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Report: Oklahoma City's nickname? Thunder

Franchise gearing up for first season following move from Seattle

NBCSports.com news services
updated 3:57 a.m. ET July 20, 2008

The NBA's Oklahoma City franchise will reportedly use the nickname Thunder.

The former Seattle SuperSonics will be known as the Thunder, KOCO-TV reported Saturday, citing a source in team ownership.

The station confirmed that the registrar for all of the NBA's Internet domain names reserved okcthunderbasketball.com and okcthunderbasketball.net on July 10.

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