Wednesday, September 3

Thunder

According to an OKC sports blog, the new logo for the ex-Sonics is ... this.





I suppose one could make a comment regarding the quality of the logo, but, honestly, anything I say regarding this is just going to come off as sour grapes, regardless of the merit of my opinion.

So with that in mind, permit me to make one positive comment about the logo (assuming, of course, that this is indeed the actual logo and not just something cooked up at a factory outside of Beijing): It is very easy to draw, and, if life has not changed too drastically since I was in grade school, there will be many Pee-Chees adorned with this logo in the great Oklahoma City area this fall. For all the 8-year-old boys, who, like me, spent the greater part of fifth grade drawing various professional sports logos on their schoolwork, today is a good day.

So it's got that going for it, anyway.

12 comments:

  1. nope, it's not sour grapes. it's the fact that you actually have good taste, unlike the designers of that HORRIBLE logo. with the colors and look, it doesn't look thunderous. instead, it looks like the team name should instead be the 'OKC rainbows' or the 'OKC sunshine.' what crap.

    -brad in OKC

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  2. Is it me, or does it look like a P.O.S cheap knock-off of a generic NY Knicks logo?

    --CeeJay in Missoula

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  3. Definitely a knock-off logo, which is why I alluded to Beijing in the story. It's like something from a movie where the producers couldn't get the rights from the NBA and just made up a team and logo.

    I know OKC just got the keys to the car, and the respectful thing to do is keep my mouth shut, but this logo blows. And to think the league booted out one of the best color schemes in the league - green and gold - for this, that's just a double whammy.

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  4. Damien Wilkens playing the good company guy..

    http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/photo;_ylt=AtY0Doxwg5BVJvnCIIC_gbKLvLYF?slug=d23091c346c448abb7738c1bb4d16f94.oklahoma_city_basketball_okso105&prov=ap

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  5. I've seen 3 different pictures of that press conference now, and in all 3 Damien is making that same face.

    I liked the guy anyway, but now I REALLY hope he ends up getting traded to a contender.

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  6. Objectively, it's a horrendous nickname and logo. If Clay Bennett and his cronies wanted a simple, yet at least so-so moniker for Oklahoma City's franchise, then something like the OKC Cyclones would've sufficed. A cooler color scheme could've been in order, too.

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  7. "I liked the guy anyway, but now I REALLY hope he ends up getting traded to a contender." {bunnypuncher}

    Honestly, Sam Presti should just completely gut the roster for next season. It'd help further the rebuilding process, while also allowing me the chance to observe the ballclub suffer from afar.

    Thus, despite my apathy toward the team formerly known as the Seattle SuperSonics, Presti should attempt to consumate the following trade proposals.

    TRADE PROPOSAL #1

    FROM INDIANA & TO OKLAHOMA CITY
    SG Marquis Daniels
    SG Stephen Graham
    PF Josh McRoberts

    FROM OKLAHOMA CITY & TO INDIANA
    PF Nick Collison
    SF Damien Wilkins

    http://www.realgm.com/src_checktrade.php?tradeid=4764155

    TRADE PROPOSAL #2

    FROM OKLAHOMA CITY & TO SACRAMENTO
    PG Earl Watson

    FROM SACRAMENTO & TO OKLAHOMA CITY
    PG Bobby Jackson

    http://www.realgm.com/src_checktrade.php?tradeid=4764156

    Since Jackson, Daniels, Graham, and McRoberts all have expiring contracts -- so long as the team option in Daniels' contract for the 2009-2010 season is ultimately declined -- it'd truly signify a new era.

    Of course, the following roster would be good for around just 10 to 20 wins next season. That'd definitely be some hilarious shit.

    C: Chris Wilcox
    PF: Joe Smith
    SF: Jeff Green
    SG: Kevin Durant
    PG: Russell Westbrook
    C: Johan Petro
    PF: D.J. White
    SF: Desmond Mason
    SG: Marquis Daniels
    PG: Bobby Jackson
    C: Robert Swift
    C: Mouhamed Sene
    PF: Josh McRoberts
    SF/PG: Kyle Weaver
    SG: Stephen Graham

    Why, on a similar note, has Swift yet to sign the one-year, $3,579,131 qualifying offer that's been offered to him? Fuck, "Big Red" should thank his lucky stars that he can even earn that kind of coin in this world.

    Anyway, let's go 'hawks!

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  8. Hands down, the name sucks, the logo sucks too.

    Even teams in the CBA and ABA have much better logos.

    I'm quite sure Beijing factories won't put that thing are jerseys. Poor Durant.

    ---China100029, from Beijing

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  9. So very awful...

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  10. What is wrong with OKC? That generic logo? I swear I drew something like that 200 times in high school while bored in class. An emblem with intitials? and "Thunder" over it? Where is the thunder? Is it the red and blue lines going through it? How could the NBA look at this and not say, "Ummm....what the hell is this? We meant that we need your NBA team to have a logo. Not Your D-League team." Seriously?
    I'm going to find the emblem I used to draw in high school and post it later.

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  11. If I didn't already know this was an NBA team, I would have put money down that it was a WNBA logo. I'm far from a fashion expert, but really???... those colors?

    At least it gives me another reason not to root for them as a team, but I still wish success to the players who I have grown to love!

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  12. Not sour grapes. This logo sucks. I could have created something better with MS Paint. You would think after stealing the Sonics, Bennett would have put more effort into this part of the relocation.

    -Anthony, SoCal

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