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    The Oklahoma City Thunder

    I'm not crazy about the name, but oh, well. Bring on the hoop.
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    Re: The Oklahoma City Thunder

    It could have been a lot worse. New names are just getting really thin.
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    Re: The Oklahoma City Thunder

    So Rus called it, that's the official name?

    Eh, it's not bad. It's not great, it's not horrible. Those outside of OK will probably think it's a generic team name and those in the midwest will know there is more to it than just a generic name. The marketing folks can probably do a lot with it it. Good luck to them, I noticed they signed their first free agent recently.

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    Re: The Oklahoma City Thunder

    My Stampede idea never grew legs. This is all my fault.
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    Re: The Oklahoma City Thunder

    Quote Originally Posted by Mjcpr View Post
    So Rus called it, that's the official name?

    Eh, it's not bad. It's not great, it's not horrible. Those outside of OK will probably think it's a generic team name and those in the midwest will know there is more to it than just a generic name. The marketing folks can probably do a lot with it it. Good luck to them, I noticed they signed their first free agent recently.
    Well, Mark Rodgers called it and Rus linked to a story on the KOCO website. Not to split hairs.

    But it should be confirmed publicly tomorrow.
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    Re: The Oklahoma City Thunder

    Any team name was going to be met with a general 'meh'.

    After a few years, no one with think different.

    Titans, Ravens, Grizzlies, Raptors, Bobcats, (Devil) Rays, Diamondbacks, Rockies, Marlins...most, if not all, are second nature now.

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    Re: The Oklahoma City Thunder

    There is always a thin implication in his posts that he is familiar with the parties involved, so I just thought.....


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    Re: The Oklahoma City Thunder

    Maybe even a bit more than thin......
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    Re: The Oklahoma City Thunder

    Quote Originally Posted by Rhino View Post
    Any team name was going to be met with a general 'meh'.

    After a few years, no one with think different.

    Titans, Ravens, Grizzlies, Raptors, Bobcats, (Devil) Rays, Diamondbacks, Rockies, Marlins...most, if not all, are second nature now.
    Yeah, I think my Outisders idea was great but some fail to see my genius. Most of those are fairly meh, but the Dbacks, and Rockies aren't bad. Thunder seems really generic but I'm sure there are people in place that will do well with it.

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    I thought Diamondbacks and Rockies, even Ravens were pretty decent. Raptors would be good, if the team was decent. But it's easy to associate suck with the name. I mean, seriously... ...Lakers? ****ty name, but a championship history worked wonders for them.

    But yeah, great team names mostly are mostly snapped up at this point. I still think they should have paid Tulsa a crapload for Drillers. That name is ****ing awesome, and would be even better for a hoop squad.
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    Re: The Oklahoma City Thunder

    It's decent. What's the logo though? and colors? Black and Gold I hope.

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    Re: The Oklahoma City Thunder

    Quote Originally Posted by BigRedJed View Post
    I thought Diamondbacks and Rockies, even Ravens were pretty decent. Raptors would be good, if the team was decent. But it's easy to associate suck with the name. I mean, seriously... ...Lakers? ****ty name, but a championship history worked wonders for them.

    But yeah, great team names mostly are mostly snapped up at this point. I still think they should have paid Tulsa a crapload for Drillers. That name is ****ing awesome, and would be even better for a hoop squad.
    You've said this before....but why would anybody owe the Tulsa Drillers anything if they chose that? There are surely teams out there with the same name. The logo and stuff, I'm sure, are trademarked but who says somebody else can't use "Drillers" or whatever?

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    Re: The Oklahoma City Thunder

    Quote Originally Posted by JCS View Post
    It's decent. What's the logo though? and colors? Black and Gold I hope.
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    Re: The Oklahoma City Thunder

    OKC THUNDER. Rolls off the tongue.

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    Re: The Oklahoma City Thunder

    Ownership just went with Thunder because they were huge AC/DC fans, and they wanted to try for exclusive licensing for Thunderstruck for player intros
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    Re: The Oklahoma City Thunder

    That'd be cool...especially for the Finals.

    You got a fan over here in Atlanta. I might even go to a Hawks game now.

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    Re: The Oklahoma City Thunder

    Quote Originally Posted by JCS View Post
    It's decent. What's the logo though? and colors? Black and Gold I hope.
    I haven't seen it. I just had a friend who definitely is in a position to know call and confirm the name. But most of the talk I have heard has been people talking about just how tight-lipped everybody has been on this. Generally I can get some great gossip (downtown is just like a small town), but (supposedly) even the Mayor and the President of the OKC Chamber didn't have confirmation on the name as recently as last week.
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    Re: The Oklahoma City Thunder

    With the spurs being Black and silver, black and gold might be a longshot. Maybe Crimson and Silver? Blue and Silver?

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    Re: The Oklahoma City Thunder

    Quote Originally Posted by Mjcpr View Post
    You've said this before....but why would anybody owe the Tulsa Drillers anything if they chose that? There are surely teams out there with the same name. The logo and stuff, I'm sure, are trademarked but who says somebody else can't use "Drillers" or whatever?
    I think it would alienate potential fans in Tulsa if they just used the name without some consideration. And frankly, if they were going to use it I'd think it would work better if the Tulsa baseball team changed their name, which they wouldn't do without a whole lot of money to make it worth their while.

    Plus -- and I'm no expert in law, much less copyright/trademark law -- but I'd think a team located in Oklahoma would have more of a case against another team in Oklahoma using the same name than a team in another state would. I know when I have gotten company marks more attention was paid to in-state than out-of-state.
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    Re: The Oklahoma City Thunder

    I think they just want to play Marijuana Thunder.

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