FULL OKC Thunder Championship Parade Speech 🔥 2025 NBA Champions Celebration

FULL OKC Thunder Championship Parade Speech 🔥 2025 NBA Champions Celebration

OKLAHOMA CITY. AND LET’S MEET YOUR 2025 NBA CHAMPION. OKLAHOMA CITY. THE NEW. NUMBER 14. AND I’M. FLAGLER. NUMBER 88. ALEX DUNCAN. NUMBER 15 BRANDON CARLSON. NUMBER 25. AND MITCHELL. NUMBER THREE DILLON JONES. NUMBER 44. NIKOLA TOM PENN. NUMBER 13. OOH. JA’S. NUMBER 11 I. ISAIAH JONES. NUMBER SIX. JALEN WILLIAMS. NUMBER 21 AARON WIGGINS. NUMBER 34. KENDRICK WILLIAMS. NUMBER 22. CASES WALLACE. NUMBER NINE. ALEX. CARUSO. NOW FIVE. NATE MARBURY. JA’S WILLIAMS. NUMBER 58 ISAIAH HARTENSTEIN. NUMBER SEVEN. J. GREEN. NUMBER TWO. SHANE. GILGEOUS. I IS. AND NOW. PARIS LAWSON. OKAY. SEE HOW WE FEELING? WELCOME, EVERYBODY TO THE OPENING CEREMONIES OF THE BIGGEST CELEBRATION IN THIS CITY’S HISTORY. A CHAMPIONSHIP PARADE IN THIS CITY. MY NAME IS PARIS LAWSON. I’M THE SIDELINE REPORTER AND STUDIO HOST FOR THE THUNDER. BUT TODAY I HAVE THE EXTREME HONOR OF SERVING AS YOUR EMCEE FOR THIS UNFORGETTABLE MOMENT. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME SPECIAL PEOPLE UP ON STAGE. WE HEARD THE PLAYERS. LET’S ALSO GIVE IT UP FOR THE ASSISTANT COACHES AND THE SUPPORT STAFF OF THIS TEAM. SUCH A SPECIAL GROUP WITH US TODAY AND WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU ALL. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE IN PAYCOM CENTER. HERE JUST 36 HOURS AGO ON THIS VERY FLOOR, WE WITNESSED HISTORY. THIS TEAM WINNING AN NBA FINALS, A GAME SEVEN IN OUR CITY AND HOISTING THE LARRY O’BRIEN TROPHY RIGHT HERE AT CENTER COURT. THIS YEAR, WE WITNESSED MORE THAN JUST AN INCREDIBLE TITLE RUN. WE WATCHED THIS TEAM PUT TOGETHER ONE OF THE MOST DOMINANT SEASONS THIS LEAGUE HAS EVER SEEN. THIS TEAM IS NOW ONE OF JUST FOUR TEAMS IN NBA HISTORY TO EVER WIN 84 GAMES IN A SINGLE SEASON. THE SECOND YOUNGEST TEAM IN NBA HISTORY TO HOLD A NUMBER ONE SEED. THAT’S SECOND ONLY TO LAST YEAR’S THUNDER TEAM. AND AFTER THAT WIN ON SUNDAY RIGHT HERE IN PAYCOM CENTER, THIS TEAM BECAME THE SECOND YOUNGEST TEAM IN NBA HISTORY TO WIN AN NBA CHAMPIONSHIP. FOR THOSE OF YOU WITH US TODAY, WHAT A MOMENT WE ALL GET TO EXPERIENCE AN UNPRECEDENTED OCCASION IN THIS CITY. AND IT’S SO FITTING THAT WE ALL GET TO EXPERIENCE THIS TOGETHER. BECAUSE THIS ISN’T JUST AN INCREDIBLE WIN FOR THIS TEAM AND THIS ORGANIZATION. THIS IS A MASSIVE WIN FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE. THIS WOULDN’T HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT ALL OF YOU AND YOUR CONSTANT SUPPORT ALL SEASON LONG. EVERY OKC CHANT, EVERY CLAP OF THAT FAN, EVERY ROAR OF THIS CROWD, ALL OF THAT COMES TOGETHER TO MAKE OKLAHOMA CITY THE BEST FAN BASE IN THIS ENTIRE LEAGUE. AND OF COURSE, THIS ALSO WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION OF THE PEOPLE UP ON STAGE WITH ME RIGHT NOW. THIS TEAM, THIS STAFF, THIS FRONT OFFICE. AND I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THE LEADERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH US FOR THIS THUNDER ORGANIZATION HERE WITH US TODAY. LET’S RECOGNIZE THE OWNERSHIP GROUP OF YOUR 2025 CHAMPION NBA OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER. THIS GROUP HAS PROVIDED RESOURCES NECESSARY FOR THE ORGANIZATION TO HAVE A TRANSFORMATIVE IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY. PLEASE RECOGNIZE GEORGE KAISER JEFF RECORDS, BILL CAMERON, BOB HOWARD, JAY SCARAMUCCI, EVERETT DOBSON. AND REPRESENTING THE OWNERSHIP GROUP ON STAGE THIS MORNING, CHAIRMAN AND CEO CLAY BENNETT. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE MAN WHO HAS BEEN THE ARCHITECT OF BUILDING THIS TEAM, BOTH ON AND OFF THE COURT. LET’S HEAR IT FOR THUNDER. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT GENERAL MANAGER SAM PRESTI. WELL. AND OF COURSE I WANT TO MAKE SOME NOISE FOR THE HEAD COACH OF YOUR OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER. MARK DAIGNEAULT. AND NOW WHAT DO YOU SAY? LET’S HEAR FROM SOME OF THE GUYS. PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING TO THE PODIUM. FIRST UP, AARON WIGGINS. OKC, OKC. OH KC OKC OH SEE CASEY SEE MAN. OH MAN WHAT A JOURNEY. WHAT A JOURNEY. WAS IT WORTH IT. WALTER BOND ARE TO START OFF WE GOTTA SHOW LOVE TO THE GREATS AND THE LEGENDS WHO WORE OKLAHOMA CITY ACROSS THEIR CHEST AND SET THE FOUNDATION BEFORE US SO THAT WE CAN CELEBRATE TODAY. I CAME IN AS THE 55TH PICK. OH, NICK COLLISON WITH NICK COLLISON AT. WHERE NICK HAD. COME ON NICK, COME ON NICK. YEAH. NICK. I’M. HOW HARD. I CAME IN AS THE 55TH PICK IN THE 2021 DRAFT. AND MY ROOKIE SEASON. WE WON 24 GAMES. 24 GAMES. BUT THE BEST PART ABOUT COMING FROM THAT THAT YEAR IS THAT THE SAME PEOPLE IN THIS ARENA TODAY, CELEBRATING THIS CHAMPIONSHIP, WERE THE SAME PEOPLE THERE WHEN WE WERE WINNING 24 GAMES. IT WAS A POINT WHERE THEY TRIED TO CALL US THE BLACK HOLE OF THE NBA BOOM. BUT FOUR YEARS LATER, WHEN THEY MENTIONED THE THUNDER ORGANIZATION, WHEN THEY MENTIONED CLAY BENNETT, WHEN THEY MENTIONED SAM PRESTI, WHEN THEY MENTIONED MARK DAIGNEAULT, AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU IN THIS ARENA, THEY GOT TO MENTION YOU AS NBA CHAMPS. AND THAT’S IT. HEY. OKC WE GOT. CAN WE GIVE IT UP ONE MORE TIME FOR AARON WIGGINS. ONE MORE, ONE MORE. WE GOTTA GET ONE MORE. WE GOTTA GET ONE MORE. ALL RIGHT. WHERE’S LOU AT? I GOTTA ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS. LOU. I GOT YOU. LOU. LOU. YEAH. YOU’VE BEEN WITH THIS TEAM? FOR SIX SEASONS. THE START OF THIS RUN. WHEN YOU THINK OF THE JOURNEY OF WHAT IT TOOK FOR THIS TEAM TO GET TO WHERE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW, WHAT IT TAKE TOOK A LOT. A LOT OF HARD WORK. LIKE A LOT OF SACRIFICE. I MEAN, IT WAS IT WEREN’T EASY. I MEAN, LIKE LIKE WE SAID, THOSE THOSE YEARS WAS TOUGH. AND NOW LOOK AT US. YOU’RE A GREAT EXAMPLE. YOU’RE A GREAT EXAMPLE OF JUST GRIT. FIGHT. YOU HAD TO SCRATCH AND CLAW FOR EVERYTHING YOU GOT IN THIS LEAGUE. UNDRAFTED, STARTED AS A TWO WAY PLAYER AND NOW FIRST TEAM ALL DEFENSE. YEAH YEAH YEAH. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOU, LOU? IT MEANS A LOT. I MEAN, MY PEOPLE FOR MY FAMILY, I MEAN, AND THE WHOLE CITY. I MEAN, WE REALLY DESERVE THIS. AND NOW LOOK AT US. WE’RE HERE NOW. LOU. TELL ME ABOUT THIS TEAM AND HOW SPECIAL IT IS TO EXPERIENCE THIS WITH THEM AND MY BROTHERS. MY BROTHERS, THEM ALL DOGS. I’M ALL DOGS. NO, I MEAN, IT’S IT’S IT’S CRAZY. I MEAN, WE REALLY FOUGHT HARD. I MEAN, THIS WHOLE SEASON IT WASN’T EASY. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY DID IT. LOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS, LOU. LOU. LET’S WELCOME UP AC ALEX CARUSO. YES, SIR. YOU GOT QUESTIONS FOR ME TOO, BECAUSE I DON’T WANT. GOT SOME QUESTIONS I GOT YOU. YEAH. PLEASE. YOU JOINED THIS TEAM IN THE OFF SEASON. COACH DANIEL SAID IT FEELS LIKE YOU AND ISAIAH HARTENSTEIN FEELS LIKE Y’ALL HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS TEAM FOR THREE YEARS. HOW WERE YOU ABLE TO INTEGRATE SO FAST WITH THIS GROUP? YEAH, I MEAN IT’S JUST A GREAT IT’S A GREAT GROUP OF GUYS LIKE I GOT TO GO TO WORK EVERY DAY. AND WHEN I SHOWED UP HERE IN SEPTEMBER, JUST GETTING TO HANG AROUND THE DUDES AND PLAYING LIKE PICKUP BEFORE TRAINING CAMP, I FIGURED OUT QUICKLY THAT, LIKE, THIS IS A SPECIAL GROUP OF PLAYERS, YOU KNOW, JUST FROM LIKE A SENSE OF COMPETITION AND LIKE AND LIKE SHOWING UP TO WORK EVERY DAY AND GOING TO WORK, AND THAT’S WHAT I’M ABOUT. THAT’S WHY I’M HERE, YOU KNOW, NINE YEARS LATER. WE WON A CHAMPIONSHIP. LIKE, NOW WE’RE STANDING UP HERE ON A STAGE TALKING ABOUT, THIS IS CRAZY. IT’S CRAZY. I DON’T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW THIS, BUT THIS IS ALEX CARUSO’S SECOND NBA TITLE. BUT TWO TIMES. BUT. BUT IT’S JUST HIS FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP PARADE. HOW MUCH HAVE YOU BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS RIGHT NOW? I JUST TOLD I JUST TOLD DUB AND LOU. I SAID, THIS IS THE FIRST THING I’VE GOTTEN TO CELEBRATE FOR, LIKE DO DO FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH THIS GROUP. SO THIS IS MY FIRST EXPERIENCE. I’M SO HYPED. I’M READY TO GO. I’M READY TO GET ON THE BUS. LAST THING FOR YOU, AC. THIS CROWD HAS BEEN SO ENDEARED TO YOU. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? WHAT DOES THIS CROWD MEANT TO YOU SINCE YOU’VE BEEN HERE? MAN, Y’ALL ARE THE BEST. I TELL YOU WHAT. LIKE I SHOWED UP, I. YEAH, GIVE IT UP FOR YOURSELVES. GIVE IT UP FOR YOURSELVES. GIVE YOURSELF A HAND. Y’ALL DESERVE IT, MAN. Y’ALL. YOU KNOW, I, I. I AGREE, SAID I WAS HERE NINE YEARS AGO AS EXHIBIT TEN, AND I GOT TO I GOT TO JUST EXPERIENCE IT FROM THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN. AND TO COME BACK HERE. I KNEW, YOU KNOW, PLAYING HERE OVER THE YEARS, THIS PLACE ALWAYS GETS JUICED NO MATTER HOW GOOD THE TEAM WAS, HOW BAD THE TEAM WAS, WHAT WAS GOING ON. YOU KNOW, THEY HAD THE THEY HAD THE ELECTRIC ELECTRICITY THUNDER THING GOING ON. EVERYBODY’S EXCITED. Y’ALL ARE DOING YOUR THING. AND SO I KNEW WHEN I, WHEN I GOT TRADED HERE JUST TO, TO BE A PART OF THIS AND TO GET TO PLAY IN FRONT OF THIS TYPE OF ARENA, LIKE THIS TYPE OF FAN BASE. THIS IS WHAT I LIVE FOR. LIKE THIS IS WHAT I FEED OFF OF. I THINK THERE WAS A GREAT MUTUAL ENERGY SHARED BETWEEN ME AND THE CROWD THIS YEAR, AND THAT’S THAT’S A BIG REASON WHY, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT IT AS A TEAM TWO GAME SEVEN AT HOME. LIKE Y’ALL ARE THE DIFFERENCE. YOU KNOW Y’ALL ARE. Y’ALL ARE PART OF THE REASON WHY WE WON THIS THING. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. HEY CONGRATULATIONS APPRECIATE Y’ALL. CAN WE GET QUESO TO COME UP TO THE STAGE. HEY. HOW YOU FEELING. QUESO I FEEL GOOD. YOU KNOW EVERYBODY ALWAYS SAYING THAT I LOOK LIKE A RAPPER. SO I WAS GOING TO, YOU KNOW, DROP A FEW BARS AND STUFF. BUT. NAH, I’M GONNA CHILL. I’MA CHILL. I FEEL GOOD RIGHT NOW. I THINK IT’S HARD FOR EVERYONE TO REMEMBER THAT. THIS IS JUST YOUR SECOND NBA SEASON. WHAT IS THIS JOURNEY BEEN LIKE FOR YOU? YOU KNOW, I CAME IN TO A GREAT TEAM ALREADY, SO JUST LEARNING FROM THESE GUYS FROM THE FIRST DAY THAT I STEPPED IN THE DOOR. IT ACTUALLY STARTED BEFORE THAT. YOU KNOW, WHEN I CAME OUT HERE FOR MY LITTLE INTERVIEW OR WHATEVER, MY JOB INTERVIEW, THEY SHOWED ME, THEY TREATED ME LIKE I WAS A PART OF THE TEAM ALREADY. AND, YOU KNOW, EVER SINCE I GOT DRAFTED, THE GUYS, YOU KNOW, HIT ME UP, YOU KNOW, SAYING THEY WAS READY TO GET TO WORK AND ALL THAT. SO I’M JUST GLAD THAT I’M A PART OF THIS TEAM AND I’M I’M ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THIS WITH THESE GUYS. YOU. OKAY. SO TELL ME ABOUT WHAT IT’S LIKE TO EXPERIENCE THIS ALONGSIDE YOUR BROTHERS RIGHT HERE. IT’S GREAT. YOU KNOW I’VE SEEN THEM PUT THE WORK IN. THEY SEEN ME PUT THE WORK IN. SO ALL OF US BEING ABLE TO LIVE OUT OUR DREAMS AT A DIFFERENT POINT IN OUR CAREER, SOMETHING THAT NOT EVERYBODY GETS TO ACCOMPLISH. SO IT’S JUST GREAT. CAYSON CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. WHERE’S KENNY HUSTLE. OKC WHAT’S UP BABY. WHAT’S UP MAN. MAKE SOME NOISE. I’MA JUST SAY A FEW THINGS. HEY GOD IS GOOD FOR SURE. HEY, I WANT TO SAY THIS TO. WE DONE PLAYED IN EVERY ARENA IN THIS IN THIS LEAGUE. AND YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST FANS IN THE WORLD, MAN. I PROMISE YOU THAT. THAT’S ALL I GOTTA SAY. THANK Y’ALL. CHECK. COME ON DOWN. OH. HEAVY. NAH, I GOT IT, I GOT IT. WE’RE GOOD. CHET, YOUR JOURNEY HAS BEEN FAR FROM EASY. YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED BROKEN BONES, BRUISES, UPS, DOWNS, HIGHS, LOWS. WHAT DID IT TAKE FOR YOU TO GET TO HERE IN THIS MOMENT? RIGHT NOW? TOOK EVERYBODY THAT’S IN HERE. IT STARTED. IT STARTED WITH CLAY, SAM AND MARC FOR BELIEVING IN ME ENOUGH TO BRING ME HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM, I’M NEVER EVEN HERE. ALL RIGHT, LET ME LOCK IN. WE. DO YOU WANT? WE WANT. SHOULD WE PUT YOU ON THE MIC RIGHT NOW? ALL RIGHT. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. DON’T DO THAT. BUT, YEAH, I JUST GOTTA SAY THANK YOU TO THOSE THREE FIRST. AND THEN AFTER THAT, IT’S ALL MY TEAMMATES WITHOUT THEM, NONE OF THIS IS POSSIBLE. IT’S REALLY A FULL TEAM EFFORT. AND THEN FROM THERE IT TAKES THE FANS IN THE CITY. THEY BRING IT EVERY SINGLE NIGHT. SO WE GOT TO DO THE SAME THING. AND I’M. AND I’M SURE Y’ALL GOING TO BRING IT TODAY TOO. CONGRATULATIONS, CHET J DUB. ONE OF THE LAST 48 HOURS. BEEN LIKE FOR YOU? FOR ME? ALCOHOL FOR THE FIRST TIME. SO THAT WAS COOL. I’M PRETTY SURE THERE’S GOING TO BE MORE OF THAT COMING UP. SO. BUT IT’S BEEN SURREAL. GOD IS GOOD TO BE IN THE POSITION I’M IN. LOOKING BACK, LITERALLY THREE YEARS AGO TODAY, I GOT DRAFTED HERE. SO. IT’S REALLY. IT’S BEEN CRAZY TO TO COME INTO THE TEAM AND THE ORGANIZATION THAT I HAVE. YOU YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS UP. AND WE GOT IT DONE KIND OF QUICK. I WOULD SAY FOR THE MOST PART. SO IT’S BEEN IT’S BEEN DOPE. WE SAW YOU WITH A WAVE OF EMOTION. ONCE YOU REALIZE THAT WHAT THIS TEAM HAD ACCOMPLISHED WHEN YOU REALIZED THAT WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR HEAD, I REALIZED THE CAMERAS WERE LOOKING AT ME. SO I HAD TO HURRY UP AND STOP CRYING. BUT NAH, THIS IS. IT’S CRAZY. JUST FOR ME IN THREE YEARS, HOW MUCH HAS CHANGED AND HOW GOOD WE GOT? FROM THE MOMENT I STEPPED IN TILL NOW, THE FANS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN CONSISTENT. WHETHER WE’RE WINNING OR LOSING, YOU GUYS ARE SERIOUSLY THE BEST FANS IN THE NBA. BUT IT WAS CRAZY. SO MANY EMOTIONS, ALMOST LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF TO JUST TO FINALLY GET THE JOB DONE. AND YOU KNOW, NOW WE’RE GOING TO ENJOY THIS MOMENT FOR SURE. LAST THING FOR YOU. YOU MAKE THE ALL STAR TEAM FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON, ALL DEFENSIVE SECOND TEAM. AND NOW YOU ADD NBA CHAMPION TO THAT LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS. WHAT DOES THIS SEASON BEEN LIKE FOR YOU? IT’S PRETTY SUCCESSFUL. I APPRECIATE IT. JAY. WELL. IT’S HOT. JUST ME. IT’S HOT AS HELL. JAY. WELL, YOU’VE BEEN ONE OF THE LOUDEST VOICES ON THIS TEAM. YOU MIGHT NOT EVEN NEED THE MICROPHONE TO TALK RIGHT NOW. ALL RIGHT. WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE TO DO THIS WITH THIS GROUP? TELL ME ABOUT THE CAMARADERIE, THE CHEMISTRY. WHAT MAKES THIS TEAM SO SPECIAL? IT’S HOT UP HERE. YEAH. THESE MY THESE MY BROTHERS. I KNOW Y’ALL SEE US AS A TEAM. WE’RE GOING TO THE CITY THUNDER. BUT LIKE, WE’RE A FAMILY FIRST. AND WHEN I LOOK AT THESE LINE OF GUYS, LINE OF COACHES. SAM, MARK, EVERYBODY UP HERE, WE’RE A FAMILY. WE’RE A FAMILY. AND Y’ALL SEE THE POST-GAME INTERVIEWS. Y’ALL SEE THE TIKTOKS, Y’ALL SEE THE SOCIAL MEDIA. BUT LIKE, THAT’S JUST SCRATCHING THE SURFACE OF WHAT WE ARE AS A TEAM. AND LIKE, THESE ARE MY DOGS. WE. THESE ARE MY DOGS. THAT’S IT. WHAT WAS THIS LIKE FOR YOU TO EXPERIENCE WINNING AN NBA CHAMPIONSHIP AND BE ABLE TO DO IT IN THIS BUILDING, ON THIS HOME COURT, IN FRONT OF THESE FANS? YEAH, IT WAS INCREDIBLE. WE DON’T GET IT DONE WITHOUT Y’ALL. SO SO Y’ALL Y’ALL Y’ALL Y’ALL SHOULD HAVE WORE A JERSEY. BUT WE DON’T GET IT DONE WITHOUT Y’ALL. THE HOME COURT ADVANTAGE IS WE HAVE THE BEST HOME COURT ADVANTAGE IN THE LEAGUE. BEING ABLE TO BE HERE HAVE MY FAMILY HERE WITH ME BEING ABLE TO SHARE THIS EXPERIENCE. I’M SURE ALL THE GUYS FEEL THE SAME SHARING THIS EXPERIENCE WITH THEIR FAMILY. LIKE THERE’S NOTHING IN THE WORLD THAT TOPS THIS. SO YOU DREAM OF IT AS A KID AND IT’S EVERYTHING I EVER DREAMED OF. CONGRATULATIONS, JAY. WELL. JOSH HART ISAIAH HARTENSTEIN. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. OKC. WHAT’S UP MAN? Y’ALL GOOD. YO YO LOVE Y’ALL. MY SON DIDN’T WANT TO BE HERE TODAY. HE WOULD RATHER WATCH ELMO AT HOME. SO I KIND OF LET HIM DO HIS OWN THING. SO YEAH I THINK EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW. IS HE WELL-RESTED NOW? SLEPT THROUGH THE ENTIRE TROPHY PRESENTATION. HE SLEPT THROUGH THE WHOLE NIGHT. AND THEN WE CAME BACK. HE’S LIKE, NAH, DAD, NOW YOU GETTING UP? SO I GOT I’M ON, LIKE ZERO HOURS OF SLEEP. I GOTTA APPRECIATE MY WIFE. SHE HELPS ME ALL THE TIME. SO I GOT A LITTLE RESTING EVERY NOW AND THEN. BUT YEAH, HE HE TOOK THE SHOW FOR SURE. ISAIAH, HOW SPECIAL HAS THIS SEASON BEEN FOR YOU JOINING THIS TEAM THIS YEAR. IT’S AMAZING I MEAN I THINK JUST BEING WITH THIS GROUP OF GUYS, BEING A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY WAS SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL. AND THAT’S WHAT WE DO IT FOR. I MEAN, EVERY, EVERY DAY WE GO OUT THERE, WE JUST DON’T PLAY FOR OURSELVES. WE PLAY WHAT’S ON FRONT OF THE JERSEY AND WITHOUT Y’ALL, WE WOULDN’T WE WOULDN’T BE HERE FOR SURE. I GOT TO ASK YOU A SIMILAR QUESTION. I ASKED ACIE WHAT MADE IT SO EASY TO JUST JUMP IN WITH THIS GROUP AND FIT IN SO EASILY? I DON’T KNOW, THEY BE ANNOYING SOMETIMES, BUT BUT NAH, IT’S JUST A GREAT GROUP OF GUYS. I MEAN, I THINK SAM DOES A GREAT JOB JUST BUILDING A GREAT CULTURE. SO JUST COMING IN, IT WAS EASY, EASY TO FIT IN. SO YEAH, ISAIAH, CONGRATULATIONS. APPRECIATE Y’ALL. AND NOW I WANT TO WELCOME UP YOUR MVP OF THE LEAGUE. YOUR WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS MVP. AND YOUR FINALS MVP. SHAI GILGEOUS ALEXANDER. GENE SHUE. LOUDER. LOUDER LOUDER. GARY PIERCE SHAY WOULD HAVE BEEN. SORRY. SORRY. SOMETHING DOESN’T FEEL RIGHT. EVERYBODY COME ON, I LIKE IT, I LIKE IT. EVERYBODY GET UP, GET UP, GET UP. COME ON, COME ON. BEHIND ME, BEHIND ME, BEHIND ME. YEAH. COME ON. THIS WAY, GUYS. COME ON. LET’S ACT LIKE WE’VE BEEN HERE BEFORE. COME ON. WE’RE THE. SHAY, WHAT HAVE BEEN THE EMOTIONS GOING THROUGH YOUR HEAD OVER THESE LAST TWO DAYS? JUST THANKFUL. VERY GRATEFUL, VERY BLESSED. SO MANY THINGS GO INTO THIS AND SOME OF THE THINGS ARE OUT OF YOUR CONTROL. AND WE’VE ALL BEEN VERY LUCKY TO TO MAKE IT THIS FAR IN THE SEASON, BE THIS HEALTHY AND ULTIMATELY BE THIS HAPPY. YOU DON’T EVER WANT TO TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED. YOU’VE ALSO BEEN WITH THIS TEAM FROM THE START. SIX YEARS AGO, YOU JOINED THIS. ORGANIZATION. NOW NBA CHAMPIONS. FOR THOSE WHO DON’T KNOW, YOU JUST BEEN STACKING DAYS EVERY SINGLE DAY. WHAT DON’T WE SEE? THE WORK THAT’S DONE IN THE DARK THAT LEADS TO A LARRY O’BRIEN TROPHY? YEAH, A LOT OF BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS. A LOT OF THE WORLD DOESN’T SEE IT, LIKE YOU SAID. BUT EVERYBODY IN THIS ARENA, IN THIS CITY THAT HAS BEEN WITH ME FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS, THEY WERE CHANTING MVP WHEN I WAS AVERAGING 19 POINTS ON A 20 WIN TEAM. THEY UNDERSTAND. THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT TAKES AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. AND WITHOUT THEM, WE ARE NOT THIS. YEAH. WE SEE YOU HERE. YOU’RE SURROUNDED BY THIS TEAM. YOU’VE ALWAYS BEEN TEAM. FIRST. TELL ME ABOUT THIS GROUP AND WHAT THEY MEAN TO YOU. SO MANY GUYS HAVE SAID IT, BUT THIS IS LIKE FAMILY. WE DO EVERYTHING TOGETHER. WE. WE NEED EACH OTHER OUT THERE. WE WANT EACH OTHER OUT THERE. WE WIN BECAUSE WE HAVE EACH OTHER. WE LOSE BECAUSE OF EACH OTHER. PROBABLY BECAUSE OF ME. SOMETIMES. BUT YEAH, WE WE DO EVERYTHING TOGETHER. AND GUESS WHAT, GUYS? WE WON AN NBA CHAMPIONSHIP TOGETHER. YEAH WE DID MIC DROP MOMENT. SHAY. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. LET’S HEAR IT ONE MORE TIME FOR YOUR NBA CHAMPION OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER. TONIGHT I’M GONNA HAVE MYSELF A REAL GOOD TIME. I FEEL ALIVE. ONE MORE PHOTO. AND THE WORLD. TURNED INSIDE OUT. AROUND IN. ECSTASY. SOUL. DON’T STOP ME NOW. DON’T STOP ME. CAUSE I’M HAVING A GOOD TIME. HAVING A GOOD TIME. SHOOTING STAR LEAPING THROUGH THE SKY LIKE A TIGER. DEFYING THE LAWS OF GRAVITY I’M WASTING TIME PASSING BY. LIKE LADY GODIVA I’M GONNA GO, GO GO GO. THERE’S NO STOPPING ME THROUGH THE SKY 200 DEGREES. THAT’S WHY THEY CALL ME MR. FAHRENHEIT. I’M TRAVELING AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT. I WANNA MAKE A SUPERSONIC MAN OUT OF YOU. STOP ME NOW! I’M HAVING SUCH A GOOD TIME. I’M HAVING A BALL. ALL RIGHT, FANS, IT’S ABOUT TIME TO GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD. THE PARADE STARTS AT 1030. JUST A REMINDER, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO STAY IN THE ARENA AND WATCH THE PARADE LIVE ON THUNDER VIS

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