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« on: July 03, 2008, 01:54:16 pm »

Let's have some fun, and suggest names for the relocating Oklahoma NBA team.

I'll start:

The Oklahoma Turnpikes.

It will INSTANTLY connect with anyone who has ever visited Oklahoma via automobile, bus or commercial truck.

[8D]
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« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2008, 02:03:45 pm »

Ill name it

LAMA'S
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« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2008, 05:04:17 pm »

oklahoma city dirt clods?
oklahoma city **** kickers?
oklahoma city sprawlers?
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« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2008, 06:54:44 pm »

The Oklahoma City Nottulsans
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« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2008, 07:32:33 pm »

Canal Ferries [Cheesy]
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« Reply #5 on: July 03, 2008, 08:06:19 pm »

Bricktown Bombers
TulsaLittleSisters
OklahomaCityHickBricks
SeattleRejects

TurnerTurnpikeTownies

The Oklahoma City Tax Bandits
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« Reply #6 on: July 03, 2008, 08:21:02 pm »

They'll pick something like the "Boomers" or the "Bombers" or  "Thunderbirds" like every school mascot in OKC already is.
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« Reply #7 on: July 03, 2008, 08:42:23 pm »

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Originally posted by sgrizzle

They'll pick something like the "Boomers" or the "Bombers" or  "Thunderbirds" like every school mascot in OKC already is.



All good choices, and good fun!

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« Reply #8 on: July 03, 2008, 09:17:28 pm »

Bandits
 - Appropriate for a number of reasons. They stole the team from Seattle and bandits are known theives. The name also has an old west sound, which is appropriate for the area. We all know that Oklahoma is practically incapable of naming a team something that doesn't have to do with oil, the west, or tornadoes.

Pride
 - If ever there was a city that was proud of its accomplishemts, it's OKC. They're so proud of themselves, they won't even name the team after the state, but instead they insist on naming it after their city. Pride is cool, because you can use the lion as the logo. Pride has a nice double meaning.

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 - cap·i·tal·ist /#712;kęp#618;tl#618;st/ [kap-i-tl-ist] –noun 1. a person who has capital, esp. extensive capital, invested in business enterprises.
2. an advocate of capitalism.
3. a very wealthy person.

I figure that this is a great team name for a number of reasons. They've proven that they have plenty of capital. $45 mil to the city of Seattle? No big deal. Depend on revenue and fan interest from the whole state? "Nope. Don't even need Tulsa to care about this team. We'll be just fine." As for definition number 2, can you get more capitalistic than Clay Bennett? He just allowed the capitalist society we live in to work for him. Furthermore, the players on the team will now officially make up 10 of the richest people in OKC, which makes that definition number 3 especially true.

Brick Layers
 - Since the Ford center in in the heart of bricktown, and since the team is known for tossing bricks...

Elite
 - Shouldn't the best city in the state have a name that reflects their "best-ness?" Oh wait... They still aren't the best city in the state...even with a basketball team.

Canal Dwellers
 - Since they have that great canal.

Natural Gas
 - The days of crude are practically done, however, our state is one of the nation's largest producers of natural gas. Mark my words...natural gas is about to blow up...plus this name takes care of the obligatory Oklahoma oil idea.

F5's
 - Not the aircraft, the tornado. Book it. The team shall be unoriginally named after a freaking tornado.
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« Reply #9 on: July 03, 2008, 09:22:33 pm »

quote:
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They'll pick something like the "Boomers" or the "Bombers" or  "Thunderbirds" like every school mascot in OKC already is.




Don't bet on bombers, I always liked the name for midwest city but "Oklahoma City Bombers" doesn't have a very nice sound to it.
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« Reply #10 on: July 03, 2008, 10:21:07 pm »

Apparently "Barons" and "Thunder" are being considered.
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« Reply #11 on: July 03, 2008, 11:57:38 pm »

Clam Nibblers....
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« Reply #12 on: July 04, 2008, 01:15:57 pm »

quote:
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Apparently "Barons" and "Thunder" are being considered.



Barons....how appropriate.
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« Reply #13 on: July 04, 2008, 01:49:42 pm »

Barons has long been the rumored name.
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« Reply #14 on: July 05, 2008, 01:46:04 am »

quote:
Originally posted by Friendly Bear

Let's have some fun, and suggest names for the relocating Oklahoma NBA team.

I'll start:

The Oklahoma Turnpikes.

It will INSTANTLY connect with anyone who has ever visited Oklahoma via automobile, bus or commercial truck.

[8D]



Funny, I was thinking the same thing a couple of days ago.

I say call them the Oklahoma City Snubbers.
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