OKC officially down to 6 nicknames

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Which is the best nickname for OKC?

Barons
77
63%
Bison
11
9%
Energy
4
3%
Marshalls
10
8%
Thunder
11
9%
Wind
10
8%
 
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Re: OKC officially down to 6 nicknames 

Post#61 » by Red Robot » Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:50 pm

Barons, Bison, and Thunder are all okay. I'd get used to them and they wouldn't be any worse than a number of names already in the NBA. Call me old fashioned, but I still like team names than end in a plural "s". Bison doesn't have an "s", but it's still a step up from vague Energy or Wind.
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Re: OKC officially down to 6 nicknames 

Post#62 » by studcrackers » Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:51 pm

HoustonRockets wrote:they should be called...

Oklahoma Mustangs



thats a terrible name

i wish theyd go with an original name, barons arent bad and the suggestion of sidewinders sounded ok

of course i wouldnt mind something completely tasteless like bombers either
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Re: OKC officially down to 6 nicknames 

Post#63 » by rewill17 » Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:22 pm

Oklahoma Windholes :D
Oklahoma Wind Energy Thunder Bison Marshall-Barons or the Barons for short.
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Re: OKC officially down to 6 nicknames 

Post#64 » by WEFFPIM » Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:46 pm

Oh how I want it to be the Wind.
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Re: OKC officially down to 6 nicknames 

Post#65 » by TOStateofMind » Sun Jul 27, 2008 2:27 am

Barons is the only good name. Marshalls arent too bad either. But Bison, wind, and evergy lmao Thunder seems decent compared to those other 3.
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Re: OKC officially down to 6 nicknames 

Post#66 » by BR0D1E86 » Sun Jul 27, 2008 2:44 am

Tom Baker wrote:And why the hell are they changing the name, anyway?


Because now that David Stern has allowed his buddy to steal a team from a vibrant NBA city for no good reason whatsoever, Seattle will soon have another team and it will be named the Sonics.
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Re: OKC officially down to 6 nicknames 

Post#67 » by SOUL » Sun Jul 27, 2008 5:46 am

Wind for the laugh factor.
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Re: OKC officially down to 6 nicknames 

Post#68 » by IsiahThomasJr » Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:16 am

I agree with the above poster. OKC deserves that crappy nickname.
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Re: OKC officially down to 6 nicknames 

Post#69 » by The Emcee » Sun Jul 27, 2008 8:27 am

Should just round it out. "Earth, Wind, & Fire" :)

I've always thought Outlaws was a sick name.

Out of those choice, tho, I'll take Thunder. Barons just makes me think barren (which actually works I guess).
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Re: OKC officially down to 6 nicknames 

Post#70 » by Teddy KGB » Sun Jul 27, 2008 5:04 pm

OKC Energy. PLZ??? That would be easily the most stupid nickname in all of pro sports. And this includes the Grizz from a city that has no grizzlies, and even the bobcats...
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Post#71 » by Rocky5000 » Sun Jul 27, 2008 5:10 pm

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Re: OKC officially down to 6 nicknames 

Post#72 » by markdeez33 » Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:26 am

Barons...

Its gonna be great when B-Diddy comes to town!
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Re: OKC officially down to 6 nicknames 

Post#73 » by panacea » Tue Jul 29, 2008 2:08 pm

Where is the "these all suck" option on the poll? Barons is the best of the bunch though.
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Re: OKC officially down to 6 nicknames 

Post#74 » by SpeedyG » Wed Jul 30, 2008 12:43 am

Jesus, you would think people who dream of owning a sports franchise would already have a good team name in mind.

Wind? Thunder? What are they forming here, Captain Planet?
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Re: OKC officially down to 6 nicknames 

Post#75 » by ICEMANRC » Wed Jul 30, 2008 1:06 am

I realize that it would be rather insensitive but I think Tsunami's would be a cool name.
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Re: OKC officially down to 6 nicknames 

Post#76 » by knicksNOTslick » Wed Jul 30, 2008 1:48 am

They should just make it the Wind Tunnels.

The Oklahoma City Wind Tunnels.

There's sort of a ring to it.
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Re: OKC officially down to 6 nicknames 

Post#77 » by BillsGiants_Rep » Wed Jul 30, 2008 2:12 am

How about the Oklahoma City Outlaws? Has anyone mentioned that yet?
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