We Have A Name!

[HOT ROD]

BDP. to me thunder sounds like those corny names you thought.

sounds very AFL or MLS or WNBA, not very NBA at all.

I disagree with you on the barons - it sounds the best, and I agree with JWil - that the Barons using those cool colors black/gold we saw on the forum; would be the BEST.

[BDP]

not very NBA at all.

It may not be the best name, but it is very NBA, imo. Heat, Spurs, Thunder, Magic, etc. Fits right in, but punchier and more ominous than any of the others.

I disagree with you on the barons - it sounds the best,

I think it's the way it sounds that I like the least. Like a Cajun grizzly or like some snotty old Englishman. Maybe if we get a cricket team, we should call it the Barons. Add in the fact that it's basically an elitist title from the days of feudalism and I don't get how it's NBA at all. I guess the fans can be fiefs and we can rename the Ford Center the Chariot Manor.

I guess the kids would love it. They could dress up and do some skateboard jousting. It is, after all, all about the kids.

[newokcfan]

How about this one? It's from Josh at Hornetscentral (soon perhaps to be OKCThunderfans.com?)



[img]http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f367/jlnewby/THUNDEROGLEVERglow.jpg[/img

This is a fun design. It just needs to be simplified.

Someone who knows what they're doing with Photoshop could do a much better job of modifying it, but here's my sad attempt. Clearly the font choice could be better...ideally the mustard color would have more of a metallic gold quality.



PS to the original creator of this art...I mean no offense by posting my version. I'm just having fun. It's cool that you interpreted "Thunder" in a way that doesn't involve clouds or Gary England. Nice work!

[jbrown84]

I like the 3 bison part of the logo, but not the text or the "starburst".

[mburlison]

Somebody do one w/ Thor - God of Thunder w/ his Hammer of the gods !

[betts]

Somebody do one w/ Thor - God of Thunder w/ his Hammer of the gods !

That's what most of the minor league teams use, so I think it should be avoided. If we're going to use a name that a lot of minor league teams use, we need a unique logo.

[MrZ]

As much as I like Thor (big comics fan), I think a Thunderbird would be better suited for an Oklahoma team.

[mburlison]

Thunderbird would be good, yes.

[JWil]

Thunder + Buffalo = GREATNESS!

[BDP]

I'll actively support the name 'Barons' if Clay Bennett promises to dress like this at every game... including, no wait, especially away games.

[BDP]

Looks like 6 names are on the table: Barons, Bison, Energy, Wind, Thunder, and Marshalls.

Six nicknames in the NBA in OKC team mix | NewsOK.com

[MrZ]

There hasn't been much movement on the name front, but in the 2008-2009 schedule released today on nba.com, when you mouseover the word Oklahoma City it shows nba.com/thunder.
Did the NBA just leak the name early?
NBA.com Game Schedule For Oct 29, 2008

[NativeOkie]

I moused over and it said nothing.
They either fixed it or your Computer is prophetic.

[NativeOkie]

Sorry, I clicked on the name OKC and thunder did come up.

[Architect2010]

I think they might just have!

I always liked Thunder. But, its not official until they say so. So, I'm not gonna be content until I hear it on TV, see it on the newspaper, and hear about it on the radio. ;]

Oklahoma City Thunder! I do like it, a lot.

[NativeOkie]

I think it may have leaked.
However they still have seattle stuff up there.

[Platemaker]

Berry berry innnnnnteresting...

[MrZ]

People can debate the name till the sun finally burns out, but nobody will EVER agree on the perfect name. The important thing people should see is the our city finally has a permanent major league team. We should be celebrating the fact that we have finally arrived, not bickering about the difference between Barons, Thunder, or Bison. They all have valid points, but no matter what we are called, we are here and we can only go up!

[OU Adonis]

There is one thing to say you want the perfect name and another one to have a horrible horrible one.

[LordGerald]

This is pretty compelling evidence. I admit I was wrong. Rodgers did a good job finding this out. He deserves the "scoop."

[ddavidson8]

I tried the nba schedule mouse thingy and it does show Thunder at the bottom left corner of the screen.

That makes it official. No way the NBA does that unless the name is decided.

I hope the logo is better than the dull name. Then again, if they start winning who cares?

[HOT ROD]

not true ddavidson. It has been saying Thunder on the NBA site for quite some time now - even though it's not official.

I think it is just there as a place holder. Like I had said all along, until Clay Bennett announces it - it isn't official.

[OKCMallen]

NBA.com 2007-08 Oklahoma City Thunder Schedule

Pretty telling. It's the title of the freaking webpage and listed on the page.

[metro]

Now this is more convincing evidence, unlike the Mark Rogers evidence. Now I'm unfortunately beginning to think this is our name more and more. Either way as others have said, if we don't like it we'll get used to it, I'm just ready to watch the action.

[NativeOkie]

I posted on the other thread, why have the great tv sports guys in OKC not noticed this?
It took the OKC Talk guys to break this NBA slip.
The answer to the question of course is obvious.