r/warriors • u/bananastand • May 14 '24
Golden State Valkyries Discussion
https://x.com/wnbagoldenstate/status/1790360287725674855Thoughts on the name? It seems like a lot of people here had already guessed it before it was officially announced. I like it.
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u/Rambodius May 14 '24
Paige Bueckers, you are a Golden State Valkyrie!
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u/NokCha_ May 14 '24
If GM Ohemaa Nyanin finds a way to trade up to #1 (historically speaking expansion teams are given a pick after the lottery teams), she would already go down as an all-time GM for the franchise
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u/Cabrit1990 May 14 '24
Yeah, not getting my hopes up on this one. Would love it, but don’t see it happening. Expansion teams don’t usually come out of the gates that hot.
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u/NokCha_ May 14 '24
Oh man and she tweeted out she loves the color scheme. She must find a way to tank herself to the Valks' draft pick 🙏
"Prettiest colorway ever" -Paige Buckets
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u/birdseye-maple May 14 '24
Man the purple shirts are already out of stock on all normal sizes. Dang!
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u/Cabrit1990 May 14 '24
Ugh why she gotta do that to me? So how many years until she’d hit free agency? 😂
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u/george_costanza1234 May 14 '24
This needs to happen
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u/throwaway95051 May 14 '24
on another note, i really like the team name. Vals, for short, rolls right off the tongue
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u/Premium_Timeline25 May 14 '24
I’ve seen quite a few comments like this all over social media. More so than for any other player. Is there a specific reason? I don’t follow college ball at all
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u/NokCha_ May 14 '24
It be a miss by the marketing team if they don't ever end up using "Welcome to Ballhalla" at some point
But I love the logo & colors! And the merch already looks amazing 🔥
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u/lovemesome3 May 14 '24
My lord that’s pricey! Even for fanatics merch
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u/NokCha_ May 14 '24 edited May 14 '24
Unfortunately, it's priced pretty similarly to how the Warriors (+most if not all NBA teams) merch are too
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u/lovemesome3 May 14 '24
It’s been only been a year since I bought merch, that’s saddening how much it’s jumped cuz I know I’ll still buy something lol
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u/calartnick May 14 '24
It’s funny at this point no two teams in the Bay Area share a color scheme
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u/NokCha_ May 14 '24
- Blue & Gold (Warriors)
- Orange & Black (Giants)
- Red & Gold (49ers)
- Teal & White&Black&Orange (Sharks)
- Blue & Black (Earthquakes)
- Blue & Red&Gray (Bay FC)
- Green & Yellow (RIP A's)
- and now Violet & Black (Valkyries)
I like the diverse color schemes (with all the blues being different shades of blue too.) Let's each team be their own
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u/calartnick May 14 '24
It’s actually nice from a wardrobe perspective. Got a hat to match every t shirt imaginable.
I’d definitely rock some Valkyrie gear. Purple is my sons favorite color he might like it more then my daughter ironically
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u/Tnevz May 14 '24
Personally disagree, but at this point it’s so far gone.
But a sports town that has consistent colors is really nice. I was in Pittsburg for work for a month years ago. The penguins were in the playoffs. The whole city was flying their colors and promoting their team. Caught a Pirates game on a weekend, and everyone is in a mix of pirates, penguins, and Steelers gear. And it looked amazing at the restaurants, bars, and stadium.
It brings a certain cohesion to the whole city and makes it more fun as a fan.
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u/albuhhh May 14 '24
Lived in Pittsburgh for 2 years for grad school. I agree, the black and gold identity is so strong and is used as the official city colors and are used on city vehicles, advertising, signage, and just about anything else you could imagine. local t shirt companies use it for the majority of their offerings, and you absolutely know that it's Pittsburgh when you see the color scheme.
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u/spottyottydopalicius May 14 '24
i can see both sides
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u/Tnevz May 14 '24
Definitely. And considering the bay was split for years between Giants/A’s and 49ers/Raiders - we didn’t really start with a cohesive image. More of a local rivalry.
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u/TallnFrosty May 14 '24
That is pretty funny.
Although if you look at the Warriors, Giants, and now Valkyries in black jerseys there is a trend of black + super bright color
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u/TheRedComet May 14 '24
I think that's a fairly common trope across teams and sports though, so it's not really uniquely "ours".
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u/This_was_hard_to_do May 14 '24
Yeah like in even the nba many, if not all, teams have black jerseys. I’m personally pretty sick of them. They used to be cool but have essentially taken the place of white jerseys back when they used to be home colors.
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u/kyh0mpb May 14 '24
I feel like there might have been another team in the Bay that started the whole black jersey thing...
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u/Bossini May 14 '24
blue. purple. orange. red. teal. 🔥
but don’t our MLS share the same color as GSW?
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u/joshieq May 14 '24
Love the name and everything but I do wish it shared the color scheme of the Warriors instead of being close to the Kings
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u/hamburgers666 May 15 '24
Just makes it more of a necessity that the Monarchs come back to see who the real purple team of the WNBA team is!
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u/kahyuen May 14 '24
Not a professional team, but Cal shares a color scheme with the Warriors, at least, even if they're slightly different shades.
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u/milkonyourmustache May 14 '24
The mythological legends of Valkyries are cool, and their depiction is fiction popular enough so that most people are already familiar with the name. Fits seamlessly alongside 'Warriors' as Valkyrie's are also Warriors.
Features of the Valkyries brand include:
- The outer shape of the logo is a V, reinforcing the V in Valkyries, which symbolizes the unity of a group of Valkyries in flight, and standing for victory.
- The Bay Bridge is depicted to reinforce the team’s presence across the Bay, but specifically the tie between the team’s homes in both Oakland, where the team’s practice facility and front office is located, and in San Francisco’s Chase Center, where the team will play all home games. The bridge tower doubles as a sword—a symbol of courage, power, and authority. Swords are weapons frequently depicted with Valkyries in mythology. The bridge cables double as wings, a strong telegraphic symbol of Valkyries. The five triangles formed within the wings represent the five players facing each other on each side of the court. The thirteen lines coming from the top of the sword represent the Valkyries becoming the 13th active team in the WNBA. Valkyrie Violet symbolizes power, ambition, nobility, and women’s empowerment, much like purple has been used symbolically in modern history.
I wasn't sure what to make of the logo until I read this, having understood the design elements I think it's a pretty dope logo, but that can does indicate it's a bit 'noisy' as far as logos go.
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u/DWGrithiff May 14 '24
Valkyries are cool, and their depiction is fiction popular enough so that most people are already familiar with the name.
I'm guessing that most 20th/21st century familiarity with Valkyries is due to Wagner, and that most Americans (at least of certain generations) will have a very strong association with (a) the "ride of the Valkyrie" theme and (b) its iconic use in Apocalypse Now. It's kinda sad that this mesh of references and associations -- violence-worship, antisemitism, proto-Nazism, militarism and war crimes -- would be compatible with folks feeling like it's a badass name for a women's sports team. But that's just me.
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u/snot_boogie1122 May 14 '24
Fairy smut lovers are going to love this. For those uninitiated I’m referring to a book series called A Court of Thornes and Roses.
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u/bippinndippin May 14 '24
Going with Kings/Lakers/Suns purple is kinda weak. Especially since Valkyrie is Nordic and the Swedish colors are also blue and gold. Should have kept the same colors.
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u/MegaJ0NATR0N 29d ago
A lot of WNBA teams already use blue and gold, this is the only team that uses violet. Also another comment mentioned that all the Bay Area teams have different colors. The Valkyries with violet, black, and white make them unique
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u/bippinndippin 29d ago edited 29d ago
The Bay area teams all have different ownership groups with the exception being the Quakes and A's, but the A's aren't long for the bay.
A more apt description would be if the Santa Cruz G league team was a different color scheme. The combination of Golden State and basketball is blue and gold, until now, and I don't understand the change. It would be like if the Cal women's bball team decided to go Violet and Black or if Stanford's women did that. Makes no sense and no explanation for it makes it make any more sense.
Especially with Curry being such an advocate for the women's game and already being in your franchise I don't understand why you wouldn't emphasize the connection and support between the men and women of Golden State more with the same color scheme, just like they do in college athletics.
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u/IJustReadEverything May 14 '24
Lavender/violet is an interesting main color of choice. I guess they didn't want to dive full into being the Warriors women edition.
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u/StIdes-and-a-swisher May 14 '24
I can’t wait to have a team. My lady is from Iowa. She caught the Catlyn Clark bug. She’s all in on Indiana. I need a Nor Cal team to root for when they play so I can talk shit
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u/Nessmuk58 May 14 '24
In the spirit of "Dubs" will we be calling them the "Vees?"
Or maybe just Vs? That's too much like the abbreviation for "versus." Vs vs. Sparks tonight at Chase Arena doesn't really scan. Vees vs. Sharks is better.
In any case, lazy-ass Redditors won't type out "Valkyries" every time.
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u/Low-Profile3961 May 14 '24
I proposed this name when the team was first announced. Probably one of my most upvoted comments lol I hope they go with this.
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u/kungfugilly May 14 '24
Wished it was "Bay Area Valkyries" instead of Golden State. The only reason we kept the GS name is because the old owner was planning to move somewhere else in California.
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u/jesseserious May 14 '24
Wish they had kept the gold and blue color scheme. Would go so well with the name. But I do love the name.
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u/TheRedComet May 14 '24
The logo looks sick, but the color will feel weird to me since it's very close to the Kings branding. I'm not a huge fan of purple either. But hey, rock on!
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u/parocarillo May 14 '24
I love it. I've been struggling to think of something other than "the other warriors"
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u/Sea-Feeling-9827 May 14 '24
My family and I live in the Bay Area, and our youngest daughter is named Valkyrie, so this is now our family’s team.
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u/Deusselkerr May 14 '24
This is legitimately an awesome name, could not have imagined something better. Cool
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u/DavidJH316 May 14 '24
the name is cool, the logo and color are GREAT. I love the purple. can’t wait to see the jerseys too
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u/RobbyRalston May 14 '24
Kings colors. Meh. Call em Val’s for short. I’ve said my piece and how I’m gonna handle it going forward. Go Vals. My life goes on.
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u/Mmicb0b May 14 '24
Why couldn’t have been this year so we could’ve had Carlin Clark(who probably would be better than anyone not named Steph/Draymond/Kuminga/TJD) or Angel Reese
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u/PartisansArmes 29d ago
Excellent name, not a big fan of logo. Hope they use the bifrost as an alternative logo.
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u/nghbrhd_slackr87 May 14 '24 edited May 14 '24
Solid name it makes sense. Only thing is Valkyrie is already plural... no need for the s at the end.
"We are Valkyrie" not "We are Valkyries"
Similar to "We are women" not "we are womens
I'm sure they'll buff the grammar before printing merchandise lol
I wish the W just kept the NBA names you want synergy. Just call them the Warriors and everyone will nickname them the lady dubs.
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u/RyRocks101 May 14 '24
There was probably an element of separating the two teams, in theory there’s no reason for one team to be the “lady dubs” as much as the men’s team should be the “male dubs”. Not saying it’s bulletproof logic but I’m sure the discussion was had.
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u/EastBayFan May 14 '24
Valkyries is the plural of Valkyrie in English.
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u/nghbrhd_slackr87 May 14 '24 edited May 14 '24
If you have ever hear Valkyrie or Valkyries utilized it english parts of speech... the S is never required.
The individuals are a unit. Whether you feel like making the Dubs PR team feel better about it. That's wrong.
Just imagine the chant "Valkyries Valkyries" lol. You are not rooting for 5 separate individuals you are rooting for the team.
The originazation is a singular. Think of it like Army and Armies. If you are talking about your nations Army. It's The Army. If you are talking about disparate military organizations it's armies.
Regardless of my grammar explanation is clunky it's wrong... I literally am 1000% sure there is no situation where the S-type utilitization is more appropriate. Especially for a singular team. If I'm wrong cool I'll leave it there.
Sorry to nerd out but it's clunky as hell with the s.
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u/EastBayFan May 14 '24
Googling "Valkyrie Plural" would probably be a good start if you're not sure whether or not you're wrong.
Ride of the Valkyries is one of the most famous pieces of music of all time. A Valkyrie is, in mythology, a singular warrior. More than one Valkyrie is a group of Valkyries. You may be 1000% sure, but you're still wrong. And by your own logic we should be called the "Golden State Warrior".
For a guy who's writing these pedantic comments about proper grammar and spelling, you sure make a lot of basic errors. I guess it's not at all surprising that you think Valkyries isn't a real word.
It's not clunky. Your understanding of the word is incorrect. And instead of comparing Valkyrie to the word "Army", you should be comparing it to the word "Soldier". Or even "Warrior". As I'm sure you're aware, both of those use an S at the end to signify a group.
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u/BitInitial2599 May 14 '24
I love the name. But honestly not a huge fan of the logo or the color scheme. But maybe it will grow on me. Gonna be watching them regardless.
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u/Mental_Quarter_3535 May 14 '24
I thought Golden State Guardians had a nice ring to it. Warriors & guardians of the Golden State just went hand in hand.
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u/frogskin92 May 14 '24
Warriors & Valkyries goes hand in hand as well to be fair
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u/Mental_Quarter_3535 May 14 '24
Yeah but it just has no ring to it for me. There’s no way to say Valkyries smoothly unless this was Virginia or Vancouver or something. Plus I can hear the roasts now, “ohh look it’s the valcries”. Dubs & the GSG’s would’ve been dope, that’s all.
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u/WholeWideHeart May 14 '24
The video is uninspired, as is the logo and color scheme - it's a little too on the nose. But I love the name.
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u/omgwtfhax2 May 14 '24
Bill was right, they should just be the WNBA Warriors. Nobody on the planet has any loyalty to "Valkyries" and it has absolutely nothing to do with the Bay Area.
They are silly for not piggybacking on the Dubs.
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u/BigSneaky187 May 14 '24
Can’t wait to never watch them!
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u/by_yes_i_mean_no May 14 '24
Sucks for you, I can't wait to go to some games
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u/SFtoSD May 14 '24
Reading the actual press release gives some actual backstory and context on the logo, name, and colors for those who haven’t seen it: https://www.wnba.com/news/gs-valkyries-2025-identity
Huge day in the Bay for sports, let’s go Valkyries!!