Oklahoma City team’s nickname will be Thunder

Oklahoma City team’s nickname will be Thunder
As Oklahoma City’s NBA team prepared to reveal its name and logo, the NBA’s Web site showed “Thunder” as the name and the color scheme as blue, yellow and orange. The franchise planned to formally reveal the team’s nickname, colors and logo at 5 p.m. CDT. Earlier this week, a handful of NBA team Web sites, including that of the Orlando Magic, offered tickets for games against “the Thunder.NBA/~4/382703928″ height=”1″ width=”1″/>

Offseason moves won’t help Warriors’ playoff bid

Veteran sportswriter Mike Kahn has been covering the NBA since 1984 and brings his unique perspective on the league to FOXSports.com. Reach him at MikeKahn@hotmail.com. Looking into the NBA’s crystal ball, …

Clippers Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Jason Williams is used to starting. He has assumed the role as the starting point guard during his stints with the Sacramento Kings, the Memphis Grizzlies and the Miami Heat.

But Williams won’t start for the Clippers. Jason Hart parlayed a 22-consecutive game starting stint with the Clippers to close out the 2006-2007 season into a two-year, $4.78 million free agent contract with the Utah Jazz.

But Hart, whom the Clippers re-acquired in a July trade, also won’t start this season.

Both Williams and Hart are slated to play behind All-Star guard Baron Davis, who became the Clippers‘ most significant free agent signing in franchise history, when he agreed to a five-year, $65 million contract in July.

Davis played in all 82 regular-season games last season, the…

This off-season’s most overpaid players
The free-agency period produced nine seriously overpaid players, says Mike Kahn. See who’s laughing all the way to the bank.NBA/~4/383395348″ height=”1″ width=”1″/>