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    Re: IF the Sonics move to OKC they should

    If you want a name that personifies OK, then they should be the Fighting Gary Englands.

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    Re: IF the Sonics move to OKC they should

    [QUOTE=BigRedJed]Well, I disagree. Doing so allowed Oklahoma City to move into the rare air of cities with major league teams.

    During the season, we saw incredibly good press from outlets such as the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the Philadelphia Enquirer, The Sacremento Bee and others. We were mentioned in the same breath with cities like New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Philly, Chicago and others innumerable times on ESPN and national news outlets.

    We are now on the radar of people nationwide who probably couldn't have even found OKC on a map before this. Many of these people are business decision makers who might now take a harder look at OKC when expanding, moving or starting a business, based on the positive things they've now heard about our business climate, thanks to the NBA.

    Meanwhile, we were actually making a profit, unlike most if not all of the other cities in the NBA.

    Seems like a pretty good deal for a worst-case scenario $3 million risk (worst case meaning OKC would have had to underperform BELOW NOLA, which would have been very unlikely) to the city of OKC.


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    Re: IF the Sonics move to OKC they should

    Quote Originally Posted by CobraKai
    Maybe it could be called the Oklahoma City Oklahoma Cityans, taking it the next step from what Houston did???

    Maybe we could have them steal the name from that soccer team here in the 80's.....the Oklahoma City Slickers

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    Re: IF the Sonics move to OKC they should

    Now that we are on the NBA doorstep (with passage of the funding for Ford Center renovation)I thought this might be time to renew this thread.

    Any more suggestions for team names since it appears that the Sonics name will stay in Seattle?
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    Re: IF the Sonics move to OKC they should

    Quote Originally Posted by Captain Obvious View Post
    89ers? Not so much.
    You serious, Clark?

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    Re: IF the Sonics move to OKC they should

    Oklahoma City Rush

    You could go land run with it or the oil biz.

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    Re: IF the Sonics move to OKC they should

    One of the Oklahoman's sports columnists suggested Thunderbirds the other day.
    Well, crap.

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    Re: IF the Sonics move to OKC they should

    Quote Originally Posted by BigRedJed View Post
    One of the Oklahoman's sports columnists suggested Thunderbirds the other day.
    BT. I wouldn't be opposed to it. One of his arguments, though, was that it would be easy to make headlines with different variations of Thunderbirds.

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    Re: IF the Sonics move to OKC they should

    The Noodlers.
    at this point in the process, I can only assume it was a typo and they meant to say "cram"...

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    Re: IF the Sonics move to OKC they should

    We'll most likely have to leave the Supersonics name in Seattle as part of a settlement or by court order.

    I'm like Mick, I don't care what the second half of the name is, as long as Oklahoma City is the first part of the name.

    I do hope we can do better than Bobcats.

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    Re: IF the Sonics move to OKC they should

    Wildcats!

    I've always liked "Dirt Burglers" as well. But my real vote goes to something honoring the Native American heritage. Maybe a Native American word for "wind" or "storm".
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    Re: IF the Sonics move to OKC they should

    Oklahoma City Indian Casino's?
    Ranger Reese of OVJ country, Patrollin tha hood.

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    Re: IF the Sonics move to OKC they should

    Quote Originally Posted by als12179 View Post
    If you want a name that personifies OK, then they should be the Fighting Gary Englands.
    Oklahoma City Methbusters

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    Re: IF the Sonics move to OKC they should

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    Los Angeles Rams?
    Maybe I'm not reading this right, but they used to be the LA Rams before moving to St. Louis.

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    Re: IF the Sonics move to OKC they should

    they didn't start in LA...

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    Re: IF the Sonics move to OKC they should

    How about The Oklahoma City "We are a big league city!" I mean we already have the posters printed and out. Saves us a few bucks
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    Re: IF the Sonics move to OKC they should

    someone in the paper suggested thunderbirds. meh.

    and it better be oklahoma city. okc voted and it's the city's team.

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    Re: IF the Sonics move to OKC they should

    Oklahoma City Goonerz??
    "If your dream ain't bigger than you, there's a problem with your dream." -Deion Sanders

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    Re: IF the Sonics move to OKC they should

    scissor tailed fly catchers.

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    Re: IF the Sonics move to OKC they should

    in all seriousness, it's really hard to come up with something cool and original.

    i'd like Reds if it wasn't for cincinnati.

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