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NBA's OKC name options
The NBA has filed for trademark rights to six nicknames for Oklahoma City's franchise -- Barons, Bison, Energy, Marshalls (spelled with two Ls), Thunder and Wind, according to the U.S. patent and trademark office. The filings were Monday. All six trademark requests were filed with the NBA Development League as the "owner." It's uncertain why the NBADL was part of the trademark process. KOCO-TV has reported that "according to a source close to the ownership group," the name will be Thunder. Thunder won a fan vote on NewsOK.com. All the names, except for Marshalls, were top picks by readers, as well.
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Oklahoma City WInd?
This must be some kind of joke
Hank Hill
Arlen, TX
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HERE COME THE WIIIIINDDDDD
Hank Hill
Arlen, TX
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And whats up with the picture, some kid in a red shirt?
Hank Hill
Arlen, TX
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Who cares what they call themselves. The Losers would be my suggestion.
Hllywd: Old…
Columbus , OH
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oklahoma city 'ballers'
ESPN
Atlanta , GA
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Nice. They can't even settle on a name. Those would be great. Imagine the cheers. Break Wind! All of these are stupid.
Tell it like it is
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These are the most hideous name I ever heard of..Damn, The Wind is the worst...lol
Sportsfandiva..
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I think its an appropriate name.They likely are going to blow next year...........Sorry no way I could resist a joke that easy.
williewho?
Garfield , NJ
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Wind....LOL
drj0514
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Couldn't they have picked at least one name that wasn't stupid?
TenRingsSTL
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HERE COME THE WIIIIINDDDDD
Hank Hill
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And whats up with the picture, some kid in a red shirt?
Hank Hill
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Hank - you answered your own question.
Think about it - to have "wind", you need a "fan". Hence, the picture of the "fan" in the picture. Fans blow the air that provides the wind.
Mr.Jay
San Jose , CA
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That picture is too funny.... Nothing about him says OKC or fan of OKC. It's just some guy working at a sporting goods store because he's a closet homosexual and he's trying to gain the respect of his father. Ginger kids.....ewwwww
yakisu21
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All this talk about "Wind" gave me an idea for a better name for the Oklahoma team.
They should call themselves the "Kites", since kites fly in windy weather. Then they will be the Oklahoma City Kites, or the OCKs.
If you refer to them as the Clay's Oklahoma City Kites - since they are owned by Clay Bennett - then they become the ****.
- JL
Mr.Jay
San Jose , CA
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snicker, snicker. 2nd ginger kid jab I've seen today
clown prince
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Oh - the abbreviation was censored - for some reason - hehe.
Anyway, if they call themselves the Kites, then they become Clay's Oklahoma City Kites, or the C. O. C. K.s.
- JL
Mr.Jay
San Jose , CA
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Hank - you answered your own question.
Think about it - to have "wind", you need a "fan". Hence, the picture of the "fan" in the picture. Fans blow the air that provides the wind.
Jay L. | 07/26/08, 09:40 AM
Ha, Semi-funny
Hank Hill
Arlen, TX
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These are horrible possibilities, for example Wind sounds like a WNBA name and the Energy is actually the name of a D-League team.
Ratchet
Iowa City , IA
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yakisu21- BWAHAHAHAHA.
he does however look uncomfortably similar to Jason Garrett.
I'd go with barons and everyone wear a baron davis beard. fun.
dfwpjc
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how about the ..............
"where are we going to go next when we have 4000 people a night in oaklahoma?"
jgb
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These are as bad (or worse, in the case of "Wind") as the Utah Jazz. It makes much more sense to call them the OKC Supersonics, given the city's long history in the advancement of aeronautics.
Jacque Bauer
Houston , TX
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