There was no report that the new name won't be animal. Please provide links to what you post here. It's hard enough to keep track of what is actually being said, we don't need some fake news/vague rumors/twisted interpretations of comments taken out of contest...
What we know is:
-it won't be Warriors
-it won't have any NA reference
-they are taking time to make it right and have a name for 100+ years
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they are down to a 3 names final short list
-the new name will be announced in early 2022, before the draft
-the "make the brand" videos include a lot of hints that the Redwolves/Wolves crowd is being heard (doesn't mean anything more than that)
All that, from various Jason Wright "
president's briefs" and the 3 "
making the brand" videos.
The rest is pure speculation/twisting words out of their contest.