Bornhere, I disagree. This is Oklahoma City's team. Oklahoma City will support this team. The owners are from OKC and speak Oklahoma City. They all along bought the team to move it to Oklahoma City. So I see NO REASON why the team name should not be Oklahoma City ___.
I think you're getting emotionally invested in a decision over which you have no control, which may be setting yourself up for disappointment.

This happens all the time, of course, with pro sports. The owners, as part of the marketing strategy, try to inculcate in the fans a false sense of ownership. Then, when the owners make decisions that benefit themselves as owners but don't benefit the fans, some fans feel betrayed – as happens pretty much anytime a team moves, for example, or a popular player is traded.

Developing an emotional or sentimental attachment or sense of ownership in a sports franchise makes no more sense than it would if the object of affection were a Wal-Mart or a Wendy's. At some point, whether it's this naming issue or something else down the road, the owners will make a decision that benefits themselves at the fans' expense, and the fans will like they've been betrayed.

As for practical reasons for naming the team 'Oklahoma' rather than 'Oklahoma City,' one would be encouraging viewership in TV markets such as Lawton, Tulsa, and Ada. Another would be to broaden legislative support for the change to the Quality Jobs Act.

But no one knows what they're going to do except them, and I think it would be best to not get overly caught up in this name thing.