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NBA Files for Rights to Six OKC Nicknames to Replace Sonics

sportsillustrated.cnn.com — 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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  • canewediggit, on 07/26/2008, -5/+57i vote barons since they robbed seattle blind
  • Skitzzo, on 07/26/2008, -2/+45Energy, Thunder and Wind are just retarded and sound like a WNBA teams. I'd guess Marshalls
    • greenanji, on 07/26/2008, -2/+1that's exactly what i was thinking. the plural names don't sound much better though
    • trafficlight, on 07/26/2008, -1/+1Pretty awesome if you're a Planeteer.

      Go Captain Planet!
      • bravo1995, on 07/26/2008, -1/+2Introducing your Oklahoma City Heart!
    • heloh, on 07/27/2008, -0/+0I think Wind would be funny for the headlines: "Wind breaks in 3rd; Nuggets roll in 4th"
  • jellydoughnut21, on 07/26/2008, -3/+22honestly they all sound pretty ***** to me. They sound like names I would make up on the fly for my created team in NBA 2KX. If I had to choose I would have to go with Marshalls, but I think it would be hilarious if they ended up being named "Wind" haha.
    • bravo1995, on 07/26/2008, -1/+1I think Energy, Wind and Thunder are all terrible.

      The rest aren't so bad.
    • SnowflakePillow, on 07/26/2008, -0/+1I've only been to OKC once, and the only thing I remember about it was that it was flat and windy.
  • MyDiggIsBig, on 07/26/2008, -4/+38Oaklahoma City Bombers..... no, but seirously, what idiots are in charge of this. Ask a couple preschoolers and they can come up with more creative names than this ***** list. How the hell are you going to have a symbol for thunder. you realize its a noise, and can't be seen. Bison... well it reminds me of the Bulls, but 10x gayer. And why Marshalls? It doesn't even sound appealing. What about Oaklahoma City Soul? take a second to think about this decision. There has to be someone with common sense that can put stop to this idiocracy.
    • XtheXlanternX, on 07/26/2008, -5/+1Thats the first thing that came to my mind. Although it may be in poor taste, it is the only one of these that actually makes sense and sounds cool :) These have to be the dumbest names they could have chosen.
    • austinh, on 07/26/2008, -7/+4Maybe the OAKlahoma City Trees?
    • burnedtubes, on 07/26/2008, -4/+1Maybe the .... oh wait I don't care........

      Here is the shovel do what you will...............
    • datagrim, on 07/26/2008, -3/+2I don't know what's worse here. The fact that MyDiggIsBig can't spell Oklahoma or that austinh accepted the poor spelling and tried to make a pun out of it.
    • fadetoone, on 07/27/2008, -0/+1They'll just use a lightning bolt and call it thunder.
  • Sunscreen, on 07/26/2008, -4/+5The OKC Black Gold :)
    • kuzotz, on 07/26/2008, -4/+1Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity might have a problem with that name.
  • bryannnnn, on 07/26/2008, -4/+8shark week.
  • amcerece, on 07/26/2008, -3/+22I've heard the Oklahoma City Outlaws being thrown around too, that's the one I would want
    • dirtysnapper, on 07/26/2008, -3/+2That's better than any of the ones they came up with.
    • Peko, on 07/26/2008, -3/+4Ehhh, that's a bit risky, in case OKC gains a reputation for crime. See: Washington Bullets.

  • Autodidaddict, on 07/26/2008, -3/+17The Oklahoma City Diggers. All players would need to be between 11-26, weigh either no more than 130 lbs or less than 280 lbs, and live in their parent's basement.
    • sablowsky, on 07/26/2008, -2/+5sign me up, whens training camp?
    • Tyrghast, on 07/26/2008, -2/+3Sporting equipment includes ergonomic keyboards and apple products.
  • Xombot, on 07/26/2008, -6/+0Why Marshalls and not Marshals?

    Are they planning on naming the team after Anna Nicole Smiths former sugardaddy or something?
    • kidathinnes, on 07/26/2008, -1/+2"Marshal (also sometimes spelled marshall in American English, but not in British English) is a word used in several official titles of various branches of society."

      I think that is why.
  • morgrar, on 07/26/2008, -5/+5but what if they were the.. Thunder Cats? C'mon. Then Thunder wouldn't be so bad.

    Look at the already awesome logo:
    http://www.artuproar.com/uploads/skins/previews_m/ ...
  • Crossmenjeff, on 07/26/2008, -4/+3lol, trademarking "wind"
  • Seaseme, on 07/26/2008, -7/+5"What about the redskins and indians?"
    "Aren't those a little insensitive toward native americans?"
    "No, peta doesn't care about humans. Only animals"
  • tyscott, on 07/26/2008, -9/+3Those are all just about as worthless as OKC
  • roma1092, on 07/26/2008, -10/+4***** David Stern!

    And the RIAA!
  • CRAZYNICEdubs, on 07/26/2008, -10/+4As a resident of Oklahoma, I believe they should still be named the Supersonics. I mean LA is still the Lakers, and Utah is still the Jazz. Neither of them make sense. Tradition is the name of the game.
    • alamedaman, on 07/26/2008, -1/+4they're not keeping the name because "supersonics" is tied to seattle, similar to how the Ravens aren't named the Browns- the Browns name is tied to Cleveland.
      • CRAZYNICEdubs, on 07/26/2008, -1/+1Ahh thanks for the clarification.
      • bravo1995, on 07/26/2008, -1/+1Hey, the Tennessee Titans were the Tennessee Oilers for a year before they changed their name. No rush guys.
      • spokenrope, on 07/27/2008, -0/+1That hasn't stopped teams in the past. See: New Orleans Jazz -> Utah Jazz and Minnesota Lakers -> LA Lakers.
  • WickedKoala, on 07/26/2008, -4/+2The Oklahoma City Wheat sounds intimidating.
    • kuzotz, on 07/26/2008, -3/+2You do know Oklahoma city isn't in the midwest right?

      Southcentral/southwest, and sometimes it gets thrown into the southeast by idiots. It's the only state that somehow is put into 4 different regions of the country and so people here in OKC just say "oklahoma is it's own region." Which would be true seeing that it has the most biodiversity, and the most diverse in ecosystems. Northern part is morelike the midwest. OKC is a mix of eastern oklahoma and the arid western oklahoma. Western oklahoma transitions into desert. Eastern oklahoma has a lot of woodlands. NE OK has a lot of old mining towns. SE oklahoma resembles the old south, NW oklahoma is hilly and the great salt plains in one of the many to see spots. The panhandle is filled with Mesas.
      States that border Oklahoma: Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas.
    • WickedKoala, on 07/26/2008, -1/+3You know that OK is one of the largest wheat producers in the US, right?
      • kuzotz, on 07/26/2008, -2/+1in the northern part and they aren't the largest. It's actually Kansas. Oklahoma is known for oil.
      • WickedKoala, on 07/26/2008, -1/+1You have a reading comprehension problem. I said 'one of the largest', not THE largest. And regardless of what region of OK it's still a large wheat producer as a whole.
    • bravo1995, on 07/26/2008, -1/+1They'd have to be the Oklahoma City Wavin' Wheat.
  • kidathinnes, on 07/26/2008, -3/+3I'd go with Oklahoma City Marshalls over the rest. I'm not a fan of the singular style names like Wind and Thunder.
  • alamedaman, on 07/26/2008, -5/+0Bisons wouldn't be too bad. I think cowboys would be an OK name, though Jerry Jones may have something to say about it.
  • satirical, on 07/26/2008, -6/+7As part of the settlement, Seattle residents should get to decide the new name.
  • Xombot, on 07/26/2008, -3/+4Well all of those suggestions are better than 'Bobcats', so they have that going for them.
  • canyoudiggitman, on 07/26/2008, -8/+10Oklahoma City Douchebags sounds appropriate.......

    ***** YOU for stealing the Sonics from the Pacific Northwest
    • harrison5394, on 07/26/2008, -4/+4They didn't steal the Sonics. Seattle still has the rights to the team name and colors. So maybe when the city gets its act together and some fans that will show up to the games, the Sonics will return to Seattle.
    • fuze44, on 07/26/2008, -3/+1Boo hoo
    • kuzotz, on 07/26/2008, -5/+2um I live in oklahoma city, but I didn't go out and tell xyz to steal a team. Jesus some people need to lighten up a bit.
    • Midtowner, on 07/27/2008, -0/+1If Seattle hadn't voted overwhelmingly to keep the city from improving the Sonics' facilities and further refused to fund a new arena as the two different ownership groups and the NBA had been demanding for years, the team wouldn't have moved.
  • cj485, on 07/26/2008, -2/+10those names all...suck.
  • shagg187, on 07/26/2008, -4/+4Psycho Crusher!!
  • WSUcougars, on 07/26/2008, -4/+17The Oklahoma City "This team won't succeed and will be gone in 10 years".... I love it!
    • InvsibleChimp, on 07/27/2008, -0/+110 years? I don't think they'll last that long!
  • whataboutdave, on 07/26/2008, -1/+4Wind? Energy? Abstract sports names blow.
  • slapded, on 07/26/2008, -4/+3oklahoma twisters sounds the best
  • GLMonkey, on 07/26/2008, -4/+3Oklahoma City Ninja's...Stealthy, yet effecient.
  • pigfarts, on 07/26/2008, -5/+1Oklahoma City Hobos (not realistic but it fits), Oklahoma City Okies, Oklahoma City 66ers, Oklahoma City Cowboys, Oklahoma City Twisters...give me an additional two minutes and I could come up with a dozen more nicknames that are better than this shiat some overpaid suit probably pondered over for hours.
    • bravo1995, on 07/26/2008, -0/+1Hours? Don't you mean months?

      I really like Twisters. Better than the asinine crap they came up with.
  • ScottoGato, on 07/26/2008, -5/+2I thought it said "Bacons" and then immediately realized that the OKC Bacons is a better than the rest of these names.
  • Viniator3, on 07/26/2008, -2/+3From the omnicool TrueHoop blog: "The tradition of the bison could not be mightier. Nevertheless, it is a reality that in 2008 rich white men can not be seen to be sending a predominantly black group of employees into the workplace with the word "bison" across their chest. No way that happens."

    I think the NBA should use all of those names, since they went through the trouble to trademark them. The OKC Thundering Baron Bison Marshalling Wind Energy splendidly rolls off the tongue.
  • jls33fsls, on 07/26/2008, -3/+1What about the OKC Red Storm? Alright, if you aren't from OK I guess you wouldn't get it. But we have really red dirt, and obviously thunderstorms/tornadoes.
  • eraser34, on 07/26/2008, -5/+4OKC Bombers
    • freexstate, on 07/26/2008, -1/+1too soon?
      • chevyorange, on 07/26/2008, -0/+1Well Tim McVeigh was a nut to do what he did, I could see a disgruntled Seattlite making the name stick.

      • freebsdmike, on 07/27/2008, -0/+1I live directly across the street from the memorial and I didn't even put that together. I thought he was referring to the AFB here.
  • RhymeTime, on 07/26/2008, -4/+3OKC Dahmers
  • bryannnnn, on 07/26/2008, -8/+4The Oklahoma City N_ggers!

    ""Oh...naggers. Of course, naggers."
  • HookmasterCH47, on 07/26/2008, -6/+5Oklahoma City Trailer Park Rangers.
  • pdizz, on 07/26/2008, -1/+7I am strongly opposed to any team name that isn't plural and doesn't end in the letter 'S' (i'm old school like that). Plus these names are just terrible.
  • richiewrt, on 07/26/2008, -2/+2How about the OKC Gamblers, they could have Donaghy ref all the games.
  • GBurgKhana, on 07/26/2008, -2/+3Why not go with the Oklahoma Supersonics?
    • chevyorange, on 07/26/2008, -2/+1Make the theft complete I say. I think they don't wanna be the Sonics because they don't want to be reminded they took a team from Seattle that had been built there and lived there for 40 years.
    • HappyScrappy, on 07/27/2008, -0/+1Part of the conditions for them buying the team was they can't have the name.

      This is pretty common nowadays, so that if Seattle ever gets another team they can reapply the name. Avoids the whole Baltimore Colts problem.
  • damnclem, on 07/26/2008, -4/+4As an Oklahoman, I'm thrilled that we got an NBA team. The people of Seattle are going to bitch for a couple of years, but ***** them. They didn't give a ***** about the Sonics. I can guarantee that OKC will show our team the support it deserves.

    Oh, and all those names suck balls.
    • sonics99, on 07/26/2008, -1/+4You keep telling yourself that *****.
      You know jack-***** about how we felt about the Sonics. As a season-ticket holder from 1985-2008 I can tell you I supported my team every game, even when our dumbass coffee mogul owner sold the team to a hillbilly okie under false pretense. I continued to support them even as the NBA version of the movie Major League played out before our eyes. Difference being that Cowboy Clay learned a thing or two from the movie and traded away all the veterans and superstars to make sure we would not make the playoffs. Good Luck getting or keeping superstars in a market that is actually crappier than Seattle.

      Cant wait to laugh at the OKC Energy. That name is so bad, the XFL would have rejected it
    • HenrySalsa, on 07/27/2008, -3/+1Why don't you suggest a better name then? Maybe name them after your Dad's brother's daughter's husband (aka your grandpa). The OKC Molesters.
    • Midtowner, on 07/27/2008, -1/+1It's great that you supported them 99, but where was your city when the NBA, the previous owner and the current owner were demanding the same sort of treatment the city's other two teams received?

      Seattle will get another "Sonics" in a few years if Seattle fixes its arena situation.
  • saintandre, on 07/26/2008, -2/+0The OKC Panhandlers?
    Howabout the Expos? No one's using that name.
  • cryptomystic, on 07/26/2008, -1/+3OKC Thunder Barons.

    case closed.
  • ericduh, on 07/26/2008, -1/+2Thunder

    http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/basketball/n ...
  • psevium, on 07/27/2008, -2/+1My vote is for the Oklahoma City Diggers
    Or Oklahoma City Rickrolls
  • jackieaxe, on 07/27/2008, -1/+5Barons: May have trouble with the diversity crowd. Barons were oppressive white males who exploited blacks, orientals, and the Irish to further their greedy capitalist goals.

    Bison: Seems OK but I'd check with the oppressed Native American Indian crowd Maybe they could be bought off with a Casino ad in the rotation display in front of the scorer's table.

    Energy: Doesn't offend anybody but the marketing people are having trouble with "Energy" , because of it's ever growing costs, and therefore a negative association.

    Marshalls: Again, white male oppressor. Also, evil pro-gun message.

    Thunder and Wind: It's amazing how vanilla these names have become. Sounds like WNBA/MLS names, though it doesn't offend anyone so I'd put my money on these two!
    • heloh, on 07/27/2008, -0/+1If you're offended by any of those names you seriously need thicker skin.
      • jackieaxe, on 07/30/2008, -0/+0heloh

        I agree with you, however, that's not the way the world is headed. What was once sarcasm is now serious business. Recently, some Dallas Councilman were offended when a white councilman referred to a place where traffic tickets were being held up as a "black hole". In a fun way I was trying to point out what a problem this insensitivity is becoming. Thanks for the reply.
  • j0hn, on 07/27/2008, -4/+3Why not the Oklahoma City *****?

    I think it has a nice ring to it.
  • totallydismayed, on 07/27/2008, -1/+3I can't believe anyone would make fun of a city by referencing a terrorist attack that killed huge numbers of people. If you did that in New York you would not make it out of town in one piece.
    • Strungout, on 07/27/2008, -4/+1Cry more about it...OKC Bombers is funny as *****
    • Midtowner, on 07/27/2008, -0/+2***** you. I was close enough to hear the bombing. My father was just 4 blocks away, would have been possibly killed had the room he was in not had thick drapes to stop the shattered glass.

      We lost family friends in that explosion. I drive by the memorial several times every single day. You just don't make fun of that *****.
  • Endies, on 07/27/2008, -1/+2I vote Pain Train.
  • alvinrod, on 07/27/2008, -1/+1Oklahoma City Thundercougerfalconbirds imo.

    Or what not something more realistic like Twisters or Tornadoes since that's something for which Oklahoma is known. At least that's all I really know about it :-/
  • Midtowner, on 07/27/2008, -2/+2I don't care what the name of the team is. I'll support them 100%.
  • beachsouthpaw, on 07/27/2008, -1/+1Anyone else think Oklahoma City Energy sounds more like a utility company than a professional basketball team???
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