NBA trademarks six nicknames for Oklahoma City franchise

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OKLAHOMA CITY (TICKER) —The NBA filed for trademarks on six nicknames for Oklahoma City’s new franchise, The Oklahoman reported on Friday.

Citing the United States Trademark and Patent Office, the newspaper said that the league filed for a trademark on Barons, Bison, Energy, Marshalls, Thunder and Wind.

It has been rumored in the last few weeks that the team formerly known as the Seattle SuperSonics is leaning toward Thunder, but the NBA would not reveal that information.

“The NBA will not have a comment on this until a nickname is selected,” NBA senior director of basketball communications Tim Frank told the newspaper.

Citing a source close to team ownership, Oklahoma City’s ABC affiliate previously reported that the “registrar for all of the NBA’s Internet domain names were reserved okcthunderbasketball.com and okcthunderbasketball.net on July 10,” suggesting that the franchise will soon be renamed.

The franchise left the Pacific Northwest after an ugly court case ended with an agreement between the team and the city of Seattle, which released the club from its lease at KeyArena - the crux of the disagreement.

In the court case, the city of Seattle had been seeking to hold the owners of the Sonics to the remaining two years of the team’s KeyArena lease and Sonics’ season-ticket holders also filed a class-action lawsuit that contended they were tricked into buying tickets under the belief that the team would be staying in the Pacific Northwest.

Sonics majority owner Clay Bennett and his ownership group alleged the team was losing money at KeyArena, thereby necessitating a move to Oklahoma City.

However, the Sonics and the city of Seattle came to an agreement on July 2, just hours before a district court judge was to issue a verdict on the six-day trial.

As per the agreement, the Oklahoma City franchise agreed to leave the Sonics’ name, logo and colors behind for a potential future NBA franchise in Seattle.
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  • pjtradeking
    pjtradeking Posts: 4,045
    LukinFan wrote:
    OKLAHOMA CITY (TICKER) —The NBA filed for trademarks on six nicknames for Oklahoma City’s new franchise, The Oklahoman reported on Friday.

    Citing the United States Trademark and Patent Office, the newspaper said that the league filed for a trademark on Barons, Bison, Energy, Marshalls, Thunder and Wind.

    It has been rumored in the last few weeks that the team formerly known as the Seattle SuperSonics is leaning toward Thunder, but the NBA would not reveal that information.

    “The NBA will not have a comment on this until a nickname is selected,” NBA senior director of basketball communications Tim Frank told the newspaper.

    Citing a source close to team ownership, Oklahoma City’s ABC affiliate previously reported that the “registrar for all of the NBA’s Internet domain names were reserved okcthunderbasketball.com and okcthunderbasketball.net on July 10,” suggesting that the franchise will soon be renamed.

    The franchise left the Pacific Northwest after an ugly court case ended with an agreement between the team and the city of Seattle, which released the club from its lease at KeyArena - the crux of the disagreement.

    In the court case, the city of Seattle had been seeking to hold the owners of the Sonics to the remaining two years of the team’s KeyArena lease and Sonics’ season-ticket holders also filed a class-action lawsuit that contended they were tricked into buying tickets under the belief that the team would be staying in the Pacific Northwest.

    Sonics majority owner Clay Bennett and his ownership group alleged the team was losing money at KeyArena, thereby necessitating a move to Oklahoma City.

    However, the Sonics and the city of Seattle came to an agreement on July 2, just hours before a district court judge was to issue a verdict on the six-day trial.

    As per the agreement, the Oklahoma City franchise agreed to leave the Sonics’ name, logo and colors behind for a potential future NBA franchise in Seattle.

    I also heard "Bombers" was in the mix.......;)
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  • suns rival
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    okalahoma robbers
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    the oklahoma "we moved this team from a rabid fanbase to the middle of nowhere where football is king and no one will give two shits about the team in 5 years"

    be tough to put on a logo though ;)
  • g under p
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  • edpearson
    edpearson Posts: 331
    I already hate this team (and I liked the Sonics even though I don't live up there). One of their possible names is "Marshalls". Not the "marshal" that would take down an outlaw, but "Marshalls" as in "hey, where can I shop to get some discounted clothes?". Pathetic!
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  • mattcozea
    mattcozea Posts: 377
    pjtradeking wrote:
    I also heard "Bombers" was in the mix.......;)
    Thank you. I felt really bad that "Bombers" was the first name to pop into my head, so I'm glad I'm not the only one. :o
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  • orig_long red
    orig_long red Posts: 2,029
    Oklahoma City Thunder sounds like a WNBA team.
    Jam out with your clam out.
  • mattcozea
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    long red wrote:
    Oklahoma City Thunder sounds like a WNBA team.
    So does Energy and Wind.
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  • EquallyWorthless
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    cutback wrote:
    the oklahoma "we moved this team from a rabid fanbase to the middle of nowhere where football is king and no one will give two shits about the team in 5 years"

    be tough to put on a logo though ;)


    hahahahaahahaha yes !!!!!!
    long red wrote:
    Oklahoma City Thunder sounds like a WNBA team.
    mattcoz wrote:
    So does Energy and Wind.

    Personally I like the Barons best.
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  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    Boomers would be perfect.

    A play of the local University's anthem and sonic boomer.
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  • tybird
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    Bison is a cool name.
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  • MyHandsBound
    MyHandsBound Posts: 698
    They are all corney....but if I had to choose one it would be wind because the state is along tornado alley....but then again I'm not sure how the other names historically factor in:)
  • Drowned Out
    Drowned Out Posts: 6,056
    I can't stand names like Wind, Energy etc...what do you call an individual player? He's a Wind? He's an Energy? He's a Thunder? bah....
  • BlackCorduroy
    BlackCorduroy Posts: 1,374
    Drowned Out wrote:
    He's an Energy?
    He's a joule. :p
  • Drowned Out
    Drowned Out Posts: 6,056
    BlackCorduroy wrote:
    He's a joule. :p
    :D
    I swear, it's the frickin pun-addicted sports writers that come up with these names...
  • Baystone
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    LongRd. wrote:
    Boomers would be perfect.

    A play of the local University's anthem and sonic boomer.

    That's what the Australian Basketball team is known as.
    I only lied because it was the easiest way to get what I wanted.
  • LONGRD
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    Baystone wrote:
    That's what the Australian Basketball team is known as.
    :eek: When did you guys start playing basketball?


    [size=-5]j/k...Andrew Bogut and Lauren Jackson are pretty popular here. Well, Lauren is popular as she can be in the WNBA. :p

    Bogut, a number #1 pick, is not putting up numbers like he should be. ???[/size]
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  • Who Princess
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    I can only imagine all the fart jokes if they go with Wind. :rolleyes: :p
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  • rearviewmiror
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    Thieves would be perfect.
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  • pjtradeking
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    mattcoz wrote:
    Thank you. I felt really bad that "Bombers" was the first name to pop into my head, so I'm glad I'm not the only one. :o

    No, THANK YOU!! I REALLY felt like I was on an island until your reply!! WHEW!! :D
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