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Thunder Sign Steven Hill

Hooped Up | November 4, 2008

The Oklahoma City Thunder signed 7-foot center Steven Hill on Tuesday to fill out the roster.

Hill played in three preseason games for Portland and was among the Trail Blazers’ final cuts. His signing comes a day after the Thunder waived guard John Lucas III.

Hill averaged 4.2 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.1 blocked shots as a senior at Arkansas last year. As a junior, he was chosen the Southeastern Conference’s defensive player of the year.

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Bowling For Charity With Chris Paul

Hooped Up | October 20, 2008


Over the weekend, Chris Paul and fellow NBA stars like LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, Rudy Gay and Kevin Durant teamed up with some of the PBA’s best in support of the CP3 Foundation participating in the Chris Paul Charity Bowling Tournament, on ESPN.

Bowling has never looked so fun!

Via Ball Don’t Lie

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Hooped Up: Oklahoma City Thunder 08-09 Season Preview

Hooped Up | October 8, 2008

A team-by-team preview of all 30 NBA teams heading into the 2008 - 2009 season, Hooped Up style. 

Oklahoma City Thunder
Seattle losing a team just plain sucks and they will probably have 3.4 million people in Seattle putting a hex on them in OKC. They are not terrible, but they are not better than below average either…uh, ya.  They aren’t 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers 9 wins and 73 losses bad, but it will be a tough season and a lottery pick is already on the way.  On the upside, Kevin Durant will get some serious baptism under fire and Chris Wilcox might get the work load needed to become Ben Wallace with offense. On the down side, Clay Bennett sucks, the logo is terrible and that’s just for starters.

Projected Starters: PG - Earl Watson / SG - Kevin Durant / SF - Desmond Mason / PF - Chris Wilcox / C -  Nick Collinson

Additions: D.J. White, Russell Westbrook, Serge Ibaka, Kyle Weaver, Devon Hardin, Joe Smith, Desmond Mason

Losses: Francisco Elson, Luke Ridnour, Adrian Griffin, Donyell Marshall

Projected Wins: 10+

Team Theme Song:  The Shirelles - Mama Said
It will be a long and tough season for the players and fans, mama knows!

Overall
The three point shooting of the Thunder is so horrible! Only 4 players on the roster have made one and defensively, they almost give up the most in the league.  This season will be as scary as Robert Swift and the Thunder are destine for a few million lottery balls.  It will be good to see the NBA in a new city but, its to bad that it came at the expense of losing the Seattle Supersonics.

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OKC Thunder Dance Team Open Tryouts

Hooped Up | October 1, 2008


A kinda new city, sorta new players, the New York Liberty logo and now a new dance team.  

Enjoy!

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OKC Thunder Uniforms Revealed Next Week

Hooped Up | September 23, 2008

The logo of the Oklahoma City Thunder is like the gift of a crappy sweater on Christmas day, that would make even Bill Cosby spew pudding pops.  Let’s hope the uniforms salvage things.

“Thunder officials are expected to unveil team uniforms next Monday at Media Day. Insiders say the road uniforms will be sky blue, the color of the state flag. Home uniforms will be white. If Thunder is inscribed on home, white uniforms and road “Oklahoma City” uniforms are dark sky blue, like the state flag, the team logo becomes a minor topic. The uniforms Kevin Durant, Jeff Green, Nick Collison and their teammates wear on ESPN highlights are what the nation will see most, not the logo.”

Oklahoman

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It’s Official, The Thunder Rolls In OKC

Hooped Up | September 4, 2008

Well it’s official, the Sonics are dead and this is their new zombie logo.  Some day I hope the Sonics will ride majestically once more.

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Is This The OKC Thunder Logo?

Hooped Up | September 3, 2008

If the The Last Ogle is right, and this is indeed the logo of the Oklahoma City Thunder. The OKC “secret” name and “secret” logo was guarded like a Kim Kardashian sex tape. Actually, I’ll bet the mini basketballs are the “secret gift” the first 500 people receive entering the Ford Center for the home opener. 

At this point I can’t really decide if this logo looks terrible or awful, I’m kinda on the fence with that one. 

What do you think?

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Mo Williams The Center Piece Of Three-Way Trade

Hooped Up | August 14, 2008

The Cleveland Cavaliers landed some offensive help for LeBron James in the backcourt on Wednesday, as they picked up point guard Mo Williams in a three-team trade with the Milwaukee Bucks and Oklahoma City.

The Cavs acquired Williams while parting ways with guard Damon Jones and forward Joe Smith.

Jones will land in Milwaukee, along with former Oklahoma City point guard Luke Ridnour and swingman Adrian Griffin. Oklahoma City will receive Smith and Bucks forward Desmond Mason.

A five-year veteran, Williams averaged 17.2 points, 6.3 assists, and 3.5 rebounds per game for the Bucks last season. A second-round pick by the Utah Jazz out of Alabama in 2003, the 6-foot-1, 185-pound Williams has five years and $43 million left on a contract he signed last summer with Milwaukee after posting similar numbers in the 2006-07 season — 17.3 points, 6.1 assists, and 4.8 rebounds per game.

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Thunder, Thunder, ThunderCats Ho!

Hooped Up | July 21, 2008

According to KOCO-TV in Oklahoma City, the Seattle Supersonics ownership have officially ripped the heart out of the once proud Seattle Supersonics franchise by renaming the team The Oklahoma City Thunder.  Thunder?  Really?? The Thunder sounds like one of the selections you have in a video game when making a custom expansion team.  

The Oklahoman conducted a 64-team NCAA Tournament-like bracket contest. Thunder defeated Outlaws in the finals. My guess was the Vipers finished 3rd if it was on the list. Now if they would have named the team the Oklahoma Thundercats…that would have been worth the move in jersey sales alone.  

I wonder what player #35 thinks about the new name?

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Not So Super Or Sonic In Seattle

Hooped Up | July 3, 2008

SuperSonics owner Clay Bennett could end up paying $75 million to move the NBA franchise to Oklahoma City this year, and he won’t be taking the team’s name or colors with him.

Bennett agreed to settle a lawsuit with the city of Seattle, bringing an end to a contentious relationship that resulted in a trial in which the judge was due to issue her ruling Wednesday.

“We believe this is a fair and appropriate resolution to the litigation involving the Sonics and the City of Seattle,” Bennett said. “We are pleased that the uncertainty is lifted for our players, staff and Oklahoma City fans who can now make plans for the immediate future.”

Bennett announced that the settlement calls for a payment of $45 million immediately, and would include another $30 million paid to Seattle in 2013 unless the state Legislature in Washington authorizes at least $75 million in public funding to renovate KeyArena by the end of 2009 or Seattle obtains an NBA franchise of its own within the next five years.

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