Not Magicians
13. The Leopard Skins
14. Pony Tails
15. Check Mates
16. The Bulldogz
17. Ground Breakers
18. Trekkies
19. Freak Throws
20. Grizzly Balls
21. Backbenchers
22. Storm Troopers
23. Just Angry Men – And proud!
24. The Bros
25. Hoosier Daddies
26. Bad News Boys
27. IJump Shot Jacks
28. Sock Puppets
29. The Army Of Hulks
30. Hungry Gamers

Other Languages Basketball Team Names

1. Amigos
2. Matadors
3. Agua Caliente Clippers
4. Femme Fatales
5. The Perfectos
6. Papa Cons

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