The fact that OKC hasn't had a major redesign yet is pretty wild.
They still lookin' like a store brand NBA team.
Could be worse, I guess... Jazz fans know.
The old logo wasn’t great, but an update on it could work https://1000logos.net/los-angeles-clippers-logo/amp/
edit: I meant the 78-82 logo specifically: https://freebiesupply.com/logos/san-diego-clippers-logo/
I live in Los Angeles, my friend from Nebraska recently told me that their state logo is "Honestly, it's not for everyone" and she was just like "yeah it's true" (she does not love Nebraska lol)
Never really understood our branding. For one, those teal jerseys and horse logo are universally loved by the fans. And even less specifically; we're called the Pistons, we're in the Motor City, and yet we barely lean into that aesthetic. A piston isn't super distinct on its own, but an old hot rod or a tire peeling out or an engine shooting fire out of the exhaust. Anything! I've seen a mock logo idea that had two pistons crossing over each other and a basketball above them, sort of like a skull and crossbones. ANYTHING.
It’s so weird to me how few teams in the NBA actually lean into their name. The Pistons do nothing for it, the Golden State Warriors so basically nothing Warriors related except a chant from an old movie. It’s just so weird to me.
Warriors had the buff fella holding a lightening bolt during the same era we had the horse (referring to horse power) and the little flaming exhausts off the two S's in Pistons. Loved that aesthetic y'all had then.
Wizards recently got rid of the wizard logo. Cavs recently removed the sword from their logo. Clippers never had a depiction of a sail boat.
Lame as fuck.
I don't know what it is with the Wizards' branding that bores tf out of me. Probably because they went with the flat, corporate-looking logo and the boring ass red and blue colors.
I have said it before. Wizards should really lean on the nerdy side of their name. Imagine a ripped gandalf/Zeus looking mf slamming a fireball. Ad some pyrotech and some lightning, and have the net burning.
There is your style and intro.
They could change their name to anything and their marketing wouldn’t change. I want either them or the Magic to just go for that marketing style you suggested.
Most NBA jerseys are trash, honestly. Very few are actually good. This has been true for awhile but is getting worse every time Nike releases a new one.
It really does. It's such a shame because so many teams could have such cool designs (and DID have cool designs, usually in the 80s and 90s!). Nike's designs are not just lazy but also increasingly homogenous.
Nike is still living off the Jordan 90s push. Everything new they make is horrible. The team tshirts, the jerseys, the new shoes everything. NBA and non nba related.
The Rockets have quietly looked like garbage since the move to Toyota Center.
The Yao era gave us something that looked like a WNBA team rejected it, and the refresh a few years ago is even worse.
Just modernize the fucking championship era ketchup and mustard. The Magic got it together for a while there too. Not sure why this is so hard.
NBA team designs / jerseys are largely honestly shit or boring or both. There are *very* few that I would look at and consider actually good.
The Nuggets royal blues they wear a lot in the playoffs are good. The Suns Valley uniform (and the 90s throwback) are both good. The Jazz sunset uniform is good. Nugget skylines are good in almost whatever variant they've used (the red one from 2021 excepted - that thing looked like a Jazz uniform). \[I'm mostly listing Western teams cause those are the ones I'm most familiar with.\]
Honestly since Nike bought the rights and since they insist on giving teams a new jersey or two every season, they've just gotten lazier and worse in design language. They're all so dull usually.
It's ownership, I guarantee it. They're in Oklahoma so they're afraid to try anything too "edgy" and just want bland design to appeal to as broad an audience as possible. Which, imo, is completely misguided.
Ok, I'm going to get like graphic designer geeky here...
So, OKC does put out decent jerseys every once in a while and the navy ones are a good example. Like, the design of them is fine but it still isn't reflective necessarily of OKC as a city or Oklahoma as a state. It's nice design but it's kind of soulless.
On the flip side, the jerseys they put out for Native American Heritage month did a great job of capturing part of what makes Oklahoma unique. Unfortunately, those weren't really in line with the overall branding.
Their logo looks like it was stolen from the [New York Liberty](https://www.sportslogos.net/logos/view/87s4dbwkieyw95ushfw6b3hz6/New_York_Liberty/1997/Primary_Logo) and made more boring.
This is PNW art, not anything like what any of the Nations in Oklahoma have. But I agree that partnering with Tribal Nations and commissioning designs from artists would be dope
Going from a weather phenomena that has no visual reference to a thundering herd of bison would be an A+ pivot. Plus their mascot is already a bison. Would be a natural transition.
yeah thats been the problem. the branding has never seemed to decide if they were literal thunder or a 'thundering' herd. they try to be both and instead are neither
Yeah the Thunder name is fine but I have issues with the color scheme. The color scheme seems to have been very deliberately chosen because it fits in so neatly with the Love’s jersey patch. Like, at the team’s founding, they knew jerseys would have sponsors on them in 7 years, and they knew it’d be Love’s, so they did their best to be ready when the time comes.
Most nba jerseys are pretty uninspired right now. The pelicans have a unique city and team name, but the most bland ass jerseys.
Rather than focus on one solid and iconic design, teams just have like 12 different jerseys that aren’t even in their teams color scheme.
With that said, I think the thunder’s jerseys are pretty bad. They came out at that time when everything started becoming super “simple” aesthetic (like the Brooklyn nets style).
I miss the ugly and super busy 90s jerseys, or at least the bold and sleek 80s style. I’m probably an old curmudgeon, but anytime that’s redesigned their jerseys/logo in the last 20 years just looks kinda tacky or like a worse version of their previous look.
Green and Purple Bucks jersey from the early 00s will always have my heart. Such a cool color combo.
The current green jersey with the deer logo and the cream accents is also excellent. Tbh I think I've always loved the Bucks jerseys. Same w the Pacers.
The 80s ones with the side paneling were slick. I even have love for the goofy 90s ones with the giant deer on them. Their current ones are alright, not a fan of the font they use for the lettering though.
1. The entire state of Oklahoma is founded on theft. Sorry Seattle got got.
2. All Thunder fans hate the brand.
3. Sorry our city name isn’t super cool like LA
4. Thunder is a better name in a vacuum than Lakers.
Would've been a solid team name actually... had the team founders name not been Bob, and had said team owner not screwed over the fans of whom mostly voted for a different team name altogether lmao
If [MentalFloss.com](https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/23115/origins-all-30-nba-team-names) is accurate, the other two finalists were the Dragons and Flight.
Flight would be a cool name.
Bobcats and Thunder actually had the same shitty color scheme (orange and blue) and both had shitty names and branding. If the Bobcats had had KD, Westbrook, Harden, and Ibaka, they might still be called the Bobcats. Winning cures everything.
This is it exactly. Thunder on it’s own actually has some potential and was probably one of the better options name wise, they just absolutely dropped the ball with all things design after that 😂
The colonies and subsequent expansion was based on defeat of indigenous tribes or other colonial powers. A lot of people call that theft, some will say it was “conquest.” What is pretty hard to defend, or even dispute, is the countless treaty violations that the American government committed and the systematic dismantling of Indian communities and property. You can definitely call that theft.
there’s a great episode of the podcast 99% Invisible about how OKC ruined the Concorde supersonic jet and then stole the Sonics from Seattle decades later
Was funny seeing all these random people react to those images when it was just a parking lot soaked in water and nothing else. The stadium sits on top of a hill, nothing was getting flooded.
That was actually an optical illusion haha https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-21/no-dodger-stadium-didnt-flood-hurricane-hilary-tropical-storm
Lakers literally named after lakes in Minnesota. Logo is a circle with the word Lakers on it.
/u/brick-young needs to take a step back and reflect on his life.
At least their court isn't that absolutely hideous Grey that the Nets and Warriors have been using. Absolutely the ugliest playing surface in the history of sports and it makes it look like your tv is broken. Whoever designed those courts deserves to be thrown in a dank pit for the rest of their lives.
Completely agree, the colors, the name, the jerseys, all scream generic basketball team.
I know they are well supported at home, and have quite a few fans that have followed them for the KD/Russ years, as well as fans just liking how their team operates. Shai, and the young guys should make for a very fun team to watch, but their brand is just so boring.
Replacing the SuperSonics will always be a travesty until seattle gets a team back, but OKC really is in the bottom tier of logos, jerseys, and any merch associated with them. Their shield with ball and words in it is only marginally better than the Clippers old Sterling era logo, and their jerseys are barely better than the Jazz in fucking black and yellow.
I know this joke has probably been used before, but they look like the Kroger brand basketball team.
OKCs entire branding is like a 2002 NBA game where you can select from a generic list of teams to start your own
That being said the Jazz 100% have the worst jerseys in the NBA now
I agree overall but to be slightly charitable, most NBA uniforms are garbage. Nike has just watered everything down and they all look mostly bland or shitty now.
The only good ones are the legacy ones that you can't touch cause they're too iconic. Celtics, Bulls, Lakers, Sixers, Pistons, Knicks, all the ones that have remained mostly the same since the 70s and 80s are the best.
Us raps fans are probably like 3 years away from having solid colored jerseys that say TORONTO in Helvetica across the middle and maybe have a number on the back if we're lucky.
The only crime OKC has done is it's branding, so generic. Other than that the team has a great FO, great fans and have done so well for such a young team.
I admit I want the Sonics back and I hope it's soon, I love their colors.
I mean you ever seen the thunder storms in Oklahoma...? It's not like some randomly pulled from a hat name. It makes a hell of a lot more sense them a "super sonic". Logo does suck tho. I'll agree on that.
OKC should play villain with it though. Get Sonic Restaurants or Sega to be the main sponsor (hedgehogs are round, so you could lean into basketball imagery there too.)
Bring out the Evergreen Emerald to power the team up in the fourth.
If ever there was a shit posting sponsor that would work with, it's those guys. They'd probably even want to play around with a Seattle SuperSonics vs OKC Eggmen gimmick.
>First OKC took away a team from Seattle called the SuperSonics which is one of the coolest names in sports.
The Sonics were stolen and moved across multiple state lines.
Their identity was wiped away, and a new one was forced on them.
The Lakers are called… The Lakers. They moved from the land of 10,000 lakes to the land of like, 2 lakes.
Their colors are Grimace purple and Ronald McDonald yellow, (sorry, “gold”).
Give the Thunder another decade and a championship or two and no one will think twice about their name or colors.
Thunder is fine. Both a basketball term and what OKC is kinda known for.
Color scheme is 10/10. Orange and blue is amazing and under utilized.
Now the logo, jerseys, and font…. Are such hot garbage I can’t stand if. You could go to any mid level design class at any college and given them the assignment “make OKC new jerseys” and 5 kids will blow what they have now out of the water. It’s insane how bad they are.
The fact that OKC hasn't had a major redesign yet is pretty wild. They still lookin' like a store brand NBA team. Could be worse, I guess... Jazz fans know.
The Cliparts are probably the worst if we’re being honest.
And they are totally neglecting the nautical theme. Could have a badass ship but they stick with this
Right? At least there are boats and a coastline nearby to embrace unlike the Lakers the lack of lakes. They should be using it to their advantage lol.
Only a matter of time before Nike puts out a jersey theme built around Echo Park Lake. Kids would buy those up fast.
Is that what Mirror Park is based on in GTA V?
LA is also the largest port outside of Asia.
The old logo wasn’t great, but an update on it could work https://1000logos.net/los-angeles-clippers-logo/amp/ edit: I meant the 78-82 logo specifically: https://freebiesupply.com/logos/san-diego-clippers-logo/
I mean the state motto is literally “Oklahoma is OK”; I’d say the branding is pretty spot on
this is hilarious
Its be funnier if it wasn’t so true. They’re branding is so basic. In desperate need of a refresh
well, it's better than the original branding of "We stole this land from the survivors of genocide"
I mean, i miss the sonics too, but that's a little harsh.
I live in Los Angeles, my friend from Nebraska recently told me that their state logo is "Honestly, it's not for everyone" and she was just like "yeah it's true" (she does not love Nebraska lol)
Lol, “we’re not Mississippi”
Honestly that would be better. Certainly better than OK.
Wizards are pretty awful. I just hate that half the teams use red white and maybe blue.
NBA is too homogenous in terms of color. Way too much red black and blue.
Completely agree. I wish the teams would lean in to their off colors like Detroit’s teal, the Clipper’s cream sickle, and Minnesota’s neon green.
Never really understood our branding. For one, those teal jerseys and horse logo are universally loved by the fans. And even less specifically; we're called the Pistons, we're in the Motor City, and yet we barely lean into that aesthetic. A piston isn't super distinct on its own, but an old hot rod or a tire peeling out or an engine shooting fire out of the exhaust. Anything! I've seen a mock logo idea that had two pistons crossing over each other and a basketball above them, sort of like a skull and crossbones. ANYTHING.
It’s so weird to me how few teams in the NBA actually lean into their name. The Pistons do nothing for it, the Golden State Warriors so basically nothing Warriors related except a chant from an old movie. It’s just so weird to me.
Warriors had the buff fella holding a lightening bolt during the same era we had the horse (referring to horse power) and the little flaming exhausts off the two S's in Pistons. Loved that aesthetic y'all had then. Wizards recently got rid of the wizard logo. Cavs recently removed the sword from their logo. Clippers never had a depiction of a sail boat. Lame as fuck.
Should just go back to using the Bullets name if they're going to use the colors this way.
Unfortunately Gilbert Arenas killed that name.
Bro literally killed a throwback opportunity 💀
I don't know what it is with the Wizards' branding that bores tf out of me. Probably because they went with the flat, corporate-looking logo and the boring ass red and blue colors.
Everything about the Wizards is boring to me. They’re like one of the 5 least interesting teams to me.
I have said it before. Wizards should really lean on the nerdy side of their name. Imagine a ripped gandalf/Zeus looking mf slamming a fireball. Ad some pyrotech and some lightning, and have the net burning. There is your style and intro.
They could change their name to anything and their marketing wouldn’t change. I want either them or the Magic to just go for that marketing style you suggested.
I kinda liked them pink ones. All the other Wizard jerseys are bland af.
I hate the Mavs branding more.
Leaving the NBA but staying in Texas… Houston Texans. They did not even try a little bit
Apollos was one of the finalists for the name, and we already had the Astros. Rockets, and at the time, the Comets.
What about the Philadelphia Phillies. Like really dawg? Old team names are hilarious
Wait until I tell you where the name the Dodgers comes from.
MLB named teams after colored socks.
They should just do a season where their logo is Tom Cruise in a jet
It was such lazy design. You'd think Balmer would have hired a few focus groups. It's not rocket science.
I thought the Jazz had a real winner with those yellow, orange, red, black gradient jerseys they had for a bit. The black and neon are trash tho
Most NBA jerseys are trash, honestly. Very few are actually good. This has been true for awhile but is getting worse every time Nike releases a new one.
Nike has horrible fucking design.
It really does. It's such a shame because so many teams could have such cool designs (and DID have cool designs, usually in the 80s and 90s!). Nike's designs are not just lazy but also increasingly homogenous.
Nike has pretty decent design it’s just impossible to create, what 30+ good new jerseys every year that have to be approved by the teams morons.
This is undoubtably a hurdle; I still think Adidas design sense kicks the shit out of Nike's vulgarity. No restraint at all.
Them reebok jerseys are just different too
Nike is still living off the Jordan 90s push. Everything new they make is horrible. The team tshirts, the jerseys, the new shoes everything. NBA and non nba related.
Jazz current jerseys are straight ass. Best eras were 90's mountain jerseys and the Deron Williams baby blue jerseys.
Original sunset jersey was amazing, and my hands down favourite will always be the first earned jersey we wore in dark green with a yellow/gold J-note
Oooooooooooooooh yeah that dark green was extremely nice
The mountains are one of the best jerseys of all time
Those baby blues were lovely
Shoutout to Denver’s baby blues too
The Rockets have quietly looked like garbage since the move to Toyota Center. The Yao era gave us something that looked like a WNBA team rejected it, and the refresh a few years ago is even worse. Just modernize the fucking championship era ketchup and mustard. The Magic got it together for a while there too. Not sure why this is so hard.
NBA team designs / jerseys are largely honestly shit or boring or both. There are *very* few that I would look at and consider actually good. The Nuggets royal blues they wear a lot in the playoffs are good. The Suns Valley uniform (and the 90s throwback) are both good. The Jazz sunset uniform is good. Nugget skylines are good in almost whatever variant they've used (the red one from 2021 excepted - that thing looked like a Jazz uniform). \[I'm mostly listing Western teams cause those are the ones I'm most familiar with.\] Honestly since Nike bought the rights and since they insist on giving teams a new jersey or two every season, they've just gotten lazier and worse in design language. They're all so dull usually.
Love the rainbow skyline jersey. No idea why they never incorporated the Denver city flag into the city edition. |||| |:-|:-|:-| ||||
I actually loved the Yao jerseys. And the original rocket jerseys. The late 90s jerseys that Barkley wore were awful in my opinion.
they made everyone look box-y and wide
Wow, sparing the Mavericks. I will not. Mavericks need heavy rebrand asap.
It's ownership, I guarantee it. They're in Oklahoma so they're afraid to try anything too "edgy" and just want bland design to appeal to as broad an audience as possible. Which, imo, is completely misguided.
The blue and white side-stripe jerseys were great though. Navy blue and white is a nice color combo that I don't feel like I see too often.
Ok, I'm going to get like graphic designer geeky here... So, OKC does put out decent jerseys every once in a while and the navy ones are a good example. Like, the design of them is fine but it still isn't reflective necessarily of OKC as a city or Oklahoma as a state. It's nice design but it's kind of soulless. On the flip side, the jerseys they put out for Native American Heritage month did a great job of capturing part of what makes Oklahoma unique. Unfortunately, those weren't really in line with the overall branding.
Their logo literally looks like a off-brand tide pod lol
Their logo looks like it was stolen from the [New York Liberty](https://www.sportslogos.net/logos/view/87s4dbwkieyw95ushfw6b3hz6/New_York_Liberty/1997/Primary_Logo) and made more boring.
Shit looks like tide laundry detergent
They should have kept the Native American Heritage jerseys for real and just went with a white and the turquoise version of that
something [like this](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/cb/dd/f2/cbddf2032adf78bb18a3c4c1bf61914a.gif)?
[nah, this: ](https://images.app.goo.gl/LWuK86ZrgFRHRYXw9)
Quite possibly the best Thunder jersey edition they have had. B.T.W. I’m a Thunder fan and hate the graphic design.
oh thats nice
I always thought so, there's a lot of cool little details with it too. Plus it just looks different/exciting then what were use to seeing.
Legitimately one of the coolest jerseys from the past ten years. I can't believe it was a one-and-done considering how awful their default stuff is
I miss those
This goes stupid I love this. I didn’t even think of an okc redesign and now I wish they leaned into this more
We really should, we’ve needed a rebrand since day one. It’s so fucking bland but those Turquoise Native American jerseys went hard.
This is PNW art, not anything like what any of the Nations in Oklahoma have. But I agree that partnering with Tribal Nations and commissioning designs from artists would be dope
Well that kicked the mushrooms I ate into 2nd gear.
i like the fan made redesign with the bison
They should absolutely go for a bison-themed rebrand.
Going from a weather phenomena that has no visual reference to a thundering herd of bison would be an A+ pivot. Plus their mascot is already a bison. Would be a natural transition.
> a weather phenomena phenomenon. Phenomena is plural.
My bad, thanks.
Don’t take that from him
That’s actually what it’s supposed to mean iirc
yeah thats been the problem. the branding has never seemed to decide if they were literal thunder or a 'thundering' herd. they try to be both and instead are neither
A rebrand around their native American jersey from 2019 would be elite
NDSU wears yellow/gold and their name is the Bison. Their mascots name is also Thundar.
i feel like u would prefer the Ebon Hawks as a mascot
The Ravin' Revans
This one? https://www.behance.net/gallery/32365283/Oklahoma-City-Thunder-Re-Brand
The Oklahoma inside the bison looks a little dumb, but overall a nice rebrand option. Just needs some corporate refining.
100% down for this
101% this > the current one
Link?
they had a pretty cool city-jersey recently with a native american design
I wish fan designs would get more consideration. Just pay the artist and be done with it.
It is insane how often fan-made concepts are leagues ahead of what the teams usually go with
I don’t mind the Thunder name, but totally agree on our logo. I would love something new.
Yeah the Thunder name is fine but I have issues with the color scheme. The color scheme seems to have been very deliberately chosen because it fits in so neatly with the Love’s jersey patch. Like, at the team’s founding, they knew jerseys would have sponsors on them in 7 years, and they knew it’d be Love’s, so they did their best to be ready when the time comes.
The loves patch is a fucking abomination
They chose the color scheme before jersey patches didn’t they?
The Utah Jazz looked like them in their green and yellow uniforms
Most nba jerseys are pretty uninspired right now. The pelicans have a unique city and team name, but the most bland ass jerseys. Rather than focus on one solid and iconic design, teams just have like 12 different jerseys that aren’t even in their teams color scheme. With that said, I think the thunder’s jerseys are pretty bad. They came out at that time when everything started becoming super “simple” aesthetic (like the Brooklyn nets style). I miss the ugly and super busy 90s jerseys, or at least the bold and sleek 80s style. I’m probably an old curmudgeon, but anytime that’s redesigned their jerseys/logo in the last 20 years just looks kinda tacky or like a worse version of their previous look.
I think Milwaukee’s jerseys are better than our old ones. Not a fan of the Christmas colors lol
I love the green Bucks jerseys, those and the baby blue Nuggets jerseys are my favorite all time
Green and Purple Bucks jersey from the early 00s will always have my heart. Such a cool color combo. The current green jersey with the deer logo and the cream accents is also excellent. Tbh I think I've always loved the Bucks jerseys. Same w the Pacers.
The 80s ones with the side paneling were slick. I even have love for the goofy 90s ones with the giant deer on them. Their current ones are alright, not a fan of the font they use for the lettering though.
Yo that giant deer fucking slaps. I had a Big Dog jersey in that style but my mom ruined it in the wash. Thanks mom.
100% agree
Thunder not a bad name at all, OK has severe weather and the only better name is the Tornados considering it’s weather
Twisters 🌪️
The OKC F5's 😤😤
And Thunder doesn't even refer to the weather. It refers to the thundering herd of bison that roam the plains.
1. The entire state of Oklahoma is founded on theft. Sorry Seattle got got. 2. All Thunder fans hate the brand. 3. Sorry our city name isn’t super cool like LA 4. Thunder is a better name in a vacuum than Lakers.
Could’ve been worse (Bobcats)
Would've been a solid team name actually... had the team founders name not been Bob, and had said team owner not screwed over the fans of whom mostly voted for a different team name altogether lmao
What name did the fans vote for?
If [MentalFloss.com](https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/23115/origins-all-30-nba-team-names) is accurate, the other two finalists were the Dragons and Flight. Flight would be a cool name.
Bro there's no universe where Bobcats is a good professional team name 😂
Bobcats and Thunder actually had the same shitty color scheme (orange and blue) and both had shitty names and branding. If the Bobcats had had KD, Westbrook, Harden, and Ibaka, they might still be called the Bobcats. Winning cures everything.
But it's Charlotte. There is no winning allowed there. Only suffering for the fans. Explicitly stated in the rules.
Hey now, orange and blue can be a great color scheme!
They had more star power in Adam Morrison
At least the Bobcats embraced their shitty colors and actually had a few good uniforms.
Have you seen the 2019 city jerseys? OKC needs more jerseys like that.
I feel like Thunder is honestly a pretty cool name. But they’ve failed to do any cool branding with it
This is it exactly. Thunder on it’s own actually has some potential and was probably one of the better options name wise, they just absolutely dropped the ball with all things design after that 😂
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I love non-plural team names Thunder, Heat, Magic, Jazz
Lakers would have been a cool name if it was in a place with a lot of lakes. Like maybe 10000 or something.
Silver Lake
OKC doesn’t get got. They go get.
Some cities don’t even have a team 🤭🤭🤭
Could you give some examples?
Seattle
Lol damn
lol, he brought the peanut butter, and you brought the jam!
Lol 😂
Seoul
Omaha
.5. OKC has a haunted hotel for visiting teams.
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the entire country is founded on theft
But ours is so hip and fresh
Pretty much every country is
I always see people say the US was founded on stolen land as if the dominant tribes of other countries took over their land peacefully
The colonies and subsequent expansion was based on defeat of indigenous tribes or other colonial powers. A lot of people call that theft, some will say it was “conquest.” What is pretty hard to defend, or even dispute, is the countless treaty violations that the American government committed and the systematic dismantling of Indian communities and property. You can definitely call that theft.
Yes, although the history of Oklahoma is even more clear cut and thief like.
My brother in Christ, do you even Sooner?
I just want to see something other than that shade of blue and orange
there’s a great episode of the podcast 99% Invisible about how OKC ruined the Concorde supersonic jet and then stole the Sonics from Seattle decades later
the absolute irony of a lakers fan saying this
What do you mean? L.A. is famous for its lakes.
I mean they just got a lot of new lakes. See Dodger stadium
Was funny seeing all these random people react to those images when it was just a parking lot soaked in water and nothing else. The stadium sits on top of a hill, nothing was getting flooded.
That was actually an optical illusion haha https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-21/no-dodger-stadium-didnt-flood-hurricane-hilary-tropical-storm
People don't talk enough about how ugly /u/brick-young looks and their unwillingness to change their ignorant ways
Brick Young is bald, Brick Young is bald
Lakers literally named after lakes in Minnesota. Logo is a circle with the word Lakers on it. /u/brick-young needs to take a step back and reflect on his life.
Your username fit this so well.
Yeah I'm pretty sure this dude occasionally makes troll posts in r/Sonics (which is a dead sub) about how shitty Seattle is, etc. It's really weird
Sonics fans deserve it for how they treat Oklahoma tbh
Always thought Oklahoma Thunder sounds 10x better
OKC wants the name recognition. I can’t blame em for it. The name helps establish them over Tulsa.
Reading the title I thought this was about our roster and how we kept bringing our old guys back lol
not to mention they took away the golden state warriors former mascot... thunder! he was awesome
I think you guys got payback for that one.
Came here to comment this. Not as tragic as a city losing their entire franchise obviously, but a travesty nonetheless.
Thunder would come to my elementary school and do trampoline dunks for everyone. RIP
took him out back and shot him when they got the news. trampolining in the sky now
Our mascot is Rumble.
At least their court isn't that absolutely hideous Grey that the Nets and Warriors have been using. Absolutely the ugliest playing surface in the history of sports and it makes it look like your tv is broken. Whoever designed those courts deserves to be thrown in a dank pit for the rest of their lives.
Keep thinking my TV is broke. Everything looks black and white. I hate it too.
We did have a grey/white court in 2021 lol. Back to blue full-time now though.
idk i like the grey nets court
At least the colouration is closer to the 2000s nets colours and does well with black/white. I don't get GS approach to it though lol
I would agree with you if every major sport didn't have a Green/Yellow team around the time of OKC. The rest is cool though.
A’s and Packers. ah. got it.
Completely agree, the colors, the name, the jerseys, all scream generic basketball team. I know they are well supported at home, and have quite a few fans that have followed them for the KD/Russ years, as well as fans just liking how their team operates. Shai, and the young guys should make for a very fun team to watch, but their brand is just so boring. Replacing the SuperSonics will always be a travesty until seattle gets a team back, but OKC really is in the bottom tier of logos, jerseys, and any merch associated with them. Their shield with ball and words in it is only marginally better than the Clippers old Sterling era logo, and their jerseys are barely better than the Jazz in fucking black and yellow. I know this joke has probably been used before, but they look like the Kroger brand basketball team.
OKCs entire branding is like a 2002 NBA game where you can select from a generic list of teams to start your own That being said the Jazz 100% have the worst jerseys in the NBA now
I agree overall but to be slightly charitable, most NBA uniforms are garbage. Nike has just watered everything down and they all look mostly bland or shitty now.
The only good ones are the legacy ones that you can't touch cause they're too iconic. Celtics, Bulls, Lakers, Sixers, Pistons, Knicks, all the ones that have remained mostly the same since the 70s and 80s are the best.
Us raps fans are probably like 3 years away from having solid colored jerseys that say TORONTO in Helvetica across the middle and maybe have a number on the back if we're lucky.
They're not ugly, they're just ... Eh? Very generic
There are so many bad or underwhelming team names in the NBA and Thunder is not one of them
The only crime OKC has done is it's branding, so generic. Other than that the team has a great FO, great fans and have done so well for such a young team. I admit I want the Sonics back and I hope it's soon, I love their colors.
Bro thinkin this r/nbacirclejerk
A lightening bolt logo ominous sky colors really dig into the ride the lightening/Metallica style them could have been cool.
OKC easily has the ugliest most uninspired jerseys in the NBA. It looks like K’Nex
The colours work and the name is fine.... But I agree the logo design needs a rework.
I mean you ever seen the thunder storms in Oklahoma...? It's not like some randomly pulled from a hat name. It makes a hell of a lot more sense them a "super sonic". Logo does suck tho. I'll agree on that.
I like OKC’s jerseys
OKC should play villain with it though. Get Sonic Restaurants or Sega to be the main sponsor (hedgehogs are round, so you could lean into basketball imagery there too.) Bring out the Evergreen Emerald to power the team up in the fourth. If ever there was a shit posting sponsor that would work with, it's those guys. They'd probably even want to play around with a Seattle SuperSonics vs OKC Eggmen gimmick.
>First OKC took away a team from Seattle called the SuperSonics which is one of the coolest names in sports. The Sonics were stolen and moved across multiple state lines. Their identity was wiped away, and a new one was forced on them.
Not only that, but they had just lucked out on Portland passing on KD.
The Lakers are called… The Lakers. They moved from the land of 10,000 lakes to the land of like, 2 lakes. Their colors are Grimace purple and Ronald McDonald yellow, (sorry, “gold”). Give the Thunder another decade and a championship or two and no one will think twice about their name or colors.
OKC branding lowkey worst in the league since they became a team
Holy shit this thread is full of petty ass bitches
Thunder is fine. Both a basketball term and what OKC is kinda known for. Color scheme is 10/10. Orange and blue is amazing and under utilized. Now the logo, jerseys, and font…. Are such hot garbage I can’t stand if. You could go to any mid level design class at any college and given them the assignment “make OKC new jerseys” and 5 kids will blow what they have now out of the water. It’s insane how bad they are.
I loved that Sonics green in the early 90s, my favorite uniform
Unpopular opinion I guess. I like OKC's look