Oil Rules

It was recently announced that my former home town, Oklahoma City, will be the new home to the Seattle Supersonics. And now the “name game” process has begun. Interestingly, “Energy” has found its way into the name possibilities. Do Larry Nichols and/or Aubrey McClendon have something to do with this?

Well, they have something to do with most of the happenings in Oklahoma City, if that answers your question. But even if Aubrey and/or Larry aren’t behind the name choice (which has a great double entendre, by the way), Energy is quite a fitting name for Oklahoma’s first professional team. To gain a pro team of any kind is a landmark state event (all of us Okies were devastated when the Hornets went back to New Orleans), and to stamp the team with the name “Energy” would be apropos, in my humble, oil-lovin’ Oklahoma-roots opinion.

My former colleague from the state’s newspaper, sports writer Darnell Mayberry, said it nicely in his blog: “Simply put, what is the engine that drives this state’s economy, and more than anything what do you want your team to play with? The answer to both is energy…”

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