2025 NBA Champions signs being installed in Oklahoma City
Following their historic victory in the NBA Championship, the Oklahoma City Thunder are receiving another honor that can be seen as you enter city limits.
WE ARE EXPECTING A HUGE CROWD ON TUESDAY. THE CHAMPIONSHIP PARADE GOING TO BE MOVING THROUGH DOWNTOWN. IT’S STARTING AT 10:30 A.M. AT NORTHWEST 10TH AND HARVEY. IT’S GOING TO HEAD SOUTH ON HARVEY. WE’RE GOING TO PUT THE PATH UP ON THE SCREEN. IF WE HAVE IT FOR US RIGHT NOW. ALL RIGHT. SO THEY’RE GOING TO HEAD SOUTH THEN THEY ARE GOING TO ACTUALLY HEAD WEST ON FIFTH AND THEN SOUTH ON WALKER, WHICH THEY WILL THEN WRAP AROUND TO THE EAST SIDE OF SCISSORTAIL PARK. THEY SAY THAT THE TEAM SAYS THAT THEY EXPECT THIS PARADE TO LAST ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF. I’LL SAY THIS, JESS MILWAUKEE, WHICH IS A SIMILARLY SIZED MARKET, RIGHT, WITH ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF PEOPLE. THEY HAD 500,000 PEOPLE AT THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP PARADE AND CELEBRATION. I, I DON’T WANT TO GUESS OR BET OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT I THINK WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A MASSIVE, MASSIVE TURNOUT TUESDAY. I THINK THERE IS A SOLID CHANCE FOR THAT. SO WE HAVE THE CHAMPIONSHIP PARADE. WE’LL AIR THAT LIVE HERE ON KOCO, SO IF YOU CAN’T HEAD DOWN THERE, YOU CAN WATCH IT HERE. AND ALSO THERE WILL BE A CEREMONY BEFOREHAND. THIS IS NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. IT STARTS AT 9 A.M. WE WILL COVER THAT LIVE FOR YOU AS WELL. BUT THIS IS AN OPENING CEREMONY WITH THE PLAYERS. THEY’LL GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK. THEY WILL HAVE THE LARRY O’BRIEN TROPHY THERE AS WELL. AND WE WILL HAVE YOU COVERED WITH ALL OF IT ON TUESDAY, WHICH IS NOW TOMORROW, BECAUSE, HEY, IT’S MONDAY NOW. WE’RE PAST MIDNIGHT. THAT’S RIGHT. YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO WRAP IT UP ON OUR SIDE FROM HERE IN THE STUDIO. WE WANT TO GIVE THE FINAL WORD HERE INSIDE THE PAYCOM CENTER, THE TEAM THAT’S BEEN COVERING THIS CHAMPIONSHIP RUN. SPORTS DIRECTOR BRYAN KEATING, SPORTS ANCHOR HANNAH HOOVER. GUYS, ONCE AGAIN, OTHER PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY SAID IT. FANTASTIC JOB. THIS ENTIRE TIME WE’VE BEEN INFORMED, WE’VE BEEN ENTERTAINED. WE APPRECIATE THE AMOUNT OF CARE AND EFFORT THAT YOU’VE PUT INTO THIS COVERAGE. AND JUST A SPECIAL, SPECIAL NIGHT FOR THIS ENTIRE CITY AND THIS ENTIRE STATE. LOOK, IT’S A SPECIAL NIGHT TO BE HERE. I APPRECIATE THE KIND WORDS. EVAN AND JESS AS WELL, BUT IT’S SO SURREAL MOMENT. I FEEL PRIVILEGED AND HONORED. I THINK THAT’S SOMETHING THAT MARK DAIGNEAULT SAID A BUNCH FROM THE PODIUM EVEN BEFORE THIS GAME. GAME SEVEN. IT’S AN HONOR TO BE HERE TO GET TO COVER THE NBA FINALS AND TO BE IN THIS ARENA, AND IT’S VERY EMOTIONAL. BRYAN GOT A LITTLE TEARY EYED. I KNOW A LITTLE BIT. I DID AS WELL JUST IN IN THIS GAME, BUT I WOULD SAY GAME SEVEN IS WHERE LEGENDS ARE MADE AND WE REALLY CAN’T SAY THAT ENOUGH. BUT SHAY GILGEOUS ALEXANDER HAS SUBMITTED HIS SUPERSTAR LEGACY TONIGHT WITH THIS MVP, THIS CRAZY YEAR, ALL THE STATS, ALL THE HISTORY THAT WAS BROKEN AND HE AND HE HAD A TEAM TO BACK HIM UP TO DO IT. AND SO IT’S FUN TO WATCH A TEAM WITH SO MUCH HUMILITY GO WIN. IT’S HARD NOT TO WANT TO CHEER FOR A TEAM LIKE THAT AND WANT TO COVER THIS INCREDIBLE SEASON. FOR SURE. SHAY GILGEOUS ALEXANDER PUT TOGETHER ONE OF THE GREAT SEASONS IN THE HISTORY OF THE NBA. HE’S ONE OF A HANDFUL OF GUYS TO WIN THE MVP. THE SCORING CHAMPIONSHIP, AND THE FINALS MVP IN THE SAME SEASON. HE HAS VAULTED INTO A LEVEL OF SUPERSTARDOM THAT IS A VERY SMALL CLUB OF GUYS, AND HIS CEILING IS ONE OF THOSE SPECIAL PLAYERS THAT MIGHT END UP BEING ONE OF THE BEST 10 OR 20 PLAYERS EVER TO PLAY. BUT FOR THIS TEAM THAT WON 68 GAMES, WHICH IS THE FIFTH MOST ALL TIME, ONLY SEVEN TEAMS HAVE EVER DONE THAT. I DON’T KNOW WHERE THEY WILL RANK. I DON’T KNOW IF THIS TEAM ACTUALLY IS THE 95 OR 96 CHICAGO BULLS, BUT THAT IS THE COMPANY THAT THEY KEEP. AND FOR THEM TO PUT A BOW ON TONIGHT FOR THEM TO STAMP THEIR WAY INTO THE ANNALS OF NBA HISTORY WITH AN NBA CHAMPIONSHIP AMONG THE 68 WINS AND THE NUMBER ONE SEED, AND WITH SGA, I DON’T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS LONG TERM, BUT I KNOW WHAT WE WATCHED. WE WERE PRIVILEGED TO WATCH ONE OF THE GREAT TEAMS AND ONE OF THE SPECIAL SEASONS EVER. SO FOR ME PERSONALLY, I THINK I’LL SPEAK FOR HANNAH TO BE A SMALL PART ON THE VERY FAR OUTSIDE TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THESE PICTURES AND THOUGHTS WITH YOU GUYS HAS BEEN, AGAIN, A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY. IT’S THE COOLEST THING I’VE EVER BEEN A PART OF. AND WHAT A NIGHT FOR OKLAHOMA CITY. THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER, THEY’VE EARNED IT. AND NOW THEY SIT AMONGST THE BEST TEAMS EVER AS WORLD CHAMPIONS. WHAT A NIGHT. WHAT A SEASON FOR HANNAH HOOVER. I AM BRYAN KEATING FOR THE FINAL TIME IN THESE
2025 NBA Champions signs being installed in Oklahoma City
Following their historic victory in the NBA Championship, the Oklahoma City Thunder are receiving another honor that can be seen as you enter city limits.
Updated: 2:19 PM CDT Oct 16, 2025
Following their historic victory in the NBA Championship, the Oklahoma City Thunder are receiving another honor that can be seen as you enter city limits.KOCO 5 Chief Meteorologist Damon Lane spotted workers installing new signs under the Oklahoma City City Limits signs that dot the metro as you’re entering OKC. Hanging underneath, the new sign reads “Home of the 2025 NBA Champions.”>> Download the KOCO 5 app | Subscribe to KOCO 5’s YouTube channelKOCO 5 has reached out to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation about the signs and will update this story with any new information about the installations.Top HeadlinesThe Supreme Court weighs race-based redistricting in a case that could reshape representationCharges dismissed for man accused of 2022 deadly shooting of Oklahoma County deputyPayne County parents outraged as teen facing rape charges downgraded to youthful offenderAbandoned marijuana grow sites create environmental challenges in OklahomaDiane Keaton’s family releases statement on her cause of death
OKLAHOMA CITY —
Following their historic victory in the NBA Championship, the Oklahoma City Thunder are receiving another honor that can be seen as you enter city limits.
KOCO 5 Chief Meteorologist Damon Lane spotted workers installing new signs under the Oklahoma City City Limits signs that dot the metro as you’re entering OKC.
Hanging underneath, the new sign reads “Home of the 2025 NBA Champions.”
>> Download the KOCO 5 app | Subscribe to KOCO 5’s YouTube channel
KOCO 5 has reached out to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation about the signs and will update this story with any new information about the installations.
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