OKLAHOMA CITY—More than six months after the approval of the Seattle SuperSonics’ relocation to Oklahoma City, the metropolitan region’s 1.3 million residents continue to eagerly await the arrival of the Thunder, their promised NBA team.
“We realize basketball season started back in October, but we’re not worried. We have no problem waiting a little longer for our first real professional basketball team to arrive,” Mayor Mick Cornett said during an interview. “I called Commissioner Stern a few months ago, but I haven’t heard anything back yet. I assume the Thunder will be here any day now.” The mayor also noted that there is a team in town, or more precisely a basketball-themed comedy group, performing shows a few nights a week at the Ford Center, though their gimmick of the home team always losing becomes predictable after a while.
