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Oklahoma City's team -- formerly the Seattle SuperSonics -- will be called the Thunder, according to a television report. KOCO-TV in Oklahoma City cited a source close to the ownership group for its report that the team's name will be the Oklahoma City Thunder. According to The Oklahoman newspaper's Web site, team spokesman Dan Mahoney said Saturday night no one with the basketball organization would comment on KOCO's report. The Oklahoman had a name-the-team contest, using a 64-name tournament-style bracket, and Thunder defeated Outlaws in the final.

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July 21, 2008  06:44 AM ET
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what will be their marketing scheme......Hulk Hogan and those posters of Thunder in Paradise movie. lord let the games begin.

July 21, 2008  06:49 AM ET
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"Thunder" sounds better than "Outlaws", but still...

July 21, 2008  06:54 AM ET
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thunder? seriously, could you get anymore generic. why not cyclones, wranglers, marshalls, rodeo, outlaws, desperados, bandits, etc. something that has to do with the region. i know they get thunder with the tornados.

July 21, 2008  06:54 AM ET
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but everyone gets thinder at sometime or another

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July 21, 2008  07:51 AM ET
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This is the dumbest name for a team ever. They sound like a WNBA team, I can't believe the thunder really beat the Outlawz.

July 21, 2008  07:55 AM ET
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The Thunder? Sounds more like they'll be delivering hail mary's and first downs other then alley oops and 3 pointers. How is Thunder a basketball name and not a football one? Seems very out of the element of OKC.

July 21, 2008  07:59 AM ET
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I dont know... I think its a step up from the Super Sonics... And how about the Raptors and Grizzlies? The Raptors are named after something that was big in a movie at the time.

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July 21, 2008  08:03 AM ET
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Did you really think a league that pushed/forced the Washington Bullets to change their name to the Wizards would allow a team to be nicknamed the Outlaws/z?

July 21, 2008  08:09 AM ET
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Fits since OKlahoma gets lotsa thunderstorms

July 21, 2008  08:09 AM ET
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Fits since OKlahoma gets lotsa thunderstorms

July 21, 2008  08:10 AM ET
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i vote for the divorcees or even take their old Wnba team name Storm ( i'd bet the WNBA team would beat them in a head to head match up though ). wonder if their uni's will resemble something from the arena league. the first ones will be awful you can count on that.

July 21, 2008  08:10 AM ET
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I guess Darryl "Chocolate Thunder" Dawkins will be on for the announcement...

July 21, 2008  08:13 AM ET
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Crap name, fits this stupid move tho.... I prefered Oklahoma City Bass

July 21, 2008  08:14 AM ET
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beats Thunder Cats........

July 21, 2008  08:17 AM ET
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The Thunder, its like those teams on Madden, the fake ones, there are like 4 or 5 and one of them is the Thunder, thats funny.

July 21, 2008  08:21 AM ET
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Wasn't there a World League team named Thunder? In Berlin? If you're gonna steal a name, please take it from the USFL...

 
July 21, 2008  08:22 AM ET
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If it was Outlaws/z, Tupac's backup group would be there, along with Ron Bass...

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