FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 53 YEARS, THE KNICKS ARE NBA CHAMPIONS 🏆
New York defeats San Antonio 4-1 in the NBA Finals, capturing their third championship in franchise history!
The Knicks & Jalen Brunson at the 2026 ESPY Awards:
• Best Team (NBA CHAMPION NEW YORK KNICKS)
• Best NBA Player (Jalen Brunson)
• Best Championship Performance (Jalen Brunson)
• Best Play (OG Anunoby Tip-In)
• Best Male Athlete (Jalen Brunson)
@brock_aller Avoid the underground in the heat. Lots of great theatres if you’re into that. If you can get tickets Wimbledon is great. Good shopping on Oxford street. Natural history and science museums in South Kensington are also great and free
Sources: New York Knicks have tried feverishly to trade for New Orleans Pelicans center Yves Missi after losing Mitchell Robinson, but offers have been rejected multiple times. Pelicans view Missi as a vital core figure and the message is that he’s unavailable.
This is a terrible deal for the Celtics! Based off PG and Mitch’s injury history there’s a decent chance they end up a 5/6 seed. Conversely Brown is a really nice pick up for the 76ers. They finally have a star player to put next to Maxey who plays more than 50% of their games!
BLOCKBUSTER: The Boston Celtics have agreed to trade Jaylen Brown to the Philadelphia 76ers for Paul George, two first-round picks and two second-round picks, sources tell ESPN.
BREAKING: 30 minutes before the @Sothebys NBA Finals Auction was to begin (10am ET), the OG Game 4 ball has been PULLED.
The ball will go to the New York Knicks.
We have obtained a statement from an NBA spokesperson:
This is a great move for the Bucks. With Giannis’ injury history and the Heat’s lack of shot creation/ball handling there’s a good chance they could end up with 3 unprotected lottery picks. Pretty impressive when the whole league knew they had to trade him no matter what
It’s acknowledged in traditional hoop talk that great defenders just need to be good in their role on offense but it’s not talked about how Brunson led the offense and excelled as a defensive role player. Timely digs running back to his man to closeout and take away driving lanes 2 steals a game many clutch steals drawing charges gang rebounding. Fighting through screens to stay out the action tracking down loose balls
There's literally no one I'd rather have at the beginning of a playoff run than Brunson. Which makes him the best player in the NBA. Isn't winning the goal?
Among every championship team in NBA history, the 2025-26 Knicks are 1st in average playoff point differential, 9th in playoff winning percentage and 31st in opponents' regular-season winning percentage.
Take the average of every title team's ranks in those categories, and sprinkle in some credit for the total number of series each team won in the playoffs, and this Knicks team comes in at 5th overall.
Only the 2001 Lakers, 1996 Bulls, 2017 Warriors and 1950 Lakers come out better by that formula.