Comments on: Domain Research: Will the New Oklahoma City NBA team be called the Outlaws?

By: ianlanz

ianlanz — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:58:31 +0000

Oklahoma team should be name..OKC BARONS..before you ract see the logo in http://www.ianlanz101286.wordpress.com

By: Don Clark

Don Clark — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:15:59 +0000

I like horses. A common horse name is Thunder. Use Thunder as the mascot, and team name, use a horse in the logo. No copyright issues using Trigger, Silver, or Scout. I would use a Palaminto horse dressed up Indian styled, perfect for Oklahoma City. No slight on Indians, pride revealed throughout. Should pass a PC test easily.

By: your mom

your mom — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:05:33 +0000

outlaws! bullshit name…
i wish they stayed in Seattle but shit happens …

By: Sam Presti OKC general manager

Sam Presti OKC general manager — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:40:37 +0000

Dear sportstechnow.com,
Can we please keep the matters of the name the of the Oklahoma City franchise uder wraps for the time being we have hired experts to find out wich name would attract the most fans, sell the most tickets, and jerseys, shirts, ect. Thankyou for your cooperation.

cordially,
Sam Presti
General manager
Oklahoma City NBA

By: dirkdajerk

dirkdajerk — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:28:33 +0000

LOL..come on…wheres the creativity…inbreds and blah blah blah..a drunk guy at an OU Alabama game many many years ago came up with Ok is a bunch of catfish noodlers..lol..and that was 5 yrs or so ago..be creative people..else you look even more retarded. Seattle..seriously..you didn’t see this comin..seriously? The minute they said Bennett buys the Sonics but wants to keep them in Seattle I was wonderin what our OKC franchise would be called. 20-30 wins..yeah its gonna be a long LONG time before OKC probbly makes it even to the playoffs..letalone deep in the playoffs..let us “Hicks” enjoy it..and go get your own NBA team…thats what we did..

By: gotchagrab

gotchagrab — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:57:12 +0000

How about the Oklahoma City Lasers or The Oklahoma City Bombers?
For the lasers, Look at this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSBmNRwOJeM

By: Bryon

Bryon — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:53:45 +0000

The previous owner screwed up by selling the team to Clay Bennett and the politicians obviously didn’t care about the franchise. However, the fans were loyal to the end, believing this young team could turn it around. That being said, the teams should be called the OKC Owls. Colors should be burgundy and orange. That way they can hint towards OU and Oklahoma State. Also, no one in their division, let alone the whole league, has those colors.

By: rufus

rufus — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:14:07 +0000

Oklahomacityinbreds.com

By: MJL

MJL — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 06:09:49 +0000

Bennett paid $350 million for that team, he can hang anything in the rafters that he wants to….anyways, it’s not like the Sonics had all that much tradition. They were Seattles first franchise yes, and they had a title and some good players in the past, but they’re nothing special. We’ll have every opportunity in the world to achieve what they did right here in OKC. Shouldn’t have taken the team for granted, then maybe you wouldn’t have lost it to a city that was hungry to get one. This was the wrong time to be screwing around, didn’t y’all know that Oklahoma City was lurking? We were on a mission to get a team and you made it so easy for our boys to just go up there and take it. Pretty sad, but good for us I guess. Here’s to the next young team to blossom in OKC.

By: Mr Mike

Mr Mike — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:45:58 +0000

My two cents (maybe three):

Excuse for feeling okay for the Bennett Hustle:
“Sonic fans didn’t support the team…”
Ever watch “Major League”? Team owner wants to move the team, so he puts an insanely inferior product on the field with an incredibly terrible manager (head coach in this situation), let alone the horrid drafts and signings over the last several years…

..but fans should still support the team to the extent that they force politicians to further tax the populace for a $500M venue to replace one that still has money owing from the last “necessary” remodel.

The sting isn’t that they’ve just moved to OC; it’s the process by which it happened.

Stern hated Seattle. OC wanted a team. Stern wanted to show he was the puppetmaster. Stern has his hand up… um… Bennett took advantage of the situation and overpaid so Schultz wouldn’t say no, with a “Good-faith” pledge to “try” to keep them in Seattle.

Proof has been shown Bennett never intended keeping them in Seattle, and if he had to keep them there he’d sell them for a “sweet flip”.

That’s what hurt Seattle fans.

Oklahomans need to get off their high-horses (even if it is primary mode of transport) and understand that Seattle fans lost because of very dicey circumstances.

The $$ put up for Safeco and Qwest and the Convention Centre between are gorgeous venues, and much needed upgrades from the glorified basement that was The Kingdome.

I don’t think any Sonics fan would have told you Key Arena was a terrible venue. I could be wrong.

I do think many Sonics fans would tell you that the owners put up a terrible product, though.

Oh.. and black uniforms??? Isn’t that too similar to the Spurs?

Good luck to the OK Swindlers… or Hustlers… Or Dusters… or Goatherders… or Big Slick…

Bennett and Stern are the antagonists. Not OK fans.