Quote Originally Posted by OSUFan View Post
Really great point Shawn that I hadn't really thought about much. Although he didn't have a vote in the deal, Cornett was also very insistent they be called the Oklahoma City Thunder and not the Oklahoma Thunder.
I remember when the name came out and all my Tulsa friends wondered why it was the OKC Thunder and not the Oklahoma Thunder. My reaction was, "Who paid for the arena to get built and renovated? People who shop in OKC. What ownership group bought the team? All OKC business men. Where is the arena? OKC..." I would always hear back that the Utah Jazz are in SLC and they aren't called the Salt Lake City Jazz and would reply with and what other team can you name that is named after the state? Minnesota and Washington and that is all in the NBA. And that is out of 30 teams.