A dancing Jared McCain greets OKC fans at the airport (via Jalen Williams IG Story)
theatre kid who gets buckets
Lmao accurate af
there is genuinely not a better fit for that okc team than mccain, a team built on friendship & vibes.
presti will go down as the greatest gm of all time
OKC was the real “trust the process” the entire time 😭
Tbf, Presti actually got to see the whole thing through, whereas Colangelo derailed The Process after replacing Hinkie
When your first 4 for draft picks are Durant, Westbrook, Harden and Ibaka, you get A LOT of leeway. Lol.
Presti doesn’t want ppl to know, but he was a featured speaker at the first MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in 2007. (On the same panel as Morey.)
Video (w/ timestamp) of Sam Presti at the first analytics conference: https://youtu.be/vzhyNTyvXcw?si=jaiWZFPsDLAncUE7&t=515
How Daryl Morey still has a job is baffling, fumbling harden, giving pg money and trading McCain to okc is crazy and a fireable offense
Plus extending Embiid when he didn’t have to/a year early.
Not to mention I Joe
Hurt my 14 year old self soooooooo bad as a huge Sonics fan growing up. It was all there, Presti, KD just drafted Westbrook. And poof, they’re gone.
Oklahoma should require every home to hang a portrait of Presti in their living room like its north korea
Yeah the crowd here would have been unkind.
This is Oklahoma City, not somewhere like Enid or Corn, Oklahoma.
shoutout Corn, OK. never thought I see that in this sub
Troy Bolton?
Then who’s his Gabriella? Shai?
JWill so far
McCain wishes he hooped as well as Bolton. He needs to get his head in the game.
His heart’s in the song though
On behalf of our fanbase, thank you. Most accurate description ever.
As an OKC fan I love having this guy on our team
sixers crazy for giving this man up
If there was ever any doubt that he is in fact part Filipino, this dispels all of it. I say that as a fellow Pinoy hoop head/musical theatre kid.
Kid got his got his got his head in the game
What kind of airport has a random stage set up like this ?
It’s Jared’s stage, he travels with it.
It’s Jared’s world, we are just living in it.
Bro is MP from the 2k series
😂😂😂 we should’ve known
Apparently will rodgers
Airports that party
I’m currently in PGH airport (Pittsburgh) and there is a stage here in the hub.
Does it have any dancing NBA players? DI college will suffice as well
it’s an OKC tradition to welcome home the team
I don’t remember the criteria (last game of the season? end of playoff series?), but probably an airport that is expecting an audience is the kind of airport to set up a stage
Real life Troy Bolton
Troy Barnes.
It’s in his blood
His eyes?
That’s gay
That’s homophobic
That’s black
That’s racist
..Damn
that’s racist
You’re a football player! It’s in your blood!
Bing bong sinh-a-long your team’s Al Gore because your views are wrong
That shit gets me every time lmao
Troy Bolton couldn’t dribble with his left hand. He barely had a right. He was 5”7. Broken jumper. Somehow a top prospect in all of New Mexico.
At least he had his head in the game.
That fool didn’t have his head in game. How could he when Gabriela was everything he had been looking for.
I’d give it all up for Vanessa Hudgens too
We’re all in this together.
Troy Bolton has nothing on Mccain
I miss my whimsical king everyday smh Daryl Morey will pay for this
Sam Presti is gonna get a statue
Right next to Russ who helped them get PG which helped turn the entire franchise into what it is today bc presti fleeced Clippers for PG
And then got a boatload picks for Russ to rockets.
Russ will get one for his on court performance
The new (now a few years old) NBA meta is development, development, development. You need defense, obviously still some shooting, and you need depth. A guy might take a few years to become what you want him to be. Boston, Detroit, San Antonio, OKC all understand this.
I am still flabbergasted Morey gave up on this guy in his second year coming off an injury. That’s a guy you throw a bargain contract extension, not throw away.
Especially when Philly ain’t competing for a championship anytime soon. Why throw away development
If I am McCain, I am counting my blessings.
Thank you lord Morey for releasing me from the house of sins and opening the door to the house of wins.
don’t try to explain this to the sixers sub
according to them jared is a bum who won’t get any playoff minutes
I wouldn’t take a team sub seriously. It’s usually a collection of the most loud and idiotic fans of the entire fan base.
Why did yall trade him for pennies again? He looked like a future superstar before his injury, wasnt sure why yall were asking to essentially pay to get rid of him lol
Bc Daryl morey doesn’t know what he’s doing
Certified James Harden merchant
because the deeper the Sixers would have got in the playoffs this year, the more people would have talked about their owner Josh Harris being named in the Epstein Files.
or perhaps because Josh Harris needed to shed salary to get more lawyers on retainer because, once again, Josh Harris is in the Epstein Files
The list of fan favorite Rockets that Morey let go is long.
Dudes living his best life.
Being forced to move from Philly to Oklahoma City is an incalculable downgrade
Nothing making millions and being on a championship team cant fix.
Also in one city the fans are so miserable they boo you if you have a rough stretch. In the other they come cheer you at the airport.
I would live in San Antonio if it meant I was a millionaire
I’d live in San Antonio for those big ol’ women.
Better workplace though
OKC is cool city, very underrated. Maybe I just know people there and I’m biased but they got some cool shit out there.
Gotta have that insider access to know what’s up. Hidden gem type shit
I completely agree. I’ve had a lot of fun in OKC. Small markets rise up!
These guys are on the road and in the gym, who cares
Plus they have the offseason to live wherever they want.
Millionaires probably
You really think San Antonio is any better bro? Please get a grip
Every single post about OKC I see spurs fans finding a way to hate
San Antonio is better, but not by as much as the poster assumes
Well they do have all those big ol’ women there
So does OKC. Just not as many are Hispanic.
As someone who hates Texas, San Antonio is actually… cool. I hated to admit it.
austin’s cool, but san antonio beats the brakes off of dallas and houston.
it’s a shame that there’s so much texas between here and there.
Texas isn’t so bad if you subtract Dallas, Houston and Midland.
As someone from neither who’s been to both, San Antonio is much better.
Idk man our Onion Burgers slap pretty fucking hard.
Really can’t argue with that.
Y’all invented them
Coming from the city full of them big ol women
I know there is little comparison, but having a job with a great work environment can sometimes compesate for the bad location, even more when you have long vacations like an NBA player would.
Nah I think OKC being so young and close knit is better
Playing for the Thunder after the 76ers in an incalculable upgrade though, so it balances
OKC is not that bad lol
OKC hate from players has been pretty minimal since the Omni was built and they don’t have to stay in the haunted hotel. Nothing earth shattering, but good food and expected amenities. You can drive 30 minutes and gamble if you’re into that sort of thing.
The most common complaint is there aren’t many direct flights and luxury ubers, which is valid.
Lmfaoo have you been to Philly? It’s basically Gotham city
From fent nation to a quiet midwest city where all they have is hoops
The older I get, the more I support pretty much any hobby or creative outlet someone has, no matter how fucking enormously hideous it is.
Much better role model to young NBA fans than carrying guns, going to strip clubs, having 5 children with 5 women
James Harden is my inspiration. Leave him alone!
Crazy how people see a little dance like this as “fucking enormously hideous”
ya its just corny, thats all
Crazy how OKC fans have to pretend this isn’t insanely corny.
Dancing?
Dancing at weddings? Very normal.
Filming tik tok dances as an NBA player fresh off the plane? Very corny.
heat flair said “I don’t get it but go chase your joy” and that’s not enough for you?
Yeah I cringe at this, it is not for me, but he seems happy af and a good dude. And that’s all that matters.
I think he’s just being funny idk if it’s a hobby or outlet your scale for creativity is off lmao
dancing is super creative! life is creative in general. having a conversation is creative. you’re creating new combinations of words on the fly and responding to series of words you haven’t heard before. i think embracing creative thinking is super important for mental health and becoming a wiser human. dance is a super creative and exciting (imo) form of expression.
LOOL I hate this TikTok stuff but he’s bustin everybody’s ass out there so keep it coming young blood
Tbh, for him he’s only famous on TikTok because he’s so good at basketball. I remember when he was first getting famous all the comments were like “What you see right before getting 40 dropped on your head at Peach Jam”.
funnily enough you’d be surprised a lot of his tiktok audience didn’t know how good he was at basketball, at least earlier on in his hs/college days
That clip of him singing the “I’m two days into college” went triple platinum on TikTok, more people have heard his voice from that audio than from his basketball career.
Is triple platinum on tiktok a real thing or a joke? I’m an old man
Nah lol, just an expression that it went insanely viral and was the most popular audio to use on tiktok for a while so basically everyone heard it and made videos with it
Youngblood is unfortunately no longer on the Thunder roster
Happily warming the bench in Portland
Same. Love the dudes energy, and how comfortable he is being him. Tic tock dances are just so cringe and unimpressive.
Nothing but sunshine and rainbows in Jared’s world
Idk many people who act like him irl. Good for this young dude- his energy is contagious
His anima is fully liberated
“No, it’s the children who are wrong”
He knows he can do this because he balls out on the court. LOL
Seems like he would do it anyway lol. Dude just living his life
Ik he’ll get made fun of (especially off of this website) but at least he looks like he’s polite and enjoys spending time with his fans, many professionals in any sport don’t have this type of energy when being encountered by fans
especially off of this website
But check his tiktok, that shit does numbers and they love his ass on there lol
The city would already go to War over him 🤣
People can talk all the shit they want, but OKC fans will literally throw hands over their players no matter how far down the bench they are. Our stadium sells out for random games against the Wizards on a Tuesday at 9PM type shit.
They were still giving Westbrook standing ovations during last year’s playoffs
As they should. After 🐍🧁pulled the weakest move in pro sports history, Russ kept the fanbase’s hope alive.
Best part is every comment here is people showing him love. I think we’re getting less cynical about people just being weird and themselves as we all are super burnt out on polished and corporate
Call me a hater. Call me a buzz kill. This shit is cringe.
I think it’s cringe but fuck it he’s just having fun being himself
I don’t find McCain cringe because he genuinely seems like that kind of person and is not just doing it for the camera. He doesn’t act “cool” and genuinely seems like doing whatever tf he wants and I respect that. If he wasn’t athletic he probably would be a theater kid.
I mean people can be genuinely cringey lol
Dudes just dancing why are yall negative literally all the time 😭
“Dancing”
This is an extremely cringe dance, you don’t gotta defend your players alllll the time lol dude is just spinning his arms repeating it. For dancing, at least have a second move here
I mean people just find it corny, is it really that hard to understand? Also, this is p light for social media criticism.
I mean it’s weird lol. How often do nba players dance for fans coming off the plane? Obviously it’s funny but I get why some think it’s a bit cringey.
We’re all cringe. Embrace it
To be cringe is to be free
lol showing any emotion is cringe nowadays, you’re probably right that most people feel that way, but that’s more to an indictment on the people finding any type of enthusiastic and colorful self-expression cringe
You a buzz killing hater. It’s okay to be expressive, lighten up.
Im expressing myself right now. Lighten up.
This is me, expressing myself 🖕😎 🦺🍺🍔
I don’t even have an issue with him dancing, but it’s the fact he keeps hitting the exact same move with the exact same face. He looks like an NPC emoting lmao
Is that sga filming lol
Yeah Shai filmed the tiktok lol it’s on Jared’s page
It looks like:
Jalen Williams holding the camera
Jaylin Williams the guy with dreads in the shot who is filming
SGA the guy with the brown shirt who is filming
Got the MVP on camera man duties 😭
Personally I find it really hard to hate on someone who has a huge smile on their face just having fun. Kind of forced to call it cringe imo
For real, I’m am a generational hater and this made me crack a smile. Just can’t get mad at a dude out there having fun
Yess queen 💅🏼
NBA players are basically kids
Average age of NBA players is 26. Most of them ARE kids lol
Say what you want, but he definitely doesn’t care about people’s opinions of him.
an admirable trait
He’s a good egg. I like him
Can he ball? Yeah. Is this mad cringe? Yeah.
Dude just doing a lil dance and people in these comments acting like hes worshipping Satan. Does no one have a lil fun anymore?
If it’s a team you hate doing it, have to hate it too!
I shouldn’t be surprised, but I still am every time I see people call someone gay as if it’s an insult, just because they don’t conform to gender norms that were outdated 40 years ago.
Lowest cortisol
This is corny as hell
Philly sold high /s
This ain’t Syria mate
He’s living his best life and on a championship team
idc that he does TikTok dances in general but I do care that this is so mediocre! He has to have better moves than that, c’mon man
The entire team is cringy af
Needs more deadbeat dad energy
Away from the Sixers cluster fuck to winning a ring in OKC. I’d be dancing, too.
Corny AF but have your fun my guy 😆
He has a zest for life🫰
Fits right in
Very Flamboyant
This shits honestly hilarious if you look at it like a parody of itself
better to pretend to be a theater kid than a gangster
he’s meant to be a Thunder player
Bro is downright jolly
It’s so cringe man
Dancing like that at 3 am. Just want to go to bed lol
Ask him to sing. I bet he got that singer genes.
“I’m two days into college and I’m three lectures behind…”
Shai getting all the angles lol
was that shai recording? lol
Okc now has a guy even more feminine than Shai
Wtf
Cmon man
He’s got 1 move!
I will never forgive you morey
The pride this team has is unlike any other
Type of laughs that make your stomach cramp lmao
Lame
Okc got him for peanuts just insane if he gets back in form
Full-time TikTok dancer who occasionally plays basketball
Jester Maxxcain