OKC Files for 6 Name Rights

by Outlaw is Rejector on Jul 26, 2008 12:26 AM PDT

OKLAHOMA CITY -- The NBA has filed for trademark rights to six nicknames for the league's new Oklahoma City franchise: Barons, Bison, Energy, Marshalls, Thunder and Wind.

ESPN Link.

TrueHoop Link. Which is a bit more informative.

I'm glad to see they have not settled on Thunder, as that just seems to corny. I have long been a fan of the Baron's name, and of all these choices it looks like the only legitimate name of the bunch. I'm sure some of you disagree.. Which name would you go with?

Poll

The Oklahoma City _____?

Barons

57 votes

Bison

23 votes

Energy

5 votes

Marshalls

16 votes

Thunder

17 votes

Wind

18 votes

136 votes | Poll has closed

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TigerNike23 (11 minutes ago)
I like the Oklahoma City Slickers, for the Clay Bennett Cronies cheering section at the Ford Center. Funny how he’s an oil man, and Ford keeps losing money because of the cost of oil.

LoL! Oklahoma City Slickers!!!

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by Outlaw is Rejector on Jul 26, 2008 12:36 AM PDT 0 recs

Wind?

are they serious? Are they actually considering Wind as the team name? Oklahoma City Wind? Man, LET THE FART JOKES ROLL!

Andy Roddick has the most wimbledon titles in the world. He just hides them in Federer's trophy case

by premthegrem on Jul 26, 2008 12:52 AM PDT 0 recs

yeah

and some people thought Thunder was bad. Yeesh.

Boomshakalaka

by jksnake99 on Jul 26, 2008 12:57 AM PDT up 0 recs

Break like the wind.

I want to be tucked in by Greg Oden and have him tell us stories about the old days.

by MGNNoah on Jul 26, 2008 8:09 AM PDT up 0 recs

And tonight the Oklahoma City Wind blows again ;-)

Coach, I promise I wasn't running hard ...

by Norsktroll on Jul 26, 2008 10:45 AM PDT up 0 recs

Well played sir

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Jordan was the first coming of Bayless.

by KP Corleone on Jul 26, 2008 12:25 PM PDT up 0 recs

OOOOOOOOKLA-HOMA

where the wind comes sweepin’ down the plain

and the wavin’ wheat sure smells sweet

When the wind comes right behind the rain.

Homer: "Oh no!! A Bear is eating my father!." (On seeing Selma kissing Grampa)

by 92wastheyear on Jul 26, 2008 3:35 PM PDT up 0 recs

A sad attempt to balance the winds and losses column...

1-83, 08-09.

I want to be tucked in by Greg Oden and have him tell us stories about the old days.

by MGNNoah on Jul 26, 2008 8:01 PM PDT up 0 recs

I mean, 1-82. Duh!!!

I want to be tucked in by Greg Oden and have him tell us stories about the old days.

by MGNNoah on Jul 26, 2008 9:52 PM PDT up 0 recs

And the game is gone with the Wind.

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by amlmart1 on Jul 28, 2008 8:10 AM PDT up 0 recs

Thunderous Wind?

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by Y5k on Jul 26, 2008 1:11 PM PDT up 0 recs

bobby hill

once played on a soccer team called ‘the wind.’

‘not so aggressive guys, we’ve already got the tie—everybody wins!’

michelle you look good tonight.. ANYTHING IS POSSIBAAAAAAAAAAL!

by hossticles on Jul 26, 2008 1:00 AM PDT 0 recs

I like Thunder

Barons doesn’t sound like a sports team.
Remember all our Baron von Wafer jokes?

by Section323 on Jul 26, 2008 1:01 AM PDT 0 recs

he was Bayless Face

Before Bayless face existed.

I will always remember his legendary performance against the Clippers. Ten points, and the clutch free throws.

Now what made it even more confusing is that although JJ1 (I’ll miss saying that in gameday threads) was the star of that ugly, ugly, game and was the clutch free throw shooter, he missed one shot. The next play, Nate instructed not to pass the ball to his former Mancrush, JJ, but to the Baron. He accomplished achieving Nate’s trust in literally 2 days after the trade, Sergio still hasn’t, and it’s been 2 years. Still the FT event was a memorable and bizzare, part of the season, that made me, by no means a Jack man, go “wtf, why did nate give Von Wafer the ball? He joined our team like 3 days ago.”

Dead Finks Don't Talk
But dead finks don't talk too well
They've got a shaky sense of diction
It's not so much a living hell
It's just a dying fiction

WORD UP. STAY. FRESCO.

by Dheepan on Jul 26, 2008 1:19 AM PDT up 0 recs

The Bison?

I knew nothing good could come of a team in Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Evangelicals would be better than any of these ideas, while summing up why they will be forever an AWFUL team.

Oden/Pryz
LMA/Frye
WebFoot/Trout
Roy/Rudy
Blake/Bayless
**Champs 08-09**

by BigCelPhone on Jul 26, 2008 2:33 AM PDT 0 recs

Other

Oklahoma City Cock Blockers. I’m talking about roosters, just in case someone thinks I’m being dirty. When I was a kid, my daddy was going to buy me the best rooster from Mr. McDonald’s farm and just before my daddy paid, a rich kid’s dad swooped in and outbid my daddy and bought my favorite rooter. I ended going home with a goose with hemorrhoids. That’s kind of what I think Oklahoma City did to Seattle.

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by tominhawaii on Jul 26, 2008 5:23 AM PDT 0 recs

A lot of those names suck

IMHO, Barons, Bison and Marshalls are lame and Energy sounds like a freaking WNBA team. I hope they go with Thunder or Wind.

by erastus25 on Jul 26, 2008 11:13 AM PDT 0 recs

I like the Marshalls...

but dont get the alternate spelling. Outlaws would be better, but we have one of those in Travis. It would also be nice for Outlaw to rip the Marshalls when we play them.

by MattyDread on Jul 26, 2008 12:34 PM PDT 0 recs

Thousands of cool animals to name a team after

and they pick this crap?

Bayless4Ever

by Sabonis4Ever on Jul 26, 2008 12:42 PM PDT 0 recs

like the Trail cat

Dead Finks Don't Talk
But dead finks don't talk too well
They've got a shaky sense of diction
It's not so much a living hell
It's just a dying fiction

WORD UP. STAY. FRESCO.

by Dheepan on Jul 26, 2008 12:48 PM PDT up 0 recs

What happened to OKC Outlaws?!

by CaptainSexyJacob on Jul 26, 2008 2:21 PM PDT 0 recs

Maybe I'm dumb and wasted money...

But I went and bought some domain names, just in case. Think they’d buy ‘em?

I am the worst sports commentator ever. Please pass the cheesedoodles.

by prezofdeath on Jul 26, 2008 2:46 PM PDT 0 recs

No, sue you if you got the right one. At best you get your money back ;-)

Coach, I promise I wasn't running hard ...

by Norsktroll on Jul 26, 2008 3:10 PM PDT up 0 recs

I traveled trough OK

When I was about 14,the thing I remember most is how big the cockroachs were,not Island size but I didnt know that till later.

by southern oregon on Jul 26, 2008 6:45 PM PDT 0 recs

I normally don't pick on Typos

“I traveled trough OK” took me a heck of a long time to decrypt

til I finally came up with “I traveled through Oklahoma”

Homer: "Oh no!! A Bear is eating my father!." (On seeing Selma kissing Grampa)

by 92wastheyear on Jul 26, 2008 7:11 PM PDT up 0 recs

Why did nobody post movie quotes yet on any OKC naming thread I have seen?

“The only two things from Oklahoma are steers and queers, and I don’t see any horns on you boy.” – An Officer and a Gentleman, 1982 (rated PG-13)

Of course the better known quote including “steers and queers” is from “Full Metal Jacket”, deals with Private Cowboy from Texas and isn’t family friendly at all, so it can’t be posted here ;-)
Probably the name didn’t come up yet because we already have the “Bulls”, so the league instantly would reject “Steers” (or Longhorns). Bison would be the closest thing with horns.

Coach, I promise I wasn't running hard ...

by Norsktroll on Jul 26, 2008 7:34 PM PDT 0 recs

LOL.

OH PLEASE LET IT BE WIND!!! PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!!!

"These are dreams that we have." --Rudolfo Fernandez

by bfan on Jul 26, 2008 9:45 PM PDT 0 recs

Oklahoma City Bombers?

Sorry. Couldn’t resist.

"These are dreams that we have." --Rudolfo Fernandez

by bfan on Jul 26, 2008 9:49 PM PDT 2 recs

hahaha top 10 nominee

I am the worst sports commentator ever. Please pass the cheesedoodles.

by prezofdeath on Jul 26, 2008 9:51 PM PDT up 0 recs

dude

ive sean 3 other people make the same suggesation and all three got the “what the hell r u thinking?” responce, one got flagged. “hay family, wudiya say i buy us some tickets to see our favorite team, the new york 9/11s?” or “the portland “named after someting tragic that happened hear once” are on tv”. kinda lame. now Im just keeping with the theme thats been established, becouse when in rome. The first time I read that effort at comedy, i thought it was a chuckle, but then again im pretty base and easily amused. its not really funny a 4th time

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Making up things=bad."

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by ptwnblzr on Jul 27, 2008 5:53 AM PDT up 0 recs

I think the proper response to this post is.....

....”Is it too soon?”

Homer: "Oh no!! A Bear is eating my father!." (On seeing Selma kissing Grampa)

by 92wastheyear on Jul 27, 2008 9:56 AM PDT up 0 recs

Oklahoma City Mustangs?

By extension we could call the the OKC Sallies.

"These are dreams that we have." --Rudolfo Fernandez

by bfan on Jul 26, 2008 9:51 PM PDT 0 recs

Here are some others:

Oklahoma City Normans
Oklahoma City Tumblers
Oklahoma City Rollers (like the Bay City Rollers)
Oklahoma City Panhandlers
Oklahoma City Flatlanders
Oklahoma City Toilers
Oklahoma City Borings
Oklahoma City Snakes (they have rattlers down there, and it suits)

"These are dreams that we have." --Rudolfo Fernandez

by bfan on Jul 26, 2008 9:55 PM PDT 0 recs