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Unveiling Of Oklahoma City's Team Name Set For Next Wednesday

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The wait is nearly over.
Oklahoma City’s NBA team is expected to announce Thunder will be the nickname at 5 p.m. next Wednesday, Sept. 3, when it releases the team name, its mark, the four team colors and logo at a press conference at Leadership Square.
Team officials would neither confirm nor deny whether Thunder is the nickname.

Team uniforms, home and road, won’t be announced until late September.

Team merchandise will be available on Wednesday following the announcement.

And don’t put any credence in uniform designs that have appeared on the Internet with Thunder logos. All designs have been speculative and have no affiliation with the NBA or Oklahoma City’s franchise.

All signs pointed to Thunder being the nickname when the NBA released the 2008-09 schedule earlier this month. For a few hours, if someone linked Oklahoma City on any of the team’s 82 games on the NBA’s master schedule, all links pointed to www.nba.com/thunder.

Later that day the Thunder URL was inactive.

The NBA filed trademark rights to six nicknames for Oklahoma City’s franchise in July, according to the U.S. patent and trademark office. Thunder was one of six names filed. The others were: Barons, Bison, Energy, Marshalls and Wind.

Thunder has been believed to be the nickname for more than a month after KOCO reported the company the NBA uses to file domain names purchased okcthunderbasketball.com on July 10.

Since Thunder is expected to be the nickname, there’s been speculation whether Oklahoma City’s NBA team would try to purchase domain names from a communications company in California, which has owned thunder.com and thunder.net since 1994.

That won’t be necessary.

The NBA owns rights to its Web site which would allow the league to link the Oklahoma City team’s Web site to the page: www.nba.com/thunder without infringing on the domain rights of the California company.

For example, jazz.com is a music Web site that currently features a story on whether hip-hop and jazz can mix, but www.nba.com/jazz takes you to the Utah Jazz’s home page.

Thunder.net communications in July extended domain name rights through 2011. In a question and answer segment on the Web site, it was asked if the thunder domain names could be purchased.

The answer: “In case you thought you’re the first to ask, you’re 14 years too late. The answer has always been No. They’re not for sale. The domains are in use.”

A follow-up question suggested everyone has a price. The answer was: “You’d have a real challenge trying to convince an unmotivated party to sell. Sale prices in recent years indicate prime dictionary-based domain names are worth many millions, so your initial offer would have to break records for domain name sales prices.”
heres the link http://www.newsok.com/article/3289525/
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Old 08-28-2008, 07:39 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I'm wondering what the colors are going to be. I keep thinking the old Cavs colors. I knew the name was going to be Thunder though ever since I heard the rumor of them announcing it as the new name.
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Possible leaked Name/Logo.....

http://nbaokc.blogspot.com/2008/08/huge-logo-leak.html

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thats a pretty cool arena football league logo....i believe they couldve been more successful having a contest where 5th graders entered in their best artwork, because that thing is pathetic.
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That ball isn't real, it's just an elaborate hoax made by someone.
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I'm dying with anticipation..
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That ball isn't real, it's just an elaborate hoax made by someone.
I pray your right because that thing is disturbing to look at.
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Old 09-02-2008, 10:52 AM   #8 (permalink)
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When you pick a lame name like "Thunder," you're supposed to have a lame logo. There's nothing quite as frustrating as missed opportunity.
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i think it would be interesting if, at the press conference, they had a ball/logo for each of the name they trademarked...and then they revealed which one it actually is. Kinda like how HS recruits put up all the hats of the colleges they are choosing from.
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I'm hoping for that black/gold/brick color scheme someone else posted. Best way to go in my opinion.
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I'm hoping for that black/gold/brick color scheme someone else posted. Best way to go in my opinion.
Agreed.

What time are they supposed to do this today?
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Agreed.

What time are they supposed to do this today?
The official site says 5 pm although no time zone is being mentioned.
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The official site says 5 pm although no time zone is being mentioned.
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The USA today says it's set for 6PM EST, or 5PM in OKC.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baske...nickname_N.htm
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