Kevin Durant on Jimmy Kimmel (video included)

[SoonerQueen]

Tonight Kevin Durant will be on Jimmy Kimmel Live. If you have Cox Cable, it is 705 on HD and 8 on regular tv. It is on from 11 pm to midnight.

[OKCisOK4me]

Ha, you beat me to it! Just heard the commercial on ABC!.

[SoonerQueen]

I saw it on Facebook. I have to be fast to beat some of you to a post.lol

[ljbab728]

Actually I saw it in the newspaper this morning.

http://newsok.com/article/3661504

Two-time scoring champ Kevin Durant will make an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Wednesday night. The show tapes at 6:30 p.m. and airs at 11 p.m. on KOCO-5 (ABC).
This will be Durant’s first stop on the major talk-show circuit.

“It’s new for me,” Durant said. “It should be fun. I’m excited.”

Asked if he was nervous about his talk-show debut, Durant smiled and said, “Nah, we’re just talkin’.”

[SoonerBoy18]

He mentioned Stillwater :-)

[MDot]

He actually did a good job. He was pretty funny IMO.

[dankrutka]

Yeah. I was impressed at his quick wit. I just expected him to be more nervous...

[OKCisOK4me]

It was pretty funny. I was filming it with my cell phone. Couldn't help but laugh.

[Richard at Remax]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMvG1...ature=youtu.be

[Pete]

[OSUMom]

He's just the cutest thing ever!!!!

[MikeOKC]

I didn't watch the whole thing, but I watched through the whole "nothing to do in Oklahoma City" line that Kimmel was throwing at him and Durant just seemed to confirm it all.

"It's a small town"
"The biggest thing to do is go to the Apple Store"
"I go to a lot of movies."

This was some great interview for Oklahoma City???? Maybe for Kevin Durant, but he just fed right in to the stereotype. I had to stop watching. Unless he reversed himself and corrected Kimmel and told him Oklahoma City is a large city with many cultural attractions, etc - it was a bad interview for our city, imo. They pay him $18 million dollars per year and he has the gall to call the city a "small town" on national television?

Jenni Carlson's defense of the interview and her "explanation at NewsOK is lame, lame, lame.

Just play ball, Kevin. At least you do that well.

[dankrutka]

Settle down. Compared to almost every other NBA city, OKC is a small town. This is not just in terms of population, but amenities and opportunities. It's okay that OKC is not where other NBA cities are. KD has been an amazing representative of the metro... Maybe the best representative in OKC's history. Yet you knock him because he says he liked to go to Apple Store. He's 23 and not a politician. That's what I love about him. He's honest and very complimentary of OKC. Get a grip.

[MDot]

Settle down. Compared to almost every other NBA city, OKC is a small town. This is not just in terms of population, but amenities and opportunities. It's okay that OKC is not where other NBA cities are. KD has been an amazing representativue of the metro... Maybe the best representative in OKC's history. Yet you knock him because he says he liked to go to Apple Store. He's 23 and not a politician. That's what I love about him. He's honest and very complimentary of OKC. Get a grip.

Amen. Everything he's done for this city and his proven love for OKC yet he's knocked around for answering honestly in one interview.. Atleast he didn't pull a Blake Griffin and say that's it's kinda different flying in to OKC because of the hay stacks around the airport.

[MikeOKC]

Well, pardon the hell out of me for giving a different opinion than everyone else. Is there really a need to lambast another member here for for having it?

Yeah, he's 23 years old. He also is paid eighteen million dollars a year. Surely he can handle a dissenting opinion on his Kimmel perfromance.

I hate the totalitarian attitude around here sometimes. I give my opinion on this forum in a very straight-forward way, but rarely do I act angry at other posters for having a differing opinion. What's the point? I didn't post "get real" to the posters here who gave their opinions and liked the interview, but I receive a "get a grip" response for posting mine.

I love (and hate) this place in sometimes equal measure.

[MDot]

Well, pardon the hell out of me for giving a different opinion than everyone else. Is there really a need to lambast another member here for for having it?

Yeah, he's 23 years old. He also is paid eighteen million dollars a year. Surely he can handle a dissenting opinion on his Kimmel perfromance.

I hate the totalitarian attitude around here sometimes. I give my opinion on this forum in a very straight-forward way, but rarely do I act angry at other posters for having a differing opinion. What's the point? I didn't post "get real" to the posters here who gave their opinions and liked the interview, but I receive a "get a grip" response for posting mine.

I love (and hate) this place in sometimes equal measure.

Having a bad night, Mike? I apologize for my egotistical comment towards you, you're a very good poster and you do a good job of "playing fair" if you will, but he gets payed 18 million to play basketball for OKC's ballclub, not argue others stances on the city during a 5-10 minute interview on a late night talk show and prove that OKC is as world class as we believe it is.

And for the record, the Apple Store is the spot to be at almost any given time.

He could have perhaps said something to defend OKC and I honestly expected him to but he didn't and his interview went great after that. I get as pissed off as a Hornet when someone tries to put OKC on blast and talk about how we're a backwards town that turns all the lights off at 5 and we don't deserve an NBA team etc., but what KD did and didn't do didn't upset me enough to actually be upset.

I hear you loud 'n' clear though. Your opinion is still respected and considered by me no matter how I respond.

[ljbab728]

Actually I think his comments say as much about his preferred lifestyle as it does about OKC. I suspect that he prefers spending time at an Apple Store instead of some swanky nightspot.

[Jake]

Compared to pretty much every other city that has an NBA team, besides maybe Salt Lake City and Memphis, Oklahoma City is "a small town". I don't think he did the city any disservice with the things he said. I agree with ljbab, I think his comments said more about Durant's personal preference towards hanging out at the Apple Store and going to movies instead of going to nightspots and clubs. That's just the kind of guy Durant is.

Also, Durant said he loved it here. That's always good to hear.

[dcsooner]

Settle down. Compared to almost every other NBA city, OKC is a small town. This is not just in terms of population, but amenities and opportunities. It's okay that OKC is not where other NBA cities are. KD has been an amazing representative of the metro... Maybe the best representative in OKC's history. Yet you knock him because he says he liked to go to Apple Store. He's 23 and not a politician. That's what I love about him. He's honest and very complimentary of OKC. Get a grip.

Kilgore, thanks for someone acknowleding our relative small size and entertainment options. That characterization should energize all citizens and leaders of OKC to work to improve so that people want to move to or stay in OKC rather than flee to Texas. KD is an absolutely fabulous ambassador for OKC and is doing wonders in raising our national profile. Quit denying our warts and start working on improving or removing them.

[UncleCyrus]

I actually like the fact that we are still a relatively quiet, "small" town. If I wanted to live in Dallas, Chicago, or other big city, I would. We have nice people and nice neighborhoods and relatively few traffic problems compared to many other cities.

[dcsooner]

I actually like the fact that we are still a relatively quiet, "small" town. If I wanted to live in Dallas, Chicago, or other big city, I would. We have nice people and nice neighborhoods and relatively few traffic problems compared to many other cities.

Those are not large citites they are mega large cities. Maybe 1.7-2.2 M for OKC would be decent, but probably a pipe dream given the attitudes, political climate and other factors that tend to inhibit growth.

[okcpulse]

I really believe people across the country are starting to see Oklahoma City apart from Oklahoma's political climate. Everything the mayor, Chamber of Commerce and civic leaders are trying to accomplish collectively are far beyond the fruits and nuts that are sitting at the state capitol trying to treat the house like a church revival.

Even Bill Maher was impressed by Mayor Cornett's stance on not demonizing taxes, but to create a balance of determining the right tax rate to deliver the best services.

I really think OKC is outgrowing Oklahoma, and soon these clueless politicians like Kern will find themselves outnumbered. You can't hold OKC back. That being said, Kevin Durant had an outstanding interview with Kimmel, and I really don't think Kimmel was dogging on OKC. NBA stars have left cities like Cleveland and Denver, so when Durant goes against the trend in preferring a city smaller than Denver and Cleveland in terms of metro population and amenities, how else would this look to people like Kimmel? I think they are more impressed and curious than anything else.

[SoonerBoy18]

Why dont they ask other athletes what is there to do in the cities they play in (ex; Green Bay, Memphis, Portland, St. louis, etc) Why do people think there isnt anything to do here, thats just ignorant. Oklahoma City is a very fun place imo.

[Bellaboo]

Why dont they ask other athletes what is there to do in the cities they play in (ex; Green Bay, Memphis, Portland, St. louis, etc) Why do people think there isnt anything to do here, thats just ignorant. Oklahoma City is a very fun place imo.

If people really understood the scope of it, most athletes go back to where they grew up during the off season, or where they can train. Perkins split time between Beaumont and Houston. Deaquan Cook stayed here and worked out daily at Southern Nazarene. Desmond Mason moved to OKC since he retired from the NBA.......some folks on this board go a little over the top.

[Bellaboo]

Those are not large citites they are mega large cities. Maybe 1.7-2.2 M for OKC would be decent, but probably a pipe dream given the attitudes, political climate and other factors that tend to inhibit growth.

DCsooner,

Not everyone has the hangups about OKC and Oklahoma that you do - read this story about 'an outsiders' view. Derek Fisher from June of 2009.

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/celeb...k-fisher_N.htm