The Oracle

by Fantasy Junkie on Oct 20, 2006 3:28 PM PDT in News

Just this afternoon the Warriors reached an agreement with Oracle Corporation on the naming rights of The Oakland Arena. The Warriors home will now be called "The Oracle" for the next 10 years.

Thanks to JudBooshlur who broke the news first with the diary "The Oakland Arena to be renamed...". Make sure to vote in his poll.

Oracle and the Golden State Warriors today announced a naming rights agreement in which the Arena in Oakland will be renamed the Oracle. The 10-year agreement also includes additional exclusive team sponsorship elements with the National Basketball Association club. Financial terms of the deal were not released.

"We welcome the opportunity to align ourselves with the Oracle brand," said Warriors President Robert Rowell. "The Warriors are rapidly progressing toward our goal of becoming a championship organization, and partnering with Oracle is another sign of that progress. They are undoubtedly the best in the world at what they do. We look forward to tapping into them as a valuable business resource."

What do you think of the name? What else would you have named it?

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The Matrix

Like I said in the diary:

You know this means....
....that we'll be trading for the Matrix!!! Awesome. We'll dodge Western Conference bullets left and right.

The real question is, who in the NBA is considered:

Morpheus? (Shaq?)
Trinity? (Travis Diener?)
Agent Smith? (Kobe?)

p.s. I think it sounds sweet. I can imagine all the headlines....if the Warriors are playing other worldly.

Top 7 of '07 draft = Warriors only chance of being good over the next 5 years

by jgodoski on Oct 20, 2006 3:44 PM PDT reply actions

I like it.

it's a pretty bad@ss name... and if the Warriors become one of the upper echelon teams in the NBA... can you imagine sportscenter/Inside the NBA talking about "The Oracle"? gives me the goosebumps.

by ZombieWarrior on Oct 20, 2006 3:54 PM PDT reply actions

I find it to be...

Pretty wack. I mean, the arena's named after an 8 pound vacuum now. I could care less about the software development company. When I hear Oracle, I think vacuum.

coma coma coma coma coma chameleon, you come and go. you most definitely come and go.

by coma @ Golden State Of Mind on Oct 20, 2006 4:10 PM PDT reply actions