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[disputed – discuss] [4] On September 3, 2008, the team name, logo, and colors for the Oklahoma City franchise were revealed to the public. The name "Thunder" was chosen due to Oklahoma being a frequent victim of powerful storms due to its location in Tornado Alley, and Oklahoma City housing the 45th Infantry Division, the Thunderbirds. [5] [6]
The name "Thunder" was chosen in reference to Oklahoma's location in Tornado Alley and Oklahoma City as the home of the U.S. Army's 45th Infantry Division, the Thunderbirds. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] [ 26 ] The SuperSonics' final NBA draft was in 2008 , and they used the fourth overall pick to select Russell Westbrook , a young point guard from UCLA, who ...
Rumble the Bison is the official mascot of the Oklahoma City Thunder, a National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.He is an anthropomorphic bison and his name derives from the sound that thunder makes.
The Thunder play at the Paycom Center since the 2008–09 season. The Oklahoma City Thunder are an American professional basketball team based in Oklahoma City. The Thunder compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference. The team plays its home games at the Paycom Center. [1]
The Paycom Center is owned by the City of Oklahoma City and was opened on June 8, 2002, three years after construction began. [6] The original Ford Center name came from a naming rights deal with the Oklahoma Ford Dealers group which represented the marketing efforts of the state's Ford dealerships, rather than the Ford Motor Company itself.
If held for a full season, OKC would have the best SRS in NBA history. A whopping 17 of the Thunder’s 20 wins are by double-digits, which includes runaway wins over Houston (twice), Dallas ...
Thunder general manager Sam Presti speaks during an introductory press conference for the 2024 Thunder draft picks at Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center in Oklahoma City, Saturday, June, 29, 2024.
The Thunder were founded in 1967 as the Seattle SuperSonics as one of two franchises that joined the NBA in the 1967–68 season. The SuperSonics moved to Oklahoma City after the 2007–08 season. The records from the decades the team was in Seattle are still attached to the Oklahoma City history, but will be transferred back to a new Seattle ...