TO DATE WITH THE LATEST FIRST ALERT FORECAST. HOW ABOUT THIS? THE TWO OF OUR THUNDER PLAYERS WENT BACK HOME AS CHAMPIONS TODAY FOR A PARADE IN FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS. LET’S SHOW YOU THIS VIDEO FROM OUR SISTER STATION THERE IN ARKANSAS. YOU SEE JAY WILL, JALEN WILLIAMS AND ISAIAH JOE. THEY WERE CELEBRATED AND HONORED BY THEIR HOMETOWN. IT WAS AMAZING TO DO IT IN OKC OF COURSE, BUT IT FEELS BETTER TO DO IT HERE JUST BECAUSE THESE ARE THESE ARE OUR PEOPLE. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WE GREW UP AROUND BEING AROUND PEOPLE THAT YOU KIND OF JUST BEEN AROUND YOUR WHOLE LIFE. SHARING THAT EXPERIENCE, THIS OPPORTUNITY WITH THEM LIKE THERE’S NOTHING BETTER. BEING ABLE TO COME BACK HERE, COME BACK HOME TO FORT SMITH AND BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO THE PEOPLE THAT SUPPORTED US, MADE US THE PEOPLE WE ARE, THE PLAYERS THAT WE ARE TODAY. IT JUST MAKES ME SO GRATEFUL. IT’S JUST I THINK IT’S SO NEAT. IT’S KIND OF LIKE FORT SMITH IS OUR OUR SISTER CITY. APPARENTLY THEY’RE ALL YOU KNOW, BIG THUNDER FANS CHEERING FOR THOSE GUYS. BOTH PLAYED AT FORT SMITH BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS. DIFFERENT YEARS THOUGH. THEN THEY PLAYED FOR THE ARKANS
Fort Smith celebrates NBA champions Isaiah Joe and Jaylin Williams with parade
Isaiah Joe and Jaylin Williams, former high school and college teammates from Fort Smith, Arkansas, are now NBA champions with the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Updated: 10:24 PM CDT Jul 24, 2025
Isaiah Joe and Jaylin Williams, who were high school teammates in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and later played together at the University of Arkansas, are now NBA champions with the Oklahoma City Thunder.>> Download the KOCO 5 app | Subscribe to KOCO 5’s YouTube channelThe journey for Joe and Williams has been remarkable, as they have shared their basketball careers from high school to college and now in the NBA. The championship night in Oklahoma City was celebrated with a parade on Thursday that was jam-packed, fun, hot, and awesome.Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.Watch the video above to see more.Top HeadlinesHulk Hogan, icon in professional wrestling, dies at age 71Get the Facts: These are the latest numbers on tariffs imposed by the USTIMELINE: Severe storms could bring damaging 60-70 mph winds to Oklahoma laterOKC’s Boardwalk at Bricktown set to break ground soonMulti-vehicle injury crash shuts down part of road in northwest Oklahoma City
FORT SMITH, Ark. —
Isaiah Joe and Jaylin Williams, who were high school teammates in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and later played together at the University of Arkansas, are now NBA champions with the Oklahoma City Thunder.
>> Download the KOCO 5 app | Subscribe to KOCO 5’s YouTube channel
The journey for Joe and Williams has been remarkable, as they have shared their basketball careers from high school to college and now in the NBA.
The championship night in Oklahoma City was celebrated with a parade on Thursday that was jam-packed, fun, hot, and awesome.
Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.
Watch the video above to see more.
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