Okay, here goes:
Keep in mind, I'm not a artist, and this is only a couple hours work.
Also, please feel free to:
add
subtract
criticize
praise
expound

In any way you feel.
i'll be back later with some more ideas also, this is just the rough draft

Jersey Idea 1 (with the branding iron:



Jersey 2 with the western font:



Here was the image that made me think about putting an okc logo in a basketball image:

Original:




I outlined what I saw as a potential idea in RED below:
Of Course, if you need the "O" part outlined, then we need to talk. lol




Again. the ball idea, maybe someone could take that and run with it.

Just throwing it out there.

I think I may have mentioned this before, but I highly doubt the "Outlaws" would pass the David Stern test for an NBA team. His legacy will be the new image of NBA players. (Dress code, television appearance rules, etc.) Plus, one bad action off the court on the part of a player and you'd get the "Outlaw" jokes. I say the NBA would say NO WAY to the "Outlaws". Nice work though.

My personal favorite is still the Oklahoma City Thunder.

How about something completely un-Oklahoma related.

How 'bout the OKLAHOMA GENERICS


That's about as plain as I could come with.

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For what it's worth, and that's not a lot, I still like the Thunder or possibly even Aviators.

Just please nothing to do with cowboys/indians, old west, oil, tornadoes, etc.

I'm all for respecting Oklahoma's heritage, but let's have a modern-type name.

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Oklahoma TFKASS, oh, er excuse me,

make that Okahoma City TFKASS

Sol, can I call you that?
Okay then, Sol it shall be...

Sol, actually you have mentioned that before, and I appreciate your feedback on my idea.
Now it's time to see if there are any other people out there that agree with me that OUTLAWS is still a valid name idea....

The name THUNDER as a team name? Just sounds like plain ol' Engrish to me.
I know I'm not the only one that hates that name.

gotta say that i don't like the name 'outlaws' either... pretty much for the reasons already specified. not that i'm sold on 'thunder' either, but how exactly is that engrish?

-M

Personally I LOVE the name Thunder.... would HATE the Outlaws......

absolutely NO weather references.....that's just stupid
sounds like WNBA to me

http://www.okctalk.com/okc-metro-are...ma-city-2.html

i love Oklahoma Tribe & so far don't like anything else. i'm as confident in 'tribe' name as george costanza was of 'jerk-store.' nicknames would be the tribe, the tribe of oklahoma. btw, "tribe n. A unit of sociopolitical organization consisting of a number of families, clans, or other groups who share a common ancestry and culture."

this would incorporate all oklahoma citizens, not just native americans of oklahoma. we could have tribal dances from groups all around the world to entertain during some of the halftime shows. the first thing people say is this is not pc, but i'd defy any argument with a counter of what the word "tribe" means. it's a definition of a group of people just like 'gang' or 'clan' is except it hasn't been exploited into something distasteful so it's the perfect name for us & the history of our state.

i have a long explanation on the link above. don't read it unless you have plenty of time.

"Rushers", short for Landrushers.

I heard "Tribe" on the Sports Animal today, and I'm not 100% opposed to it.

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Why criticize other opinions as '"stupid?" We could play tit for tat all day with that.
I could say "Outlaws" sounds like a little league baseball team - but I won't.

AHH HAA, now this is something I could follow. "The Oklahoma City Rushers"

...of course, there could be puns and jokes.. but eh.

Aviators & Barons I like. Thunder is okay.

Thumbs down to Outlaws and Tribe for reasons already stated.

Aviators. Hmmm. Not bad.

On good nights the announcers would say they're "flying high" and on bad nights they'd say they were "grounded." Actually, I kind of like that, Jbrown. In fact, I'm going to add that to my list of favorites, which up until now has only had one name: Thunder.

Aviators......I can really see potential with that.

I don't see the PC problem with Outlaws. It has nothing to do with gangs or violence. It is a reference to the old west, just like mavericks or spurs. The NFL has vikings and raiders, are those offensive? no. Do they reference groups that have had violent pasts? yes. Are the Warriors offensive? Surely that is worse than Outlaws. I understood when the Bullets were forced to rename but that was just blatant.
On a different note I think the brand Outlaws would sell alot more jerseys and other apparel nationally than say the Barons or something that some Oklahomans may like but nobody else would really get into. JMHO.

Aviators is a good one too though.

Chuck, There's a world of difference between Mavericks, Spurs, Vikings, Raiders and OUTLAWS. Nobody has ever said the NBA is "full of Vikings and Raiders," but plenty have said, "The NBA is loaded with outlaws and thugs." It's the environment today, the image change with David Stern, and the fact that a lot of NBA players have been - or have been accused of being - outlaws. It's really not a "PC" thing as much as it is common sense with how they are trying to change the image of the league.

I haven't been following the numerous threads on team naming, so if this has been suggested before...

Oklahoma City Lips.

Home Jersy:



Away Jersy:

or if needed after the contracts are said and done:


Think about it, cheerleaders would dress in Santa outfits,


Sponsorship from Vaseline


Wayne Coyne in a bubble for halftime shows


maybe even the rolling stones



Sorry, I know..... this is a serious discussion.... I'm going away now.

@crime, it never hurts to put a little fun in to something.

But just as a starting point, here are the current list of 30 NBA Teams:

76ers, Blazers, Bobcats, Bucks, Bulls, Cavs, Celtics, Clippers, Grizzlies, Hawks, Heat, Hornets, Jazz, Kings, Knicks, Lakers, Magic, Mavs, Nets, Nuggets, Pacers, Pistons, Raptors, Rockets, Sonics, Spurs, Suns, Timberwolves, Wizards, Warriors.

Think of some of these names that have been actually picked.. then develop your own. I like Rush as a name. A lot of the names envolve animals, types of people, car parts, aviation, and weather.

I agree with the Outlaw part, it will not fly in the new NBA. Stern and the BoG won't allow it. I don't like the Thunder though.

After all the B.S. about OKC "stealing" Seattle's team, I think the name Outlaws would just perpetuate that and I really don't care for the name anyway.

Tribe doesn't do it for me either.

My first choice is still Thunderbirds, with Thunder second.

Does anybody remember the team names we were discussing with a euro-style name? I've done a search but can't seem to find it.

I also like:

OKC Energy
OKC 89ers
OKC Storm (won't happen)