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|  #1 Posted on 29.8.08 0351.29
Reposted on: 29.8.15 0355.25 | The Oklahoma City NBA Franchise Formerly Known as the Seattle SuperSonics will finally announce on Sept. 3 their new name, along with their new colors. No word yet on if the announcement will include the unveiling of their uniforms.
About friggin' time. Is it okay to go ahead and start calling them the Oklahoma City Thunder already? It's been a foregone conclusion for a couple months now, supposedly, even if it does sound like a bad WNBA team name. | Promote this thread! |             | J. Kyle
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| #2 Posted on 29.8.08 1750.53
Reposted on: 29.8.15 1751.24 | | Being from Oklahoma, I think the most fitting team name for the players who end up there is "The Karmic Debtors." | BigDaddyLoco
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| #3 Posted on 30.8.08 1425.11
Reposted on: 30.8.15 1425.14 | | In similar news, Schultz is dropping his lawsuit Click Here (sports.espn.go.com) | ekedolphin
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| #4 Posted on 3.9.08 1709.54
Reposted on: 3.9.15 1711.56 | It's Thunder, all right, and I must say they have a fairly boring, generic logo to go along with their fairly boring, generic name. (Then again, the team itself is also boring and generic, so I guess it's fitting).
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(edited by ekedolphin on 3.9.08 1953) | Lise
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| #5 Posted on 3.9.08 1812.46
Reposted on: 3.9.15 1813.57 | Lame.
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| #6 Posted on 3.9.08 1921.19
Reposted on: 3.9.15 1923.58 | Originally posted by Lise
Lame.
Very very lame.
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| #7 Posted on 3.9.08 2127.40
Reposted on: 3.9.15 2129.01 | At least that means the Sonics logo finally got scratched off this thread. No point in rubbing salt in Seattle's wounds.
(edited by It's False on 3.9.08 1928) | StingArmy
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| #8 Posted on 3.9.08 2131.16
Reposted on: 3.9.15 2134.03 | OKC! It's not too late to get Vince McMahon on the line! It might need a few alterations but it's a whole lot better than what you got:
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| #9 Posted on 3.9.08 2215.04
Reposted on: 3.9.15 2216.34 | Reminds me of the Atlanta Thrashers logo. What we the rejected choices? That looks like it took five minutes in Illustrator.
At least with the name we can find out how Clay-Clay is going out: Clay Death Thru Kimono. (And a bit about is sexual preference, probably: Clay Admire Hunk Tooth.) | Rush4Life
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| #10 Posted on 3.9.08 2314.28
Reposted on: 3.9.15 2314.33 | | God that logo sucks! No offense to anyone who lives out there but have a good freakin' time attracting free agents with a CBA team name and logo... | Zeruel
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| #11 Posted on 4.9.08 0002.30
Reposted on: 4.9.15 0004.49 | | There is just no lightning motif in that at all. That WCW Thunder logo is miles ahead of the OKC one. | supersalvadoran
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| #12 Posted on 4.9.08 0243.04
Reposted on: 4.9.15 0244.23 | How sad is it that WCW's 3rd best show (be honest, saturday night was better than thunder, even with the jobbers) has better graphics than a entity that could be worth hundreds of millions?
I think a more proper name for the team should be the Oklahoma City Kevin Durant plus the four bodies he has to carry every night. Truth in advertising and I'm sure it's going to be that way for a long while. | ekedolphin
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| #13 Posted on 4.9.08 0410.32
Reposted on: 4.9.15 0411.13 | From the Thunder press release on their website:
[Thunder chairman Clay] Bennett announced the team's uniform design is being finalized and will be revealed in late September as players arrive for training camp. Additional graphic designs are also underway. "The wordmark and shield, although a proud historic landmark for the team, should be viewed as an initial primary logo as we work towards additional graphic development of our team identity," he said.
I read that to mean "Hey, we reserve the right to totally change the logo in the next month or so when we get feedback from 25 million people about how much it sucks." | Lise
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| #14 Posted on 4.9.08 1145.02
Reposted on: 4.9.15 1145.03 | | Honestly, I was thinking of some kind of cloud horse galloping across the sky with lightning coming from its hooves like Black Elk uses as an illustration of storms rolling across the plains in "Black Elk Speaks"... but maybe that's just me. | Psycho Penguin
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| #15 Posted on 4.9.08 1204.04
Reposted on: 4.9.15 1204.56 | StingArmy, thanks for that post. It made me laugh.
This is a terrible name and logo. I remember in the late 90s/early 00s when teams were starting to get cooler logos (Nets, 76ers, Sonics, Cavaliers, Nuggets) and now this crap? Ugh. | whatever
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| #16 Posted on 4.9.08 1240.35
Reposted on: 4.9.15 1246.13 | Originally posted by Psycho Penguin
StingArmy, thanks for that post. It made me laugh.
This is a terrible name and logo. I remember in the late 90s/early 00s when teams were starting to get cooler logos (Nets, 76ers, Sonics, Cavaliers, Nuggets) and now this crap? Ugh.
When you say cooler Cavs logo and late 90's, I hope you mean this and not this.
As for OKC, count me in with the 'terrible' vote. | thecubsfan
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| #17 Posted on 4.9.08 1250.30
Reposted on: 4.9.15 1255.53 |
I read that to mean "Hey, we reserve the right to totally change the logo in the next month or so when we get feedback from 25 million people about how much it sucks."
No, read that as: "We know there are OCity sports fans who are dying to buy gear for their first in-city major professional team, so we're going to change the logo in a month so they have to buy all new gear with the new logo, and we're hinting at it here so you can't accuse us of the shenanigans we're about to pull. Welcome to our fantastic run as team owners!" | Psycho Penguin
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| #18 Posted on 4.9.08 1341.17
Reposted on: 4.9.15 1343.02 | Originally posted by whatever
Originally posted by Psycho Penguin
StingArmy, thanks for that post. It made me laugh.
This is a terrible name and logo. I remember in the late 90s/early 00s when teams were starting to get cooler logos (Nets, 76ers, Sonics, Cavaliers, Nuggets) and now this crap? Ugh.
When you say cooler Cavs logo and late 90's, I hope you mean this and not this.
As for OKC, count me in with the 'terrible' vote.
Yes, yes I did. 
I forgot the Hawks got a cool makeover a few years back, too. | Alessandro
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| #19 Posted on 4.9.08 1404.11
Reposted on: 4.9.15 1404.30 | ESPN noted the similarities with the Doritos logo ...
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| #20 Posted on 4.9.08 1536.09
Reposted on: 4.9.15 1536.37 | Courtesy of the always fabulous With Leather... (Possibly NSFW)
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