Oklahoma City has finally come up with a name for their new NBA franchise.  The franchise, itself, isn’t new-the former Seattle Supersonics, but now they have a new city, a new name, and possibly a new commotion from NBA fans.

Oklahoma City unveiled their new team name, The Oklahoma City Thunder.  If you think that sounds like an Arena football team name, your not alone.  Some NBA fans have even gone on record to state that the new team name sounds much like a team that would be featured in the WNBA.  That’s a pretty harsh analysis, yet one has to wonder how this will effect the marketing.

I recently posted about the Oklahoma City Thunder’s new uniforms and colors.  The black and white structure just doesn’t play to the “Thunder” name, but I guess I will just have to wait and see how this all comes together.  We all know that NBA team names and uniforms are not the basis for a successful team. That will only be measured in wins, something the previous Seattle Supersonics had a hard time doing