Orange out for game one please! Hopefully they do something that stands out because a lot teams are going to "copy" our organization.

Let's get real. Asking Thunder fans to "orange out" would be a terrible idea. "Crimson out" would be too, if that was a color in the logo. A large portion of your fanbase just won't do that.

Let's get real. Asking Thunder fans to "orange out" would be a terrible idea. "Crimson out" would be too, if that was a color in the logo. A large portion of your fanbase just won't do that.

It is not like they are asking you to bring an orange shirt, they leave one on the seat for people. I suspect less people would refuse it than you expect.

The mean the 'orange' that is halfway between OSU orange and OU crimson that is in the Thunders logo/team colors. Given how many games there are in the playoffs they probably will eventually cycle through all the official colors for t-shirt give aways.

Orange out for game one please! Hopefully they do something that stands out because a lot teams are going to "copy" our organization.

I hope you understand that the Thunder "copied" this from a million other organizations that have done this. It's not original. And it stands out now because even when they give shirts out in other markets, the richies often don't all wear them.

I think that is a big one. I've also seen the fan cam at games sit on a girl for 5 minutes (crowd booing) until she put it on. It then came back 10 minutes later after she'd taken it off. The crowd got a kick out of it and I'm bet she will make sure to wear her shirt this year.

I know we werent the first to do it but it kinda seems like we brought it back.

The home playoff games will be displayed on the new big screen this year.

It is not like they are asking you to bring an orange shirt, they leave one on the seat for people. I suspect less people would refuse it than you expect.

The mean the 'orange' that is halfway between OSU orange and OU crimson that is in the Thunders logo/team colors. Given how many games there are in the playoffs they probably will eventually cycle through all the official colors for t-shirt give aways.
That might be what is in the logo, but the shirt blanks used for orange Thunder shirts is straight-up orange, just like what you see on most OSU shirts. Trust me; I'm open with Adidas and carry official Thunder gear in my stores. The "special orange" is lip service. It's orange. Most of my customers who have been buying it are OSU fans who are happy for a chance to show off their orange at Thunder games.

But a fairly large number of the Thunder's fan base abhors orange of any kind. They would indeed refuse to wear it. Orange (or Crimson, if it were a usable color) would be a bad move and would create/reveal a needlessly fractured fan base.

That is why the Thunder blue (Adidas calls it "Strong Blue") has been such a good thing; it unites all Okies regardless of collegiate affiliation, which in this state is powerful and divisive. White has done the same. I could see yellow as an alternate, but would hope and expect they wouldn't do orange.

As an OU fan, I have no problem wearing orange to Thunder games and would love for a game or two to feature a sea of orange. It's a great way to reappropriate the color, so that it is less offensive. ; )

That might be what is in the logo, but the shirt blanks used for orange Thunder shirts is straight-up orange, just like what you see on most OSU shirts. Trust me; I'm open with Adidas and carry official Thunder gear in my stores. The "special orange" is lip service. It's orange. Most of my customers who have been buying it are OSU fans who are happy for a chance to show off their orange at Thunder games.

But a fairly large number of the Thunder's fan base abhors orange of any kind. They would indeed refuse to wear it. Orange (or Crimson, if it were a usable color) would be a bad move and would create/reveal a needlessly fractured fan base.

That is why the Thunder blue (Adidas calls it "Strong Blue") has been such a good thing; it unites all Okies regardless of collegiate affiliation, which in this state is powerful and divisive. White has done the same. I could see yellow as an alternate, but would hope and expect they wouldn't do orange.

OU fans outnumber osu fans .. 3 or 4 to 1 so i would say orange need to stay away from thunder games ... the thunder has red in its colors as well and i don't think they should break out red shirts either

Well, my seating representative sent out an e-mail to his customers asking all fans to wear Thunder blue to every home playoff game, so it looks like the goal is to stay blue. I'm down.

can someone show me the red in the thunder colors??? i'm not saying it isn't there, i just must be missing it, and i know it's not in the logo

Orange out's would be cool because not a lot of other teams have orange has their colors. I think the Suns and Bobcats are really the only other two teams that utilize orange. Blue outs are like any countless other NBA team that use blue. When the Thunder played Dallas last year, the crowd in both arenas looked almost identical. I think orange could be cool. Give off an orange krush vibe.

There is always doing the Yellow Out......

can someone show me the red in the thunder colors??? i'm not saying it isn't there, i just must be missing it, and i know it's not in the logo

http://www.nba.com/thunder/ the 2 stripes behind the chervron are red and blue

Not sure about that BS. I'm pretty sure that line is the same color as the basketball..."red-orange". Which means orange, for shirt blank purposes.

http://www.bothteamsplayedhard.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/thunder-logo.jpg

It will be stupid to do blue outs in our first round because Dallas/Denver both have away blues (like they did last year when denver wore dark blue to match the tshirts given away). Stick to white/yellow/orange.

http://www.nba.com/thunder/ the 2 stripes behind the chervron are red and blue

when i load the image into photoshop and have it compare the colors... the strip behind is the same color as the ball in the chervron. I think your eyes are playing tricks on you

It will be stupid to do blue outs in our first round because Dallas/Denver both have away blues (like they did last year when denver wore dark blue to match the tshirts given away). Stick to white/yellow/orange.

I don't think the Dallas or Denver players are going to get confused and think OKC fans are cheering for them. lol

Personally I think they should ignore doing any shirts until at least the conference finals. Im not a big fan of it and quite frankly think it is wasteful. If they are going to do it at least put bins by the exit so that people can leave their shirts and have the Thunder donate them to some group.

Not sure about that BS. I'm pretty sure that line is the same color as the basketball..."red-orange". Which means orange, for shirt blank purposes.

http://www.bothteamsplayedhard.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/thunder-logo.jpg


This. Calling it mid-way between red/orange or crimson/orange or whatever fluff bit they used at the time was simply marketing 101 ... likely designed to kindly aid those in the fan base who might need some hand holding while they got parts of their minds pigeon holed for collegiate loyalties while incorporating a totally different sports environment into their psyche.

For the most part it seems to have worked well. For those who dinna need their hands held, it seemed to be much ado about nuttin'

of course OU fans WANT SO BADLY to see red in the logo.. it doesn't exist.. and the orange doesn't mean there is some OSU tie.. it is the THUNDER LOGO stop trying to make it something else.. and it has orange in it and doesn't have red.. which had NOTHING to do with ANYTHING other than just being orange in the Logo..lol

of course OU fans WANT SO BADLY to see red in the logo.. it doesn't exist.. and the orange doesn't mean there is some OSU tie.. it is the THUNDER LOGO stop trying to make it something else.. and it has orange in it and doesn't have red.. which had NOTHING to do with ANYTHING other than just being orange in the Logo..lol

If I remember correctly, it has NOTHING to do with the logo, but the small pinstrips on the jersey.

If I remember correctly, it has NOTHING to do with the logo, but the small pinstrips on the jersey.

you mean the orange and yellow pinstripes? again, still have yet to see red anywhere

As an OU fan, I have no problem wearing orange to Thunder games and would love for a game or two to feature a sea of orange. It's a great way to reappropriate the color, so that it is less offensive. ; )

As an OU fan, I haven't worn orange in 30 years and won't start for a Thunder game. Stick with blue or white.

Although I got my law degree from OU, my undergrad degree is from OSU. As an OSU grad & fan, I think that a showing of any collegiate academic colors would be in extremely bad and divisive form. It should never happen.

As an OU fan, I have no problem wearing orange to Thunder games and would love for a game or two to feature a sea of orange. It's a great way to reappropriate the color, so that it is less offensive. ; )

As someone who went to Norman High School (Orange and Black) and OU (Red and White) I wouldn't have a problem with it but I think the other options are better.

who knew wearing a certain color would be such a big deal to some people. its laughable

who knew wearing a certain color would be such a big deal to some people. its laughable

Bordering on childish.

who knew wearing a certain color would be such a big deal to some people. its laughable

Couldn't let DoubleEdge win the award for silliest argument of the month you know.

Although I got my law degree from OU, my undergrad degree is from OSU. As an OSU grad & fan, I think that a showing of any collegiate academic colors would be in extremely bad and divisive form. It should never happen.
That's my feeling too. Not that I won't happily sell the orange shirts to whoever is buying, but when I've been told by folks that they're specifically buying orange to show their OSU pride in the arena and to stand out from the other Thunder fans, it struck me that they were missing the point of everything that Thunder basketball has stood for to date.

That's my feeling too. Not that I won't happily sell the orange shirts to whoever is buying, but when I've been told by folks that they're specifically buying orange to show their OSU pride in the arena and to stand out from the other Thunder fans, it struck me that they were missing the point of everything that Thunder basketball has stood for to date.

I have worn an Orange Shirt to the Thunder games. It has nothing to do with showing OSU pride. it clearly says THUNDER on it.. its a cool shirt and different than every other Thunder shirt.. tying a Thunder shirt to OSU or OU or any team other than THUNDER is silly. I guess I just don't get it. That a THUNDER shirt that happens to be orange or whatever color would be some contraversy tied to Collegiant sports.. silly

That's my feeling too. Not that I won't happily sell the orange shirts to whoever is buying, but when I've been told by folks that they're specifically buying orange to show their OSU pride in the arena and to stand out from the other Thunder fans, it struck me that they were missing the point of everything that Thunder basketball has stood for to date.
I guess it's better than the goofballs who wear all OU or OSU to a thunder game. I get so annoyed by that for some reason. I always want to ask, did OU/OSU play today?
But most of this is absurd. For OU fans to refuse to wear orange and OSU fans that refuse to wear red...well like someone said, that seems childish.

I have two degrees from OU, and I own several orange shirts. It means nothing. I think an Orange out would be cool and was really surprised when some of my friends who are OU fans said they wouldn't wear it because it was orange. Seems silly to me. It's a color, not a statement.

I agree with all of the above, yet the fact remains that a large number of the population would refuse to wear it, so why do it at all?

OU fans are between 65%- and 80% of the state ... many of them hate the color orange ....

ALL of my OU friends would NEVER, under any circumstances wear orange. Call it childish if you want, or anything else derogatory. That is how it is and it isn't changing.

I have two degrees from OU, and I own several orange shirts. It means nothing. I think an Orange out would be cool and was really surprised when some of my friends who are OU fans said they wouldn't wear it because it was orange. Seems silly to me. It's a color, not a statement.

You are clearly a rational human being. thank you for that.
you have to take into consideration I suppose that a majority of Die hard OU fans didn't even attend but wont wear orange. go figure

When did OU/OSU fans become the Bloods and Crips?

When did OU/OSU fans become the Bloods and Crips?

quite some time ago.... i ran into this issue this morning by trying to get one of my friends who got undergrad and masters at OSU, to come to the Norman Music Festival this evening, and he flat out said, "I've never been to Norman, never will go to Norman." It immediately made me think of where this thread was going... just plain ignorance for fans of either school that feel this way.

quite some time ago.... i ran into this issue this morning by trying to get one of my friends who got undergrad and masters at OSU, to come to the Norman Music Festival this evening, and he flat out said, "I've never been to Norman, never will go to Norman." It immediately made me think of where this thread was going... just plain ignorance for fans of either school that feel this way.

My brother in laws girl friend refused to go to the U2 concert because it was in Norman.............kind of stupid, huh ?

who knew wearing a certain color would be such a big deal to some people. its laughable

I know, If orange is apart of the Thunder colors then whats the big deal. If they didnt want OU or OSU fans to have a problem with wearing the orange thunder shirts then whats the point of even adding orange to their color scheme?

My Family and Consumer Science teacher is a graduate of OU along her husband and two kids, she has said numerous time, that they will NEVER wear anything orange. I think 90% of OU fans feel this way.

I know, If orange is apart of the Thunder colors then whats the big deal. If they didnt want OU or OSU fans to have a problem with wearing the orange thunder shirts then whats the point of even adding orange to their color scheme?

perhaps they just thought they wanted a basketball to be part of the logo.. ( since they do play basketball after all ) and so Orange made sense as a color for a basketball and meshed well with the other colors.. seems like a logical process to determining a logo and color scheme.. didn't cross thier minds that it would be such a stupid controversy to some people..lol

Orange is the complementary color for blue on a color wheel and they are usually found together.

http://copiccreations.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/color-wheel-complementary-colors.gif

Back when I could still walk a few blocks without being tortuously winded, I had season tickets during the 1st 2 Thunder seasons and I attended a large number of games when the Hornets were here, more than half and probably closer to 3/4 of the games. I don't recall when it happened, but on exiting the arena after some Thunder game, a group of Sooner musicians were blasting away and hurting my ears by presenting the tune "Boomer Sooner" along the exit-passage way. Of course, that was nice to the ears of OU fans, who picked up on the tune and collegiate theme and roused them on. But, for me, an OSU fan, at a game featuring the Oklahoma City's team, it virtually ruined the game experience and I left the arena with a very sour taste in my mouth.

The genius, at least the potential genius, of having an NBA team here is that it pulls EVERYONE in the city together, including those who never graduated from high school much less went to any college in the state, and regardless of economic, racial or other classifications. All Oklahoma Citians, regardless of demographics, become tight-knit, at least on game day if not beyond, and there is only one unit, one source of identification, and that source is our city's team and our common bond it supporting that team to the hilt.

Throw in some adolescent college stuff into the mix and quite a different product emerges. It is divisive, not only of those who attended a university in the state, but also of those who didn't finish high school and for whom college at any place was beyond their reach and possibility. OU/OSU/Other U college trappings speak volumes to social and economic issues for those who are on the outside of such groups, looking in.

There is NO place at Thunder games for anything that smacks of ANY state university. This team represents Oklahoma City --- and ALL of its citizens --- not just OU, not just OSU, not just those who live in fine homes but those who live in poverty, as well.

Our city's NBA team is a universal-rallying-point, as it should be, in some measure not at all unlike the city coming together after the Murrah Bombing. We sure as heck don't need anything which would detract from that being inserted into the mix and screwing around with our common bond.

Doug - that is proof positive that isn't our differences that make us strong - it what we have in common that binds us together. That is true not just in sports, but in life.

Back when I could still walk a few blocks without being tortuously winded, I had season tickets during the 1st 2 Thunder seasons and I attended a large number of games when the Hornets were here, more than half and probably closer to 3/4 of the games. I don't recall when it happened, but on exiting the arena after some Thunder game, a group of Sooner musicians were blasting away and hurting my ears by presenting the tune "Boomer Sooner" along the exit-passage way. Of course, that was nice to the ears of OU fans, who picked up on the tune and collegiate theme and roused them on. But, for me, an OSU fan, at a game featuring the Oklahoma City's team, it virtually ruined the game experience and I left the arena with a very sour taste in my mouth.

The genius, at least the potential genius, of having an NBA team here is that it pulls EVERYONE in the city together, including those who never graduated from high school much less went to any college in the state, and regardless of economic, racial or other classifications. All Oklahoma Citians, regardless of demographics, become tight-knit, at least on game day if not beyond, and there is only one unit, one source of identification, and that source is our city's team.

Throw in some adolescent college stuff into the mix and quite a different product emerges. It is divisive, not only of those who attended a university in the state, but also of those who didn't finish high school and for whom college at any place was beyond their reach and possibility. OU/OSU/Other U college trappings speak volumes to social and economic issues for those who are on the outside of such groups, looking in.

There is NO place at Thunder games for anything that smacks of ANY state university. This team represents Oklahoma City --- and ALL of its citizens --- not just OU, not just OSU, not just those who live in fine homes but those who live in poverty, as well.

Our city's NBA team is a universal-rallying-point, as it should be, in some measure not at all unlike the city coming together after the Murrah Bombing. We sure as heck don't need anything which would detract from that being inserted into the mix and screwing around with our common bond.

Very much my point Doug.. you said it beautifully. don't bring your University Baggage to Thunder Games.. we rose together and are TEAM ONE! nothing else matters when it comes to the THUNDER and OKC fans!

The genius, at least the potential genius, of having an NBA team here is that it pulls EVERYONE in the city together, including those who never graduated from high school much less went to any college in the state, and regardless of economic, racial or other classifications. All Oklahoma Citians, regardless of demographics, become tight-knit, at least on game day if not beyond, and there is only one unit, one source of identification, and that source is our city's team and our common bond it supporting that team to the hilt.

And one of the colors of that team is ORANGE. And to not wear that color in support of that team because it is also the color of totally unrelated teams in totally unrelated leagues of play is, well, it's just weird. And while I still think it's silly thinking, the argument to not do an organized showing of blue when you are playing a team that also wears blue at least makes a little more sense than not doing orange because some college team wears it.

In the end, the team asked the fans to wear blue, so, everyone, just try and wear blue.

BTW, the signage on the metal faux awning on the (current) front of the arena looks very good.

My Family and Consumer Science teacher is a graduate of OU along her husband and two kids, she has said numerous time, that they will NEVER wear anything orange. I think 90% of OU fans feel this way.

Sad but probably true. As I log on and surf through a few posts, it completely amazes me how long this discussion has and probably will go on.....(and I am addiing to it, I know) and how many people get riled up over it. It's so ridiculous I felt compelled to post just to release some anger over how stupid it all is. I have family members (wife's side, of course :-)) that feel this way and it blows my mind and I tell them how stupid they are. The funny thing about it is often the fans that WILL NEVER wear orange for any reason, any season, or anytime, did not even go to OU, like my crazed brother-in-law. (I know it sometimes goes the other way) I don't care which school you went to, but to say you will NEVER wear a certain color, even if it was not sports or "the other team" related, is totally asinine! If the Thunder chose to to one day do orange shirts in lieu of blue, big deal. If fans chose not to wear them becasue of OSU, they should lose their season tickets. (I'm not serious, but that's dumb I think it is).

I'm Oklahoma born and bred, and as a kid I use to cry when OU lost on TV because I was an Oklahoman first, but, I attended and graduated from OSU. Thank goodness my parents and family routed for both schools growing up and did not mame me for life either direction. I probably have and wear more red/crimson shirts than orange and never give it a thought. A few times I have had someone say, "I can't believe you're wearing a red shirt", and I instantly want to punch them in the nose for making such an idiotic comment, I don't care if it's family, friends, or strangers, makes no difference. Idiots.

Ok, I think I'm better now, thanks..........I probably will not look back at this particulr thread days from now to catch up on any replies or if the subject is still going.

Back to the thread topic, are there any insights of Devon doing anything with their lighting for the playoffs, say in the later rounds? I know there was some speculation on that once before, just wondered if I missed any more on that. Also, same for the Myriad Gardens and maybe the Skydance bridge. Will they garner Thunder colors with hopes of the national media catching that from the air? I just hope when and if we are on TNT, they don't continue to use their dated time lapse OKC skyline shots from Bricktown with no Devon tower in sight.

So the people who are passionate about OU or OSU and refuse to wear the other's colors are laughable, childish, stupid, weird, silly and asinine. To those of you who are passing judgment, is there nothing in your life that you are not passionate about? I bet there is, and if so, there are plenty that feel the same way about your passion.

So enough of the judgment and supposed self-superiority. Let's get back on topic and talk about DT getting ready for the playoffs.

Sad but probably true. As I log on and surf through a few posts, it completely amazes me how long this discussion has and probably will go on.....(and I am addiing to it, I know) and how many people get riled up over it. It's so ridiculous I felt compelled to post just to release some anger over how stupid it all is. I have family members (wife's side, of course :-)) that feel this way and it blows my mind and I tell them how stupid they are. The funny thing about it is often the fans that WILL NEVER wear orange for any reason, any season, or anytime, did not even go to OU, like my crazed brother-in-law. (I know it sometimes goes the other way) I don't care which school you went to, but to say you will NEVER wear a certain color, even if it was not sports or "the other team" related, is totally asinine! If the Thunder chose to to one day do orange shirts in lieu of blue, big deal. If fans chose not to wear them becasue of OSU, they should lose their season tickets. (I'm not serious, but that's dumb I think it is).

I'm Oklahoma born and bred, and as a kid I use to cry when OU lost on TV because I was an Oklahoman first, but, I attended and graduated from OSU. Thank goodness my parents and family routed for both schools growing up and did not mame me for life either direction. I probably have and wear more red/crimson shirts than orange and never give it a thought. A few times I have had someone say, "I can't believe you're wearing a red shirt", and I instantly want to punch them in the nose for making such an idiotic comment, I don't care if it's family, friends, or strangers, makes no difference. Idiots.

Ok, I think I'm better now, thanks..........I probably will not look back at this particulr thread days from now to catch up on any replies or if the subject is still going.

Back to the thread topic, are there any insights of Devon doing anything with their lighting for the playoffs, say in the later rounds? I know there was some speculation on that once before, just wondered if I missed any more on that. Also, same for the Myriad Gardens and maybe the Skydance bridge. Will they garner Thunder colors with hopes of the national media catching that from the air? I just hope when and if we are on TNT, they don't continue to use their dated time lapse OKC skyline shots from Bricktown with no Devon tower in sight.

Yes,,, but even so,,,, nothing at all good comes in any shade of orange.

Tonights shirts are blue that says "WE ARE ONE" with the Thunder logo in the middle. they look great but imagine 18,203 seats filled with orange shirts that have that slogan on it, it would erase all the hatred of range from the OU fans. ;)

Tonights shirts are blue that says "WE ARE ONE" with the Thunder logo in the middle. they look great but imagine 18,203 seats filled with orange shirts that have that slogan on it, it would erase all the hatred of range from the OU fans. ;)

we needed to white out... the shirts were an exact match for the Mavs jerseys....

we needed to white out... the shirts were an exact match for the Mavs jerseys....
I kind of thought the same thing......against the Mavs it should be white, against most other teams the blue would be fine. I don't see orange as a primary color for the Thunder, just an accent color.

As a Sooner I naturally have a disdain for things orange (as I jokingly told some people) and living in Austin for 9 years made that particular shade a no-no to wear, I just can't bring myself to buy anything in that color. The OSU orange has changed much over the years until recently they didn't seem to have one particular shade but different ones according to whatever the uniforms were made out of. Most schools seemed to have had an issue with this as at times the OU colors between football and basketball were different, much of that could have been due to differences in lighting between an outdoor stadium and a basketball arena. As a Broncos fan, there is naturally some orange that I have to put up with but I don't buy any of the orange dominant stuff, most of what I have is blue or gray and orange is an accent color. Not a big fan of their switch to orange as the primary jersey color this year but they didn't ask for my opinion.

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/thunderbanner4.jpg


How come they didnt put this banner up yet?

How come they didnt put this banner up yet?

That wasn't a real banner proposal it seems. Just someone playing around on photoshop.

I wish they would do one to cover up the hideous windowless AT&T building. And keep it up year-round (just slightly longer than SR keeps theirs up LOL)

That wasn't a real banner proposal it seems. Just someone playing around on photoshop.

it was approved by downtown design ..

disdain for orange


a large number of the population would refuse to wear it


red

My advertising banner hatin' pales by comparison...