Festive atmosphere
By Mike Baldwin
Oklahoma City Thunder chairman Clay Bennett said he was surprised by the number of people who attended the nickname unveiling press conference Wednesday at Leadership Square. Hundreds of people packed the place, including a jam packed upper deck.
“I didn’t expect that,” Bennett said. “My family wanted to come down. I told them, ‘I don’t think it’s that big a deal. Everybody seems to know the name already.’ It was exhilarating. We’re very proud. The fans are proud. And we hope to make them proud.”
Bennett said keeping things secret was difficult.
“Maybe I had a warped sense of things,” Bennett said. “But it was a lot of fun. I was disappointed in the image being released (a few days early by someone who used a phone camera). But that’s all part of it, too. It’s a great game. It’s about fun. It’s about entertainment and connecting with the community. I’m just thrilled to be a part of it.”
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why do people keep going back to A&M for logos? does anyone remember the UGLY centennial logo? This one is even uglier. Seriously. Stop going to A&M.
I’m wondering about DM as well. They took his picture down and everything, but he was covering the name unveiling on video.
Mike Baldwin: Darnell is on a well deserved vacation. He’ll return in time for the start of training camp.
Thanks Mike. As you can tell, a lot of us enjoy DM. I was afraid he’d been caught in the cutbacks.
And thanks for the reply. Now if you could just get your folks on Twitter to be more responsive instead of just posting headlines.
Hey, did you guys notice something? There was no Mr. Monday column in the paper today, was there?
DM’s on vacation.
Could DM = Mr. Monday?
Go OKC Potatoes!!!