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Published: September 4, 2008
Voice of the fan wins out
Little did we know, the nickname for the NBA team in our fair city was decided May 18.
That’s the day that fans chose the Thunder as the franchise’s new name. You pondered 64 possibilities. You whittled them down. You picked the Thunder over the Outlaws and Barons, Twisters and Renegades.
You wanted the Oklahoma City Thunder .
Turns out, Clay Bennett and Co. were paying attention.
“Everything that we receiv...
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