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

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  • Опубликовано: 5 июн 2024
  • 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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Комментарии • 94

  • @TheRingerNBA
    @TheRingerNBA  25 дней назад +30

    Where should J. Kyle Mann go next?

    • @kayvanity
      @kayvanity 24 дня назад +5

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

    • @look_at_kai
      @look_at_kai 24 дня назад +5

      Detroit😂

    • @symbolofdopeness
      @symbolofdopeness 24 дня назад +2

      Chicago

    • @corbinsims819
      @corbinsims819 24 дня назад +6

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

    • @kevinmattern1933
      @kevinmattern1933 24 дня назад +2

      Philly with CR

  • @Sporksforcharity
    @Sporksforcharity 25 дней назад +88

    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
    @drumcat86 25 дней назад +44

    Thanks for not totally clowning on my home

  • @maxmiller6125
    @maxmiller6125 25 дней назад +67

    J Kyle Mann makes masterpieces

    • @vocal-team
      @vocal-team 25 дней назад +2

      like saying los angeles is sunny!

  • @Jawnderlust
    @Jawnderlust 24 дня назад +43

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

  • @rcouch95
    @rcouch95 24 дня назад +38

    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
    @mitchbarrow422 24 дня назад +23

    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!

  • @McGriddle69
    @McGriddle69 6 дней назад +3

    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.

  • @robertogarcia2579
    @robertogarcia2579 25 дней назад +22

    We need more Tyler Parker content.

  • @thecgatour
    @thecgatour 25 дней назад +18

    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.

  • @MistyMtnDew
    @MistyMtnDew 6 дней назад +2

    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
    @McGriddle69 6 дней назад +2

    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.

  • @kayvanity
    @kayvanity 24 дня назад +12

    Keep giving J Kyle Mann more and more Ringer content!

  • @lukealbert8539
    @lukealbert8539 24 дня назад +4

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

  • @CannonRed
    @CannonRed 11 дней назад +2

    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. 💯

  • @jdarb2
    @jdarb2 6 дней назад +1

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

  • @jimmypike1155
    @jimmypike1155 24 дня назад +3

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

  • @handfullofsean
    @handfullofsean 24 дня назад +4

    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

  • @CyanAnt
    @CyanAnt 25 дней назад +6

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

  • @Mtation
    @Mtation 24 дня назад +3

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

  • @BookerT69
    @BookerT69 25 дней назад +5

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

  • @CalvinBarrett-ly9xt
    @CalvinBarrett-ly9xt 24 дня назад +3

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

  • @neelmoudgil4962
    @neelmoudgil4962 12 дней назад +1

    I prayed for times like this

  • @superman10501
    @superman10501 10 дней назад +1

    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!

  • @Lu__chador
    @Lu__chador 25 дней назад +6

    Love the "How To with John Wilson" style!

  • @jaycarter646
    @jaycarter646 24 дня назад +4

    MORE OF THESE!!!!!

  • @kevinchen4511
    @kevinchen4511 24 дня назад +11

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

  • @walkr8383
    @walkr8383 24 дня назад +2

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

  • @thomasredden4263
    @thomasredden4263 24 дня назад +3

    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

  • @smoothkriminal8108
    @smoothkriminal8108 24 дня назад +2

    Awesome video! Great editing and storyline!

  • @brandongowens2100
    @brandongowens2100 6 дней назад +1

    This was amazing!

  • @durantulaftw
    @durantulaftw 23 дня назад +2

    that chilis theme song rendition was god blessed heavenly

  • @chaseminden6363
    @chaseminden6363 24 дня назад +2

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

  • @CraftedDirt
    @CraftedDirt 9 дней назад +1

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

  • @yordaman17
    @yordaman17 24 дня назад +2

    that was great. more of this, please

  • @fourtime7
    @fourtime7 22 дня назад +1

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

  • @superman10501
    @superman10501 10 дней назад +1

    This video was awesome I had to comment twice lol

  • @JayElDiplee
    @JayElDiplee 24 дня назад +3

    Rylan Stiles! My man killin it

  • @ChristopherJ.Barnes
    @ChristopherJ.Barnes 24 дня назад +2

    As an Okie, you nailed it!

  • @christiandevlin4789
    @christiandevlin4789 24 дня назад +3

    I love u j Kyle Mann

  • @rulowth4815
    @rulowth4815 25 дней назад +3

    J kyle mann the man ❤

  • @IgalBeatfulness
    @IgalBeatfulness 24 дня назад +3

    Great stuff!

  • @superman200331
    @superman200331 24 дня назад +3

    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
      @SportsDebateCentral 5 часов назад

      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.

  • @corbbridges4118
    @corbbridges4118 21 день назад +1

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

  • @rccwildcats
    @rccwildcats 25 дней назад +2

    Superb content and insight

  • @TheAtman12
    @TheAtman12 25 дней назад +2

    This was Dope Good Job👍

  • @nmarshall8995
    @nmarshall8995 25 дней назад +3

    What a great story

  • @tonydelgado10
    @tonydelgado10 24 дня назад +2

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

  • @Flamerunner451
    @Flamerunner451 24 дня назад +1

    The KK Slider Glen Campbell at the beginning goes hard

  • @Flash236926
    @Flash236926 25 дней назад +3

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

  • @sanket518
    @sanket518 25 дней назад +2

    Zach Edey to Thunder let's go we need him

  • @miguelhernandez1407
    @miguelhernandez1407 25 дней назад +5

    First baby.

  • @BdrumMerX14
    @BdrumMerX14 24 дня назад +2

    25:35 omg

  • @CoacherDFW
    @CoacherDFW 8 дней назад

    Let’s go Mavs

  • @caspian5060
    @caspian5060 23 дня назад

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

  • @jacksonjones2220
    @jacksonjones2220 25 дней назад +3

    I’m at peace… I’m at peace….

  • @MistyMtnDew
    @MistyMtnDew 6 дней назад +1

    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
    @febreezey_boi8932 5 дней назад

    badass

  • @duncanhoffman7249
    @duncanhoffman7249 День назад

    I’m from Shawnee

  • @kile433
    @kile433 23 дня назад +3

    God Bless Russell Westbrook and God Bless the Oklahoma City Thunder

  • @MangosInTrees
    @MangosInTrees 12 дней назад

    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.

  • @ShrugSzn
    @ShrugSzn 11 дней назад +1

    I know thats the Belle Isle chilis.

  • @phkeifff3139
    @phkeifff3139 5 дней назад

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

  • @DakotaHoover
    @DakotaHoover 25 дней назад +1

    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

  • @bmillersince92
    @bmillersince92 24 дня назад

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

  • @aaronnewberry
    @aaronnewberry 2 дня назад

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

  • @TheNathanRector
    @TheNathanRector 23 дня назад

    Thunder Up

  • @phkeifff3139
    @phkeifff3139 5 дней назад

    Oh and Mikal Bridges to the knicks

  • @Chickencheesemoneyman
    @Chickencheesemoneyman 6 дней назад

    Party wagon best burgers in okc onna g

  • @BookerT69
    @BookerT69 25 дней назад +1

    Bring Tate Frazier with you next time!

  • @Fp007
    @Fp007 8 дней назад

    finally made a new huh hehehe

  • @chalkywhitelll8448
    @chalkywhitelll8448 24 дня назад

    bring back the SuperSonics!

  • @FyuckDood
    @FyuckDood 23 дня назад

    Fuck the thunder bring back the Supersonics

  • @jontnoneya3404
    @jontnoneya3404 9 дней назад

    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

  • @toyin71
    @toyin71 25 дней назад +19

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