on the clock Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook sinks an off balanced three and pushes the Thunder past the Golden State Warriors 113-112. This happened on November 29th, 2013 but 9 years prior this was all a dream of the people in Oklahoma City. It all started on August 29, 2005 when hurricane Katrina released hell on New Orleans. Most of New Orleans was destroyed by flood waters. This caused the New Orleans Hornets to temporarily relocate to Oklahoma City. They played in Oklahoma City for two seasons
Ever since the Thunder has been established in Oklahoma City, the state has gone through many different changes that has bettered the well being. When one thinks about the impacts of major sports teams, the first thing to come to mind is the amount of money that the franchise raises. Overall, the impact of the Thunder has been a positive one; through supporting families and individuals in need by spreading faith, bringing more media exposure to Oklahoma, making the city more known and by bringing
Objectives and Concerns The Oklahoma City Thunder have been presented the opportunity to include a jersey patch partnership with a business of their choosing. Jersey patch deals can’t just simply be sold, there needs to be a relationship between the brand and the team. The jersey patch provides a chance to further increase corporate partnerships, become more involved with a business in the community, and increase team revenue. The Oklahoma City Thunder have narrowed their candidates for the patch
The loss of Kevin Durant will not only effect the Thunder in the immediate future, but will also effect the entire landscape of the franchise. A place like Oklahoma City is not a prime destination for free agents. Of the 30 teams, Oklahoma City would rank near the bottom in terms of places I would want to live, slightly beating out the likes of Milwaukee, Utah, and Denver. Free agents don’t want to play in a boring, mid-western city like Oklahoma City. There only hope is to strike gold in the draft
It's official. Kevin Durant has agreed to sign with the Golden State Warriors. Rumors were circulating a few hours prior to his decision becoming public that it was indeed his intent. He leaves the Oklahoma City Thunder in a very rough spot, but in the back of everyone's mind there was always that concern that Russell Westbrook would stay with the team when he becomes a free-agent next season. Although, it's easy to do this now, but it all makes sense when you think about it. In an interview with
superstar are powerful forces, even in the face of obstacles. Born on September 29, 1988 in Suitland, Maryland, Kevin Wayne Durant is a high profile basketball player who has a stellar history playing for the Seattle Supersonics, Oklahoma City, and currently, as of 2016, the Golden State Warriors. Durant is an eight time National Basketball Association (NBA) All Star and all time NBA scoring champion (kevindurant.com). Durant has also claimed the NBA rookie of the year award, and two
Kevin Durant was born just outside of the nation's capital in Suitland, Maryland, on September 29, 1988. He was one of four children of Wanda and Wayne Pratt. (“Kevin Durant Bio.com”) Durant grew up loving sports with his sister, Brianna, and two brothers, Anthony (also a basketball player) and Rayvonne. Barbara, his grandmother was present during his childhood and she was very influential. She continuously mentioned that Durant’s height was a blessing, Even though schoolmates teased him for always
Introduction Kevin Durant once said “you’re the real mvp” in 2014 when talking about his mom after winning the Most Valuable Player award in the NBA. Everyone in here has someone who they’ve exalted and has been the mvp in their life. I can relate to Kevin Durant and probably many of you in the fact that, my mom was mvp in my life. In the next couple of minutes I am going to talk about how my mom has impacted me to be a better person and help others. Body I consider my mom the most valuable player
The Thunder has been my favorite team since 2011. I loved the way they played on the court and put in hard work and dedication to the game. They made it all the way to the Finals in 2012, a great achievement for a team so young and of course they still have plenty of room to grow. One way they can make their team play better is to up their ball movement; in 2011 they were dead last in the league in assists, a lot of one-on-one basketball being played. Right now in 2016 though, they are a top tier
Proposed: Temp Jobs in Oklahoma City OK Keywords: Temp Jobs in OKC, OKC Temp Jobs, Temp Jobs Oklahoma Title: Effects Of Temporary Jobs To Employers and Employees Recovery of the economy after the United States recession takes on a sluggish pace. With the disruption of economy, employment also takes on a different route both for employees and employers alike. With it, temp jobs paved the way in providing work to job seekers and have helped employers cope with the noteworthy challenges economically
and Muslims clearly indicate a media bias provoked by ignorance and ethnocentricity. The elite media's role in the portrayal of the Arab culture and Islam following the Oklahoma City bombing has had adetrimental effect on America's public opinion, investigation proceedings, and government action. Once word of the Oklahoma City bombing reached the Associated Press and major American publications, journalists were quick to point the finger of guilt at Muslim fundamentalism. The Western perspective
the more recent Bosnia conflict, ethnic cleansing has been used to violently eliminate certain races. In the early 1990s, Timothy McVegh's vengeful intentions led him to use a car bomb to kill hundreds of innocent people in the explosion of the Oklahoma City Federal Building. In these cases, the culprits were seemingly normal people that displaced their aggression on innocent bystanders for a variety of reasons. What is the cause of this unleashed aggression toward society? How can we come to explain
been away to college for the past five months things seemed different. My dad reminds me of home when interprets the phone call that he and my mother had just hours before my arrival. Words of bickering and remorse pierced the phone line from Oklahoma City to Tulsa. “Your mother told me about the problems with your credit card, and how stranded on money you are.
Emerson was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on March 1, 1914. . His father, Lewis Ellison, was an adventurous and accomplished man who had served in the military overseas and then lived in Oklahoma City and worked in construction. He started his own ice and coal business. Ellison's mother, Ida Millsap Ellison, was a political activist who campaigned for the Socialist Party and was arrested several times for violating the segregation orders. At the time of Ellison's birth, Oklahoma had not been a state
"Battle Royal" "Battle Royal," by Ralph Ellison was a very difficult piece of literature for me to understand. As a little background information, Ellison was very much into music (228). He was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on March 1, 1914 (221). Different themes are presented throughout this short story, which reflect different views that Ellison had at the time that he wrote this essay. One boy is invited to speak at local men’s club where he will deliver his graduation speech
The Genius of Ralph Ellison I am an invisible man. With these five words, Ralph Ellison ignited the literary world with a work that commanded the respect of scholars everywhere and opened the floodgates for dialogue about the role of African-Americans in American society, the blindness that drove the nation to prejudice, and racial pluralism as a forum for recognizing the interconnection between all members of society regardless of race. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse
Before I begin, I'd like to thank the person who made it possible for me to be here with you all today. President Bill Clinton. By scheduling his trip to Moscow just so, I had enough of a pause between my trips to Japan and Oklahoma city and Russia that it was possible to make it to Hartford today. I'd also like to thank John Boyer. Somehow he got it into his head that I like Twain -- which I do -- and that I might know something about him -- which I don't. At least I am honest about it. However
Once upon a time, there was a fox named Foxleen who lived in Destin Florida. Foxleen loves people, she is always happy, she absolutely adores other animals, Foxleen likes sitting out in the sun and loves going to the beach. Foxleen has a house in a tropical area in a low populated area on the outskirts of Destin, near the beach. She has to walk five minutes to the beach, Foxleen usually picks up her other friends on the way to the beach. They all love sitting out in the sun and so, they go there
The Knicks and the Pacers have had a rivalry for a little more than two decades now . Being rivals since the Reggie Miller ara (the former point guard for the Indiana Pacers), they have many great games, battles and highlights. Being in the same conference, they play each other quite often and meet up in the playoffs frequently, being very well known teams and great competitors, make a good matchup to see. Belonging to different divisions ,the Knicks in the Atlantic and the Pacers in the Central
desensitized to the evils they do and then begin to believe that the acts and beliefs are normal, or superior to all other views. The issue of domestic terrorism has been a fairly recent phenomenon. With little attention given until such acts as the Oklahoma City Bombing and the Unabomber made national headlines. It is because of this that there has been little research done on the area and most of the research there is focuses on the hate groups associated with the acts of violence. A strong force in the