The NBA Offseason Thread

[Damaramu 0]

I really don't think they're that bad. People outside of OKC want this team to fail so they're going to hate it no matter what. The uniforms and the color scheme aren't bad at all. However, the logo is fucking hideous.

[Brett Favre 0]

Nah it's pretty bad. They look like they play in the WNBA.

[Guest Vitamin X]

It's just really unimaginative, boring and it doesn't look like it belongs in the NBA.

 

... Just like Oklahoma City! (just kidding, Dama, it's not THAT bad speaking as someone who's been there- better than most of fucking Texas, I'll give you guys that much)

[Maztinho 0]

I really don't think they're that bad. People outside of OKC want this team to fail so they're going to hate it no matter what. The uniforms and the color scheme aren't bad at all. However, the logo is fucking hideous.

 

I actually want the team to do well, but I can't with a name like Thunder, and knock-off Knicks unis. They aren't horrid, but they are doing the worst possible combination of everything to garner any sort of support outside of Oklahoma.

 

It's like they _want_ to be the Clippers.

[JaMarcus Russell's #1 Caucasian Fan 0]

Speaking of the Thunder, are they still in the Pacific Division, or was there an adjustment and I didn't hear about it?

[treble 0]

The home ones aren't that bad, even if they aren't very original.

 

The road ones would look better if it just had 'OKC' rather than the whole city name crammed in there.

[CanadianChris 0]

Speaking of the Thunder, are they still in the Pacific Division, or was there an adjustment and I didn't hear about it?

They were in the Northwest, and they'll remain there next season.

[JaMarcus Russell's #1 Caucasian Fan 0]

My bad, coulda sworn that they were in the Pacific Division.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Which is fucking BULLSHIT, considering Portland is the only team in the "Northwest" Division actually playing in the Northwest and the Pacific Time Zone, for that matter. Every other team is in the Mountain (Utah, Denver) or Central (OKC, Minnesota).

[CanadianChris 0]

Which is fucking BULLSHIT, considering Portland is the only team in the "Northwest" Division actually playing in the Northwest and the Pacific Time Zone, for that matter. Every other team is in the Mountain (Utah, Denver) or Central (OKC, Minnesota).

How would you realign it? Or is it just the name that bugs you?

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

Which is fucking BULLSHIT, considering Portland is the only team in the "Northwest" Division actually playing in the Northwest and the Pacific Time Zone, for that matter. Every other team is in the Mountain (Utah, Denver) or Central (OKC, Minnesota).

How would you realign it? Or is it just the name that bugs you?

 

I did always find the whole division alignment for NBA a bit weird. The names of the divisions and who are in each.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Which is fucking BULLSHIT, considering Portland is the only team in the "Northwest" Division actually playing in the Northwest and the Pacific Time Zone, for that matter. Every other team is in the Mountain (Utah, Denver) or Central (OKC, Minnesota).

How would you realign it? Or is it just the name that bugs you?

 

Portland to the Pacific, Phoenix to the Southwest, Dallas to the old "Northwest" (now Central?) division.

 

One of the bigger problems is Memphis also doesn't really belong in the Western Conference, but I'm having a difficult time finding somewhere to squeeze them in, in the East. But this gets something fixed up at least.

[CanadianChris 0]

Which is fucking BULLSHIT, considering Portland is the only team in the "Northwest" Division actually playing in the Northwest and the Pacific Time Zone, for that matter. Every other team is in the Mountain (Utah, Denver) or Central (OKC, Minnesota).

How would you realign it? Or is it just the name that bugs you?

 

Portland to the Pacific, Phoenix to the Southwest, Dallas to the old "Northwest" (now Central?) division.

There's already a Central division, but they could bring back the old Midwest name. I like it.

[JaMarcus Russell's #1 Caucasian Fan 0]

One solution could be to just switch out the Bucks and Grizzlies. The Bucks would fit in the Northwest somehow, are Memphis is at least closer to the Central teams than it is to the Southwest teams

 

Edit: In response to VX

[Guest Vitamin X]

Yeah, there you go.

 

Portland lost the natural rivalry with Seattle anyways, but we love to hate on Californians here, so it would be fantastic. Everyone in the same time zone, big rivalries with the Lakers, get to beat up on the Warriors and Clippers for a while.

 

Like I said, the Southwest gets a little weird with Memphis being there and all, but I guess that's not THAT far from New Orleans/Houston. Phoenix is the only one playing out of time zone there, but I always thought of them as "Southwest", you know?

 

At least Arizona doesn't participate in Daylight Savings Time, so they would be in Central Time Zone from about April on.

[Damaramu 0]

I really don't think they're that bad. People outside of OKC want this team to fail so they're going to hate it no matter what. The uniforms and the color scheme aren't bad at all. However, the logo is fucking hideous.

 

I actually want the team to do well, but I can't with a name like Thunder, and knock-off Knicks unis. They aren't horrid, but they are doing the worst possible combination of everything to garner any sort of support outside of Oklahoma.

 

It's like they _want_ to be the Clippers.

 

 

You know, the name is now worse than the Miami Heat.

[CanadianChris 0]

I really don't think they're that bad. People outside of OKC want this team to fail so they're going to hate it no matter what. The uniforms and the color scheme aren't bad at all. However, the logo is fucking hideous.

 

I actually want the team to do well, but I can't with a name like Thunder, and knock-off Knicks unis. They aren't horrid, but they are doing the worst possible combination of everything to garner any sort of support outside of Oklahoma.

 

It's like they _want_ to be the Clippers.

 

 

You know, the name is now worse than the Miami Heat.

I'll assume you meant to say no worse, and reply with:

 

But the Heat name is horrible, too. And the Magic. And the Jazz. And any other name that's not a plural of something, and/or isn't even a thing.

[Damaramu 0]

I really don't think they're that bad. People outside of OKC want this team to fail so they're going to hate it no matter what. The uniforms and the color scheme aren't bad at all. However, the logo is fucking hideous.

 

I actually want the team to do well, but I can't with a name like Thunder, and knock-off Knicks unis. They aren't horrid, but they are doing the worst possible combination of everything to garner any sort of support outside of Oklahoma.

 

It's like they _want_ to be the Clippers.

 

 

You know, the name is now worse than the Miami Heat.

I'll assume you meant to say no worse, and reply with:

 

But the Heat name is horrible, too. And the Magic. And the Jazz. And any other name that's not a plural of something, and/or isn't even a thing.

 

Yeah no worse, that's what I meant. I was typing too fast.

 

The point is, those names sucked but as the years went by people either became a fan of the team or not and really began to forget any objection to the name. I'm pretty sure the same thing will happen here.

[Edwin MacPhisto 0]

Those were all at least 20 years ago, though. One would hope we'd have learned that lesson of suckiness by now.

[Just John 0]

I don't have too big of an objection to the name "Thunder." It's not great, but the biggest problem to me is the generic/bad logo and unis. The Heat have a flaming basketball and red unis, the Magic are in the town of Disney World and have a bunch stars and shit in their logo, and the Jazz used to have mardi gras colors and a music note in the logo. While you can easily argue against any of those concepts for a pro sports franchise, at least they have a coherent theme.

 

I will spot you that the Jazz are really lame now that they've gone with the generic blue unis.

[Rendclaw 0]

The unis will change within five to seven years to something more acceptable to you guys.

[Matt Young 0]

OKC unis on display

 

Yikes.

 

You know, I don't dislike the name Thunder. In fact, I like it. Magic, Heat, and the (now ill-fitting) Jazz, too. I don't see why the name has to be plural. I get that it's a team of 12 people, but fuck.

 

That being said, those are some horrible uniforms.

[Cheech Tremendous 0]

Ben Gordon signed the Bulls qualifying offer. He'll be an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season.

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

Ben Gordon signed the Bulls qualifying offer. He'll be an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season.

 

Well that's good I guess. See where he fits in the new lineup with Rose/Hinrich/Deng/Nocioni/etc. If he performs well, give him a good deal next year, if not, let him walk.

[Steviekick 0]

OKC unis on display

 

Yikes.

 

You know, I don't dislike the name Thunder. In fact, I like it. Magic, Heat, and the (now ill-fitting) Jazz, too. I don't see why the name has to be plural. I get that it's a team of 12 people, but fuck.

 

That being said, those are some horrible uniforms.

 

The name doesn't bother me. Its just infuriating that with all that lead time, they couldn't come up with a better logo or uniform design.

[Brett Favre 0]

So there's a rumored Jamaal Tinsley for Chucky Atkins and Steven Hunter trade. It would be a salary dump for Indy, and I guess Denver would be looking to pair him up with AI.

[Cheech Tremendous 0]

Miami Heat signed Shaun Livingston to a two-year deal, according the news crawler on ESPN.