The Liberty City Salamanders are a female professional basketball team based in Liberty City.
Description[]
They sponsor the "Lethal Car Accident of the Day" on Weazel News. The Salamanders' slogan is "Begging you to actually come out and watch a game!" implying that the Salamanders entertain sparse crowds whenever they play, as is the common assumption with the real-world WNBA.
In Grand Theft Auto IV, Gordon Sargent wears a white Salamanders sweater under his vest, and Bas Rutten wears a green Salamanders jersey on The Men's Room show.
Franklin Clinton in Grand Theft Auto V owns a green Salamanders jersey and the Street Punks in Los Santos are commonly seen wearing their clothing.
Influence[]
Their real world equivalent is the New York Liberty. However, their logo and name seems inspired by the NBA's Toronto Raptors.
There is a ticket which shows a game in which they played against the Liberty City Penetrators; this would be incredibly odd, as it is rare for a men's sports team to play against a women's sports team. It's possible that the team was retconned as a men's basketball team, being a stand-in for the Brooklyn Nets.
The Salamanders may also be a reference to the New Jersey Swamp Dragons, which was a rebranding that the New Jersey Nets considered.
The Salamanders paraphernalia, such as the bobblehead's jersey in GTA V and GTA Online, bear some resemblance to the Seattle Supersonics.
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Trivia[]
- Despite being a female sports team, they are represented by a male player on a bobblehead that can be added via customization of certain cars in Grand Theft Auto Online.
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HD Universe | Sports Teams in the|
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Baseball | Boars Baseball Club | Feud Baseball Team | Liberty City Swingers | Los Santos Corkers Baseball Team | LS Squeezers |
Basketball | Los Santos Panic Basketball Team | Liberty Penetrators | Liberty City Salamanders | Liberty City Warriors | Los Santos Shrimps |
Hockey | Dust Devils | Liberty City Rampage | Los Santos Kings |
Soccer | Liberty City Beavers | Liberty City Cocks | LS Benders | LS Jardineros | Red Mist XI | Superstroika |
Football | Liberty City Wrath | LS Pounders | U.C.L.S. Bookworms | Vice City Mambas | San Andreas Magnetics |
Unknown | Carcer City Unicorns |