The OKC Thunder Have Jump-Started Oklahoma’s Basketball Heart | Home and Away

The OKC Thunder Have Jump-Started Oklahoma’s Basketball Heart | Home and Away | J. Kyle Mann

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In the second episode of 'Home and Away,' it’s time to hit the road again with The Ringer’s J. Kyle Mann, this time to scenic and stunning Oklahoma City to explore the basketball identity and culture of the Sooner State’s largest city and its surrounding area. Come along as we soak up the Oklahoma City Thunder’s rowdy home atmosphere at the Paycom Center to see if their prodigious young core-led by MVP candidate Shai Gilgeous-Alexander-is ready to take on the challenge of advancing in the playoffs. Watch a panel of Oklahoman media members unpack the arc of the franchise thus far. See the passion of the players and administration for Oklahoma's first Native-owned professional basketball team, the Potawatomi Fire, and much more.
Script, Voice-Over, and Mixing: J. Kyle Mann
Videography and Editing: Jacob Weaver
Graphic Design and Illustration: Megan Mraz
Additional Photography: Zachary Lucero and J. Kyle Mann
Special thanks to Tyler Parker, Chris Cox, Matt Tumbleson, Joe Mussatto, Andrew Schlecht, and Steve Kelly
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@TheRingerNBA 28 күн бұрын

Where should J. Kyle Mann go next?

@kayvanity 28 күн бұрын

Heat culture! Miami is a very complex city of contradictions, passion and loyalty. Would love to see his take on

@look_at_kai 28 күн бұрын

Detroit😂

@symbolofdopeness 28 күн бұрын

Chicago

@corbinsims819 28 күн бұрын

Seattle We need Sonics back and it’s great basketball city

@kevinmattern1933 27 күн бұрын

Philly with CR

@Sporksforcharity 28 күн бұрын

Easily one of the best NBA/Basketball series out there. So interesting to see how different communities engage with basketball and to have oft-overlooked franchises treated seriously. Hope this series continues forever!

@drumcat86 28 күн бұрын

Thanks for not totally clowning on my home

@Jawnderlust 28 күн бұрын

Whoever it was that decided we needed 2 minute relaxed gospel laced interlude at Chilis is a tremendous individual that needs a raise.

@maxmiller6125 28 күн бұрын

J Kyle Mann makes masterpieces

@vocal-team 28 күн бұрын

like saying los angeles is sunny!

@rcouch95 28 күн бұрын

As an OKC resident and someone who’s love of hoops started in the CP3 era, this video made me smile ear to ear.

@mitchbarrow422 28 күн бұрын

This feels like one of the best video pieces ever put out by the Ringer - really differentiated content, style, and personalities. Please give us more!

@thecgatour 28 күн бұрын

The Braums Milk bottle on Classen. Love this video and will be rewatching. As an Oklahoman who moved back and grew up not too far from The Plaza district, this was really cool to see and really well done! This represents Oklahoma well and love to see Oklahoma basketball stories being shared.

@McGriddle69 10 күн бұрын

Thank you for making this video and highlighting the state I’ve called home my entire life. I always see the comments under sports center posts about the Thunder how “there’s nothing in Oklahoma” or “Oklahoma City isn’t much of a city” and it’s nice to to see someone show people differently. The state as a whole is DEEPLY flawed and I often find myself struggling with our politics but nevertheless I love this state and I love OKC and I love the thunder. It’s been a great place to call home for my 26 years on this planet. I don’t know if I’ll end up staying here or finding a new place to call home but I know I always have this place to come back to.

@kayvanity 28 күн бұрын

Keep giving J Kyle Mann more and more Ringer content!

@lukealbert8539 27 күн бұрын

Kyle, as an Okie who really loves basketball, thank you so, so, so much for this and thanks to the whole team behind it!

@robertogarcia2579 28 күн бұрын

We need more Tyler Parker content.

@MistyMtnDew 10 күн бұрын

Okarche's legendary coach, Ray West, definitely had his guys running Res Ball for years. I've never been more gassed than chasing them up and down the court all summer league.

@McGriddle69 10 күн бұрын

Russ is one of my childhood heroes and I’m grateful for all he did for the city. But, being someone who was part of the media I could never get anything worth using from him in my sound bytes. So I wasn’t as sad to see him go as a normal fan but I sure did tear up when he came back and we played that tribute video.

@jdarb2 10 күн бұрын

Damn this was goooood, it's nice seeing my state be celebrated for the game I love and the passion we bring to it.

@handfullofsean 27 күн бұрын

Rez ball and Alaskan basketball are one in the same; sea of threes. Love the content man. Indiana now OklahomA? the outsiders cast would be proud

@CannonRed 15 күн бұрын

As a Native that was born and raised in Shawnee that eventually moved to OKC and travelled right passed that Hurts Donut and Golden Dome on 23rd earlier today, I'm glad you gave the Fry Bread Taco a cameo near the Firelake Casino. 💯

@CyanAnt 28 күн бұрын

I feel like I specifically wished for OKC next. And here it is… thank you for doing my home this solid. ❤

@jimmypike1155 27 күн бұрын

Thank you Kyle. Okc forever. Tyler Parker forever. SGA forever.

@Mtation 27 күн бұрын

Absolutely LOVE this series! Indiana was amazing already and this one is just as good

@CalvinBarrett-ly9xt 27 күн бұрын

Really incredible work, as always J Kyle Mann. Love learning about the people that most media won't bother looking into. Great stuff.

@jaycarter646 28 күн бұрын

MORE OF THESE!!!!!

@BookerT69 28 күн бұрын

I’m from Winston Salem and OKC was always a team I liked cuz CP3 went there. Still got the OKC Hornets shirts

@neelmoudgil4962 16 күн бұрын

I prayed for times like this

@Lu__chador 28 күн бұрын

Love the "How To with John Wilson" style!

@brandongowens2100 10 күн бұрын

This was amazing!

@walkr8383 27 күн бұрын

These are the best! Can’t wait for the next one

@superman10501 14 күн бұрын

Love this content. More thunder please. I wish I knew you were here and had a meet and greet. Would have loved to meet you. Thunder up!

@yordaman17 27 күн бұрын

that was great. more of this, please

@smoothkriminal8108 28 күн бұрын

Awesome video! Great editing and storyline!

@chaseminden6363 27 күн бұрын

It feels sureal seeing St. Gregory's University mentioned, my freshman year there was the last semester before it closed

@durantulaftw 27 күн бұрын

that chilis theme song rendition was god blessed heavenly

@fourtime7 25 күн бұрын

I visited in November, not a bad city. Great home crowd. Light rail smooth.

@CraftedDirt 13 күн бұрын

A Patty Wagon shoutout? That deserves a like from me!

@superman10501 14 күн бұрын

This video was awesome I had to comment twice lol

@kevinchen4511 28 күн бұрын

J Kyle Mann is the legend. Hope to see more J Kyle’s content. Never enough

@thomasredden4263 27 күн бұрын

When I was a child we went to camp Patowatomi in Indiana several years in a row for school. The first year we learned about Native American culture and there persecution in that area of Indiana of the Patowatomis and Kickapoo resulting in relocation in 1838. We learned the next year about the Underground Railroad and they have several houses on the property that were used on the actual Underground Railroad. They had us do a skit and pretend to be slaves and really were very mean to us. Maybe not PC, but hugely informative to a child, at least it was for me, especially as a Cherokee descendant myself it was awesome to get some real Native American history on what used to be the lands they raised there families for generations, and also incredibly sad that they were forced to leave ancestral lands that there fathers and fathers fathers were buried in

@JayElDiplee 28 күн бұрын

Rylan Stiles! My man killin it

@ChristopherJ.Barnes 28 күн бұрын

As an Okie, you nailed it!

@rulowth4815 28 күн бұрын

J kyle mann the man ❤

@christiandevlin4789 28 күн бұрын

I love u j Kyle Mann

@IgalBeatfulness 28 күн бұрын

Great stuff!

@nmarshall8995 28 күн бұрын

What a great story

@rccwildcats 28 күн бұрын

Superb content and insight

@TheAtman12 28 күн бұрын

This was Dope Good Job👍

@averageokcfan1578 2 күн бұрын

This is such a good video

@corbbridges4118 25 күн бұрын

This is almost like "Bill Walton's Long Strange Trip"

@superman200331 28 күн бұрын

Loved this whole thing. As a native Oklahoman though I have to be picky with you. You mentioned some great players from here but you forgot one of the most iconic New York Knicks of all time in John Starks from Tulsa. We have had some great players come out of Tulsa that have had some good careers in the pros. Waymon, Stark’s, Etan Thomas, Kevin Pritchard, Lee Mayberry, Richard Dumas, Kelenna Azubuike. Great stuff Kyle. Been a fan for years. Also I remember watching Tyler Parker when he was in high school and he was good!

@SportsDebateCentral 3 күн бұрын

Dang I never put it together that Tyler Parker was the same guy until you said it. Yeah Oklahoma has quite a few great players from the state.

@Flash236926 28 күн бұрын

Is Charlotte another possible destination when the season gets going again? Start in Charlotte, take a trip to Tobacco Road

@toyin71 28 күн бұрын

Whenever I see that thumbnail art, I watch the video. Simple 🫡

@tonydelgado10 28 күн бұрын

Kyle I miss dime drops so much. Please make more scout videos.

@Flamerunner451 27 күн бұрын

The KK Slider Glen Campbell at the beginning goes hard

@sanket518 28 күн бұрын

Zach Edey to Thunder let's go we need him

@BdrumMerX14 27 күн бұрын

25:35 omg

@kile433 27 күн бұрын

God Bless Russell Westbrook and God Bless the Oklahoma City Thunder

@miguelhernandez1407 28 күн бұрын

First baby.

@CoacherDFW 12 күн бұрын

Let’s go Mavs

@caspian5060 27 күн бұрын

11:53 is a crazy line with a clip of Josh Giddey lmao

@duncanhoffman7249 5 күн бұрын

I’m from Shawnee

@MangosInTrees 16 күн бұрын

Change this thumbnail up and you will get way more views. The production quality alone is great but most people will scroll by without ever giving it a chance.

@MistyMtnDew 10 күн бұрын

Not a bad spread, sorry your boy got food poisoning. Next time you're in town, I'd recommend: Barrios, Nic's Grill, Pho Lien Hoa, The Butcher Stand, Ma Der Lao, Deem Laow, Pizzeria Gusto, and Bar Arbolada. Just trust me on the Vietnamese food.

@febreezey_boi8932 9 күн бұрын

badass

@jacksonjones2220 28 күн бұрын

I’m at peace… I’m at peace….

@phkeifff3139 9 күн бұрын

Oh and Mikal Bridges to the knicks

@ShrugSzn 14 күн бұрын

I know thats the Belle Isle chilis.

@TheNathanRector 27 күн бұрын

Thunder Up

@phkeifff3139 9 күн бұрын

Wish I would’ve known Yall came to OKC!! Should’ve went to S&B burgers instead of patty wagon tho.. shame THUNDER UP

@bmillersince92 28 күн бұрын

You forgot to mention John starks he’s from Tulsa Oklahoma

@Chickencheesemoneyman 9 күн бұрын

Party wagon best burgers in okc onna g

@DakotaHoover 28 күн бұрын

Ton of food picks that were missed, Cafe Kacao is second to none for Brunch. Goro Ramen in the Paseo district is fantastic. The Jones Assembly, Ma Der, Hall’s Pizza… list goes on and on and on lol

@swammy05 28 күн бұрын

But still, Chili’s.

@DakotaHoover 27 күн бұрын

@@swammy05 fr fr

@aaronnewberry 6 күн бұрын

We need to get you some much better food here next time, including coffee

@BookerT69 28 күн бұрын

Bring Tate Frazier with you next time!

@Fp007 12 күн бұрын

finally made a new huh hehehe

@chalkywhitelll8448 28 күн бұрын

bring back the SuperSonics!

@ScottRhodes-hu5jo 26 күн бұрын

No one cares

@FyuckDood 27 күн бұрын

Fuck the thunder bring back the Supersonics

@ScottRhodes-hu5jo 26 күн бұрын

When you get one try supporting them 😂😂😂

@letsgoooo9200 14 күн бұрын

They can both co exist

@jontnoneya3404 12 күн бұрын

Wow - started out great but ended with a muted, anemic whimper. WTF?? This feels more like a hit piece. As a life long OKC resident, I'm proud of our Native American, First Nations cultures and peoples, so don't get it twisted. Why did you choose to limp out of this piece? Even your voice is muted and you sound like you barely got the words out. Squeeze those abs, support those vocals. I was about ready to share this with friends and family but no way. Not with those depressing end notes. What a disappointment. Oh well