I don’t find it objectionable, like I said it’s a great name! And I love that Simmons uses it all the time. I guess in a way it’s kind of a compromise: Sonics fans take bitter solace in Simmons refusing to call them the Thunder, and Thunder fans get a kind of ironic or “self deprecating” cool nickname. My initial impression (at least from last year) was that OKC fans were upset that Simmons didn’t address them properly and so I was a little surprised fans have adopted the nickname. But your explanations make sense.