Underwhelmed? I know I am.
Source: HornetsCentral
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[...] because of personal emails and watching his franchise have the big unveiling of its new name and team logo come via a third party, it is happening again. The team uniforms, which are supposedly being [...]
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[...] Seattle for the Metro. After that, the team went through a now patented series of blunders, highlighted by us simply, yet elegantly, leaking the name and logo on the internet. These leaks resulted in some of highest traffic days in the history of this little site. [...]
UNDERWHELMED!!! I even like the Vancouver Grizzlies logo better than that. They should bring that team back up there in Canada…
I have to say I think this a plant. I bet the team name wont be thunder at all. The way the NBA “accidentally” has put on team schedules and website just seems too obvious. The schedule that appeared on the teams website said 07-08 and only a couple teams showed the “thunder” name. The leaks have appeared on sites just long enough to create some web roar and they are taken off. And the logo itself, it is clearly thrown together with some clipart or something in a few minutes. The way the ball is on top of a box that appears to have nothing else inside of it. I dunno, I just don’t buy it. Tomorrow we will see the Oklahoma City Barons logo on the website…watch.
that may be the logo… or one they are considering… but that is not a regulation NBA ball… that is not a regulation high school or college ball either… the seams may be painted as to not stick out, but they would still be obvious.. then again.. it may be a basket ball made for the trophy case and not the court.
Lets go OKC Barons!!!!
I swear to god if thats our logo Ima quit watching the nba and stupid david stern. he is such a mofo so letting this happen. i think im going to have a beer…
There is no way in hell I’m wearing that.
Trevor, it will be Thunder. Trust me. I can’t speak to the logo, but it will be Thunder. I am not guessing.
Is there one company, or specifically one guy, that designs all NBA logos?
I think I would have worked Zeus into the whole concept, but that probably would have pissed off a lot of uptight fundies.
Looks like a WNBA logo
seattle supersonics is better thatn this shit
Yep…its official it looks like they are letting guys in the WNBA now. Well thats what the logo says!
Who cares? We have a team. It looks fine. This is a basketball team, not a modeling firm.
http://nbainsidestuff.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/oklahoma-city-thunder/
I don’t think that’s the logo. That stuff was deisgned by a college student, Ian Baker. Here is a link to his photobucket page.
http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b54/InsignionDesign2006/?start=all&mediafilter=images
Travis’ post is good….the name still sucks, but the Uni’s look good.
Better names, in no particular order: Bible Thumpers, RoughNecks, Conservatives, Kerns, Burbridges, Barrys, Funk, Ogles, Lost Ogles, MAPS, Ultimate, Gout, Deanos / Rossers, KATTS, Fallins, Fat Asses, Englands, Braums, Charcoal Broilers, Del Tacos, and Potholes.
That logo BLOWS! I’ve seen better designs on pajamas.
Oh man, my enthusiasm just hit an all-time LOW! It reminds me of a cheap version of the Wizards Logo, which is HORRIBLE. We have less than an hour to go for the official announcement, and I was going down there until I saw this earlier today. I’m afraid there might be a riot. It’s that bad. A questionable name is one thing, but BAD ART is another! I’ll be SOOOO disappointed if that is it. (hey, maybe it’s all a plot so we’ll be relived when we see the real thing.)
i just seen the new logo for the first time. very bad!!!
I love it … Durant will look better in our colors than green and yellow .. Go thunder
Hiring Ackerman was the first problem, there is not one ounce of creativity in that whole firm as is apparent by this rudimentary logo. What elements of Thurder can you find in the logo? The font for THUNDER is laughable and the darting OKC across the shield looks like we are advertising an airport code. I am excited for this team, but I doubt I will much apparel with that cheesy logo. Maybe just for nostalgia.
No matter the colors or logo. We have to stand by our team no matter what. The moral to our team goes down with each bad comment. Remember we don’t have to wear that but our team does.
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
that’s all I can say.
other than ha ha ha.
what an ugly, ugly logo.
it’s so hillarious.
what a joke!
I am VERY excited to have an NBA team and wish them the best, but as a graphic designer, I am extremely disappointed with the design of the logo.
Very good choice for colors. Go formers Sonics!
what a stupid name and a dumbass logo
I see the Seattle trolls have found TLO. The name’s fine, logo’s fine.
The new logo is pretty lame.
Why not something cool like the Oklahoma City Tornadoes or the Oklahoma City Twisters? To nickname a team ‘Thunder’ and not have a lightning bolt or storm cloud or anything? Only white block letters and a basketball with the ugliest colors in a box of crayolas. O-K-C can say B-Y-E to any decent merchandising sales profits.
looks like crap.
Worst.Logo.Ever.
The Uniforms arenot the problem, the coach and team suck, Durant is no savior, give anybody that many shots and a green light and 20 pts is no problem
Thanks for taking care of our team while we rebuilt our city…seriously..but I thank God that the city officals didn’t have the authority to change the Hornets logo and colors to some kindergarden level crap that they developed for your Thunder.
Everyone should get free season tickets for having to support and look at such a disaster. Maybe you can rename the team to the OKC Disaster!
NOHF — Fair enough, but you can’t blame us for the Hornets’ new uniforms.
way to have the rest of america laugh at you, oklahoma city.
logo is worse than the bobcats.
generic easy colors that dont relate to anything.
the team and its officials will ignore the 98% rejection rate of this logo and move forward.. they dont care we hate the name and logo.
It’s funny to go back and read these comments after the playoff run. I remember how irate we all were with the name,colors, etc. and now I bet if we could go back and change anything from these last two years, we wouldn’t touch a thing! It’s been a perfect ride and the momentum is only building! GO THUNDER!!!