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NBA - What will be the nickname of the new Oklahoma City (previously Seattle Supersonics) team?
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Make no mistake, local fans want a nickname and they want it yesterday.
During an Oklahoma City summer league game shown online, announcers were mentioning potential nicknames for the franchise, just so they could call the team something while doing the play-by-play.
When someone suggested Thundercats, the announcers bit, and started calling the team Thundercats.
Someone watching the game blogged the nickname as gospel.
Word spread Wednesday the team would be nicknamed the Marshalls and the link transferred visitors to the NBA Web site. A local resident had created the domain name last March, hoping it would someday become the nickname, presumably in recognition of marshals (with one "l”).
http://newsok.com/finding-a-nickname-for-okcs-new-team-is-almost-impossible/article/3268087/?tm=1215668683
Background on other possible outcomes are from this article:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Poll-What-should-Oklahoma-City-s-team-name-be-;_ylt=AhRjfkR5lM4evN5HbGw9bf68vLYF?urn=nba,92948
Settlement details:
As reported by a major mainstream news source.
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Thundercats |
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Marshals |
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Aviators |
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Bandits |
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Barons |
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Supersonics (don't change the name since move) |
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Any other nickname |
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Suspend date: Thu 2nd Oct 12:59am PDT Settlement date: Mon 21st Jul 9:44am PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Sun 20th Jul 12:59am PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
Initial likelihoods: Thundercats: 15%, Marshals: 15%, Aviators: 10%, Bandits: 10%, Barons: 10%, Supersonics (don't change the name since move): 5%, Any other nickname: 35%
Action history:
mrperfkt mrperfkt: Team name was announced Saturday, July 19th.
New name is "Thunder."
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=txoklahomacitynickname&prov=st&type=lgns
Please settle as Other.
Thanks!
donal
Suspend date: Thu 2nd Oct 12:59am PDT Settlement date: Mon 21st Jul 9:44am PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Sun 20th Jul 12:59am PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
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predicted Any other nickname (H$20 at 67%)Comments (8)
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Wow, it's looking like the new team will be named "any other nickname," from the wagering on this question! lol
I'm liking the odds on some of the others right now...just 8 more hours until I can wager on this question! Geez!
Since it used to be an 'Indian Territory' and there are still a lot of Indian reservations there, maybe a politically appropriate Native American name would be OK. Or should I say, all right?
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