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Domain Research: Will the New Oklahoma City NBA team be called the Outlaws?
Soon the the new Oklahoma City NBA team will be releasing their new name. We decided here a SportsTechNow to do a little research on the most obvious domain names if the Oklahoma City team would be called the Outlaws.
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  • chowell18 chowell18
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    Interesting find....

    I still think they're going to have a hard time "not" looking like a D-League team, regardless of what name they end up with.  The color scheme (assuming OSU type) and possible nicknames are not exactly "hot".

    Posted 7/7/2008 respond (flag)
  • payaso25us payaso25us
    +1

    Outlaws seem to be a negative trait... hows about

    OKC Megavolts  as an nba team name?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RAMLD_kmZg

     shockinly faster than sonics

    Posted 7/13/2008 respond (flag)
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