Daily Thunder.com Thunder unveil alternate, to wear it Friday against Detroit

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You’ve already kind of seen it, but the Thunder’s alternate uniform is officially here. And the best part about it is that the name is spelled right.

The first time you get to see it in action if this Friday in Oklahoma City against the Detroit Pistons. That’s right, the Thunder aren’t going to be one of Those Teams, wearing a dark alternate at home. OKC will also wearing it New Year’s Eve against the Suns. Per NBA rules, teams can only wear a dark colored alternate twice at home and 10 times on the road.

The Thunder are scheduled to wear the alternates for the these road games this season: Brooklyn (Dec. 4); Minnesota (Dec. 20); Washington (Jan. 7); Dallas (Jan. 18); Lakers (Jan. 27); Utah (Feb. 12); Denver (March 1); San Antonio (March 11); Indiana (April 5); and Golden State (April 11).

OK, so about the actual jerseys:

Like I said before, I’m a big fan of the idea. They have a real throwback look to them (a la the Cincinnati Royals), but the color scheme is just weird. Navy and white is cool, if that looked anything at all like the Thunder’s regular… anything.

All these uniforms needed was a hit of yellow/orange/Oklahoma blue somewhere in them. What if on the vertical lines where “Thunder” is, those were three lines each yellow, orange and sky blue? Or just make the number a different color. (I’m picturing the Trail Blazers’ uniform.)

Overall, they aren’t completely horrible. They’re just a missed opportunity. Why not go with “OKC”? Why only the two colors? Why navy and white? A lot of teams kind of begin a slow transition into new team colors and branding by doing it through an alternate, so I wonder if that’s what the Thunder are doing. Somewhere down the line in a few years maybe they want to move to a two color scheme.

Like I said, the vertical look is classic, which is pretty cool. This is the closest the Thunder can come to ever wearing throwbacks because there’s no way they’re rocking Sonics jerseys out there. So instead, they just create their own throwbacks new.

I think the appropriate response to the new alternates is, “Meh.” Although, Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook tend to make any uniform they’re wearing look pretty cool.

Crow

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Cavs probably continue to refuse to trade Varejao but if they'd listen I'd try to make them a very good offer (giving them young players and draft picks and filler). 15 pts, 14 reb per game with a very high overall ranking. If they asked for Ibaka (and they are likely to), I'd pretend to offended but continue to talk.

BallSoHard

@Crow I kind of like the idea really...but what exactly would the most likely trade scenario look like?

Crow

@BallSoHard @Crow I'll think about it. I just read Varejao is questionable for tomorrow night with a bruised knee so this talk might all evaporate.

Crow

@BallSoHard @Crow Yeah, they'd ask for more. Probably decline unless they get better but I was looking for the least they might take.

BallSoHard

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@Crow That would be a steal for us...seems highly unlikely. Although Varejao isn't young

Crow

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@BallSoHard Perkins, RJ, Jones and a future 1st for Varejao and Casspi? One possibilty.

areayewhy

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@Crow The thunder tried to trade for him prior to acquiring perkins, but he busted his ankle. I'm not sure what the thunder planned to give up.

Jooseppi

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@areayewhy @Crow Probably something similar. Would they have wanted Green? Maybe. Might have desired more picks than Boston did.

[censored]

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@Crow I think we could get him and dump Perkins simultaneously if they are willing to let go of some of the Harden haul from Houston and one of Maynor / Jackson.

Crow

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@justin_mia Yeah it would probably be a big trade in terms of players / assets moved. But I'd look at hard.

Crow

Cavs about $1.5 below minimum team salary right now. If they don't increase it by end of season they will have to pay the difference to the league office.

long arm of the law

@justin_mia I think we are prepared to get rid of Maynor. Probably more disappointed about his poor play for trade reasons than production reasons.

okcjim

@cemitten @justin_mia

I'd still rather get rid of Jackson. Maynor will continue to get back to how he was before the injury. The main reason I like Maynor is because he is a better distributor. I woulnd't trade Ibaka for him but I'd give up Perk and either picks or prospects.

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C-Wil

This can't be right. It's supposed to say "Thudner", 2K said so.

I'm calling fake on this one.

tomkar98

@BlueLightSpecial I too was excited for the "Thudner!" lol

On a serious note. This alternate jersey could be better. But I do like these.

SeeMoreLamb

Here's my idea for an alternate road jersey...

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/154309_4472431982681_688644762_n.jpg

grizburton

The NBA is trying to slowly sneak in these new jerseys because they plan on putting ads on them. So step by step they are hoping they get accepted so in a year or two they will start throwing ads on them and uglifying them. Personally I will just keep my old personalized jersey, they switch to ads I'm done buying any new ones.

OBoy

@grizburton i think they scrapped the ads on jersey thing atleast of now

Thunder ATX

"Meh" definitely sums up the new alts. Mostly forgettable, like the rest of our identity. Another miss. I was really hoping for something cool.

Perk-Punt

@Crow Perkins, Jones , Jackson Char's 2nd rounder and Dallas' first for Varejao and Cle's 2nd rounder.

Almost list two first rounders and a some tallent for Varejao

Lambchop

@PerkPunt @Crow No. Way too much

@PerkPunt @Crow We're not getting Varejao without giving up the TOR pick.

@justin_mia @PerkPunt @Crow That doesnt interest me at all

@justin_mia @Crow

He's already injured. maybe we just give our first (no conditions )instead of the 2nd rounder.

We dont give up the TOR pick. i couldnt happen.

@Crow @justin_mia @PerkPunt I woudnt give that Tornoto pick up for an injury prone center

@justin_mia @PerkPunt Cavs have to decide if they want to try to be good in 2 years or 4. If they want to be good in 2 years they'll keep AV. If they target in 4 yrs they might trade him.

@PerkPunt @Crow Jones and Jackson were both low 1st round picks that haven't done anything, okay as filler but not as the backbone of a trade for a good player like AV.

@Crow

losing PJ3's potential might hurt more so than the positives of gaining Varejao

Thunder S

I know all these guys are professionals, but cant help but wonder if Maynors production is in part diminished due to Prestis comments. He basically said we cant resign him, and so the writing is on the wall. Hard to play motivated and be productive when you're a stop gap measure.

@Thunder S not having a contract is not the reason maynors slower than he was before the knee injury.

Stringer Bell

@Thunder S No, if anything he would be playing harder for a contract.

I think its more to do with coming back from an injury. It can mess with your psyche a little and Maynor has been playing the same since.

Sigmund

http://www.dailythunder.com/2012/11/thunder-vs-bulls-pregame-primer/

Jonas Valanciunas had five fouls in 10 minutes last night, and I was wondering if that was the worst fouling performance of the season so far. He's bested by Ryan Hollins (who had five in 8 minutes against Memphis and fouled out in 12 minutes against the Lakers).

Ryan Hollins has games of 6 fouls in 12 minutes and 5 fouls in 8 minutes.

http://bkref.com/tiny/m4n3y

@Crow Yeah, I mentioned it in my post. He's near the top of this list, too (PFs per36 of players that have played at least 36 minutes).

http://bkref.com/tiny/07xmA

@Jooseppi But only a handful of guys with higher foul rates and higher minutes.

@Jooseppi Thabeet 11th highest.

@Jooseppi Highest since his rookie season but not too awful. 54th worst in the league.

@Crow I hadn't realized Collison had been fouling so much.

@Crow I was wondering who fouled out in fewest minutes played and it was Bubba Wells who fouled out in three minutes... how is that possible? It was against the Bulls so maybe hack-a-Rodman.

@Crow Rodman's response is pretty funny.

@Crow It was, and it's on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjTGfa6FY6A

Hash vs Nazr matchup should be a dandy

KellOne

@BallSoHard T-Rex vs Moob

Harden's per game stats are impressive but per minute his main improvements are usage, passing, steals and offensive rebounding. His eFG% and TS% are slightly below his career averages. His offensive rating is the lowest since his rookie year. His winshares per 48 minutes is just barely above last season though very good.

Getting worse by the game

Noah / Boozer is the best big pairing the Thunder have faced so far. Boozer has had a slow start to the season and is carrying career lows in many stats, but he's still tricky to defend most nights. Noah has been playing 39 minutes a game and getting to the line a lot more (2.2 more FTAs per 36 than last season). He's been great. Gibson has been playing well. Nazr has been terrible in his limited minutes.

@Jooseppi

Boozer absolutely abused Ibaka in the preseason. Hopefully Ibaka plays a little better tonight.

@Jooseppi *tagged as pregame scout.

Lakers defense is 25th because of low turnovers forced and high fouling.

@Crow Fastest way to get the ball back is by letting the other team score.

@cemitten Gasol slumping game to game on offense.

I think they relaxed too much thinking Dwight would take care of the defense and he hasn't really.

backcourt was the problem in the first place.

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[...] Royce Young, Daily Thunder: “I’m a big fan of the idea. They have a real throwback look to them (a la the Cincinnati Royals), but the color scheme is just weird. Navy and blue is cool, if that looked anything at all like the Thunder’s regular… anything. All these uniforms needed was a hit of yellow/orange/Oklahoma blue somewhere in them. … They aren’t completely horrible. They’re just a missed opportunity. Why not go with “OKC”? Why only the two colors? Why navy and white?” Rating: 6 out of 10 [...]

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