The Oklahoma City Thunder signed center Chris Alexander, guard Derrick Byars and guard John Lucas III to the training camp roster it was announced Monday by Thunder General Manager Sam Presti.

Alexander (7-1, 240) most recently played for the Barangay Ginebra Kings of the Philippine Basketball Association where he averaged 18.8 points, 20.0 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per game. The former Iowa State Cyclone played the 2007-08 NBA Development League season with the Sioux Falls Skyforce where he averaged 11.6 points, 11.2 rebounds and 2.0 blocks in 40 games.

Derrick Byars (6-3, 230) played for Chorale Roanne Basket of the French Pro-A league during the 2007-08 season and averaged 8.0 points and 3.0 rebounds with the club. Byars played the 2006-07 season at Vanderbilt University where he averaged 17.0 points and 4.8 rebounds per game as a senior.

John Lucas III (5-11, 165) played last season with Benetton Treviso of the Italian League where he averaged 6.9 points and 1.1 assists in 7 games. The former Oklahoma State Cowboy played 60 NBA regular season games with the Houston Rockets averaging 3.1 points per game during from 2005-2007.

The Thunder roster now stands at 17.

Thunder officials are expected to unveil the team's jerseys next Monday at Media Day, according to Oklahoman.

Team insiders say that the road uniforms will be sky blue, the color of the state flag. The home uniforms are expected to be white.

Marc Taylor, who performed as Squatch at Sonics' games in Seattle, is relocating to Oklahoma City to serve as the Thunder's mascot.

The team's mascot hasn't been revealed. But Taylor will be the person inside the costume, announced Thursday in a press release.

Thunder GM Sam Presti is excited about all the hype surrounding the team's arrival in Oklahoma City and the fast sale of season tickets, according to Oklahoman.

"There's no substitute for support and all the energy around the city. It will benefit everybody on the team but also the community in general," Presti said. "We're excited to take that energy, try to bring it to the floor every night and provide a product and a team this community will be proud of in the short term and the long term."

The Oklahoma City Thunder has sold out its available season tickets in advance of the 2008-09 season and is starting a waiting list. In only five days, the Thunder sold approximately 13,000 season tickets at all price levels, including $10 upper level seats.

?This is a testament to Oklahoma?s commitment to our team. We are thrilled and extremely appreciative of our fans and corporate supporters,? said Thunder Chairman Clay Bennett. ?This kind of support means so much to our players, coaches and staff. We are humbled and excited.?

With a 13,000 cap on season tickets, the team has canceled the remaining three days of its seat selection process. Team spokesman Dan Mahoney said, however, all fans who had randomly scheduled appointments scheduled but were unable to buy season tickets will automatically be put on a waiting list to be offered eight-game partial season ticket packages. ?Buying those mini-packages will give them priority on the waiting list for full season tickets in future seasons if they become available,? Mahoney said. Information on those mini plans will be sent to the waiting list beginning the week of September 22.

Despite selling out season tickets, the Thunder is holding back more than 4,000 tickets for single game sales, group sales and the partial-season plans. ?We did not want to sell out the Ford Center with season tickets. We want to be able to offer a wide variety of fans access to Thunder basketball games, so we will have single game tickets and group sales opportunities available for every game,? Mahoney said. Single game tickets for the first half of the season will go on sale in October.

The Oklahoma City Thunder re-signed restricted free agent center Robert Swift it was announced today by the team's General Manager Sam Presti. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.

"We are pleased to have Robert back with our organization," Presti said. "We look forward to his contributions this season."

Swift, the 12th overall pick in the 2004 NBA Draft, has career averages of 1.8 points and 2.3 rebounds in 71 games with the club.

The 7-1, 270 lbs center averaged 18.8 points, 15.9 rebounds and 6.2 blocks per game as a senior at Bakersfield High School on his way to being named a McDonald's All-American.

The Orlando Magic have finally found their third point guard in journeymen Mike Wilks.

Wilks has been signed to a one-year deal with the team.

In 15 games for Denver, Seattle, and Washington last season, Wilks averaged 2.7 ppg and just under an assist per game in 12.5 mpg.

This will be Wilks' seventh season in the NBA.

Thunder team officials claim that there is a very high demand for season tickets by Oklahoma City fans, according to Oklahoman.

The team has scheduled seat-selection appointments with fans, but a number of the dates might be canceled due to the high demand.

"As we review the demand, we plan to institute a cap and expect to reach that limit before the week is finished,? said team spokesman Dan Mahoney. "We will be in communication with fans on the list and inform them of the progress."

Applicants unable to purchase season tickets will be placed on a waiting list for future season tickets.

Team chairman Clay Bennett believes that the Thunder logo for the NBA's Oklahoma City franchise is 'classic', according to Oklahoman.

"We think the logo is classic in its style," said team chairman Clay Bennett. "We think it's powerful in its design. We think it evokes energy. We think the word Thunder is displayed with simplicity and dignity. And the colors represent much about Oklahoma.

"Our primary color blue is the color of our state flag. This is very much an Oklahoma organization. The sunset is red and orange. Not too red. Not too orange. And the beautiful sun is reflected by yellow."

The franchise once proudly called the Seattle SuperSonics became the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday.

The name and colors (blue, yellow, and orange) were revealed on NBA.com though it was widely expected for several weeks.