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"Well, it's hard to keep a secret." Ah, truer words have never been spoken, Clay Bennett.

After weeks of dumb guessing, the Oklahoma City NBA franchise finally announced it will be called the Oklahoma City Thunder, and unveiled the logo and colors before a large crowd gathered at Leadership Square today. Let me tell you, the AC/DC was a rockin'. Here's a look at some Thunder gear:

Are you Thunder struck?

Yawn.

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1. Posted by Evan B Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:51 pm EDT
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Well, I'm still going to refer to them - permanently - as the "Thundercats". It's close enough......
2. Posted by Spiderbandit88 - Read the Blogs, Not the Comments Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:08 pm EDT
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I don't know what's wrong with people, I like the name.
3. Posted by Jack Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:26 pm EDT
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Another orange and blue? isnt there the bobcats already...
4. Posted by Jason Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:38 pm EDT
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Supersonic is way better!!!!!!!!!!!
5. Posted by Brett W Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:15 pm EDT
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i don't like the logo at all. the name is meh.
6. Posted by alex l Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:50 pm EDT
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ew
7. Posted by Erik Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:55 pm EDT
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i agree, thundercats would've been an excellent choice.
Plus you already have mascots!
8. Posted by sportsnut888 Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:02 pm EDT
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My own humble opinion, Thunder doesn't mean anything to the area. I thought a better team name would have been roughnecks or cowboys, to reflect the history of OK.
9. Posted by Tic-Tac Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:00 pm EDT
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I wish they would have picked The "Wind". Logo looks completely gay though.
10. Posted by Hoops Junky Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:57 pm EDT
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Thunderstruck cuz Thundersuck
11. Posted by Mr. A1 Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:47 pm EDT
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Not so much....
12. Posted by Vincent Gagliano Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:36 pm EDT
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Why not the OKC Boomers?
It fits right in with state history. It's plural. It has undertones of energy and excitement. It just works.
But Thunder? The WNBA has the Sun, Sky, and Storm. I rest my case.
13. Posted by alfredo Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:56 pm EDT
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oklahoma city bombers sounds better
14. Posted by hiiiiiiii b Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:16 pm EDT
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the only orange is the basketball u tard ^
its more of a denver nuggets jersey steal, im suppised they didnt pick orange oklahoma college teams r mostly orange? o well im sure the thunder will break even this year
15. Posted by humps ex-wives! Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:46 pm EDT
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the logo is crap. no creativity whatsoever. the practice jersey logo looks better. and i think a bit of gray, white, and black to compete with the spurs colors. aren't thunderous clouds, black, gray and white? why is there blue and orange? and what the hell are those two parallel strips running from end to end suppose to convey?
16. Posted by bosna h Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:57 pm EDT
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wackkkkkkkkkkkkkk
'we playing thunder next week' doesnt even sound right
17. Posted by ArBruKar Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:58 pm EDT
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The name is ok, but the colors are not. It is somewhat similar to the knicks already.
18. Posted by Eric V Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:26 pm EDT
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What is this, the WNBA?
19. Posted by Derik Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:01 pm EDT
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Being from Oklahoma City I wasn't enthusiastic about Thunder being the nickname in the first place, but I kind of accepted it. Now I'm not so sure, I think the colors are awfully bright considering the nickname has to do with Thunderstorms which are generally gray to blackish. Yeah, I know gray isn't a sports color but I think the practice jerseys with black and white and Oklahoma City on them look better than this. What's that logo anyway? It looks so generic, like you could replace any city and or nickname on it, how does it make me think of Thunder in any sense of the word? Everything about this looks forced...given that everyone knew what the name was going to be anyway you would think they could have spent all that time working on something better than this! Instead this looks like a last minute thing.
20. Posted by Ivan Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:25 pm EDT
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thunder is the warriors mascot, stupid choice by okc
21. Posted by Seda2002 Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:12 pm EDT
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That's it? That's all they're doing for a logo? Name's fine, but where's the imagination.
22. Posted by Anonymous Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:45 pm EDT
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Dude... wtf is gonna happen when they play the bobcats?
23. Posted by nguyener takes all Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:21 pm EDT
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could have made them the OKC Oilers, sounds much better than thunder..and im pretty sure there are more oil than there are thunder in oklahoma
24. Posted by Will D Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:25 pm EDT
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the barons would have been better
25. Posted by Masik8 Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:10 pm EDT
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Whoever the graphic designer of that logo is, fire that person right now. I seen better stuff in Mario Paint.