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OUMallen
9/3/2008, 02:17 PM
http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/6008/thundercg7.jpg



/not a fan of the log at ALL. :mad:

Paperclip
9/3/2008, 02:48 PM
That's really lame. I'm surprised the NBA would allow that.

Sooner04
9/3/2008, 02:54 PM
That's gayer than "Liberace, Live in San Francisco".

Mad Dog Madsen
9/3/2008, 03:02 PM
Wow, all that waiting for THAT?!? ...And who picked the colors?

bri
9/3/2008, 03:15 PM
Heh.

Well, look at it this way; you've got nowhere to go but up from here.

Actually, I guess you could just maintain the current level of fail. Nevermind, then.

SteelClip49
9/3/2008, 04:00 PM
Doleo put that together?

OUMallen
9/3/2008, 04:02 PM
I mocked one up, myself.

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/2347/okcbearqp1.jpg (http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/2347/okcbearqp1.jpg)

Soonermagik
9/3/2008, 04:15 PM
Wow, that is pretty weak. They are having an unveiling in my building (Leadership Square) in 40 minutes. I thought about sticking around and picking up some shirts, but if they are that ugly I'll pass.

So, are the colors red, blue and yellow? Ugh.... I wonder what the jerseys will look like?

I wish they had done a blue/silver. However, the hornets name and colors were also pretty gay.

AllAboutThe'O'
9/3/2008, 05:29 PM
I particularly don't like the font of the word "Thunder."

CK Sooner
9/3/2008, 05:34 PM
Im just glad we have a team.

:D

TopDawg
9/3/2008, 05:47 PM
The NBA needs more Courier in its logos. I'm glad to see they're starting to make a move in that direction.

They were clearly smoking marijuana when they made the Thunder logo for the team moving from Seattle. All that's left is to change the name of the Ford Center to "Jahunder."

Curly Bill
9/3/2008, 06:02 PM
Maybe the intent is to as the team gets better they will improve the logo along with it?

birddog
9/3/2008, 06:04 PM
I particularly don't like the font of the word "Thunder."

that's what i'm saying. it looks like it belongs on the back of an 8 year olds soccer jersey in 1979 where they put the last name.

birddog
9/3/2008, 06:05 PM
http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/6008/thundercg7.jpg



/not a fan of the log at ALL. :mad:

there's a log?:confused:

mfosterftw
9/3/2008, 06:07 PM
sDQuBUy1dgo

BigRedJed
9/3/2008, 06:10 PM
Not. Good.

BigRedJed
9/3/2008, 06:11 PM
Which unfortunately does not change the fact that I will probably buy some.

mfosterftw
9/3/2008, 06:40 PM
Because someone was going to do it...

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh34/marcfosterftw/okcblunder.jpg

birddog
9/3/2008, 06:41 PM
Not. Good.

seriously, with all the time they had and all the people involved, how could they let this happen? i mean seriously, they couldn't do better than that?

GrapevineSooner
9/3/2008, 06:41 PM
Ummmm...

OK, I can work with...check that, no I can't.

Like Marc said in the other thread...

EPIC FAIL!!!

mfosterftw
9/3/2008, 06:50 PM
This is, without a doubt, the worst logo created since Chris Chen's girlfriend created the original CHL logos in the summer of 1992.

GrapevineSooner
9/3/2008, 07:07 PM
Maybe worse.

I mean, that old Tulsa Oilers logo where it looks like the L is a hockey stick is better than this.

Should have gone with something like "The Barons".

reevie
9/3/2008, 07:16 PM
This is, without a doubt, the worst logo created since Chris Chen's girlfriend created the original CHL logos in the summer of 1992.

But at least Ft Worth's logo was on Fire. We got nothing here.

Mixer!
9/3/2008, 07:19 PM
They shoulda bought Wichita's old logo. :pop:

BigRedJed
9/3/2008, 07:35 PM
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/39/MaconWhoopee.png

mfosterftw
9/3/2008, 07:48 PM
The fig leaf for Macon was better, but I get the birds and bees logo too..

This fark isn't mine...

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s184/originaldave77/OKCBlunder.jpg

mfosterftw
9/3/2008, 07:56 PM
I cannot begin to describe the level of disgust by the professional designers over on Creamer's Logo Forum...

Soonerus
9/3/2008, 08:07 PM
I think it looks good...

Cam
9/3/2008, 08:17 PM
I'm betting it'll be changed in 2-3 years.

mfosterftw
9/3/2008, 08:26 PM
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh34/marcfosterftw/logoswrong2.jpg

Curly Bill
9/3/2008, 08:30 PM
That logo could suck basketballs through a straw.

KC//CRIMSON
9/3/2008, 08:55 PM
http://i34.tinypic.com/8vpthv.jpg

All_Day_28
9/3/2008, 10:41 PM
I like the blue color but the logo and the orange and yellow color SucK! I don't get those colors.. when I think of thunder, I think of cloudy skies.. I'm thinking the blue with gray, some white and maybe black.. idk.. i do know it would've been better than what they came up with.. as for the logo i'm just shaking my head.. I like the Zeus thunder god logo in the other thread more...

mfosterftw
9/3/2008, 11:30 PM
I still think the best comment so far is that "it looks like a guitar pick skiing down Suck Mountain..."

Soonerus
9/3/2008, 11:33 PM
http://i34.tinypic.com/8vpthv.jpg


jealousy rears its ugly head...

bri
9/3/2008, 11:41 PM
Actually, your logo rears its ugly head.

I'm impressed; you guys have only had to do one thing so far in your tenure as a major league city, and you failed beyond all expectations. :D

birddog
9/4/2008, 12:07 AM
they couldn't add any shading to thunder? i mean, i just don't get how they could say, "yeah, this is the one! it's genius!":rolleyes:

badger
9/4/2008, 09:44 AM
I think that the name is fine. However, they are likely going to change the logo after a season or two. It's not like other NBA teams haven't had similar problems with outrageous logos in the first few seasons.

Examples:
http://www.orbitcast.com/archives/toronto_raptors.jpg
LOL @ McDonald's Happy Meal Dinosaur wearing uniform! They still have the colors, but emphasized the paw print and the name as opposed to the dinosaur in later logos.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/da/DetroitPistons1996.png/150px-DetroitPistons1996.png
The change to teal as the primary color lasted up through... well, 9/11ish, when they went back to red white and blue.

http://www.logoserver.com/basketball/VancouverGrizzliesEnd.GIF
This bear is scarier than Baylor's. They soon got rid of scary bear - and the teal - and went with a more pale blue/navy and just had an intimidating bear head for Memphis.

I don't mind OKC Thunder colors (aside from the fact that there's orange but not crimson...hmm...) but the logo will likely get changed in a year or two.

soonerboy
9/5/2008, 12:36 PM
i actually heard that that is the badge that goes on the chest and that the other logos are gonna come out with the jerseys... at least thats what i heard
heres hoping!

Hot Rod
9/11/2008, 05:12 PM
I'm going for the old "OKLAHOMA CITY" font with the word "THUNDER" on it on the navy colored tee for now.

mfosterftw
9/11/2008, 07:29 PM
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh34/marcfosterftw/ok_thunder_logo.jpg

bri
9/12/2008, 09:02 AM
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3245/2850180285_3d91cc9ab8_o.jpg

BigRedJed
9/12/2008, 11:46 AM
Just saw some designs for yet-to-be-available merch. There were a couple of items that prominently boasted "OKlahoma City Thunder - since 1967" or "Oklahoma City Thunder - Established 1967." Not a fan of that move at all.

bri
9/13/2008, 12:20 AM
Too bad they didn't have those ready for people to wear to Seattle this weekend, eh? :D

ousooners182
9/13/2008, 01:03 AM
Yeah no crap..that would have been good

ousooners182
9/13/2008, 01:03 AM
really good really good. go russell westbrook

silverwheels
9/13/2008, 02:11 AM
Still an epic fail on the organization's part. Serious weak *** sauce.

Ton Loc
9/13/2008, 08:28 AM
Too bad they didn't have those ready for people to wear to Seattle this weekend, eh? :D

From Scout.com
http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=147&f=1361&t=2981822
(http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=147&f=1361&t=2981822)

[QUOTE]I will never get over losing the Sonics!!
.........don't forget it, these are the *** holes who came in like thieves with no regard for our region or history to selfishly take what was rightfully OURS!! I will always be bitter...


.........TAKE IT OUT ON THEM TOMORROW. OKLAHOMANS, YOU ARE NOT WELCOME HERE!!!! YES, I SIT NEXT TO THE VISITING SECTION AND I WANT TO MAKE YOUR WEEKEND MISERABLE!

Posted: Yesterday 10:21 PM
RE: I will never get over losing the Sonics!!
Agreed. I saw some smug Oklahoman at the market today wearing a "Thunder" shirt. An unhealthy urge for violence flashed over me.

Apparently, someone got the shirts up there early. :D

bri
9/13/2008, 10:33 AM
Meh, if they'd put as much energy into supporting the team and convincing the city to upgrade their arena as they are in bellyaching and crying like little bitches, they'd still have a team and we would be blissfully ignorant as to how bad OKC is a logo-making. ;)

mfosterftw
9/13/2008, 12:59 PM
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh34/marcfosterftw/webkinzwheelwishesThunderGunk.jpg

Mixer!
9/13/2008, 03:43 PM
Where did you find that?

Big Red Ron
9/13/2008, 04:21 PM
jealousy rears its ugly head...
By more than a few here. I don't think it's all that bad either. I already have the polo, a tie and a fitted ball cap.

Big Red Ron
9/13/2008, 04:29 PM
Just saw some designs for yet-to-be-available merch. There were a couple of items that prominently boasted "OKlahoma City Thunder - since 1967" or "Oklahoma City Thunder - Established 1967." Not a fan of that move at all.They have some for sale that say, "OKC Thunder - Established 2008" on them.

Big Red Ron
9/13/2008, 04:33 PM
Something said quite a lot by people from Seattle, is "respect the Region." WTH does the "region" have to do with anything?

mfosterftw
9/13/2008, 05:26 PM
Where did you find that?

Ehhhhh, my kids all have Webkinz... it was actually Lindsay's idea to turn it into the Wheel of Crap...

mfosterftw
9/13/2008, 05:27 PM
Something said quite a lot by people from Seattle, is "respect the Region." WTH does the "region" have to do with anything?

I think our region has more guns...

BigRedJed
9/15/2008, 09:09 PM
The Redhawks fared a little bit better with their logo redux, I think.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8f/OklahomaCityRedHawksLogo.PNG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/86/OklahomaCityRedHawksCapLogo.PNG

Mixer!
9/15/2008, 09:54 PM
Redhawks = bland, generic corporate name

89ers = colorful, unique name w/ local flavor


:pop:

Mixer!
9/15/2008, 09:58 PM
BTW, hats off to the Redhawks for making it to the PCL championship. Here's hoping they take that winning attitude to Arlington for a successful 2009 campaign.

mfosterftw
9/15/2008, 10:04 PM
Also...

http://oklahoma.redhawks.milb.com/images/2008/09/15/72aVDwe9.gif

At least someone up there gets it...

Jimminy Crimson
9/16/2008, 12:00 AM
Kudos to Scott Pruitt & Bob Funk for using a sports branding firm!

Still not a fan of ditching brick red and black, but it makes complete sense re: the parent club of the Redhawks...

silverwheels
9/16/2008, 02:35 AM
The new Redhawks stuff is nice. Too bad our AAA baseball team with a questionable nickname can have a good set of logos and our NBA team with a questionable nickname can't.

OUMallen
9/16/2008, 10:40 AM
What's wrong with the "RedHawks"?

Big Red Ron
9/16/2008, 11:48 AM
Redhawks = bland, generic corporate name

89ers = colorful, unique name w/ local flavor


:pop:I think Redhawks was going to be the name of the NHL team that we nearly got about 10 years ago. That could have been a rumor, as I have no direct information about it.

BigRedJed
9/16/2008, 11:53 AM
I heard the same rumor at the time. A lot. The former Redhawk ownership group was at the time directly involved in trying to lure an NHL expansion team. Also, OKC was feeling pretty confident about getting one. It was a shock to some of those people that we didn't get it. I was all for it at the time, but in hindsight it was pretty fortuitous that we didn't.

Big Red Ron
9/16/2008, 12:01 PM
I heard the same rumor at the time. A lot. The former Redhawk ownership group was at the time directly involved in trying to lure an NHL expansion team. Also, OKC was feeling pretty confident about getting one. It was a shock to some of those people that we didn't get it. I was all for it at the time, but in hindsight it was pretty fortuitous that we didn't.So true. Imagine if we'd have gotten the NHL team and had to ride out the shut out year. Plus, the economics of the NHL is dicey. The team is closer to the size of an NFL team's while playing in the same size arena as an NBA team.

BigRedJed
9/16/2008, 12:11 PM
Not to mention the fact that hockey has virtually no national TV exposure, a MUCH smaller following, little ESPN-type reporting until the playoffs, mostly foreign players that don't resonate with most Americans.

From an entertainment standpoint for the fan attending the games, hockey very possibly is equal to or greater than hoop. But from a national exposure standpoint, it ain't even close. People tend to think that bringing a team here is somehow mostly about entertaining local fans, but the fact of the matter is the effort is more about national, even international exposure for the city and bringing investment here in its various forms. Hoop is going to be a far better thing for the city.

silverwheels
9/16/2008, 01:14 PM
Saw the new Hawks jerseys in the paper today, and I like them quite a bit, except I'd make the "OKC" logo on the chest a little smaller.

BigRedJed
9/16/2008, 01:17 PM
I thought it was a bit big on the jersey too.

bri comment on "compensating for something" in 3...2.... ;)

mfosterftw
9/16/2008, 01:57 PM
I think Redhawks was going to be the name of the NHL team that we nearly got about 10 years ago. That could have been a rumor, as I have no direct information about it.

The Blazers' staff at the time insisted it was true.


The former Redhawk ownership group was at the time directly involved in trying to lure an NHL expansion team.

The logo would *never* have passed muster in the NHL. Why? Because Chicago's Bill Wirtz would have screamed bloody murder at the idea of a team called the Redhawks. He'd done the same thing 25 years earlier when Kansas City's owners were contemplating merging Kansas and Missouri references and calling the Scouts the Mo-Hawks.

I'm actually more willing to believe the NHL Redhawks rumor more now than a year ago. That NHL ownership group was led by Clay Bennett, who apparently didn't do his homework on the NHL name/logo issue then and obviously hasn't learned anything about logo design since.


Also, OKC was feeling pretty confident about getting one. It was a shock to some of those people that we didn't get it. I was all for it at the time, but in hindsight it was pretty fortuitous that we didn't.

For me that hindsight came when Dan DeVos tried to move the Kansas City Blades. Even with the promise of far better hockey and an affiliation with the Stars lined up, he couldn't get past Brad Lund's propaganda machine feeding half-truths to the Blazer's rabid (and stupid) fanbase and the media. The City had a good process to determine who was going to get the lease at the new arena. The Blades' lease was more professionally developed and offered more to the City than did the Blazers, but Lund knew how to play the game, and his Legions carried the day. By the time DeVos got the balls to address the B.S. being spewed from the Blazers' camp, it was too late and he came off sounding like a whiner. That episode proved to me that OKC did not care to pay even a little more money for a hockey product of better quality. Their price-point was fixed.

Going back to Bennett's "NHL NOW!" bid, it wasn't bad. If the NHL was determined to add four teams, OKC would have gotten one, but as usual the NHL did not follow their own rules regarding the expansion process. The new arena funding, a requirement by the NHL, was not secured in time in either Columbus or St. Paul, but the NHL repeatedly extended the deadlines. The NHL's reason for eventually rejecting OKC was their lack of TV market size. Bennett's reaction, understandably, was to ask why wasn't that a fact in eliminating OKC in the preliminary stages. After all, it wasn't as though it had changed. It's clear that OKC was being held out as the #5, to be used only if the other two markets didn't get their act together, but no one knows how much longer the NHL was going to extend the process.

Ironically, the NHL did follow one of their rules early in the expansion process, one that they probably should have ignored. Paul Allen was in the middle of buying the Seahawks, but wanted to drop an NHL team into Portland's Rose Garden. He requested an extension until he could divert his focus from the Seahawks deal, and the NHL said no.

As Stafford Smythe once said, "Hockey must be a great sport to survive the people who run it."

Big Red Ron
9/16/2008, 02:13 PM
Sorry to offend anyone here but I've always viewed Brad Lund in a negative way. He was bent on bringing low end sports to OKC, so he could make money. I'm all for people making money but not in spite of reality. Remember his Bullfrogs thing? It seemed like he was always arguing for a lesser quality of sport simply because it fit his price point in ownership.

mfosterftw
9/16/2008, 02:42 PM
He's never really been an owner though. Sure, I guess Funk's given him a small piece of the Blazers, but it was Horn Chen's money that started the team and the original six 1990s CHL. I left this out of the story above, but what sealed the deal for the Blazers getting the new lease was Chen selling to Funk. Chen was the Blazers' weakest link in getting the lease, because he was as an out-of-town owner whom very few people have ever seen. Seriously, the guy has owned (and folded) a CFL team and over a dozen different minor league baseball and hockey teams, yet a Google Image Search turns up nada.

I don't like Lund either, but damn if he didn't pull off a hell of a campaign against DeVos. Has he finally given up on bringing the MLS to OKC?

BigRedJed
9/16/2008, 02:47 PM
...I don't like Lund either, but damn if he didn't pull off a hell of a campaign against DeVos and Kirk Humphreys, who was only doing his job as a public servant, protecting the interests of the taxpayers through due diligence to make certain they would be getting maximum benefit out of their new MAPS-funded arena...
Fixed.

bri
9/16/2008, 03:00 PM
I thought it was a bit big on the jersey too.

bri comment on "compensating for something" in 3...2.... ;)

No, I think it's JM that makes the "overcompensating" jokes. :D

mfosterftw
9/16/2008, 03:05 PM
Fixed.

Duly noted...

Boomer_Sooner_sax
9/16/2008, 03:45 PM
The Redhawks fared a little bit better with their logo redux, I think.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8f/OklahomaCityRedHawksLogo.PNG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/86/OklahomaCityRedHawksCapLogo.PNG

Those are pretty sweet logos for a Triple A team. Thank goodness that they finally put "City" back in the name though. About three years ago, they sent me a questionaire about the branding and names. One of the questions was about adding City back to the name and if you liked any of the older names better. I LOVE the 89ers, so I was all for that, but I really like this new design. Good job guys!!!

BigRedJed
9/16/2008, 03:50 PM
Duly noted...
There's a whole other story there that was never reported.

Big Red Ron
9/16/2008, 04:20 PM
There's a whole other story there that was never reported.
Do tell...

mfosterftw
9/16/2008, 04:23 PM
There's a whole other story there, BTW.

Oh I don't doubt it. I can only imagine the pressure certain city council members put on Glenn Deck to accept a proposal so devoid of actual content while so full of factual errors it looked like it was generated as a high school class assignment. I still have html copies of the lease proposals and Deck's report recommending the City enter into an agreement with the Blazers, if ya want them. It's an interesting read. Basically, the Blazers offered more money per game game on the lease (IIRC, they tried to renegotiate it down almost immediately after signing, while not adhering to the ticket prices stated in their proposal) and grossly inflated their projected cash flow to make themselves more appealing.

BigRedJed
9/16/2008, 10:50 PM
Do tell...
Nah, it's in the past. Let's just say it made me think differently of some people in town. Some other people, important people, still hold a grudge over that episode though.

Mixer!
9/18/2008, 09:09 AM
Seriously, the guy has owned (and folded) a CFL team and over a dozen different minor league baseball and hockey teams, yet a Google Image Search turns up nada.
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/7894/chenbaseballwk0.jpg

:les:GRAB HIM, HORN - HE'S TRYING TO STEAL HOME!!

mfosterftw
9/18/2008, 10:28 AM
OMG, that's an even better shot than the one of him I do have. WTG, Chief!

The man is the Howard Hughes of minor league sports. There have been times when I wonder to myself if he even exists...

mfosterftw
9/18/2008, 11:04 AM
BTW, is that Robstown or Ozark?

Mixer!
9/19/2008, 02:43 PM
If Robstown = Corpus Christi, then yes.

mfosterftw
9/19/2008, 05:32 PM
Yeah, Robstown... doesn't he still owe money on that park? At least they got use out of it this season with the low, low, low minors Continental League team.

TheUnnamedSooner
9/19/2008, 06:11 PM
I like this font for thunder better...

http://www.impawards.com/1990/posters/days_of_thunder.jpg

Mixer!
9/19/2008, 06:28 PM
IMPAwards.com?


:confused:

Mixer!
9/19/2008, 06:30 PM
Yeah, Robstown... doesn't he still owe money on that park? At least they got use out of it this season with the low, low, low minors Continental League team.

Unsure, I haven't read the CC Caller-Times in months.

TheUnnamedSooner
9/20/2008, 11:34 AM
not sure what happened there. this is what i was trying to show...

http://www.sportsmoviesfanatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/days-of-thunder.jpg

birddog
9/20/2008, 04:53 PM
I like this font for thunder better...

http://www.impawards.com/1990/posters/days_of_thunder.jpg

actually, this one is much better.

Bosley
9/28/2008, 09:20 PM
The Redhawks fared a little bit better with their logo redux, I think.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8f/OklahomaCityRedHawksLogo.PNG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/86/OklahomaCityRedHawksCapLogo.PNG

Are you serious?

I laughed when I first saw it because I thought it was someone else's terrible logo...then I realized it was the redhawks...um.....first impression?

"COK"

The logo definitely sucks COK

birddog
9/29/2008, 10:31 AM
what time do they unveil the unis today?

birddog
9/29/2008, 10:42 AM
what time do they unveil the unis today?

1.5 hours.

birddog
9/29/2008, 10:43 AM
1.5 hours.

sweet. thanks, birddog. spek!

starclassic tama
9/29/2008, 10:51 AM
so noon?

birddog
9/29/2008, 11:08 AM
so noon?

...ish

Big Red Ron
9/29/2008, 11:09 AM
I'm just pumped to go to the games. We have an NBA team people, effin A. I wouldn't care if they called them the care bears and had rainbow uni's, I'd be going!

Viva la Thunder!

Jimminy Crimson
9/29/2008, 11:13 AM
Don't be surprised if this is what you see...

Home
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/LongJohn81/ThunderHome.gif

Away
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/LongJohn81/ThunderAway.gif

starclassic tama
9/29/2008, 11:15 AM
i like

birddog
9/29/2008, 11:18 AM
I'm just pumped to go to the games. We have an NBA team people, effin A. I wouldn't care if they called them the care bears and had rainbow uni's, I'd be going!

Viva la Thunder!

no foolin. but i do hope that stupid "Thunder" isn't strapped across the front of the jersey. i'd prefer to see "Oklahoma City" but we'll find out soon.

a video game has the new okc uniforms if you haven't seen it. they may be guessing though...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5xzBCwGKS8

birddog
9/29/2008, 11:19 AM
Don't be surprised if this is what you see...

Home
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/LongJohn81/ThunderHome.gif

Away
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/LongJohn81/ThunderAway.gif

i could definitely live with that.

starclassic tama
9/29/2008, 11:20 AM
are the news channels going to carry this press conference?

birddog
9/29/2008, 11:59 AM
maybe a local station because it's media day as well.

birddog
9/29/2008, 12:21 PM
mark rodgers said you could see them on the thunder website but i don't see em.

birddog
9/29/2008, 12:24 PM
Don't be surprised if this is what you see...

Home
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/LongJohn81/ThunderHome.gif

Away
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/LongJohn81/ThunderAway.gif

this is pretty much it. just saw on channel 9.

the news guy called nick collison "derek" and nick tore him down pretty good.

funny stuff.

starclassic tama
9/29/2008, 12:33 PM
i like 'em a lot, especially the home. i'm not sure if the away jerseys will have that nice looking fade to darker blue at the bottom of the shorts and top of the jerseys, but i like it.

silverwheels
9/29/2008, 12:39 PM
Given what they had to work with as far as colors go, those are actually pretty decent.

starclassic tama
9/29/2008, 12:47 PM
oklahoma city warriorgrizzlies.

for the life of me i can't figure out why we didn't use that sweet *** black and gold color scheme...

birddog
9/29/2008, 01:25 PM
here they are up close and personal

http://www.nba.com/thunder/

BigRedJed
9/29/2008, 01:44 PM
Good call on the unis, Jimminy.

In other news, K Durant apparently dogged OU in the Thunder news conference, said something along the lines of going to the game Saturday was one of the worst experiences of his life, being around all of that red, worst color in the Big 12, blah, blah blah. Said he knows he's in OU/OSU country, but he's still going to through up his horns every opportunity he gets. Guh.

Even as one of the biggest Thunder homers you're likely to come across, I find that hard to swallow. The Thunder PR department needs to check him, quick-like.

starclassic tama
9/29/2008, 01:49 PM
link?

BigRedJed
9/29/2008, 01:52 PM
I got it from someone who saw the news conference live. Today is media day. You'll be hearing it about later today, I guess.

BigRedJed
9/29/2008, 01:55 PM
That's why I said "apparently," BTW. "Apparently," in this instance, basically means "I didn't hear it with my own ears or have confirmation in print, but heard it from somewhere I typically trust." I'm guessing most people understand the word "apparently."

silverwheels
9/29/2008, 02:00 PM
Would be sweet if the Thunder would roll out some red alternates. Wonder what Durant would do then?

starclassic tama
9/29/2008, 02:05 PM
APPARENTLY BOB STOOPS TOOK THE FLORIDA JOB HE MET WITH JEREMY FOLEY LAST NIGHT

APPARENTLY THE EARTH IS THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE

BigRedJed
9/29/2008, 02:07 PM
Mmmhm.

Big Red Ron
9/29/2008, 02:57 PM
Durant's comments were made in fun. Collison is a dip****.

BigRedJed
9/29/2008, 03:00 PM
Cool, if that's the case. The friend of mine that saw it didn't seem to take it that way, but I'll want to watch the footage myself before coming to my own conclusion, I guess.

BigRedJed
9/29/2008, 03:01 PM
Either way, goes to show you that he's in a touchy situation where he could easily **** off home fans by saying the wrong thing.

Big Red Ron
9/29/2008, 03:09 PM
Yeah but the guy's like 20. He's going to say stupid things. Collison on the other hand is like 30 and has been whining about moving to OKC for a year. It's not like he's some great player. He's ok but if I were Clay, he'd be riding the pine and being a practice b!tch until he shuts his pie hole.

silverwheels
9/29/2008, 03:52 PM
I'd like to see the road jersey redone to have "Oklahoma" above the number and "City" below it. Other than that, the actual jerseys look pretty nice.

birddog
9/29/2008, 06:17 PM
That's why I said "apparently," BTW. "Apparently," in this instance, basically means "I didn't hear it with my own ears or have confirmation in print, but heard it from somewhere I typically trust." I'm guessing most people understand the word "apparently."

i heard it with my own ears.

BigRedJed
9/29/2008, 06:59 PM
So, what was your take? Good-natured, or kinda ****ty?

birddog
9/29/2008, 07:02 PM
good nature but passively ****ty.

he said he liked the burnt orange in the uni's and that he hated the ou game because of the ugly color.

if you need more i'll give it to you but i'm in a rush now.

BigRedJed
9/29/2008, 07:08 PM
Well, I really don't need any more. But just a heads up: starclassic tama won't believe it happened until you post a link.

birddog
9/29/2008, 09:41 PM
also said he thought austin was a much nicer city.


let me rephrase that, because it does make a difference...

he said he liked austin alot better than OKC.

birddog
9/29/2008, 09:52 PM
Well, I really don't need any more. But just a heads up: starclassic tama won't believe it happened until you post a link.

then he can call mark rodgers and ask him what was said. it was an interview on the sports animal today.

i'll support whomever is sporting the okc jersey, but it probably wasn't a good pr move seeing how this is the sooner state. some people will get offended by it, for sure.

Big Red Ron
9/29/2008, 11:23 PM
also said he thought austin was a much nicer city.


let me rephrase that, because it does make a difference...

he said he liked austin alot better than OKC.
Too bad Austin doesn't have an NBA team.

Ton Loc
9/30/2008, 11:01 AM
Austin is a nice city. And if I lived there then came straight here I would probably have that attitude. However, STFU about it when you're on the radio station that broadcasts to the entire state. The majority of which are sooner fans, and also happen to be your new #1 supporters.

We need to get rid of that - he's twenty excuse. :rolleyes: At what age does that excuse cut-off? 21, 22, 23, ...?

And Nick Collison can suck it. :P

Jimminy Crimson
9/30/2008, 02:49 PM
Too bad Austin doesn't have an NBA team.

They do have those NBDL Toros if he wants to play for them! ;)