OT- NBA in Okc

by mchang4 on Jul 3, 2008 2:25 PM CDT

I live in Oklahoma and im very happy to have a pro team in our state. Its seems like were the only ones happy and everyone else is hating. Oh well

This team is going to be young and fun to watch.

What do you yall think about the move?

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I just wonder

How much revenue it will draw from the Mavs.

I’m thinking that it’s probably not as bad as Cuban says, but it’d be interesting to see.

Pretty good, young talent. I’d feel good about it.

by brettgardner on Jul 3, 2008 2:31 PM CDT 0 recs

You think

Cuban is going to sell?

I think there is a chance.

Ban Zywica and T-ball

by miles on Jul 3, 2008 2:35 PM CDT up 0 recs

I don't see why he would

Over this.

by brettgardner on Jul 3, 2008 2:37 PM CDT up 0 recs

Yah

If getting Bavetta’d so hard by a smiling David Stern in the “Finals” didn’t prompt him to sell (which by his own admission it almost did, btw), then I can’t see how having a team in OKC is gonna be the final straw.

The 40 Trumps All!!!

by thedirkatron on Jul 3, 2008 2:38 PM CDT up 0 recs

I'm not

saying selling because of that, but because he wants to focus on the Cubs if he buys the team.

He doesn’t seem motivated like he used to, such as not buying the late first round draft pick.

Ban Zywica and T-ball

by miles on Jul 3, 2008 2:48 PM CDT up 0 recs

one word...

hilarious

"No, Donny, these men are nihilists, there's nothing to be afraid of."

by Walter Sobchak on Jul 3, 2008 2:35 PM CDT 0 recs

I think it's a great move

The NBA has shown it can succeed in smaller marketplaces that MLB and the NFL won’t touch simply by being the only game in town.

Salt Lake City, San Antonio, Portland, Sacramento and Orlando are all very successful franchises.

As long as their membership group isn’t horribly inept (see: Memphis), I expect this move to work out great.

The 40 Trumps All!!!

by thedirkatron on Jul 3, 2008 2:42 PM CDT 0 recs

New name

Since the name “Sonics” is staying in Washington, does anybody have any guesses as to what they will be called? I’ve got nothing.

Also, do you think there’s a chance they drop the word “City” from the team name to try and accomodate the entire state?

It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin

by txranger7 on Jul 3, 2008 2:44 PM CDT 0 recs

Oklahoma City

The mayor of OKC has said that the team name will be “Oklahoma City” and not “Oklahoma” because it is the residents of OKC that paid for the renovations to the Ford Center. I’m not sure if that’s the best logic in the world, but that’s what he said…

by racecarr on Jul 3, 2008 2:50 PM CDT up 0 recs

good

wouldn’t want the mavs to lose their Ardmore fan base

exploding highfive

by sarnold on Jul 3, 2008 5:48 PM CDT up 0 recs

ha!

by oc on Jul 3, 2008 6:32 PM CDT up 0 recs

OKC

douchebags?

Just a guess.

"And I stopped beating my wife just a couple of weeks ago." -John McCain

by DJCahill on Jul 4, 2008 3:38 AM CDT up 0 recs

Guilty?

Don’t Oklahomans feel just the slightest twinge of guilt from stealing the Sonics away? I know I wouldn’t want a pro team under those conditions.

Derek

Signature! I don't need no stinking signature!!

by DerekSTheRed on Jul 3, 2008 2:46 PM CDT 0 recs

Eh

It’s not there fault.

Do we as Ranger fans still feel guilty?

by jthig32 on Jul 3, 2008 2:53 PM CDT up 0 recs

I really dont care

what seattle thinks. It happens

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXWLfIgc0nA

by mchang4 on Jul 3, 2008 2:58 PM CDT up 0 recs

No

The city of Seattle could have kept the Sonics at any time by ponying up the dough for stadium renovations.

It sucks for fans, but it happens.

The 40 Trumps All!!!

by thedirkatron on Jul 3, 2008 3:00 PM CDT up 0 recs

And Seattle SUCKS!

Period, end of story…except that one night, my friends left me at the bar, and I asked that chick for a ride…....Woah, FLASHBACK!!!

"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
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by Rodney on Jul 3, 2008 3:04 PM CDT up 0 recs

What kind

of ride?

Ban Zywica

by miles on Jul 3, 2008 3:13 PM CDT up 0 recs

The really good kind

all night, didn’t return to my hotel until the next afternoon, then showered and went for another ride…

:-)

by Rodney on Jul 3, 2008 3:54 PM CDT up 0 recs

Seattle

Seattle ponied up money for a new football and baseball stadium. Oh and they ponied up to renovate the existing arena 10 years ago, which apparently isn’t good enough anymore.

Derek

Signature! I don't need no stinking signature!!

by DerekSTheRed on Jul 3, 2008 8:33 PM CDT up 0 recs

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by Rodney on Jul 3, 2008 3:07 PM CDT 0 recs

so, what are they called now... the Oklahoma City Sonics?...

...that’s just as bad as the New Orleans Hornets. or the Memphis Grizzlies…

by oc on Jul 3, 2008 3:53 PM CDT 0 recs

no sonics and no colors green and yellow

not sure what that leaves them with.

"Do they know who I am? Do they know my status? Thats what I thought."
-Miles 6/21/08

.501 or bust!

by Jayslick on Jul 3, 2008 4:01 PM CDT up 0 recs

Oklahoma City Tornadoes?

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Jul 3, 2008 4:01 PM CDT up 0 recs

Would a

Tribal name not fly anymore?

by brettgardner on Jul 3, 2008 4:07 PM CDT up 0 recs

my exact thought too

no clue if it would fly, but man, ive never seen a team based out of a region that i felt more deserved to honor native americans in some way.

"Do they know who I am? Do they know my status? Thats what I thought."
-Miles 6/21/08

.501 or bust!

by Jayslick on Jul 3, 2008 4:11 PM CDT up 0 recs

los angeles lakers? utah jazz?

give it a few years, it won’t sound so weird after that

Rare Gnats Sex

by ab03 on Jul 3, 2008 4:44 PM CDT up 0 recs

new orleans hornets...

...that’s a complete lack of effort.

if you’re gonna take a team away, you shouldn’t take the team name.

by oc on Jul 3, 2008 6:37 PM CDT up 0 recs

You mean you wouldn't be pumped to be a Texas Senators fan?

The 40 Trumps All!!!

by thedirkatron on Jul 3, 2008 6:57 PM CDT up 0 recs

Washington Expos

by oc on Jul 3, 2008 7:25 PM CDT up 0 recs

but you understand that's what happened with the lakers and the jazz right?

I can see reasons why you might want to associate yourself with the old team – and I kind of like that Utah’s mascot is the Jazz. Is there any jazz in Utah at all?

Rare Gnats Sex

by ab03 on Jul 3, 2008 8:37 PM CDT up 0 recs

No

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Jul 3, 2008 8:43 PM CDT up 0 recs

Only Mormon Jazz

and that shit is weeeeird.

by cmkelly29 on Jul 3, 2008 11:17 PM CDT up 0 recs

doesn't work...

...when the losing city gets another team a few years later…

the Charlotte Bobcats?...

by oc on Jul 4, 2008 12:34 PM CDT up 0 recs

Winning

changes that, and they obviously don’t know how to build a team…

Raymond Felton?
Sean May?
Adam Morrison?

All first rounders, I questioned all of them.

I make it rain on dem hoes.

by miles on Jul 4, 2008 12:55 PM CDT up 0 recs

Settlement

Seattle reached a settlement that allowed them to keep the name and history of the Sonics. It’s similar to the Ravens who left the name and history of the Browns in Cleveland.

Signature! I don't need no stinking signature!!

by DerekSTheRed on Jul 3, 2008 8:34 PM CDT up 0 recs

Ah shit

Now I feel bad.

You can keep signing it man.

by brettgardner on Jul 3, 2008 10:59 PM CDT up 0 recs

Name and colors

The history will be “shared”.

I think when someone buys a team, they are buying the history that goes along with it. I find it bullshit that the Ravens have essentially no history because of their settlement.

by venturafearsnolan on Jul 4, 2008 2:05 PM CDT up 0 recs

i think

that the team will do good attendance wise the first year or so.

by naming the team the OKC texas hats instead of the oklahoma texas hats, their marketing campaign will be bullshit. they wanna market themselves as oklahoma’s basketball team, but bullshit.

it’s the texas rangers, not the arlingon rangers.

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by gossamer on Jul 3, 2008 4:15 PM CDT 0 recs

okay horribly dark joke

and im slightly ashamed but what about being named the
oklahoma city bombers

by Andrew L on Jul 3, 2008 4:18 PM CDT 0 recs

no. and if you were in oklahoma

you’d get beat pretty bad

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by gossamer on Jul 3, 2008 4:46 PM CDT up 0 recs

Would have been funnier

If you hadn’t prefaced it with an apology. It’s a good line. Be proud of it.

by brettgardner on Jul 3, 2008 4:46 PM CDT up 0 recs

What's that, about 100 miles away coming this way?

Oh, it’s that joke.

"Boy, that is a gutless, 6-foot-7, .200-hitting formerly good player. What a joke." -Tom Grieve RE: Richie Sexson

by ghtd36 on Jul 3, 2008 4:48 PM CDT up 0 recs

I work in Tulsa

And everyone here seems pretty fired up about the state getting a pro team. It’s a big step for a state that has really supported every team that has come its way (Tulsa Drillers have good attendance, as do the af2’s Tulsa Talons…from what I understand, the Redhawks have good numbers, too).

There is a little bit of guilt about how the team is coming here, and the circumstances, but I think people are really excited.

And as much as the mayor of OKC wants to complain and demand this and that, he really has no say in what the team name is. My money is on “Oklahoma” rather than “Oklahoma City”, for the sake of wider branding, and not alienating fans from elsewhere in Oklahoma (namely Tulsa).

As for a name, the names “Twisters” and “Thunder” have been floated around. I happen to like Oklahoma Thunder. Has a ring to it.

"Boy, that is a gutless, 6-foot-7, .200-hitting formerly good player. What a joke." -Tom Grieve RE: Richie Sexson

by ghtd36 on Jul 3, 2008 4:47 PM CDT 0 recs

tulsa is pretty bitchin

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by gossamer on Jul 3, 2008 4:49 PM CDT up 0 recs

You know, I'm really happy to hear someone else say that.

I had my doubts when I first worked here, and it gets overlooks a whole lot, but you know what? Tulsa’s a pretty cool town. Good arts scene, some very underrated restaurants, friendly people. Big enough that you feel like you’re in a city, but small enough that there’s little traffic.

"Boy, that is a gutless, 6-foot-7, .200-hitting formerly good player. What a joke." -Tom Grieve RE: Richie Sexson

by ghtd36 on Jul 3, 2008 4:51 PM CDT up 0 recs

i love it

at first i hated it, 3 years later i like the town. i like the burbs.

i like the riverparks, brookside, cherry street.

don’t hang out downtown that much. maybe that changes if the drillers move there

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by gossamer on Jul 3, 2008 4:53 PM CDT up 0 recs

I live right by Brookside, inbetween Brookside and Utica Square.

That whole area is awesome.

"Boy, that is a gutless, 6-foot-7, .200-hitting formerly good player. What a joke." -Tom Grieve RE: Richie Sexson

by ghtd36 on Jul 3, 2008 4:54 PM CDT up 0 recs

oh yeah

utica square is cool

as is jenks river walk

i live by oru and creek casino. gonna move to the EAST side little mexico next year though

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by gossamer on Jul 3, 2008 4:56 PM CDT up 0 recs

me and my friends live in muskogee

40 min away. we always chill in tulsa.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXWLfIgc0nA

by mchang4 on Jul 3, 2008 4:53 PM CDT up 0 recs

actually never been to muskogee

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by gossamer on Jul 3, 2008 4:56 PM CDT up 0 recs

dont

its sucks ass

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXWLfIgc0nA

by mchang4 on Jul 3, 2008 5:17 PM CDT up 0 recs

i hear squares can have a ball there...

"Do they know who I am? Do they know my status? Thats what I thought."
-Miles 6/21/08

.501 or bust!

by Jayslick on Jul 6, 2008 9:15 PM CDT up 0 recs

that Memorial Avenue... or whatever...

...ugh…

by oc on Jul 3, 2008 5:40 PM CDT up 0 recs

hardly ever

on memorial

i hate hate hate 71st street between 169 and sheridan

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by gossamer on Jul 3, 2008 6:12 PM CDT up 0 recs

I think everyone hates it.

What sucks is that my gym is at 51st and Memorial…that’s the only time I ever go to that part of town, and that’s because the gym was so dirt cheap.

"Boy, that is a gutless, 6-foot-7, .200-hitting formerly good player. What a joke." -Tom Grieve RE: Richie Sexson

by ghtd36 on Jul 3, 2008 6:30 PM CDT up 0 recs

Twisters or Thunder...

wouldn’t be bad.

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Jul 3, 2008 4:49 PM CDT up 0 recs

Love it!

I feel sorry for the Seattle peeps who grew up as Sonics fans, but I can’t wait for the franchise to get here (Oklahoma City Mullet Men anyone?) This is going to be great for downtown!

Someday I will become a RangerMAN!

by RangerBoy on Jul 3, 2008 4:48 PM CDT 0 recs

Word..

Arenas really do revitalize downtowns.

I was in Memphis a few weeks ago and it looks great now. Before the arena, that downtown was a shithole, now it is hoppin. Reminds me of what New Orleans was.

Ban Zywica

by miles on Jul 3, 2008 4:50 PM CDT up 0 recs

Beale Street?

It might have been a little run down, but I’d hardly call it a shithole.

"Boy, that is a gutless, 6-foot-7, .200-hitting formerly good player. What a joke." -Tom Grieve RE: Richie Sexson

by ghtd36 on Jul 3, 2008 4:52 PM CDT up 0 recs

I'm saying

now its 10 times better with the arena.

I love that city.

Ban Zywica

by miles on Jul 3, 2008 4:55 PM CDT up 0 recs

Truth.

Memphis = another underrated city.

"Boy, that is a gutless, 6-foot-7, .200-hitting formerly good player. What a joke." -Tom Grieve RE: Richie Sexson

by ghtd36 on Jul 3, 2008 4:56 PM CDT up 0 recs

Bricktown

Is f-ing awesome

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXWLfIgc0nA

by mchang4 on Jul 3, 2008 4:54 PM CDT up 0 recs

minus

the toby keith bbq place

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by gossamer on Jul 3, 2008 4:57 PM CDT up 0 recs

Agree

Nice park

by zywica on Jul 3, 2008 6:26 PM CDT up 0 recs

Bricktown Ballpark

I love the Bricktown Ballpark – if you haven’t seen a game there, I highly recommend it! Great baseball spot too with the row of busts featuring players with Oklahoma roots and the larger-than-life Mantle, Bench and Spahn statues outside.

Someday I will become a RangerMAN!

by RangerBoy on Jul 4, 2008 12:24 AM CDT up 0 recs