sports.yahoo.com - 9/3/2008
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"Well, it's hard to keep a secret." Ah, truer words have never been spoken, Clay Bennett . After weeks of dumb guessing, the Oklahoma City NBA franchise finally announced it will be called the Oklahoma City Thunder , and unveiled the logo and colors before a large crowd gathered at Leadership Square today. Let me tell you, the AC/DC was a rockin'. Here's a look at some Thunder gear ...
OKC Thunder Logo Leaks, Maybe
nba.fanhouse.com 8/30/2008 — Via NBA OKC blog by way of BallHype , comes this possible leak posted on an OKC fan forum : a phone pic of some sort of Oklahoma City Thunder merch. The logo itself seems like a cross between the Cavs and Bobcats ... which is not so good. The ...
Thunder Struck. OKC NBA Team Unveils Name, Logo
bizofbasketball.com 9/4/2008 — Tonight, the team formerly known as the SuperSonics were renamed the Thunder in their new relocation home of Oklahoma City. The new name, one of the worst kept secrets in the NBA, has been rumored to be the selection for almost six weeks. "It's hard to keep a secret," said controlling owner Clay Ben
Oklahoma City Has Been ... Thunderstruck
nba.fanhouse.com 9/4/2008 — ( Note: It is requested you listen to this in the background while reading this post. For artistic purposes. - Ed.) The population of NBA teams featuring orange as a major color has increased by one today, as the barons of Oklahoma City have ...
Oklahoma City Logo Is Not Liked By NBA Fans [Blog Patrol] —
FanIQ Blog
Even Oklahoma City hates the new Thunder logo. [ The Oklahoma City NBA Sports Blog ]
Ron Artest gets his head ready to play for the Rockets. Literally. [ The Sporting Blog ]
The Ocho Cinco jersey will make it's debut on Sunday, because the Bengals have now officially recognized the name. [ Pro Football Talk ]
Manny Ramirez as a translator. This is bound to be entertaining. [ ...
The OKC Thunder, Brought To You By Tropical Skittles —
Tirico Suave
What a truly awful WNBA/NBDL/XFL-esque logo and color scheme the OKC Thunder have chosen. I’d be ashamed to propose this look to my intramural co-ed no-contact flag frisbee golf team let alone a franchise worth a couple hundred million. Terrible colors, the generic font and imagery…how long did the agency responsible for the logo have [...]
The Fundamentals —
BallerBlogger.com
The Rip City Project : “If that wasn’t bad enough, the logo is so blah it’s unbelievable. So let me get this straight, you named the team Thunder but have absolutely no thunderbolts in the logo? Nothing even resembling a lightning strike or some sort of electric force. Instead it’s Thunder in big font with that wack OKC logo under it. I’m sorry but that OKC logo ...
The Thunder Logo is “Classic” —
Dime Magazine
Is it? Is it really? That's what OKC chairman Clay Bennet told the Oklahoman yesterday:
"We think the logo is classic in its style. We think it's powerful in its design. We think it evokes energy. We think the word Thunder is displayed with simplicity and dignity. And the colors represent much about Oklahoma.
"Our primary color [...]
The Internets are alive: Thunder thoughts —
Ball Don't Lie
During a press conference yesterday, Oklahoma City chairman Clay
Bennett revealed his franchise will be called Thunder and unveiled the
team's not-so-secret logo and colors. Here's what they're saying out in
the ether about the new look ... The OKC NBA Sports Blog : "This is terrible. This logo has nothing to do with Thunder. Quite frankly, I'm Thunder-shocked. The blue is the same ...
Worst...Logo...Ever... —
Where's Ubaldo?
OK so the OKC team name is the Thunder. Not much of a shocker . What is a shocker, kind of, is this logo (I say kind of because a blogger found a leak of it). What is that? It took the geniuses two months to make this. With two months to come up with an original logo, they give us this. This is the most generic WNBAish logo an NBA team has ever had. This is just terrible and I hope they ...
Thunder Struck? Thunder Suck. —
SLAM Online
by Adam Sweeney
If snake oil salesman, make that owner, Clay Bennett is hoping to make Seattle forget about their former franchise, he’s off to a great start.
In a Wednesday afternoon press conference, Oklahoma City basketball officials unveiled their team name and logo, the Thunder, a name they hoped would “denote energy and power.” They instead presented their new fans with a look ...
Oklahoma City Thunder store opens —
InsideHoops
At 5 p.m. Wednesday, the NBA franchise in Oklahoma City was officially named Thunder at a name and logo unveiling event in downtown Oklahoma City. At 5:15, the Thundershop was opened on the ground floor of the Leadership Square building and more than 1,000 fans made their way through the front doors.
Team officials say approximately [...]
Introducing The Oklahoma City Thunder —
Slam Dunk Central
“ The Team Formerly Known As The Seattle SuperSonics ” has ceased to exist. Now residing in Oklahoma City is the newest franchise in the Association, the Oklahoma City Thunder. The “ Associated Press ” reported that Team Chairman Clay Bennett revealed the new name and logo to the public on Wednesday. The name certainly was no surprise to anyone attending the press ...
Thunder-Hardly-Struck —
Juiced Sports Blog*: Writing Enhanced by Flaxseed Oil
Oklahoma City’s new NBA team has a name, a logo (albeit horrible), and some colors. I’m glad I waited so long for that
SCOTT JACOBS
As a lover of logos it’s not often you get the chance to see a brand new team in a brand new city trot out a new identity, a new logo, a new emblem to be recognized with their league. So when the Sonics left Seattle and moved to Oklahoma ...
Wednesday Night Open Run —
World Hoops Blog
Okay, we're going quality over quantity on this open run. Aussies, take note at link #1.
:: Bounce Mag: The Grime: Top 10 Playground Performers of 2008 - John Rillie, holler at your boy, Homicide. Bounce named the Aussie with the mohawk their #5 best street baller of 2008.
:: Oklahoma City BBall: Let's Do This - Apparently, I was wrong about that logo last week. The Thunder have the worst
15 year olds with Photoshop should not be designing Professional sports logos. —
Pyle of List
It’s official. After several people asked over the holiday weekend, Clay Bennett and crew realized they still didn’t have a name, logo, colors or team concept.
So after a 20 minute board meeting where everybody searched ESPN.com and Rootzoo on there Wi-fi capable laptops for ideas they settled on the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Bennett and his cronies also decided to use the ...
The Oklahoma City Thunder Are Striking —
Brahsome - Care To Get Nice?
The sound of the drums beating in my heart tore me apart. Yup. That’s what happened when I watched the Oklahoma City THUNDAAAAAAAH press conference earlier. Okay, not really. But they did play Thunderstruck, which I totally back on any occasion really. (Aside: No. Seriously, any occasion. How’d you like into your office in the morning with Thunderstruck blaring? Would people take ...
It’s official: Oklahoma City Thunder —
Dime Magazine
OKC Thunder
After weeks of guessing and some timely leaks, the Oklahoma City NBA franchise has an identity: The Thunder.
OKC just unveiled the new name and logo seconds ago, and like a lot of people said about the leaked logo, it does have a certain WNBA feel. I'm generally not a fan of names that don't [...]
Live from OKC... it's logo unveiling time! —
Rumors and Rants
According to The Lost Ogle -- which as far as we can tell is the hottest blog source for breaking news in the Oklahoma City metroplex -- you can now find official Oklahoma City Thunder gear at the NBA Store. The logo, not to mention the team name, still have not been officially unveiled by owner Clay Bennett. And on the day the NBA schedules were released last month, all of the Thunder's ...
For those anxiously awaiting the opportunity ... —
Deadspin
For those anxiously awaiting the opportunity to purchase a snazzy button-downed shirt with the newly-minted Oklahoma City Thunder logo on it, well, leap off your chairs and start clapping because that day is here. [ NBA.com ]
Reminder: Oklahoma City name and look coming tomorrow —
NBA Noise
The final axe will be thrown down by the new Oklahoma City franchise tomorrow , severing it's previous image as the Seattle Supersonics. By all accounts, OKC will unveil their name as the 'Thunder'. If you recall, a Thunder logo printed on an NBA basketball was leaked this past weekend, giving us some indication of their name and image. We'll be keeping our fingers crossed that the leaked ...
Links to possible OKC team logo leaks —
InsideHoops
Hi. I have no idea if any of these are really the new logos for the NBA’s Oklahoma City team, but below are a few links that people have emailed me.
It’s assumed that the team will be named the Thunder. We’ll find out this week, as the name and logo are finally revealed, officially.
Anyway, check [...]
Oklahoma City name and logo leaked? —
NBA Noise
Over on The Oklahoma City NBA Sports Blog and The Lost Ogle , they are displaying what they claim to be a legit Oklahoma City logo printed on a basketball from their unpacking facility. As expected, Thunder appears to be the name they are going with. But for all that is sacred, let's all pray that this logo ISN'T real. First of all, the colors? Orange, yellow and blue? It looks like a great ...
Bennett: Thunder Logo 'is Classic' —
NBA.com: News
In THE OKLAHOMAN, Mike Baldwin writes "with thunderstruck' blaring over speakers inside Leadership Square, NBA players Desmond Mason and Damien Wilkins and a group of kids unveiled the Thunder logo Wednesday afternoon. While there was little suspense ...
