Franchises on the Move: Leave the Mascot Behind?

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Originally Posted by HPF Bob

The NBA filed patent rights for six different team names for the transplanted Oklahoma City franchise. The candidates:

Oklahoma City Barons
Oklahoma City Bison (no plural)
Oklahoma City Energy
Oklahoma City Marshalls (plural)
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Wind

My thoughts: Energy is a crappy name. That's what they name Arena League and WNBA teams. Thunder and Wind aren't much better.

my thoughts exactly as i read the list. wind is lame but a very accurate, descriptive name. marshalls would be a little weird but okay. bison is...not....really....a sports name...barons probably gets my vote out of these. how 'bout something OK has a lot of....OK city scorpions?