Oklahoma City Team Name Announced...

by MeTaLLiCs0naTaS on Jul 19, 2008 9:44 PM PDT

According to ESPNEWS, The team previously known as the Seattle Supersonics will now be referred to as The Oklahoma City Thunder. Now the Dubs have a lightning bolt as part of their logo and i know thunder and lightning aren't the same thing but they are both used in the same context. i think it's pretty stupid, i mean come on Our Mascot Is Named Thunder. We were here first. choose something original. or something that doesnt have anything else to do with other NBA teams. Cyclones, Hurricanes. Sorry OKC, i dont think its cool that u chose thunder we already have the mascot and the lightning bolt on the back of our jerseys to go with it. wat u guys think? maybe overreacting a little, but what the hell are they gonna use to symbolize thunder? obviously its gonna have something to do with lightning like ours. Biters...

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damn

thats lame. they trying to steal our thunder! man that joke was even lamer.

by lowchi on Jul 19, 2008 9:46 PM PDT 0 recs

While not funny, that joke was pretty damn smart.

by belilaugh on Jul 19, 2008 11:51 PM PDT up 0 recs

uhmmm....

maybe it’s about time we actually do something that resembles our name. I mean, we are named the Warriors. Yet, as you pointed out, we have lightning on our logo and Thunder as our mascot.

No more Baron, we are entering presumably the Monta era. I’ve heard some already cried for it. Is it about time for a change?

by lightz0ut on Jul 19, 2008 9:50 PM PDT 0 recs

I actually liked the whole logo scheme

I guess the ‘thunder’ in our logo, as well as the colors, are supposed to symbolize us as an ‘electrifying’ team. When you look at the Warriors logo, the thunder bolt that the mascot is holding can be looked at as a spear…. so I guess that somewhat resembles our name. It does look like our mascot is wearing a tribe mask too.

by Five Ten Entertainment on Jul 19, 2008 9:55 PM PDT up 1 recs

Did you know that our name...

Is actually referring to Native Americans, and we had to change our logo back in the 60’s or 70’s so as to not be offensive. I know several teams still use Native American imagery, but back in the day it was much more rampant aka Stanford’s mascot was a native american.

Man why couldn’t OKC name themselves the Tornadoes, since they are like the tornado capital of the world.

by joestar on Jul 19, 2008 10:23 PM PDT up 0 recs

yeah

I knew it originated from the native american logo, that’s why I mentioned that the thunderbolt that the mascot is holding can be looked at as a spear haha.

by Five Ten Entertainment on Jul 20, 2008 10:50 AM PDT up 0 recs

Touche! remember me!?!?!

Stop crying about it alright?!?! GO MULLIN.

by jeppalepala on Jul 21, 2008 12:29 AM PDT up 0 recs

HAHAHAHA True that!

The Thunders?!? Man… they shoulda added “Cats” at the end of it!
ThunderCats! ThunderCats! ThunderCats! HOOOOOOOOOOO!

by Tony.psd on Jul 21, 2008 8:16 AM PDT up 0 recs

that actually sounds ALOT better

Oklahoma City ThunderCats!!!

Oklahoma City Thunder sounds like a WNBA team.

by lightz0ut on Jul 21, 2008 12:53 PM PDT up 0 recs

we can still dream

they’d have the greatest mascot situation of all time. of course, all of the thundercats would need to be represented.

by cap'n hack on Jul 21, 2008 9:03 PM PDT up 0 recs

Well, too be successful

they’d have to get something both midwestern and urban sounding is hard. Oh, they’re state animal is the Bisons. That’s not bad.

by greala on Jul 19, 2008 9:52 PM PDT 0 recs

Sounds corny but I think people will get used to it.

Shouldn’t be much different than names like the “Magic”, “Heat”, “Jazz” etc.

Oklahoma City Barons or Oklahoma City Sooners would have been good names. And yeah I know there’s already a team called the “Oklahoma Sooners”, but Oklahoma already has a football team named Thunder as well.

by Five Ten Entertainment on Jul 19, 2008 9:52 PM PDT 0 recs

OKC shoulda named themselves...

OKC Outlaws. With Black and Gold jerseys would be clean.

by Spee-D on Jul 19, 2008 10:27 PM PDT 0 recs

or OKCGs

by farid on Jul 20, 2008 12:03 AM PDT up 0 recs

agreed with five ten entertainment...like the scheme and its hella corny....

and this is noobish why would u copy our team man? NAO what beezys….

by The Blobbah on Jul 19, 2008 10:46 PM PDT 0 recs

but there are nobodys on the thunder....

NAO IM SORRY MONTA AND KOBE FTW

by The Blobbah on Jul 19, 2008 10:47 PM PDT 0 recs

nice imput u guys, i agree with what most of you guys are saying...

i think we dont really need to change the logo or anything right now. ours are perfectly fine. and the blobbah: only monta ftw screw kobe :P

by MeTaLLiCs0naTaS on Jul 19, 2008 10:48 PM PDT 0 recs

if you go say...

NAO KOBE and a Warrior player are pro and put FTW and shit, i’ll stop saying kobe is pro but u hav to go say it urself on a couple other posts

by The Blobbah on Jul 19, 2008 10:53 PM PDT 0 recs

fine...

by MeTaLLiCs0naTaS on Jul 19, 2008 10:54 PM PDT 0 recs

We need to change our logo and unis........

nuff said. Thunder (our mascot) is stupid and played.

by goldenstatefan on Jul 19, 2008 10:56 PM PDT 0 recs

No

by J-Triumf on Jul 20, 2008 7:54 AM PDT up 0 recs

OKC BYTERZ THERE SLOGAN BYTERZ will be eaten

Sasha Vujacic {The machine} We should get HIM

by 61ixty on Jul 19, 2008 10:57 PM PDT 0 recs

LAKERS FTW

by The Blobbah on Jul 19, 2008 10:58 PM PDT 0 recs

LAKERS FTW

by The Blobbah on Jul 19, 2008 10:58 PM PDT 0 recs

blobbah...

ur a effin’ liar stop with the laker crap

by MeTaLLiCs0naTaS on Jul 19, 2008 11:02 PM PDT 0 recs

LOL nice pic

61ixty, those okc biters will be definitely be eaten

by MeTaLLiCs0naTaS on Jul 19, 2008 11:04 PM PDT 0 recs

LOL.Thanks.

Sasha Vujacic {The machine} We should get HIM

by 61ixty on Jul 19, 2008 11:09 PM PDT 0 recs

that is really lame

just goes to show how overlooked the dubz are in the context of nba operations.

by Run Dubz on Jul 20, 2008 12:15 AM PDT 0 recs

does this mean we're changing our mascot and name?

by mont8ellis on Jul 20, 2008 12:20 AM PDT 0 recs

pretty sure

the NBA knows how much contreversy this would have. maybe they have something in store for the dubs.. or as Run Dubz stated.. disrespected.

by mont8ellis on Jul 20, 2008 12:21 AM PDT up 0 recs

I hope not

What we have is working perfectly fine for now. This whole OKC basketball deal has been full of shady shenanigans from the beginning.

by J-Triumf on Jul 20, 2008 7:57 AM PDT up 0 recs

The league just got that much suckier

We lose the Seattle Sonics (Supersonics) for the Oklahoma City Thunder????? That… is… a suck! I have been to both cities, so I’m speaking from some experience when I say the NBA just went down a notch. Hell, Tacoma is a more cosmopolitan city. The Oklahoma City Thunder sound like a development league team. Pitiful!

by Jeremy Belvins on Jul 20, 2008 12:38 AM PDT 0 recs

lol

it really does sound like a developmental team.

by GSwarrior on Jul 20, 2008 12:56 AM PDT up 0 recs

lol

so true… can’t they use a animal?

by saintdee on Jul 20, 2008 12:57 AM PDT up 0 recs

I LIKE ALL OUR TEAM STUFF.

i love our jersey, i love our color scheme, i love our thunderbolt symbols, i love thunder especially when he acts lik an angry black woman. OKC should either be called the disasters, rage, storm, raging storms, rapids, anything that relates to the whether they got or the Seattle Supersonics of Oklahoma City. they do that for other teams

by gswLLBatman on Jul 20, 2008 2:04 AM PDT 1 recs

OKC should either be called the disasters

or the “Clay Bailers” or “Jackers”?

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by Skeptic con Urquell on Jul 21, 2008 4:36 PM PDT up 0 recs

Thunder ... ?

Say hello to the “Gladiator”

by pree on Jul 20, 2008 2:08 AM PDT 0 recs

Golden State Gladiators

SOUNDS FIERCE!!

by mont8ellis on Jul 20, 2008 5:49 PM PDT up 0 recs

damnit we just got jack

by the biter or bust. pick one, they are going to be the gizz’s when they were in Canada.sorry ass team. we need a new logo and jersey. We could bring the old school 90’s era jersey looks again. Now those were some jersey.

by warriorfan4life on Jul 20, 2008 4:12 AM PDT 0 recs

No we don't

If you think about it, our current uniform are an improved, updated version of the early ‘90s uniform (stylized text in similar placement and color). Though to be fair, those ‘90s ones are the only good throwbacks we have since all the ones before it have not aged well.

by J-Triumf on Jul 20, 2008 10:04 PM PDT up 0 recs

What an awful name

Shoulda been the OKC (poop) kickers.

Thunder is massively boring and all of the alternatives I read sounded better.

It fits how lame that entire franchise is now. Losing the Sonics is an abomination.

Mortimer

by Mortimer on Jul 20, 2008 5:15 AM PDT 0 recs

Huge thumbs down

The only side benefit it is might compel us to dump “Thunder,” the smurf on steroids, and the lightning bolt (a perfectly elegant symbol, graphically, but already taken by Gatorade, the Tampa Bay Lightning, and Shazam, among others, and not really appropriate to a quasi-desert area like the Bay).

Beyond that, Oklahoma City Thunder sounds like the kind of drivel you get when you try to pass something through too many committees of too many corporate suits: the least inspired, least offensive, most gutless option. Of the ones I heard bandied about, by far my favorite was the “Oklahoma City !” (inspired by the musical “Oklahoma!”) I mean, think of the great debates it would inspire about how to pronounce it: is it the “OKLAHOMA CITY!!!!” or “the Oklahoma City Exclamation Point” or “the Oklahoma City Chhk” (the band ”!!!” is apparently pronounced “chk chk chk”)...?

Of course, ! also would have come with a bold, ready-made logo. Imagine a big exclamation point at halfcourt, or on the side of the shorts? What a missed opportunity!

Sign ^^^^ !!

by Sleepy Freud on Jul 20, 2008 8:08 AM PDT 0 recs

P.S.

Seriously, bring back the fvcking Supersonics. This whole thing is ridiculous.

Sign ^^^^ !!

by Sleepy Freud on Jul 20, 2008 8:11 AM PDT up 0 recs

Those “side benefits” are not.

by J-Triumf on Jul 20, 2008 9:53 PM PDT up 0 recs

Er.

To you, at least. ;-)

Sign ^^^^ !!

by Sleepy Freud on Jul 21, 2008 1:36 AM PDT up 0 recs

I like the "!" idea

Especially the idea of putting it on the logos. I’m picturing a giant white exclamation point on the chest, with an otherwise-plain black jersey and shorts. And tall black socks. And black shoes. It would be very Pop Art. Or very Batman (the TV show, not the movie).

by BlueInTheFace on Jul 23, 2008 8:08 AM PDT up 0 recs

PS

Just to pile on to how stupid this move is: What’s with this logic that owners just move teams to their home towns? Jerry Jones is from Arkansas. Did he move the Cowboys to Little Rock? Who in EVER going to sign to play there. Talk about a free agent wasteland. Kevin Durant must have bought a new watch, just to count the seconds until he can bolt for the Heat, the Lakers, or the Knicks (the only three teams that will exist in the future, since those are the only places anyone apparently wants to play).

And just to take a second to eulogize the Sonics. Aside from the sickening, raw-deal aspect of the move, for the fans’s sake, it is such a loss to the culture of the NBA. I never exactly liked the Sonics, because they seemed to have the Warriors’ number in the 70s, 80, 90s, and 00s (the last year or two excepted). But I did think they were highly cool. They had an all-time great sports name: not only did it accomplish the de rigueur nod to speed and/or sleekness that fits well with a basketball team, especially in the West, it was wonderfully place-specific to a town known for building jet aircraft, wonderfully era-specific. It even had that rare, cool long-version/short-version option—a la “Knicks” or “Knickerbockers,” or even “Blazers” or “TrailBlazers.”

It’s a loss.

by BlueInTheFace on Jul 23, 2008 8:38 AM PDT up 0 recs

Just to pile on to how stupid this move is: What’s with this logic that owners just move teams to their home towns?

Especially if your home town is Oklahoma and you can afford to buy a team from seattle? I don’t understand how this guy is smart enough to make all that money but too dumb to realize he can afford to live in Seattle now instead of moving the team to Oklahoma??? !!!

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Cholesterol stalkin me

by Skeptic con Urquell on Jul 23, 2008 9:46 AM PDT up 0 recs

BOO

Bring them to court again! I’m sure they have enough of this already

by runeknightx on Jul 20, 2008 12:48 PM PDT 0 recs

okc thunder?

is there a link for that?

by jducsb3 on Jul 20, 2008 7:50 PM PDT 0 recs

here ya go

http://www.koco.com/sports/16925692/detail.html

by The Golden One on Jul 20, 2008 10:05 PM PDT up 0 recs

thnx...

...sounds like a wnba team name

by jducsb3 on Jul 21, 2008 10:06 AM PDT up 0 recs

Not official

I can’t find anything official about this. So far it’s still tentative. Hopefully they pick a better name; “Thunder” sounds more suited for a WNBA team associated with the Warriors.

But Sleepy is right; if they really can’t think of anything worthwhile, might as well follow the same route of the Lakers, Hornets and Jazz of taking another city’s team name with them. Last I checked those franchises are doing fine where they currently are.

by J-Triumf on Jul 20, 2008 10:00 PM PDT 0 recs

deal

wasn’t part of the deal that they would leave the supersonics name behind? so they pretty much have to choose a new name

by runeknightx on Jul 20, 2008 10:29 PM PDT up 0 recs

Yep

They have to leave the name, the colors and the stats behind. Just like the Cleveland Browns did, when they moved and became the Baltimore Ravens.

by The Golden One on Jul 20, 2008 11:12 PM PDT up 0 recs

Good point

I guess the Sonics are “staying” in Seattle. But following past examples of region-specific names getting moved elsewhere and considering the lack of creativity in OKC, it only makes sense.

by J-Triumf on Jul 21, 2008 1:10 AM PDT up 0 recs

This isn't confirmed yet, guys....

It just came out of the rumour mill from the #3 TV Station in Oklahoma City. I doubt this is going to happen. Just a week or so ago, some random guy had us believing that it would be the Oklahoma City Marshals. Anyway, I’m totally against this injustice of Oklahoma City stealing the Warriors’ mascot, and if the romour is indeed true, I’m gonna show up to every game in a Warriors jersey.

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by Zorgon on Jul 20, 2008 10:27 PM PDT 0 recs

that

sounds better than thunder!

So I don't have a signature well these words would do! Who knew that upgrades can have downgrades too!

by 24k state fan since 87 on Jul 21, 2008 3:20 AM PDT up 0 recs

let

me guess their mascot name will be thunder.

So I don't have a signature well these words would do! Who knew that upgrades can have downgrades too!

by 24k state fan since 87 on Jul 21, 2008 3:21 AM PDT 0 recs

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Imagine him signing his contract with Oklahoma!

by Tony.psd on Jul 21, 2008 8:24 AM PDT up 0 recs

HAHAHAHAHAHA

What an summer it will be…

we lose Baron, Barnes, Pietrus, (Buike?), and now Thunder? lol

by lightz0ut on Jul 21, 2008 1:00 PM PDT up 0 recs

lol

out of all things you have done tony this is the funniest and close to the best.

So I don't have a signature well these words would do! Who knew that upgrades can have downgrades too!

by 24k state fan since 87 on Jul 21, 2008 1:24 PM PDT up 0 recs

hahahahaha

man I’m at work and couldnt find a pic of Thunder signing anything so I just too some fasnshot of MB signing something and slapped thunders head… it was a quickie- I hate it hahaha! I just wanted to poke fun at it!

by Tony.psd on Jul 21, 2008 1:54 PM PDT up 0 recs

Haha

the fact that it’s a little rough around the edges just makes it even better. That was a good one.

"...OlympicMike is clearly the Barack Obama of GSoM"-Sleepy

by olympicmike on Jul 21, 2008 4:49 PM PDT up 0 recs

oh

yeah one thing does anybody know how the move will affect the divisions?

So I don't have a signature well these words would do! Who knew that upgrades can have downgrades too!

by 24k state fan since 87 on Jul 21, 2008 3:26 AM PDT 0 recs

Actually

it’s an appropriate name for the team. Lightning creates the damage, while Thunder just makes noise.

by SuperFly on Jul 21, 2008 9:41 AM PDT 0 recs

i think it's fine

now maybe the Dubs will rid themselves of the lameness that is Thunder! And hopefully we can change up our logo to resemble some of the older school unis.

by GoldenStateDubtronic on Jul 21, 2008 12:28 PM PDT 0 recs

No

by J-Triumf on Jul 21, 2008 9:59 PM PDT up 0 recs

why should we be the ones...

getting new logos and jerseys? ours are perfectly fine. they should change their name. the should be smart enough to realize that we had the lightning/thunder scheme first

by MeTaLLiCs0naTaS on Jul 21, 2008 5:53 PM PDT 0 recs

they should be smart enough to realize that we had the lightning/thunder scheme first

If they will steal a team they certainly won’t mind stealing a mascot!

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I live my life in the Walmart
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by Skeptic con Urquell on Jul 21, 2008 6:20 PM PDT up 0 recs

We thought of it first!

Sign ^^^^ !!

by Sleepy Freud on Jul 21, 2008 6:21 PM PDT up 0 recs

yeah

build a team & destroy the roof

by Lat We N Trash on Jul 22, 2008 1:21 PM PDT up 0 recs

wow

so many damn bolts.

by J2daZ on Jul 23, 2008 1:14 AM PDT up 0 recs

Compensation!

If they get our mascot they should send us Westbrook as compensation or Ridenour. We’d even take Wilcox. Thunder was a great mascot, but he’s getting a little long in the tooth. Time to get those commercial breaks more focused on the game. I’m sick of all the blaring music and antics every time-out, anyway. Keep it hoops-specific.

by B Ball loco on Jul 21, 2008 7:28 PM PDT 0 recs