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Oklahoma FINALLY gets a national sports team.
boykster:
--- Quote from: Jdurg on September 05, 2008, 10:29:53 pm ---
Honestly, I don't think it sounds bad at all. I mean there are some "Classic" NBA teams that sound bad. Jazz, Clippers, Warriors, Rockets, Hornets, Nuggets, Timberwolves, Magic?
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Hornets are a "classic" team? Really? :dunno
I don't blame Oklahoma, or even Bennett for buying and moving the team, I blame Howard Schultz for his years of ownership where he let the team flounder and then sold out his ownership group by making the deal to sell. I'm apathetic about the sale and move - basketball in seattle has been flat for years. I miss the heyday of the 90's in seattle hoops - back when they put a decent team on the floor and regularly made the playoffs.
I know that Oklahoma city has the chops to support the team short-term at least. My brother in law worked in PR for the Hornets post-Katrina when they played in OK, and he was overwhelmed by the community support for hosting the team. In some ways, it was that experience that led to the Sonics move, since it was Bennett who led up a lot of the OK sponsorship of the Hornets stay.
I think the Thunder is a decent name....
shmokes:
--- Quote from: massive88 on September 04, 2008, 06:00:01 pm ---
Its a terrible name, sounds like it belongs in the WNBA. Of all those you listed the bad ones are the last three, which were also the most recent expansion teams
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Can you possibly think of any reason aside from coincidence that the bad names just happen to be the most recent names? Cos it's not a coincidence. Think of what you thought of the name iPod the first time you heard it. It's seriously the stupidest, most nonsensical name ever -- aside from the Nintendo Wii, of course, which has also stopped making you wince. You grew up with all the other teams and got used to them being the only teams. When new names come in, they sound stupid -- not because they are stupid, but because you aren't familiar with them. But to your kids, the Oklahoma Thunder will sound every single bit as normal as the Boston Celtics or the Houston Rockets. Admittedly, though, the Wizards will always be a stupid name just as the Nuggets always will be.
ChadTower:
There are some really old ones that suck pretty bad, too. Who hasn't made a Packers or Canucks joke?
ChadTower:
Is that before or after they changed it to the Astros? ;D
Ginsu Victim:
--- Quote from: Donkey_Kong on September 05, 2008, 11:18:47 pm ---They gotta get AC/DC's Thunder struck as their theme song.
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They already do. When they debuted the new name, it was the song they played.
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