Posted by K-2-6 at 7/3/08 5:12 p.m.

How about the Oklahoma Soonersonics? Personally I like the Oklahoma Fertilizers

Posted by Josef-A-K at 7/3/08 6:07 p.m.

Raiders just sounds appropriate...

Posted by nonstopjoe at 7/3/08 6:10 p.m.

Oklahoma Vipers
Oklahoma Sidewinders
Oklahoma Turds

Posted by unregistered user at 7/3/08 6:35 p.m.

Texahoma Hooked-On-Phonics

Posted by unregistered user at 7/3/08 9:35 p.m.

To quote Clay Bennett:

Oklahoma's Boo Hoo's

or

Oklahoma's David Stern is the best person I have met on the planet team!

Posted by zahn at 7/3/08 9:56 p.m.

They drank your milkshake, so how about Oklahoma City Longstraws.

Posted by unregistered user at 7/4/08 1:22 a.m.

It's been mentioned before, but how about the OKC Bombers?

Posted by unregistered user at 7/4/08 9:20 a.m.

How 'bout the Oklahoma City Carpetbaggers?

Posted by seattle4ever at 7/4/08 9:42 a.m.

oklahoma "i wish i was from kansas"

Posted by bigjimmy at 7/4/08 9:56 a.m.

As someone born and raised in Western WA and want the Sonics to stay here, both states should read this article:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=jackson/080703

While the whole thing upsets me, we shouldn't be mean to OKC and vice versa. It's Shultz and Clay's boys we should be upset with.

Meanwhile, my first thought was the Bandits.
I saw they had a poll there and one named mentioned was the Thunderbirds. Ummm, you steal one Seattle team and then try to rip off the name of another one? Low class there.

Posted by Crimson Edgar at 7/4/08 12:47 p.m.

Thunderbirds is right apt for Ok.- the indiginous heritage, aviation history with Tinker AFB & the Air Force T-Birds,& the Fighting 45th Infantry currently sweating their gonads off in Mesopotamia. It's also a lake by my house , and a casino, an inn , a lodge , liquor store, my jr. high's mascot, etc...

Posted by unregistered user at 7/4/08 3:02 p.m.

OKC Bombers? OKC DustBowlers? Classy people. Classy.

Posted by unregistered user at 7/4/08 4:28 p.m.

Oklahoma SuperSuckers works for me:) Or maybe SuperSkunks or the SuperDupers ???

Posted by judman25 at 7/4/08 5:12 p.m.

Oklahoma TurdBurglars

Posted by unregistered user at 7/4/08 7:20 p.m.

How About the Oklahoma City "Oh Noes! Seattle Didn't Wanna Support Their Team And the Seattle Owner Sold'Em to Oklahoma' ers"

Posted by unregistered user at 7/4/08 7:46 p.m.

To the people of Oklahoma I have to apologize for us Seattle people having a little fun with our anger. I can speak for most Seattlites when I say that we realize 99.99 percent of the Oklahoma population are probably good people of high ethics. Unfortunately Clay Bennett came here bragging about his Oklahoma heritage and then lied to our faces. He does not represent you well. If it wasn't for the fact that he got you a basketball team by his underhanded dealings I expect you might have sent him back to us tarred and feathered. Unfortunately you will probably label him a hero and ignore his misdeeds so you can name a team like Thunderbirds or Tornadoes. So please allow us our humor to bury our sorrows and anger as we lose something dear to our hearts. I am 43 years old and can't remember not having a Sonics team to cheer for. My son and I are very sad about this.

So cheer for your Oklahoma Sooners and your new NBA Oklahoma Laters. I hope you appreciate them while they are there because sooner or later they will be gone.

Posted by Reader In Everett at 7/4/08 8:57 p.m.

How about the OKC 'Rearview Mirrors'?

Let's go get an NHL franchise. I am so done with the NBA. Lousy product and it has been for years, and will continue to be.

Posted by jafabian at 7/5/08 12:58 a.m.

The SuperSooners.

The Boz-worthless.

The Bozkins.

The Sternos. (after David Stern)

The Pilots. (after our last hijacked team)

The Claymates. (After Mr. Bennett)

Posted by unregistered user at 7/5/08 9:33 a.m.

Oklahoma City Bombers.
it's painfully obvious, I can't see why this idea isn't getting any traction.

Posted by Crimson Edgar at 7/5/08 9:39 a.m.

Already a Midwest City Bomobers High School team in suburb MWC, home of Tinker AFB. It's taken, as well as in questionable taste these days.

Posted by Mytacoma at 7/5/08 10:14 a.m.

OKC Prairie Pounders
OKC Flatlanders
OKC Texan Wannabes
OKC Midwest Armpit Boil Poppers
OKC 20th Century
OKC GEDs
OKC The Copenhagens
OKC Rednecks 'n' Balls
OKC 3.2s
OKC RedClay Scrapers
OKC Hillbillies in Paradise
OKC We-Thought-We-Wus-Gettin'-a-Football-Club

Hey, folks- no need to apologize to Okies... people in Texas make fun of their Northern neighbor everyday. The problem is that the Okies don't realize they're being made fun of. They're pretty good natured folks anyway.

Posted by sane and simple at 7/5/08 10:29 a.m.

If the Okie Cowpokie's get a female basket ball team they could be named the Honey Buckets.

Posted by unregistered user at 7/5/08 1:04 p.m.

Oklahoma City Satans

Posted by unregistered user at 7/5/08 3:49 p.m.

Isnt OK a football nation? Call them a rose by any other name but when the subSonics perform to standard, who's gonna watch them when there's football on?

Posted by seattlemike at 7/5/08 4:02 p.m.

Sorry OKC, an NBA team is NOT going to make you a World Class city ! It takes much more than what you (now) have. I've been there..not impressed. (But the people I met were very nice!) Bring the NHL to Seattle...much better pro organization.

Posted by mel023 at 7/5/08 4:08 p.m.

There are some pretty amusing suggestions here. One that came to my mind as I realized just how much Clay Bennett and his Gang of Four got our goat is the "OKC Goatropers".

Posted by MR FINCH at 7/5/08 4:34 p.m.

Oklahoma City Stealers

Posted by Sticks-N-Stones at 7/5/08 9:07 p.m.

How about the Oklahoma City Hijackers?

Posted by unregistered user at 7/5/08 10:48 p.m.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City!!

Posted by North Seattle Mike at 7/6/08 7:37 a.m.

The Oklahoma City Stolen Goods?

Posted by markit8 at 7/6/08 10:40 a.m.

How about
"Clay Bennett is a big fat turd"
that may not fit on the jerseys

Posted by NWGirl at 7/6/08 12:06 p.m.

How about the Oklahoma Taxbreakers, considering the nice subsidy the state gave the owners to bring the team home?

Or how about the OKC Republicans (although that name may actually be welcomed there).

I think the OKC Retards has a nice ring to it.

Posted by unregistered user at 7/6/08 12:16 p.m.

OKC Rustlers

Posted by Veritas vincit at 7/6/08 1:20 p.m.

OKC Weasels

Posted by unregistered user at 7/6/08 1:24 p.m.

How about the "Oklahoma Small Market Team" that will never win a championship.

Posted by unregistered user at 7/6/08 6:40 p.m.

Oklahoma Predators

Posted by ksfly at 7/7/08 5:36 a.m.

Texas Junior.

Posted by unregistered user at 7/7/08 10:36 a.m.

like the man said, the 'OKC Man Poessesed,
'

Posted by jeff w at 7/7/08 4:46 p.m.

The Oklahoma Musicals...

No NBA player in their right frame of mind would want to play for a team named for a Broadway singing play.

OOOOOOOOOKLAAAAAHOMA...

Posted by unregistered user at 7/7/08 6:31 p.m.

i like oklahoma basketball stealers

Posted by unregistered user at 7/7/08 11:46 p.m.

I am not registering because I'll never be back to this post, but I'll sign my name at the end. I live in Midwest City, OK. I have a very good friend that Lives in Seattle, so I have a connection to both cities. I get the humor and the venting. Clay Bennet A.K.A Satan stole your team. I don't trust him as far as I can throw the space needle.

Now to the chickens who won't put their name on their posts. The reason the Oklahoma City Bombers wont work: (see posts #147176 and 147399)
4/19/1995. The second worse terrorist attack in our nations history. 163 people were killed including 17 children. You are one sick person to use that event as a way to vent about loosing a sports team. as I said earlier, I get the venting. Take it out on Bennet et. al. But not on the victims of one of the worse events ever.

Greg W. Midwest City, Oklahoma. Go Tumble weeds!

Posted by unregistered user at 7/8/08 5:56 a.m.

How about the Oklahoma City bought your team and moved them to oklahoma city because they were tired of losing money because of the fareweather fans in Seattle and now are in a much better city team?

Posted by unregistered user at 7/8/08 4:08 p.m.

How about the:
Oklahoma We Built an Arenas?

-or-

The Oklahoma isn't full of heroin junkies?

-or-

The Seattle didn't try so OKC has an NBA team?

Posted by unregistered user at 7/9/08 10:44 a.m.

Wow, reading all these posts makes me appreciate my education much more.

To Seattle- sorry, you had your chance, you knew it was coming. at least you get to keep that WNBA team :)

To all the Oklahoma haters, get real. The Hornets f*****n THRIVED here. They had massive fan support (even though it everybody knew it was temporary), and the team had nothing but good things to say about our market. Our arena is good to go, and we actually WANT the team. Unlike Seattle, who didn't seem to give a f*** until the team was basically gone already.

To all the people who say "Oklahoma City Bombers". I have a good sense of humor, but that's just cold. Think about that, really.

Thunderbirds/Thundercats are horrible names. The Oklahoma Outlaws or the Oklahoma Bandits get my vote. Actually, anything but the Twisters gets my vote.

Posted by unregistered user at 7/9/08 2:15 p.m.

I like the name Bandits..since Oklahoma was once a known hideout for bank robbers. Maybe the OKC Copperheads, or OKC Rattlers.

Posted by unregistered user at 7/10/08 11:41 a.m.

How about the Thunderbirds? or better dirtybirds

Posted by unregistered user at 7/11/08 3:23 p.m.

You know what the BEST thing about OKLAHOMA is?
-
after the bombing the PEOPLE stood beside each other.
after katrina the PEOPLE opened their homes and hearts to strangers.
after the F5 tornado destroyed our homes the PEOPLE pulled together.
after reading what most SEATTLE people are saying, l think you could learn alot from the 'okies'.
your city seemed filled with hate. you keep insulting us.
thats too bad.
maybe its better they move here too sunny, happy OKC

Posted by unregistered user at 7/13/08 11:18 a.m.

OKC Raiders
Sounded Best

Posted by unregistered user at 7/17/08 1:09 p.m.

haha=) Seattle Sucks... Go OKC!!

Posted by unregistered user at 7/22/08 8:07 a.m.

OKC BABY!!!