Well now that the new Oklahoma City NBA team has a new name, makes me wonder what they’re going market it.
Some thoughts:
- They certainly can’t use a lightning bolt. Gatorade may have an issue with that.
- I can envision an overuse of P.O.D’s hit song “Boom.”
- Poor Squatch. Guess that dude (assuming that it’s a dude) is out of a job now, unless he assumes the new identity.
- It’s going make for an interesting logo. Lots of BIG LETTERS, I would imagine. Here’s a Google Image query to see what’s been done with thunder logos. Fascinating.
- Guess they have some flexibility on the mascot. I was surprised by how many of them don’t have anything to do with the team, e.g. Moondog, Stuff the Magic Dragon. Just in case you wanted to know, here’s the complete rundown of NBA mascots. Note the teams that don’t have an official one, specifically the Clippers and the Lakers:
Atlanta Hawks - Harry and Sky Hawk
Boston Celtics - Lucky the Leprechaun
Charlotte Bobcats - Rufus Lynx
Chicago Bulls - Benny
Cleveland Cavaliers - Moondog
Dallas Mavericks - Mavs Man and Champ the Horse
Denver Nuggets - Rocky the Cougar
Detroit Pistons - Hooper the Horse
Golden State Warriors - Thunder
Houston Rocket s - Clutch the Bear , Turbo
Indiana Pacers - Boomer the Panther and Bowser the Dog
Los Angeles Clippers - ?
Los Angeles Lakers - Jack Nicholson, et al (hehe)
Memphis Grizzlies - Griz
Miami Heat- Burnie
Milwaukee Bucks - Bango
Minnesota Timberwolves - Crunch
New Jersey Nets - Sly the Fox
New Orleans Hornets - Hugo
Oklahoma City - ?
Orlando Magic - Stuff the Magic Dragon
Philadelphia 76ers - Hip Hop the Rabbit
Phoenix Suns - Go-Rilla
Sacramento Kings - Slamson The Lion
San Antonio Spurs - The Coyote
Toronto Raptors - The Raptor
Utah Jazz - Bear
Washington Wizards - G.Wiz and G.Man - I know they had a big vote in Oklahoma about the new team name. It’s hard for me to imagine that something like Barons or Drillers or something oil related didn’t make the cut.
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