nba.fanhouse.com - 9/4/2008
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( 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 unleashed the Thunder on our arses. There's the logo. Breathe it in. Don't let it choke you, though. That would be bad. Matt Moore says the OKC owners ...
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Will Clay Bennett Steal Golden State's Mascot?
FanHouse —
... and his cronies officially confirmed the league's worst kept secret today by announcing that his franchise has been dubbed the Oklahoma City Thunder. So does this mean after stealing basketball from Seattle he now has his sights on Golden State's mascot? ...
The Internets are alive: Thunder thoughts
Ball Don't Lie —
... be very, very worried. If ALL THAT WORK was put into designing such a simple yet terrible logo, one can only imagine how outrageously awful these uniforms are going to be. Plus, orange? Really? The Bobcats have been rocking an electric orange that looks terrible (especially compared to the not-so-seizure-inducing blue digs ... although did anyone see that terrible checkered pattern experiment?), and that's the farthest thing from a glowing endorsement of the color." FanHouse: "Bright side to the blinding palette: Kevin Durant has played ...
Alternative (and Possibly Seizure-Inducing) Oklahoma City Thunder Logo
FanHouse —
... The new logo for the Oklahoma City Thunder went official last week, and saying that it's less than spectacular would be kind of an understatement. It was either thrown together too quickly, or there was simply no money left for graphic design after the expense of stealing moving the franchise from Seattle. No matter. Some industrious fans have come up with a ...
Seattle Sober Saturday: The week in sports missed because you were intoxicated
Assist by The Mitten —
... to earn the Mariners closer role. This is fine with me, just so long as we don’t have to endure AC\DC for his play-in music as he runs in from the outfield bullpen – especially “Thunderstruck.” I like the Australian rock band as much as the next meathead, but this just smacks of something a dim-witted NBA franchise in the Midwest would do. Oh, they actually do this? Well, there you go. ...
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Bleacher Report - NBA 9/4/2008
Well, this is it. This is the day of for everyone that gave a crap about the Seattle SuperSonics to start rooting for the Blazers.
Clay Bennett and King Stern have officially taken our team. The OKC Thunder will replace the Supes as the last-place ...
