oklahoma RAIDERS-- the newest nba team

[RainierBeachPoet]

oklahoma RAIDERS

fu(k bennett and fu(k all the worthless seattle pols who blinked for the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

too many "ifs" in this settlement


i will always refer to this team as the oklahoma RAIDERS

[veilside23]

well atleast in five years time we might be able to see the sonics team again... that's the good thing about it they didnt take the name of the team... i guess that's the only thing i can say to you RBP and the rest of the sonics fans... goodluck :cheers:

[crisoner]

There will be only one team worthy of being the Raiders. And they are in Oakland.

[BlazersDozen]

Oklahoma Twisters

LOL

Gay

[Myth]

The Oklahoma Blind Man Robbers!

[veilside23]

Oklahoma Twisters

LOL

Gay


:rockon: originally my idea .... but it fits the region right :D

[stephanieg]

Settle down. We're talking about the Sonics here.

[Lebron23]

Oklahoma Donaghy

http://a.abcnews.com/images/Sports/nba_Donaghy_070724_ms.jpg

[BlogOFfatman]

calm down old man

[qrich]

Wow, that doesn't sound like an NBA team.

[Buffalobraves]

I feel your pain RBP, its not going to be the same seeing durant in a Sonics jersey. Fcuk you guys who say calm down RBP is the biggest sonics fan on this forum.

[Jimmy2k8]

The Oklahoma Rapists.

[Howard Schits]

phuc Greg Nickels. I will vote for my dog next election. You piece of ****, ain't worth a pile of dog poop.

[lakerfreak]

oklahoma city terrorists! :rockon:

damn that was a low blow.

[Myth]

:rockon: originally my idea .... but it fits the region right :D

I've heard Twisters thrown out as a name possibly elsewhere as soon as there was talks of them moving to Oklahoma so don't think you are too creative ;)

[RainierBeachPoet]

well atleast in five years time we might be able to see the sonics team again... that's the good thing about it they didnt take the name of the team... i guess that's the only thing i can say to you RBP and the rest of the sonics fans... goodluck :cheers:

bennett never wanted to bring the name sonics to okc

it will be a marketing boon for him with a new team, colors logo, mascot

i wish part of the settlement was that they had to take that fu(king squatch as the mascot at every game

[RainierBeachPoet]

Oklahoma Twisters

LOL

Gay

OKC RAIDERS

[mlh1981]

RBP, perhaps you have already addressed this in another thread, and I just missed it, but what sort of "fan" are you going to be in the future? Will you just become a general NBA fan, pick another team, wait for another team to potentially come to Seattle, or are you done with the NBA for good?

[veilside23]

I've heard Twisters thrown out as a name possibly elsewhere as soon as there was talks of them moving to Oklahoma so don't think you are too creative ;)


am not saying i am when the word oklahoma comes to my mind .. it always has to be twisters or tornadoes so i was thinking it could be the tag... no worries

[RainierBeachPoet]

The Oklahoma Blind Man Robbers!

not bad...

OKC RAIDERS

is better

[RainierBeachPoet]

Oklahoma Donaghy

http://a.abcnews.com/images/Sports/nba_Donaghy_070724_ms.jpg

:cheers: thanks lb23

[ZHAKIDD532]

Did they actually change the name or is this all just bs...

[RainierBeachPoet]

RBP, perhaps you have already addressed this in another thread, and I just missed it, but what sort of "fan" are you going to be in the future? Will you just become a general NBA fan, pick another team, wait for another team to potentially come to Seattle, or are you done with the NBA for good?

at this very moment, i am a VERY bitter fan

and will never cheer for the
OKC RAIDERS

[Myth]

am not saying i am when the word oklahoma comes to my mind .. it always has to be twisters or tornadoes so i was thinking it could be the tag... no worries

I was just giving you a hard time anyway :cheers:

[RainierBeachPoet]

I feel your pain RBP, its not going to be the same seeing durant in a Sonics jersey. Fcuk you guys who say calm down RBP is the biggest sonics fan on this forum.

thanks bro

the name sonics will stay with us

that is why i am pushing to name them:

OKC RAIDERS

[RainierBeachPoet]

The Oklahoma Rapists.

not bad....

would be more appropriate for them to pick up kobe with that name

[Myth]

Oklahoma Enrons?

[veilside23]

I was just giving you a hard time anyway :cheers:


ok were always cool as long as your name isnt 5235 :D :cheers:



at this very moment, i am a VERY bitter fan

and will never cheer for the
OKC RAIDERS



hopefully we can see the sonics back in a year or two 5 years is like a lifetime... :(

[RainierBeachPoet]

RBP, perhaps you have already addressed this in another thread, and I just missed it, but what sort of "fan" are you going to be in the future? Will you just become a general NBA fan, pick another team, wait for another team to potentially come to Seattle, or are you done with the NBA for good?

ok i am a bit calmer now...

i have been a knick fan since the clyde frazier days so i will cheer for them

i have been a clipper fan since 1985 when i moved down to LA and laker tix were for the elite crowd of la la land. i will cheer for the clips too

i probably will adopt the blazers since they are the closest team now, roy and webster are seattleites too

time will tell

[Myth]

thanks bro

the name sonics will stay with us

that is why i am pushing to name them:

OKC RAIDERS

Raiders works, but there is already a professional sports team with that name. We need to come up with something new.

[RainierBeachPoet]

Oklahoma Enrons?

nice....

i still like

OKC RAIDERS

[Run&Gun=Fun]

So this is all happening next season?

2008/09 there is no longer a team in Seattle?

[RainierBeachPoet]

ok were always cool as long as your name isnt 5235 :D :cheers:




hopefully we can see the sonics back in a year or two 5 years is like a lifetime... :(

thanks bro

i am generally an optimistic man, but right now, let me vent against the

OKC RAIDERS

[Myth]

ok i am a bit calmer now...

i have been a knick fan since the clyde frazier days so i will cheer for them

i have been a clipper fan since 1985 when i moved down to LA and laker tix were for the elite crowd of la la land. i will cheer for the clips too

i probably will adopt the blazers since they are the closest team now, roy and webster are seattleites too

time will tell

Cool. Good choice. What do you think most other Seattle-based Sonic fans will do?

[Aldridge Fan]

Oklahoma Stealers

[RainierBeachPoet]

So this is all happening next season?

2008/09 there is no longer a team in Seattle?

bennett said it starts TOMORROW with the move

[veilside23]

So this is all happening next season?

2008/09 there is no longer a team in Seattle?


yes.. Oklahoma will be the team at the start of this season... :( but like what the people from oklahoma said dont hate the city.. Its not their fault ...

[Dasher]

OKC Grifters is a good name.

[Myth]

Oklahoma Stealers

Nice. I like it.

[Dasher]

Don't be too mad RBP the Trailblazers are gonna be in Seattle in a couple of years.

[RainierBeachPoet]

Cool. Good choice. What do you think most other Seattle-based Sonic fans will do?

most are not as hardcore a fan as i am

most will probably continue to watch from time to time

many will just dive into the mariners and seahawks more

[Samuelb88]

Oklahoma SuperThieves. **** Bennett. **** David Stern. **** Marsha Pechman and whoever else sold out the city of Seattle.

[NeighborhoodKid]

WAIT what??? it's already a complete move out of Seattle? 08-09 will be entirely as an OKC team???

[RainierBeachPoet]

Don't be too mad RBP the Trailblazers are gonna be in Seattle in a couple of years.

yeah, we saw that rumor... dont bet on it

paul allen is pretty invested in portland now

[Myth]

Oklahoma Hijacks? (or Hijackers)

The Sonics was based on Boeing, right? Well, then the team was hijacked. Makes perfect sense to me.

[RainierBeachPoet]

Oklahoma SuperThieves. **** Bennett. **** David Stern. **** Marsha Pechman and whoever else sold out the city of Seattle.

she never rendered a judgement as the city and sonics settled earlier today

but also: fu(k howard $$$hultz

[RainierBeachPoet]

Oklahoma Hijacks? (or Hijackers)

The Sonics was based on Boeing, right? Well, then the team was hijacked. Makes perfect sense to me.

creative!!!

let me consider if i like it better than:

OKC RAIDERS

[RainierBeachPoet]

WAIT what??? it's already a complete move out of Seattle? 08-09 will be entirely as an OKC team???

yup

the players are to move out there immediately so bennett can start his marketing mardi gras

[Run&Gun=Fun]

yes.. Oklahoma will be the team at the start of this season... :( but like what the people from oklahoma said dont hate the city.. Its not their fault ...

They can boycott the games then.

I hope no one turns up.

[veilside23]

LOL OKC HIJACKERS nice one myth :cheers:

[NeighborhoodKid]

this is absolutely ridiculous. is Raiders just something you guys came up with or is it legit as the team name?

[Myth]

Don't be too mad RBP the Trailblazers are gonna be in Seattle in a couple of years.

Not going to happen. Paul Allen just purchased the Rose Garden. Then he invested millions of dollars to update it. Nobody would buy the Rose Garden from him if they think it may influence him to bolt the city. So pretty much he would have to buy another stadium in Seattle and end up owning 2 stadiums. He's rich, but he is also a businessman and that would just make him lose a TON of money. If he were to move to Seattle, it wouldn't be for another 10-20 years so he can get his money's worth out of the Rose Garden.

[Myth]

RBP - You cool with having 2 pro teams named the Raiders?

[QuickTrigger]

oklahoma rainerbeachpissers

[Myth]

LOL OKC HIJACKERS nice one myth :cheers:

Thanks :cheers:

[Silent Mav]

You have my sympathy RBP. I knew if this day came it was going to suck pretty bad for you. I felt the same way then the Jazz left. It gets easier after a while, but still bitter when I think about it.

[Aldridge Fan]

Don't be too mad RBP the Trailblazers are gonna be in Seattle in a couple of years.Not gonna happen.

• It will cost millions to break the lease that Paul Allen just bought for 15 years at the Rose Garden

• Fans here love the new team. Arena is filled on a nightly basis and it's loud!

• Seattle needs a new arena which will cost Paul Allen a whole lot more money including breaking his current lease. The people of Seattle don't want to contribute.

• Paul Allen just bought the largest scoreboard screen in the NBA for the Rose Garden and some updates to the Arena. It's sweet!

Just doesn't make sense to move when there is so much excitement here in Portland now and revenue is up. Plus for all the reasons above.

Not gonna happen.

[RainierBeachPoet]

They can boycott the games then.

I hope no one turns up.

i dont blame the okc FANS at all-- they, like me, just want to see nba ball and cheer for the local team

[RainierBeachPoet]

LOL OKC HIJACKERS nice one myth :cheers:

hijackers is pretty good :lol

i still like the

OKC RAIDERS

[Myth]

[QUOTE=Aldridge Fan]Not gonna happen.

[Dasher]

[quote=Aldridge Fan]Not gonna happen.

[RainierBeachPoet]

You have my sympathy RBP. I knew if this day came it was going to suck pretty bad for you. I felt the same way then the Jazz left. It gets easier after a while, but still bitter when I think about it.

41 years silent m-- 41 years!!!

ever since the sale to bennett, most of us knew it was coming to this. still, i wanted to fight it all the way

man, i feel sh!tty

[RainierBeachPoet]

[quote=Aldridge Fan]Not gonna happen.

[Aldridge Fan]

What's a couple hundred million dollars to Paul Allen? If he feels like moving he won't think twice about leaving Portland high and dry.It's nonsense. That's why. Go ask a business man the same thing.

[Rafa]

oklahoma rainerbeachpissers
:oldlol:

[RainierBeachPoet]

What's a couple hundred million dollars to Paul Allen? If he feels like moving he won't think twice about leaving Portland high and dry.
i think the dollar amount is about $500,000,000 at this point and it wouldnt be a serious hit to allen

but he is principled and would not fu(k portland the way bennett is fu(king us

[Dasher]

It's nonsense. That's why. Go ask a business man the same thing.
Pro Sports teams are toys for the super-rich. It was his boyhood dream to own the Sonics. If he wants to move you guys are gonna be crying. Don't get two attached to your young nucleus.

[RainierBeachPoet]

oklahoma rainerbeachpissers
:cheers::banana::lol

i still like:

OKC RAIDERS

[Aldridge Fan]

Pro Sports teams are toys for the super-rich. It was his boyhood dream to own the Sonics. If he wants to move you guys are gonna be crying. Don't get two attached to your young nucleus. That's not a strong point your making. Very vague statements there.

[QuickTrigger]

RBP, I hope you find the strength to keep supporting the sonics (the franchise itself, not the new location) because you have invested so much of your fanhood in the team. much luck...

[RainierBeachPoet]

Pro Sports teams are toys for the super-rich. It was his boyhood dream to own the Sonics. If he wants to move you guys are gonna be crying. Don't get two attached to your young nucleus.

i think he is ok with owning the seahawks and jumping his jet to go to portland

the blazers will stay in portland i am sure

but then again, i never thought in my wildest dreams that the sonics woul one day be the

OKC RAIDERS

[Dasher]

All told Bennet just dropped about 400 million to buy and move the Sonics to OKC. You don't think a much richer guy could do the same?

[embersyc]

Oklahoma City Fertilizer Bombers

:confusedshrug:

[RainierBeachPoet]

RBP, I hope you find the strength to keep supporting the sonics (the franchise itself, not the new location) because you have invested so much of your fanhood in the team. much luck...

if they return, and that is a big IF at this point,

i would be a happy man

as it stands now, i am pissed

the news just reported all sonic merchandise is 50-90% discounted
:violin:

[RainierBeachPoet]

Oklahoma City Fertilizer Bombers

:confusedshrug:

ouch

OKC RAIDERS

is more appropriate

[Aldridge Fan]

Oklahoma City Fertilizer Bombers

:confusedshrug:Haaaa! :roll:

[Skywalker]

Conveniently adopts the CLIPPERS and BLAZERS as his new teams :lol

nah but it sounds like you have valid reasons

[RainierBeachPoet]

man

i started this thread over a year ago:

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=50272

this is such a sad day

[RainierBeachPoet]

Conveniently adopts the CLIPPERS and BLAZERS as his new teams :lol

nah but it sounds like you have valid reasons

the knicks since 1973; clippers since 1985

but they were always secondary teams to the sonics

i actually cheered against the blazers when they played the 76ers for the championship in 1977.

that walton led team was great though!!

[SCY]

My condolences to Seattle fans. I was just a little kid when the Oilers left, but it's still a kick in the balls.

[dazed27]

Oklahoma City Bombers

[bdreason]

Cool. Good choice. What do you think most other Seattle-based Sonic fans will do?


The Blazers may get a whole new group of fans.

If ownership is smart they would start broadcasting all over Washington (if they don't already) and advertising Portland as the team of the NorthWest...

[BFRESH44]

Oklahoma City Bombers

http://i.realone.com/assets/rn/img/1/0/2/1/12131201-12131205-slarge.jpg

[nosurrender]

who is that

[u83]

vanilla ice

[FireMcFailPlease]

who is that
Timothy Mcveigh...that Bombers reference is cold...

Yeah sucks to be a Sonics fan, and a sports fan in general. I was a huge sonics fan 14 years ago or so when i was like 10..Kemp was the bomb.

I still have old green/orange/red away jersey:oldlol:

sucks tho RBP. you can always join the Wolves fan base if you want. Its not so bad, and it looks like youre experienced in front office hating..so you'll fit in like clockwork here:pimp:

[Sroek]

Oklahoma Twisters

LOL

Gay

Oklahoma City Cyclones

[72-10]

Wow, that doesn't sound like an NBA team.

neither does Clippers!:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol
:pimp:

[D-Fence]

Condolences.

I hear that they're at least dropping the Sonics name. Don't need another absurdity, a la Los Angeles Lakers and Utah Jazz (although not that bad).

[Myth]

Wiki (the most reliable source of all time) certainly talks of the situation as if it were more Seattle's fault than Clay Bennett's

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_city

[crisoner]

Stop with the Raiders please.............they are in Oakland.







Now OKC hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.......

The OKC Bisons

OKC Twisters Cyclones all those would be good

OKC Sooners??????????

:confusedshrug:

[trig]

Oklahoma bombers

[Myth]

Stop with the Raiders please.............they are in Oakland.






Agreed. It would be fine if there wasn't already a pro sports team named that, but there is. Lets be more original here.

[dnyk1337]

Oklahoma Donaghy

http://a.abcnews.com/images/Sports/nba_Donaghy_070724_ms.jpg

:roll: :roll: Maybe it's just late, but I found that hilarious... Oklahoma City Donaghy... !!!:oldlol:

And it will be very weird without Seattle Supersonics in the league. Hopefully we can add a team there again although it might water down the league. Whatever, it doesn't matter. No Seattle Supersonics=no actual NBA season. It'd be like the Knicks moving to Las Vegas and changing their name. . Where would the league find comic relief then?

[B-Mac]

Hope Durant gets traded...

[HANNIBAL SMITH]

Oklahoma City Steelers (stealers)

[tsforthrees]

oklahoma city durants

[No_Look604]

My sympathy also goes out to the original poster & to all sonic fans!!!

They aren't one of my favourites, but this is down right wrong. How can you allow a franchise with that much history to walk?

When I lived in Vancouver, they let the Grizzlies go to Memphis...which hurt big time, this is like 1,000 times worse@!! Fcuk David Stern and the ******* who sold the team to this bastard in the first place.

Just for the record, Vancouver always had a better attendance record than Memphis.

BTW, this will hurt many Canadians as well...who would make the 2+ hour drive down to Seattle to watch some NBA. For the past several seasons I've been driving out atleast four times a year. Where the fu(k do I go now? Portland's too far.

One thing I know is, even with that sorry ass line-up last year...the fans were passionate about their team and always let the away team hear how they felt.

Can someone briefly explain why the sonics couldn't just keep playing in the old arena? Or was that the owner's original plan? Make a pitch for a new stadium and if the city doesn't allow it, than that's his reason to leave?

I keep thinking to myself...Key Arena was a nice stadium. I mean, if Key Arena is all you know and you've never been to another venue...you wouldn't know any better. I guess it's all about the $$$ in the end.

What can we, as fans, do to David Stern? It would be nice to see other fans in different cities support Seattle, by holding up signs calling for Stern's job(during game's of course)...

[No_Look604]

Hey geniuses...don't some of you see a pattern here, with these name suggestions?

We're looking for NEGATIVE names that reflect this whole situation.

Most people posting here are mad...we could give a rat's ass what their new name will be. Curious in time, yes...but do we care? No.

[Silverbullit]

Hey geniuses...don't some of you see a pattern here, with these name suggestions?

We're looking for NEGATIVE names that reflect this whole situation.

Most people posting here are mad...we could give a rat's ass what their new name will be. Curious in time, yes...but do we care? No.

Oklahoma Rats? :)

[rfidd]

The Oklahoma OKIES

[LutherHeadJob]

Sounds gay, i will be pretending this team don't exist.

[Jimmy2k8]

Oklahoma City Fertilizer Bombers

:confusedshrug:


:roll: That wouldn't be a bad name. Especially when there was a bombing in Oklahoma City.

Btw, I've saw OKC Raiders on every page now.

[RainierBeachPoet]

Sounds gay, i will be pretending this team don't exist.
i dont know what team to which youre refering:confusedshrug:

here is a tidbit from art thiel of the seattle pi:

As has been written here before, the biggest culprits in this deal have been the NBA and former owner Howard Schultz. However unfairly, the mess they created fell to the city and the business community to clean up. But by neglecting to put more resources in front-end imagination instead of back-end litigation, the game was lost.
Bennett is still a liar, Stern is still unconscionably remorseless, and the Sonics are gone

for the whole article:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/thiel/369455_thiel03.html

[Thorpesaurous]

Mr Burns: They're thiefs.

Smithers: I have a much uglier name for it sir ... MIS-APROP-RIATION!!!



The OKC Misapropriators.
The Oklahoma City Bandits actually sounds good, and fits the bill. I like naming teams. I really wanted the Washington Nationals to be the Federales' (en espanol). Nobody else I knew liked it.

You should get a bunch of guys to fly there opening night just to boo the hell out of them.

[Made From Dust]

It must burn like crazy that David Stern and Clay Bennett were right! This team is now 10 times better than anything Seattle had produced in recent memory and more importantly the city and the fans are 10 times better for this team. The OKC fans are insane! Nothing like the boring Sonics fans.


Better fans, better sports town, better team, better arena. What a win it was for the move in hindsight and oh how WRONG the people were who said the move would end in disaster. :roll:

[QuebecBaller]

It must burn like crazy that David Stern and Clay Bennett were right! This team is now 10 times better than anything Seattle had produced in recent memory and more importantly the city and the fans are 10 times better for this team. The OKC fans are insane! Nothing like the boring Sonics fans.


Better fans, better sports town, better team, better arena. What a win it was for the move in hindsight and oh how WRONG the people were who said the move would end in disaster. :roll:

Better team?

You don't remember the '96 Sonics? Payton, Hawkins, Schrempf, Kemp, Perks

[lovethetriangle]

It must burn like crazy that David Stern and Clay Bennett were right! This team is now 10 times better than anything Seattle had produced in recent memory and more importantly the city and the fans are 10 times better for this team. The OKC fans are insane! Nothing like the boring Sonics fans.


Better fans, better sports town, better team, better arena. What a win it was for the move in hindsight and oh how WRONG the people were who said the move would end in disaster. :roll:


you're not smart

[Killbot]

It must burn like crazy that David Stern and Clay Bennett were right! This team is now 10 times better than anything Seattle had produced in recent memory and more importantly the city and the fans are 10 times better for this team. The OKC fans are insane! Nothing like the boring Sonics fans.


Better fans, better sports town, better team, better arena. What a win it was for the move in hindsight and oh how WRONG the people were who said the move would end in disaster. :roll:

:oldlol: Clearly you just started watching basketball.
The Sonics were dominant in '96 before having to face the 72-10 Chicago Bulls.
The city and the fans are not 10 times better. If you watch any Seattle Sonics game around 90s, you would seen how great these fans were. Sonics fans will be just as or more crazy than OKC fans if the team hasn't been moved.
When Oklahoma City Thunder struggle for 5 consecutive years, lets see how excited the fans in OKC will be. :oldlol:

[blazerjimmy]

It must burn like crazy that David Stern and Clay Bennett were right! This team is now 10 times better than anything Seattle had produced in recent memory and more importantly the city and the fans are 10 times better for this team. The OKC fans are insane! Nothing like the boring Sonics fans.


Better fans, better sports town, better team, better arena. What a win it was for the move in hindsight and oh how WRONG the people were who said the move would end in disaster. :roll:

As much as I will root for any team to beat the Lakers and as much as I like some of their players, I was dreading a posting just like this!!! You blew all your credibility by opening your statement by saying that Stern and Bennett were right. Better sports town? Better than Seattle??? Whatever. Disaster??? I've never said it would end in disaster....think some of us Pacific North Westers were WISHING failure upon the Blunder, but not predicting it.

Have you ever heard of some guys by the names of Gary Payton, Shawn Kemp, Detlef Shrempf, Nate McMillan..........never mind, I've got a feeling I'm wasting my time here.:banghead: