spicybanana Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - After weeks of speculation, Oklahoma City's new NBA franchise revealed Wednesday that the team would be called Thunder. A group of children and team members pulled down a curtain at a news conference Wednesday to reveal a large team banner as the AC/DC song "Thunderstruck" was played. Team chairman Clay Bennett said the team colors will be blue, red and orange — blue to coincide to with the main color of Oklahoma's state flag and red and orange to reflect the colors of the sunset. Bennett announced July 2 that the SuperSonics would be moving to Oklahoma City as part of an agreement that settled a lawsuit with a payment of up to $75 million to the city of Seattle. The settlement ended a contentious six-day trial. Bennett agreed to pay $45 million to Seattle immediately to break the team's lease at KeyArena and the possibility for another $30 million if the state approves funding for a new arena but Seattle doesn't get a new NBA franchise. Bennett retained the rights to the SuperSonics' name and logos, but agreed not to use them after moving to Oklahoma City. If a new NBA team arrives in Seattle, Bennett would turn over the rights to the new team's owner at no cost, as long as it meets with NBA approval. In addition to Thunder, the franchise had applied for trademarks to other possible team names: Bison, Energy, Wind, Marshalls and Barons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooklynNets24 Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 i was hoping for thundercats =[ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardcoreLegend Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 That is an awful, awful logo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spicybanana Posted September 4, 2008 Author Share Posted September 4, 2008 Yeah, I was wondering why there was no thunder or lightning... :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRog Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 i was hoping for thundercats =[ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 i guess it's fitting for this team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJSim Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Is that just a placeholder logo until they think of something better/cooler? I sure hope so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yankeeboi14 Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 that logo does suck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 wow. ugly. what does that logo have to do with thunder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooklynNets24 Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 what are you people expecting for a logo...Unless you can find a picture of "Thunder" then idk why complain thats why they should have been called thundercats put on the thundercats logo in the front id buy a Durant jersey in a heartbeat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPMSportz Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 As Tom Tolbert said on KNBR, "Ugh! Looks like a WNBA logo!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catzrthecoolest Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 wow, oklahoma city... that's probably their first major sports franchise, right... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 what are you people expecting for a logo...Unless you can find a picture of "Thunder" then idk why complain thats why they should have been called thundercats put on the thundercats logo in the front id buy a Durant jersey in a heartbeat well there are numerous things that are associated with thunder... stormclouds, tornadoes, lightning, thor! lol just to name a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrigleyville33 Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 They need to fire the graphic artist now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kayxero Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Wasnt the sherriffs or something close to that, a possible name before? This sounds like a freakin WNBA name. Honestly I would of liked the OC supersonics. O wells And Sooners I would have liked as well. They could of did it the same way they used to distinguish the NY football giants and the NY giants of baseball back before the Mets came around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRog Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 what are you people expecting for a logo...Unless you can find a picture of "Thunder" then idk why complain thats why they should have been called thundercats put on the thundercats logo in the front id buy a Durant jersey in a heartbeat Only thing with that is getting Warner Bros to allow you to use the logo which would result in you paying a huge amount of royalty fees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgbaseball Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Who cares about the logo, the name flat out sucks. Connecticut Sun Phoenix Mercury Chicago Sky Houston Comets San Antonio Silver Stars Seattle Storm Oklahoma City..... THUNDER??? Yes, I'm pretty sure this is a WNBA team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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