First the Oklahoma City Thunder added Tyson Chandler to their roster, and then yesterday during half-time they continued to develop the new look of the franchise as they unveiled their new mascot “Rumble.” Rumble is a Bison, which is certainly fitting for the Oklahoma team – especially because they originally considered the name “Bison” for the franchise.
Are you like me and were wondering, “how on earth could a bison mascot be a two-legged entity?” No? Well, just in case you answered yes, the Thunder have an answer to that very question:
“…he climbed to the tallest peak; left to face the storm alone and searching for a way down the mountain, he was struck by a bolt of lightning.
The bolt did not destroy him, but, by the power of the god of thunder, changed him. Suddenly, he walked on two legs like a man. He possessed amazing strength and agility — he could jump higher, run faster, think more clearly than any beast.”
Consider me convinced!
This also continues the tradition of team mascots being more or less unrelated to the team name itself. The Jazz have a bear, the Blazers have a “trail cat” (think cougar), the Nuggets also have a mountain cat of sorts, the Sonics had a Sasquatch, and the Magic have some sort of alien monster.
I think I like Rumble, although I’m thinking that those horns could get in the way of stunt dunks. You can check out Rumble’s own Web site here, I’m strangely intrigued.
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you forgot about probably the best dunking mascot of them all suns gorilla! who in gods name puts a gorilla in the middle of the flaming inferno of phoenix?? but hey like i said probably my fave. the old charlotte hugo the hornet was prob my second. how can you top the “bug on the windshield” dunk?
How could I forget the gorilla! There are many more, that was just a sample. Like the Rockets have some stupid-looking over-sized teddy bear, and the 76ers is a hip-hop rabbit. I guess in general they don’t make sense.
Hugo is also the shit.