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Oklahoma City Announces NBA Team Name

Found September 03, 2008 on InGameNow:
Oklahoma City announced today that their newly arrived NBA franchise will be known as the Thunder. Really? That's the best you can do?!? What do the fans think?
Original Story: http://blog.ingamenow.com/2008/09/03/...
45 Comments:
  • Should have been called the tornados, and the arena the Tornado Alley
    by milehighsalute   September 03, 2008   Reply   Options   +4 Likes
  • Looks similar to GSW logo, whose official mascot happens to be named Thunder...

    by bryanh   September 03, 2008   Reply   Options   +2 Likes
  • I dont see the resemblence other than the logo's strong outline / angle
    by rankible   September 03, 2008   Reply   Options   +1 Likes
  • same colors tho.
    by GSWgirl   September 04, 2008   Reply   Options   +1 Likes
  • What about the OKC Noodlers? Wiki on " noodlin" if you don't know. And no it's not some porn thing. The mascot could be a huge catfish!
    The second choice is the OKC Bombers...wait thats no good...
    by ReHabit   September 04, 2008   Reply   Options  
  • Looks closer to the Nets or Knicks, at least they didin't take the name off of a car tag. They deserve a chance to suceed no matter what they are called!
    by bannerseason   September 04, 2008   Reply   Options   +1 Likes
  • Brutally lame logo.
    by rankible   September 03, 2008   Reply   Options   +3 Likes
  • Look up seattle supersonics on Wikipedia, not much room to talk about lame names. Metropolitans or pilots gimme a break! Had a bunch of thinkers huh?
    by bannerseason   September 04, 2008   Reply   Options  
  • it's ok...no doubt retro-looking...good call, MILEHigh, on arena name...Thunder sounds decent...still bizzare, this move from Seattle...Hope franchise gets the necessary support
    by orions   September 03, 2008   Reply   Options   +2 Likes
  • Oklahoma City was great supporting the Hornets, so they at least deserve the chance. Who knows - they may be more loyal than big time markets because they didn't have a team and never will again!
    by milehighsalute   September 03, 2008   Reply   Options   +3 Likes
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    by [locked]   September 04, 2008   Reply   Options   +2 Likes
  • New Jersey probably went through just as many team-naming brainstorming sessions, and all they could come up with was the Nets. wooo
    by gangreen   September 03, 2008   Reply   Options   +1 Likes
  • at least its related to basketball and the logo isnt this bad.
    by stillatin   September 04, 2008   Reply   Options  
  • They are going to be the next Tropics, tell me when Jackie Moon joins the team...........I want to go to the game where they have the caged bear wrestling with Jackie.

    Love Me Sexy
    by echinsuocha1   September 03, 2008   Reply   Options  
  • Oh wow this is so lame when I hear Oklahoma City Thunder I think of a D-League or WNBA team! Im sorry but this name as no edge to it...and I hope they dont think that they are going to have a mascot, logo, or slogan that resemble the Warriors! Because most of us W's fans wont be having it....
    by brittanystar07   September 04, 2008   Reply   Options   +2 Likes
  • LAME logo
    by ChumpNetwork   September 04, 2008   Reply   Options   +1 Likes
  • Worst logo in the league

    I'm glad Oklahoma really put some time in when thinking about that
    by WorldofIsaac   September 04, 2008   Reply   Options   +2 Likes
  • LAME. Here's what I don't get. He said the colors are blue (for the state flag) and red and orange (for the sunsets in Oklahoma. So they base there colors off sunsets, for a team called the Thunder? How much sense does that make. Also add the fact that the logo is very bland. They screwed up. I've seen many concepts that are 100 times better than this.
    by tedhill   September 04, 2008   Reply   Options   +5 Likes
  • excellent observation
    by oflarity   September 04, 2008   Reply   Options   +1 Likes
  • from a graphic designers perspective everything about this logo says FAIL, from the typography to the layout of the icons and the "rays" behind it, it looks reallllllllllly amateur.
    by stillatin   September 04, 2008   Reply   Options   +2 Likes
  • when I first saw it, I figured it had to be a temporary logo while something better was in development. But they're selling merchandise with this crap on it, so I guess this is it!
    by oflarity   September 04, 2008   Reply   Options  
  • Thunder is OK, but I would have called the team Oklahoma instead of Oklahoma City. Let the whole State be in on it since Oklahoma has no other pro teams and won't in the future.
    by Trojanaz   September 04, 2008   Reply   Options   +2 Likes
  • Turrible. Just turrible.
    by GSWgirl   September 04, 2008   Reply   Options   +1 Likes
  • Erm, you didn't spell it right. It's "trbl." T-R-B-L. That's what Frank says, at least. ;-)
    by Gittle   September 05, 2008   Reply   Options  
  • Godawful. I am already dreading seeing the uniforms.
    by koyote   September 04, 2008   Reply   Options  

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  • WOW, and that's where you took it too far.
    by britneyrose   September 04, 2008   Reply   Options   +3 Likes
  • I'm thinking that logo wont last long in the NBA.
    Maybe a couple seasons and they'll change it.

    Let's hope so...
    by britneyrose   September 04, 2008   Reply   Options   +2 Likes
  • Yeah lets do hope so... Bombers... Ha Ha... That is so terrible... I do like the tornados or the twisters or the yellow brick roads...
    by DoWork   September 04, 2008   Reply   Options  
  • the logo sucks, sorry to say. should have left the team where they was at. needs brighter colors, more image.
    by knickz   September 04, 2008   Reply   Options  
  • how about they be called, The OKC " David Stern allowed the morally bankrupt and 'cash makes right' culture that is messing up america creep into the NBA. Clay Bennett stole a proud NBA franchise with a city that funded it and supported it and now it's in a smaller market where there is no guaruntee pro sports will succeed." 's.
    I added the 's because a team name should be plural.
    by DSFearsCuban   September 04, 2008   Reply   Options   +1 Likes
  • LMAO!!! I agree!
    by GSWgirl   September 04, 2008   Reply   Options   +1 Likes
  • As a W's fan I was quite upset when i heard the name was going to be thunder. Our thunder is in our actual logo. The league should have not allowed them to call themselves after another teams logo/mascot. The colors look more like knicks or cats. I think should have gone with something crazy and catchy. Like some off the wall colors and mascot. They are the second millenium team and should have used it to their advantage to make a statement,"HEY, here we are and take notice!" Not,"Look, another team that looks like another teams."
    by warriorfansam   September 04, 2008   Reply   Options   +1 Likes
  • True dat!
    TC reccomended they call themselves the outlaws. That was the best name I heard. This one just SUCKS!
    by GSWgirl   September 04, 2008   Reply   Options  
  • i hope they didn't pay for that logo.
    by sensei40   September 04, 2008   Reply   Options  
  • they ruined the sonics for THIS?????? pathetic
    as walton would say 'TERRRRRIBLE CALLL"
    i hope they go 0-82
    by GardenOfOden   September 04, 2008   Reply   Options   +1 Likes
  • the oklahoma city bombers
    by blockboy919   September 04, 2008   Reply   Options   +1 Likes
  • I think the people of seattle should be smiling:) They might have had there team stolen by bennett and stern, but at least OKC has already made fools of themselves with this minor league image they just rolled out!
    by jeetz999   September 04, 2008   Reply   Options  
  • i was serious about the OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBERS!! mcvey is the only thing anyone knows about that city
    by moonlewton   September 05, 2008   Reply   Options   +1 Likes
  • they should have called their team the oklahoma city ball bags, when the get blown out every game thats what the players will be doing back to the locker room
    by chazaroo   September 05, 2008   Reply   Options  
  • I'm amazed that a league and commissioner that value IMAGE so much would lay such an egg. How many millions did the OKC owner and NBA pour into the name, color, and marketing research to come up with this lameness. Stern, please retire now and find a replacement that is much more in touch with the times.
    by cygnusx1   September 05, 2008   Reply   Options  
  • Lamest logo and name since........ nope its the lamest. What about Oklahoma City Flying Cows ?
    by motoxcld   September 05, 2008   Reply   Options  
  • That's the best they could do! ...LOL
    by adevault   September 06, 2008   Reply   Options  
  • if you really think about it alot of the NBA teams have bad names: Nets, Heat, Knicks, Lakers, Nuggets, i mean come on 76ers, all the names suck, the Thunder wont sound so bad as soon as they start winning like all the other teams with bad names had to do
    by dlbmx490   October 16, 2008   Reply   Options  
  • i hate the thunder i wouldnt if they were still in seattle but hopefuly they will get a new team hopefuly but idk anymore cause it seems like they havent tryed to get a new team yet
    by seattle73   February 08, 2010   Reply   Options  
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