slapshot Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 I was flipping channels and unfortunately stumbled upon the Celtics game tonight against New Orleans. At the top of the screen, next to "BOS" was "NOK".What the hell is "NOK"? Shouldn't it still just be "NO"? Or "NOR"?Norklahoma City Hornets?NBA Basketball gives me a headache. Back-to-Back Fatal Forty Champion 2015 & 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingssss Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 I've seen that a lot, too. I guess it's just a combination of both. It looks weird, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCBoy Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Yah, I've seen it too, and I just think of it as a double meaning. New Orleans=NOOkalhoma=OKNO+OK=NOKThat's the best I thought of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleujayone Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 I'm assume its a combo of "NO" for New Orleans and "OK" for Oklahoma. But since the team is the "New Orleans" Hornets and not the "New Orleans-Oklahoma" Hornets, I really don't get this either. Slightly OT-I seem to recall some time ago when the Kings split their home games between Kansas City and Omaha, Nebraska and were known as "KC-Omaha" before they finally moved to Sacramento so I guess this isn't the first time something like this has been done in the NBA. We all have our little faults. Mine's in California. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeytonManningRocks Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Actually the team is officially called the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets. Just visit the team website, you'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 An NBA by-law states that if you play 25% or more of your home games in a market you are required to include that market in your team name-hence the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets and the Kansas City/Omaha Kings of the past. On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 You just caught that today?? They've been using NOK the entire year. I'm okay with them using both cities, I just hopes it's not permanent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC97 Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 An NBA by-law states that if you play 25% or more of your home games in a market you are required to include that market in your team name-hence the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets and the Kansas City/Omaha Kings of the past. Which is interesting because the home game breakdown for the NOOK Hornets is:- Oklahoma City 85%- Baton Rouge 15%Realistically they should be the Oklahoma City Hornets, but I understand the reason for including N.O. --- Chris Creamer Founder/Editor, SportsLogos.Net "The Mothership" • News • Facebook • X/Twitter • Instagram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awuestenfeld Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 I personally hope they stay here in OKC... its great to be able to go see real life NBA players. Fans have seemed to catch on too, we are averaging 18,000 per game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leafs13 Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Did I miss something? I thought they were abbreviating it as NOK the whole season. Wow, I must be slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMMF Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 An NBA by-law states that if you play 25% or more of your home games in a market you are required to include that market in your team name-hence the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets and the Kansas City/Omaha Kings of the past. Which is interesting because the home game breakdown for the NOOK Hornets is:- Oklahoma City 85%- Baton Rouge 15%Realistically they should be the Oklahoma City Hornets, but I understand the reason for including N.O. Norman 1%Quite a crowd for that game, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winters in buffalo Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 I thought they were The NOOCH this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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