The X List: 8 fun facts about the Oklahoma City Thunder

Fun Fact #9: Russell Westbrook has been quietly standing behind you now for the last three hours.

With two games in the books and the defending NBA Champion Dallas Mavericks in an 0-2 hole, it's probably time we started taking our weird cousins to the north a little more seriously. For some reason, information on this team from before 2009 is a little hazy, but thanks to the twin powers of top-notch journalistic skills and an unwavering commitment to the truth, we were able to compile this list of eight fun facts concerning the plucky lads of the Oklahoma City Thunder.

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Pictured: Serge Ibaka mistakes Mike Dunleavy's arm for a gaping catfish mouth.

Fun Fact #1: Kevin Durant once killed a man for noodlin' too loud.

Fun Fact #2: When the Supersonics were relocated to Oklahoma City, the team insisted on a more familiar "sound-related" name, but "Oklahoma City Toothless Wheeze" was too hard for fans to spell.

Fun Fact #3: Up until this January, the top-selling concession item was the Abortion Dog.

Fun Fact #4: The Thunder's lovable mascot, Rumble, is wanted in seven states for molesting Ewoks.

Fun Fact #5: Head coach Scott Brooks credits his team's meteoric rise to NBA dominance to Sharia law, throwing burning Bibles at our nation's children, and Obamacare.

Fun Fact #6: Every halftime show features Kendrick Perkins and Serge Ibaka playing spoons, then spooning.

Fun Fact #7: The Thunder's Chesapeake Energy Arena doubles as Oklahoma City's tenth-largest meth lab.

Fun Fact #8: Before 2008, "opening tip-off" usually involved illegal fireworks, a pair of smoking Fruit of the Looms, and an emergency trip to the ER.