Official Oklahoma City Thunder season 2012-2013 Thread **NEW TEAM, WCC is not enough**

Keeping the simple, straight-forward approach that’s been used to build the Thunder franchise, general manager Sam Presti said the team’s alternate jersey was designed with the same thought process.

The jersey, which was revealed Thursday morning, is navy blue with white lettering and carries a clean, “Old School” appearance. The design was a collaborative effort by basketball operations, ownership and various team personnel.

“Our hope is that we created a uniform that our players and fans can connect with and that represents the blue collar, industrious nature of the people in Oklahoma ,” Presti said in a statement.

The “Thunder” lettering on the front right side of the jersey is vertical rather than horizontal for a reason.

“The vertical lettering, perhaps most importantly, acknowledges the city’s resiliency, it is very much inspired by the Survivor Tree at the Memorial,” Presti said. “The symbolism of the vertical letters serves as a reminder that the city has stood and endured together in difficult times and is poised to continue to grow and evolve in many ways in the future.”

The city also is represented on the shorts in three different ways – with an “OKC” on the right leg; the team logo on the left leg; and a cursive “Oklahoma City” on the back.

The Thunder will debut the alternate uniform at Friday’s 7 p.m. game against the Detroit Pistons at Chesapeake Energy Arena. OKC also will wear the alternate jersey for its New Year’s Eve game against the Phoenix Suns.

Because the NBA wants teams to wear their home uniform as much as possible, teams are allowed to wear their alternate uniform only twice at home during the regular season. However, teams are allowed to wear their alternate 10 times on the road.

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

Alternate jerseys can be ordered on-line at NBAThunderShop.com and Thunder season-ticket members were given an advance opportunity to order the jerseys.

Swingman and replica alternate jerseys will go on sale Friday at 8 a.m. at the ThunderShops in Chesapeake Energy Arena and Leadership Square downtown. Shorts, caps and other merchandise using the alternate design will go on sale at a later date.

The swingman style jersey costs $110 and the replica style is $75. Multiple player jerseys will be available and jersey personalization is available at the arena ThunderShop.

To handle the anticipated traffic, there will be extended shop hours.

Chesapeake Energy Arena shop: Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (also during the Detroit game); Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday noon to 3 p.m. (also during the Cleveland game).

Leadership Square shop: Friday 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Originally Posted by Julius Wrek 

Hey_

I think I'll like the jerseys more when I see 'em i action.

Julius F. Wrek

Originally Posted by DatZNasty 

As much **** as I talk about Perk, this is one of his games where he can be useful and where our otherwise detrimental starting lineup makes sense. BHZ is sure he can now that he hulked up a bit, but Conley has never been able to guard Westbrook so we gotta bust his *** early and force Hollins to sub in his defenders like Bayless and Poindexter who put them at a disadvantage offensively.