Survey names San Antonio Spurs Coyote among worst NBA mascots

Even though San Antonians have a soft spot for the Spurs Coyote’s googly green eyes and boundless energy, a new survey named the beloved character among the worst NBA mascots.

The Coyote ranked as the seventh-worst mascot in the league, according to a poll conducted by New Jersey-based online sports betting platform NJ.BET. To compile its rankings, NJ.BET surveyed 900 NBA fans across the country, many of whom were unkind to our Coyote.

In the survey, the Coyote even ranked lower that frequently mocked Bango, the Milwaukee Bucks’ humanoid deer cryptid, and similarly silly Burnie the Flame, the Miami Heat mascot, which according to the NBA’s website, is a walking flame with arms and legs.

Still, those surveyed agreed that the Coyote is better than the Dallas Mavericks’ mascot — a robot-human-basketball-hybrid named Mavs Man who was named the league’s worst mascot.

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