NAME the Not-Sonics
by Y5k
on Jul 25, 2008 11:09 AM PDT
Out of respect for our friends to the north, let us bow our heads for a moment of silence for the gone Sonics ...
...
OK, now, what shall we call the new team in OkCity? Thunder is awful. Awful.
There were some great suggestions in a previous post, including:
The
OK Dokes or OK Dokies
and some mean spirited ones (prompted by me) such as
The
OkC Not-Sonics
OkC Mariners
OkC Horsetheives
Gimme your best shots here. Perhaps we'll gather some nice choices and put a poll up, send it to that nice fellow who moved the team and call it good will to our new "NorthWest" division rivals.
Oh!
OkC Northwesterners
-Mat
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Ha!
i like it.
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by Y5k on
Jul 25, 2008 11:20 AM PDT
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+1
Homer: "Oh no!! A Bear is eating my father!." (On seeing Selma kissing Grampa)
by 92wastheyear on
Jul 25, 2008 11:42 AM PDT
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+2 That has been my suggestion all along.
"Besides, AnntheFan will be here any minute to #25 you." T Darkstar
by annthefan on
Jul 26, 2008 6:31 PM PDT
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wow
i thought that was mortimer with the NOT-Sonics, wich is my favorite.
"Who do the historians think (t)he best crop of rookies on one team[up until now] is?"
---sothern oregon
"I'd have to go with the 12 disciples.... They pretty much turned the world upside down in short order......."
---prezofdeath
".....Judas was a big bust, he was the Darko of that class."
---RoyDrexler
by ptwnblzr on Jul 25, 2008 11:45 AM PDT 0 recs
I don't recall
who suggested No-Sonics, but I liked it.
How about the Tonics?
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by Y5k on
Jul 25, 2008 11:46 AM PDT
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no
i really like the not sonics, and will make a sign just for the games.
GO BLAZERS, Beat the NOT-SONICS!!
"Who do the historians think (t)he best crop of rookies on one team[up until now] is?"
---sothern oregon
"I'd have to go with the 12 disciples.... They pretty much turned the world upside down in short order......."
---prezofdeath
".....Judas was a big bust, he was the Darko of that class."
---RoyDrexler
by ptwnblzr on
Jul 25, 2008 11:52 AM PDT
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Not sure if this is completely appropriate but,
OKC Claim Jumpers?
I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure.
by JAB21 on Jul 25, 2008 11:46 AM PDT 1 recs
completley appropriott
"Who do the historians think (t)he best crop of rookies on one team[up until now] is?"
---sothern oregon
"I'd have to go with the 12 disciples.... They pretty much turned the world upside down in short order......."
---prezofdeath
".....Judas was a big bust, he was the Darko of that class."
---RoyDrexler
by ptwnblzr on
Jul 25, 2008 11:51 AM PDT
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Ok Claim Jumper is a restaurant chain
also they were the guys that collected tax in the 1800’s …right? How is that innaproriate?
Sophia
PS Im in need of enlightenment and im too lazy to wiki that one…
Leaders build cultures that create self-esteem, generate and sustain trust, elevate the dignity of work , create community and foster open communication, and finally encourage growth and learning.
-Warren Bennis USC Professor
by BlazerFan1 on
Jul 25, 2008 11:52 AM PDT
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Claim Jumpers
Business interests that stole poor miners’ land during the gold rush.
WWSBD?
TRADE 4 THE STACHE!
by nightbluefruit on
Jul 25, 2008 3:01 PM PDT
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And a bizarre chain restaurant
WWSBD?
TRADE 4 THE STACHE!
by nightbluefruit on
Jul 25, 2008 3:01 PM PDT
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I cant wait to see the signs at the Rose Garden this year
when the “thunder” comes to town. That sounds ridiculously dumb.
Sophia
Ps I think it will top all the “blaze the nugs” signs when denver rolls through..lol
Leaders build cultures that create self-esteem, generate and sustain trust, elevate the dignity of work , create community and foster open communication, and finally encourage growth and learning.
-Warren Bennis USC Professor
by BlazerFan1 on Jul 25, 2008 11:57 AM PDT 0 recs
And how funny if Dave's suggestion of greeting the "Thunder" with utter silence came true...
Coach, I promise I wasn't running hard ...
by Norsktroll on
Jul 25, 2008 12:55 PM PDT
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Well I can envision that but I doubt that it will happen
we are the vocal sort of fans
Leaders build cultures that create self-esteem, generate and sustain trust, elevate the dignity of work , create community and foster open communication, and finally encourage growth and learning.
-Warren Bennis USC Professor
by BlazerFan1 on
Jul 25, 2008 1:05 PM PDT
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and
the majority of the people at Blazers games aren’t BE readers, so would probably have no idea that they’re supposed to shut their big yappers.
myspace.com/marktwainindians
by mark twain on
Jul 25, 2008 1:51 PM PDT
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meh
i bet if John C wrote an article on it the night before the word would get around pretty quickly. It probably wouldn’t last the whole game but for the first or third quarter that would be pretty cool
Jaws were hitting the floor as Greg repeatedly attempted to tear the rim off the backboard...
by TheOdenator on
Jul 25, 2008 1:53 PM PDT
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The Clipper fans
Can do it,they give the team some noise during the intros and when they introduce Dunleavy nothing but frosty scilence.
by southern oregon on
Jul 25, 2008 2:36 PM PDT
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SubSonics
Chronics
Beatniks
Bionics
Tonics
Sonix
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by Y5k on Jul 25, 2008 11:58 AM PDT 0 recs
I'm hooked on the Fonics, personally
Double benefit: they’re also the Faux-Knicks.
by royroty on
Jul 25, 2008 12:14 PM PDT
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OKC child mullets
see the second picture in todays junk drawer
by postup on Jul 25, 2008 12:05 PM PDT 0 recs
The Laters
I know its sounds alot like a team I loath with all my existence. But than the state of Oklahoma can cheer…..
“Go Sooners! Go Laters!”
Gimmicks don't make dynasties
by WarEaglePDX on Jul 25, 2008 12:10 PM PDT 0 recs
Later, too
http://www.anonymouscoworker.com/?s=laters
Cave Canem!
by Caveowl on
Jul 25, 2008 2:44 PM PDT
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Good one.
"Besides, AnntheFan will be here any minute to #25 you." T Darkstar
by annthefan on
Jul 26, 2008 6:33 PM PDT
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How about this?
The OKC Cessna’s... you know, like the anti-SuperSonics?
Got BEdge?
by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Jul 25, 2008 12:38 PM PDT 0 recs
The Thongs
because the cover-up was so bad.
Asked his specialty in the kitchen, Oden paused and said, "Hamburger Helper and tuna fish."
by MiledAnimal on Jul 25, 2008 12:43 PM PDT 0 recs
I liked some suggested stupid names in the OKC newspaper poll (whatever paper that was)
Tornados/Twisters/Cyclones (how honest to warn your visitors if your city is located in the tornado alley)
Vultures (no joke, that was on the local poll supposedly made by Oklahoma residents)
Tumbleweeds (again, how fitting)
Barons (then everybody could have called them the robber barons)
OT a good name that was suggested there: I would have liked the Thunderbirds.
Just Thunder is lame, lame, lame.
Coach, I promise I wasn't running hard ...
by Norsktroll on Jul 25, 2008 12:53 PM PDT 0 recs
If we're being serious here for JUST a moment
I think the Thunder is pretty solid. It’s loud, impressive, scary, and it means bad weather for opponents. Think of the marketing ops. Imagine the fun they’ll have introducing the team, with the strobe lights popping on and off. And it’s a great fit for the eventual WNBA team, the Lightning.
Asked his specialty in the kitchen, Oden paused and said, "Hamburger Helper and tuna fish."
by MiledAnimal on
Jul 25, 2008 2:55 PM PDT
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lol
lets hope not
"I was playing rock band with my wife and a four year old girl, after U of H got their booty handed to them in the Sugar Bowl. My wife was playing the drums, and the little girl and I were on the couch behind her. I was just joking and pointed at my wife and whispered, "She’s a bed wetter." The little girl smile real big and said, "So am I." That really wasn’t the reaction I was going for so I just said, "All right, high five." Then she high fived me and I never joked about bed wetting again." ---tominhawii
by ptwnblzr on
Jul 25, 2008 2:58 PM PDT
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its already
the name of the women’s football team not joking at all: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Lightning
Jaws were hitting the floor as Greg repeatedly attempted to tear the rim off the backboard...
by TheOdenator on
Jul 25, 2008 3:00 PM PDT
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oh and they also have
the Oklahoma city blazers as well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Blazers Which makes no sense, because everyone I have ever met from Oklahoma was blazing a trail the heck out of there
Jaws were hitting the floor as Greg repeatedly attempted to tear the rim off the backboard...
by TheOdenator on
Jul 25, 2008 3:02 PM PDT
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wtf
thats bs
"I was playing rock band with my wife and a four year old girl, after U of H got their booty handed to them in the Sugar Bowl. My wife was playing the drums, and the little girl and I were on the couch behind her. I was just joking and pointed at my wife and whispered, "She’s a bed wetter." The little girl smile real big and said, "So am I." That really wasn’t the reaction I was going for so I just said, "All right, high five." Then she high fived me and I never joked about bed wetting again." ---tominhawii
by ptwnblzr on
Jul 25, 2008 3:08 PM PDT
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There was the Trail of Tears
I hope they’re not referencing that, though.
by robrun2 on
Jul 25, 2008 11:47 PM PDT
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How about the Cow Pies?
LMA's reign as "LaMonster of the Low Post" has just begun!
by LaMarvelous on Jul 25, 2008 12:58 PM PDT 0 recs
That ain't right.
Looks like some Hawaiian lava or somethin’. Is it glowing red under the crusty shell?
Got BEdge?
by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on
Jul 25, 2008 1:18 PM PDT
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why is your cow pie
on the carpet?
Haven’t you trained your cows better than that?
Ford: Bill, you're claiming victory already? Have you had a "Mission Accomplished" banner printed yet?
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2008/columns/story?page=DraftDebate-080624
by ratbastird on
Jul 25, 2008 1:57 PM PDT
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Is that a Buffalo Chip
from Jerryd Soaring Bison Bayless??
Cave Canem!
by Caveowl on
Jul 25, 2008 2:48 PM PDT
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I've always liked
OKC Bandits. That area was part of the “Wild West” in history, and they stole that team from Seatle. Or the OKC Rustlers.
My favorite teams are the Blazers and any team that is playing the Lakers.
by OCBlazerFan1 on Jul 25, 2008 1:30 PM PDT 0 recs
pan-handlers
Jaws were hitting the floor as Greg repeatedly attempted to tear the rim off the backboard...
by TheOdenator on Jul 25, 2008 1:41 PM PDT 0 recs
"The S'nots"
As in, “Let’s not (call them the Sonics)”.
Or the Shysters. After the attorneys that stole them.
Pan-handlers is funny, but is like unfortunate rather than a desciption of the thievery aspect.
How about The Hobos? Rather than a jet, the team travels to all their games by train.
'77
by LaoTzu on Jul 25, 2008 1:55 PM PDT 0 recs
the boxcar willie's?
Jaws were hitting the floor as Greg repeatedly attempted to tear the rim off the backboard...
by TheOdenator on
Jul 25, 2008 1:59 PM PDT
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Jaws were hitting the floor as Greg repeatedly attempted to tear the rim off the backboard...
by TheOdenator on
Jul 25, 2008 2:00 PM PDT
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Wow that brought
back a flood of memories. That was my dad’s favorite album! Ha!!
My favorite teams are the Blazers and any team that is playing the Lakers.
by OCBlazerFan1 on
Jul 25, 2008 2:40 PM PDT
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Oklahoma was made for you and me?
Darius Miles found me.
by prezofdeath on
Jul 25, 2008 3:23 PM PDT
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Guthrie's an okie
Only famous okie I could think of.
WWSBD?
TRADE 4 THE STACHE!
by nightbluefruit on
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This just in from TrueHoop
“An NBA attorney recently made a number of filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office [...] you can see active trademark requests, filed July 21, for the following names:
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Marshalls
Oklahoma City Energy
Oklahoma City Wind
Oklahoma City Barons
Oklahoma City Bison
There is also an inactive request, filed by the same attorney, for the name “Oklahoma City SuperSonics.” Most unusual is that, unlike trademark applications for other NBA teams, these have been applied for by the NBA Development League. (And this whole time I thought all that fuss was about an NBA team! No, just kidding. Insert joke here about the quality of the Sonic roster.) I am not sure if that means anything or not.”
Henry also thinks all these names except Thunder won’t fly.
Coach, I promise I wasn't running hard ...
by Norsktroll on Jul 25, 2008 3:48 PM PDT 0 recs
Why did True Hoops Henry say Bison
would be offensive to Black players? Is that in reference to Buffalo Soldiers?
Plains Indians called wild prairie fires Red Bison.
Cave Canem!
by Caveowl on
Jul 25, 2008 4:38 PM PDT
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Right, the wind
at least they could run the break.
by raoulduke on
Jul 25, 2008 7:14 PM PDT
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Maybe they want to become the first "Green Team": The OKC Wind Energy
A reader on ESPN also suggested they should call themselves the Oklahoma Power Rangers since they already have trademarks for all these elements.
Coach, I promise I wasn't running hard ...
by Norsktroll on
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I agree
with the person (probably not on BE) who prefers actual individual thing, not names preceeded by “The” so the player can say “I am a Blazer”. How can one say “I am a Thunder” or “I am a Heat”?
I was going to comment (also not originial) that one cannot see Thunder, but then one can’t see SuperSonic either. Or Heat or Jazz.
I still like Sub-Sonics.
How about “The grapes of wrath”? (I am a Grape? Then when they get Arenas in his waning years he can become Gilbert Grape.)
My dad was an Okie, so cut the Okie jokes, OK?! My mom was from TN and I can still remember once saying to them, “Well, what can you expect from a daughter of an Okie and a hillbilly?!” Fortunately for me my parents had a sense of humor and both laughed, though my mother said there were no hills in her part of TN.
Oklahoma Wheaties. (‘where the wavin’ wheat can sure smell sweet…)
"We, as Blazer fans, are perhaps the luckiest fans in the league."-Idog1976, July 19.
by jorga on Jul 25, 2008 3:49 PM PDT 1 recs
In Gilbert's waning years
he might be Sour Grapes
Cave Canem!
by Caveowl on
Jul 25, 2008 4:40 PM PDT
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Oklahoma City Outlaws!
Didn’t read any of the other posts to see if anyone posted this already.
--
by CaptainSexyJacob on Jul 25, 2008 4:44 PM PDT 0 recs
First trade action item: Travis Outlaw for Kevin Durant straight up ;-)
Coach, I promise I wasn't running hard ...
by Norsktroll on
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wow,
that would be like jeff green for Greg Oden.
Andy Roddick has the most wimbledon titles in the world. He just hides them in Federer's trophy case
by premthegrem on
Jul 25, 2008 7:30 PM PDT
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Last year
For a Blazers-Sonics game, I made a sign with a map of the US. Washington and Oregon were colored in red, the rest of the states in black. The sign read “Blazer Country”
Not too many people got the joke.
M, period. Fresh, comma.
by manzell on Jul 25, 2008 4:53 PM PDT 0 recs
from Andy's Anagram Solver...
Sonics = Scions (a branch or bud for grafting. Descendant or offspring.) Appropriate.
Supersonics = (ahem)....Corn Pussies ?
Thunder = Nerd hut
by Dr Dave on
Jul 25, 2008 7:52 PM PDT
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Well Done
--. --- | -... .-.. .- --.. . .-. ...
by tominhawaii on
Jul 26, 2008 4:51 AM PDT
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It doesn't matter what they call themselves...
... from now on, to me, they will be known, now and always, as the Corn Pussies.
by Blazersaurus on
Jul 26, 2008 12:17 PM PDT
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Corn Pussies. That's IT!
"Besides, AnntheFan will be here any minute to #25 you." T Darkstar
by annthefan on
Jul 26, 2008 6:38 PM PDT
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Has anyone mentioned this yet?
Citing the United States Trademark and Patent Office, the newspaper said that the league filed for a trademark on Barons, Bison, Energy, Marshalls, Thunder and Wind.
I am the worst sports commentator ever. Please pass the cheesedoodles.
by prezofdeath on Jul 25, 2008 7:44 PM PDT 0 recs
Oops--just read Norsktroll's post, which was exactly the same...disregard this post
And chalk it up to Stephen A Smithness….aka complete and utter stupidity.
I am the worst sports commentator ever. Please pass the cheesedoodles.
by prezofdeath on
Jul 25, 2008 7:46 PM PDT
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Is it in horrible taste to do one?
I don’t know if this is in bad taste, but whatever.
The Oklahoma City Bombers?
by robrun2 on Jul 25, 2008 11:49 PM PDT 0 recs
yikes.
I think multiple people steered clear of that one.
Not so good. I think that’d be like calling a new team in New York the 911’s… does that seem good to you? it’s not good.
Got BEdge?
by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on
Jul 26, 2008 12:00 AM PDT
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lol
yah, bad taste.
"Doing research= good
Making up things=bad."
---jksnake99
by ptwnblzr on
Jul 26, 2008 12:55 AM PDT
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Where's the anti-rec button?
Jerryd Bayless has two emotions: Kill and Win.
"I think it’s going to be very beautiful game next year."
-Nicolas Batum
by rockingharder on
Jul 26, 2008 7:56 PM PDT
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I don't get it
Why, because they have Durant and he ‘bombs’ away with a ton of low percentage shots?
Am I missing something?
Mortimer…?
by Mortimer on
Jul 27, 2008 1:44 AM PDT
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OKC NOJOE
With Schultz selling the Sonics and the team leaving the NW, I now boycott Starbucks and drink my cup of joe at Pete’s. Plus all the bad Karma OKC will have they’ll be into bad mojo big time
by Goob on Jul 26, 2008 8:42 AM PDT 0 recs
