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OKC might not be called Thunder
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3505617
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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.
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Re: OKC might not be called Thunder
So there's still hope for Barons after all.
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Re: OKC might not be called Thunder
the OKC Wind? Seriously?
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Re: OKC might not be called Thunder
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the OKC Wind? Seriously?
So. Does that mean instead of the fastbreak, they will break wind?
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Re: OKC might not be called Thunder
Bisons, Marshall and Barons are NBA type names.
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Re: OKC might not be called Thunder
Havn't heard Marshalls before, thats aight I guess..
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Re: OKC might not be called Thunder
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So. Does that mean instead of the fastbreak, they will break wind?
No, it means that if they do badly, they'll blow.
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Re: OKC might not be called Thunder
They need to have a name so that when someone beats them or they win they can add a really stupid verb. Like
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Re: OKC might not be called Thunder
I like Energy. The OKC NRG.
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Re: OKC might not be called Thunder
Barons is the only decent one. Wind sounds like a ******* **** straight up.. Wtf lmao
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Re: OKC might not be called Thunder
if it becomes wind energy or thunder i will lmao. energy is like some wnba team name. thunder is a baseball name and wind don't get me started what would be the mascot a cloud you gotta be kidding me
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OKC energy sounds good.
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Re: OKC might not be called Thunder
Bison seems like a good one, but it would probably be an ugly type of brown based color scheme.
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Re: OKC might not be called Thunder
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Bison seems like a good one, but it would probably be an ugly type of brown based color scheme.How can NFL and MLB come up with cool names and uniforms for the latest teams? Nationals and Texans are both much better than any of this stuff.
lol the NBA can follow suit and call them the Oklahoma Citizens.
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if it becomes wind energy or thunder i will lmao. energy is like some wnba team name. thunder is a baseball name and wind don't get me started what would be the mascot a cloud you gotta be kidding me
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