NBA has 6 nicknames in mind for OK City

[HEMOTOXIC]

NBA files for rights to 6 nicknames
6 hours, 9 minutes ago
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=Ar7dEyaCC_RVet_uqaqtRE28vLYF?slug=ap-oklahoma-nba&prov=ap&type=lgns

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

An attorney for the league made the filing Monday with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Marshal is usually spelled with one l. It’s not clear why the league used a variant spelling.

The filing is listed on the patent office’s Web site.

The NBA and the team have refused to discuss possible new names for the team formerly known as the Seattle SuperSonics ahead of an official announcement, which has not yet been scheduled.

[HEMOTOXIC]

Originally posted by HEMOTOXIC
Oklahoma....

Cyclones
Herd
Bison
Sooners
Cherokees
Apaches
Comanches


Well, from a previous post, Bison was one of my choices.

[Highschoolfan78]

I say let the Native Americans decide.. Oklahoma territory was given to them after all right? :P They even stripped them of that land and GAVE it away.. The least they could do is let the Native americans in the whole state vote on a name for the newest city team. :) I'm half serious

[Old Tiger]

what would a mascot/logo be for wind? I mean you can't see it

[3afan]

Originally posted by Go Blue
what would a mascot/logo be for wind? I mean you can't see it

apparently you can in Beijing

[scrub c]

all those names are pretty lame...

[HEMOTOXIC]

I hope that they just use Oklahoma rather than OKC as their name. To me, saying Oklahoma Bison, Oklahoma Wind, etc sounds better than saying Oklahoma City Bison.

[Sweetwater Red]

I thought ESPN reported the other day that they had
already decided on Thunder.:confused:

[ILS1]

Originally posted by Sweetwater Red
I thought ESPN reported the other day that they had
already decided on Thunder.:confused:

Why not Tornadoes?? It is in Tornado Alley??



:D :D

[IHStangFan]

Originally posted by ILS1
Why not Tornadoes?? It is in Tornado Alley??



:D :D my thoughts exactly. People in this part of the world don't call them cyclones.

[Rabid Cougar]

Oklahoma Red Necks

[Sweetwater Red]

Originally posted by Highschoolfan78
I say let the Native Americans decide.. Oklahoma territory was given to them after all right? :P They even stripped them of that land and GAVE it away.. The least they could do is let the Native americans in the whole state vote on a name for the newest city team. :) I'm half serious

The OKC Choctaws?:thinking:

[coachkiss]

Oklahoma Bingo

[Buckeye1980]

How bout Oklahoma Sux....whoops ...did I write that?:devil:

[PPHSfan]

How about

The OK Doh Kays

[crzyjournalist03]

Originally posted by Sweetwater Red
I thought ESPN reported the other day that they had
already decided on Thunder.:confused:

nope...ESPN reported that a newspaper in Oklahoma reported that the NBA had reserved the trademark rights to the name Thunder, which the paper presumed meant that was the name that was chosen.

So, it was a local paper in OKC that was wrong.

[BreckTxLonghorn]

Pleeeeaase be the wind.

[piratebg]

I was banking on Tornadoes or Twisters. Cyclones just doesn't sound right.

[crzyjournalist03]

Originally posted by BreckTxLonghorn
Pleeeeaase be the wind.

So opponents' fans can cheer: "Break the wind!!!"

[BreckTxLonghorn]

Originally posted by crzyjournalist03
So opponents' fans can cheer: "Break the wind!!!"

It just sounds like a WNBA name. Opening tip will be against the Lynx, Shox, or Sparx. I'd actually feel bad for Durant wearing those jerseys (black pink and baby blue?), but I'll take any oklahoma joke I can get:devil:

[Old Dog]

Sounds like Buckeye1980 has it right............isn't that the reason the wind blows here in Texas so much!!!