Not sure if this is normal for the team, but it's abnormal enough that NBA fans were caught off guard.
Either way, when we post a out the Dodgers and their pagan ritual openings, we should also share when God is being made known!
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The Thunder is the only NBA team to hold a prayer at the start of every home game and it doesn't necessarily have to be a Christian prayer. The team has also invited clergy representing Protestants and Catholics, Rabbis and even Native American leaders.
They've been doing it since the Hornets were in OKC in 2005, it’s a 'nondenominational invocation."
it's a non-story really.
First and last sentences are fighting each other :)
If they're the only team doing something good, in a sea of pro sports doing bad things,....that's a story.
It's not really a story if it's been going on since 2004
It’s certainly a story since people like me have no idea it’s been going on since 2004. I’m very delighted to now know
Tbh I had no idea, I just saw some upset Redditors and assumed it was abnormal
I think one of the big problems on this site is that people find vague headlines on social media and run away with it without doing proper research.
It started after their hometown was destroyed by hurricane Katrina I belive. That's why they moved to OKC.
Pretty sure Seattle wasn't destroyed by Katrina...
Dagnabbit...
https://www.theringer.com/2019/10/24/20929974/sonic-boom-episode-4-new-orleans-hornets-oklahoma-city-katrina