The Golden State Warriors are contemplating a dismissal of a key figure from their organization. With the Oklahoma City Thunder now part of the NBA, the Warriors’ mascot (nicknamed “Thunder”) might be a goner.
Warriors team president Robert Rowell commented on the mascot controversy:
“We’re clearly going to do something to accommodate Oklahoma City and not have our mascot named Thunder,” Rowell said. “For the sake of not making things confusing, we’re going to do something. We just have to figure out a good exit strategy.”
The team had been considering re-branding themselves to the public, and plans might move forward following this season. Rowell joked that the Warriors might open trade negotiations with Oklahoma City to acquire Thunder for a mascot to be named later. The team hopes to have some form of a mascot for this upcoming season.
