Tell me this is not the absolute lamest name ever imagined for an NBA team. The OKC Thunder?! It sounds more like a WNBA team, they should have either come up with a better name or fought to keep the original Sonics name, money can buy anything I am sure the city would have released the name for some price, even if not THE OKC THUNDER????? ugh, it just gives me such a head ache.
Might be lame, but it still beats Utah Jazz. personal list of lame names: LA Lakers LA Clippers (i admit, this is primarily because I'm ignorant of the origin... from clipping the net after a national championship? clipper ships? /shrug) Washington Wizards (kazam!) Orlando Magic (kazam phazam!) Toronto Raptors (raooaar, I'm a dinosaur) San Antonio Spurs (are they really named after a boot attachment?)
Honestly, you're just too "used to" the regular NBA names I thought Bobcats was the stupidest thing ever. Now it feels normal (and they don't even get mentioned that much in the media ! )
There are only two things that come from Oklahoma, and I don't see horns on them...oh wait... It'll grow on us I'm sure, but it could have been Tornados...
no one liked the name bobcats either. it's just as corny. how about the wizards? no one liked that name either. you will hear it so much that it will grow on you. being in the corny bin is better than being in the stupid bin. i hate when teams names don't make sense. does indiana have a lot of cats? why the hell are they pacers? there are no lakes in LA. every city has nets, why does NJ choose to name their team that? the knicks are named after pants. and there is definitely no jazz in utah.
well if you think about it, lakers is a stupid name, it doesnt even mean anything. knicks, who the hell knows what that means those are some of the most storied franchises and their names are stupid. at least thunder is an actual word and sounds fierce.
Just because you don't know what some of the names mean doesn't make them stupid. At least they're somewhat unique and have either history behind them or mean something to that particular city. Generic names like Thunder are terrible. Even lame names like the Magic at least mean something in Orlando, as ridiculous as it is. In addition to the crappy name, they also have one of the worst logos in professional sports, an incredible douche of an owner, and a crappy team from a city that no one wants to live in. The OKC Thunder is oozing fail out of every orifice.
clipper is a type of ship w/ sails. clippers were known for their speed. i think they were used to hunt whale?
Thunder is the name of winners. My 3rd grade girlfriend played on a softball team named Thunder. They won their league. Epic.
The Lakers' franchise was founded in Detroit before moving to Minneapolis, where the team got its official title from the state's nickname, Land of 10,000 Lakes Knickerbocker is a Dutch surname and a type of clothing. It is a name often cited in reference to New York City, reffered to the oldest newyorker families ( the most part of dutch origins ) -an allusion to the fictional character "Father Knickerbocker" who, according to the tale told by Washington Irving, was the head of the first socially prominent family in New York. 30 seconds of research
I can see the introductions now: Lights go down AC/DC's Thunderstruck starts up Spot lights begin Game starters announced
I was mid-type when I saw this. Thunder is a big Native American motif. It is better than the Bobcats.
Darn it!! Now if I could just get people to understand that the Reds are not a pluralized color and instead a shortened version of Redstockings all would be well!
