05:38 PM - September 29, 2008 by RaychelSnr
The Oklahoma City Thunder unveiling was about as surprising as Larry Brown getting another head coaching job (read: not at all). Whether it was the name, or the logo, or even how the squad looked in a video game -- it has all been revealed before the planned dates. However, EA Sports is taking it in stride, and has now sent over some "official" screens of the OKC Thunder in NBA Live 09. EA also answered a few OS community questions about the Thunder, which you all check out below.
OS Community: Will you guys be able to patch in the court design and the arena, or just the uniforms/logo?
EA Sports: Uniforms/logo/court (not arena).
OS: Will Steve Kerr and Marv Albert announce Oklahoma City as the Thunder or will they just call the team Oklahoma City?
EA: We recorded OKC and the Thunder with Marv.
OS: How did the process go when you folks were trying to get this information into the game? Was the NBA very helpful or was it a bit of an arduous process due to the secrecy issue?
EA: NBA was helpful, but main struggle was that the move to OKC happened very late in our production cycle.
OS: How about the Thunder organization? Did they reach out to try and make sure you folks had everything you needed, or did you just deal with the NBA when handling this process?
EA: We just dealt with the NBA.
OS Community: Will you guys be able to patch in the court design and the arena, or just the uniforms/logo?
EA Sports: Uniforms/logo/court (not arena).
OS: Will Steve Kerr and Marv Albert announce Oklahoma City as the Thunder or will they just call the team Oklahoma City?
EA: We recorded OKC and the Thunder with Marv.
OS: How did the process go when you folks were trying to get this information into the game? Was the NBA very helpful or was it a bit of an arduous process due to the secrecy issue?
EA: NBA was helpful, but main struggle was that the move to OKC happened very late in our production cycle.
OS: How about the Thunder organization? Did they reach out to try and make sure you folks had everything you needed, or did you just deal with the NBA when handling this process?
EA: We just dealt with the NBA.
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