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Oklahoma City Tatankas

From the Great Plains the Oklahoma City Tatankas have been welcomed as part as O20 in the "ABA". When joining the league this ball club has held a public poll to determine the nickname of their franchise. One lucky fan known as "Padreman" submitted an entry of "Tatankas" and the after thousands of votes his submission was chosen as winner! To honor the rich heritage in Oklahoma City and the Great Plains region the nickname ties into history the Lakota language and the natives that once occupied this spot. A "tatanka" is translated to "buffalo". Buffalo is a significant part of the Great Plains history and represents the land they once occupied.

The Tatanka longo for Oklahoma City doesn't represent traditional colors of a buffalo but rather that of a majestic and sky blue with accents of white. The jersey design for OKC is a solid white home and solid gray road with bi-colored arm stripes featuring both blues. The main charging tatanka logo can be found on the sleeves of both jersey. The home jersey reads "Tatankas" in a blue cursive script and the road features "Oklahoma" in the same format with the word "city" in the swoosh. OKC's home cap is bi colored featuring white and blue with a sky brim where as the away cap is blue with the same sky blue brim. Both caps feature the head profile of the Tatanka logo.