6 Months Ago, the Knicks trailed the Spurs by 11 mid way through the 3rd Quarter of the NBA Cup Championship game. The Knicks would go on to outscore the Spurs 53-31 for the final 18 minutes of the game to win the NBA Cup Title.
[Bill Simmons Pod] Bill: “Harden or Brunson for their entire careers, which guy would you rather have?”
Charles Barkley shooting at the refs and no technical foul was called
Everyone gives individual players way too much credit for winning a ring
Prime Damian Lillard had the worst roster construction for a superstar’s prime of all time
Luka Dončić on if he keeps in touch with Jalen Brunson: “Yes, yes, of course. Before the last match, I said, you know? ‘Just one more.’”
Why doesn’t Wemby simply grow a 3-foot flattop to help block shots without the risk of fouling?
Michael Jordan On Isiah Thomas and Pistons Not Shaking His Hand: “They didn’t have to shake our hands. We knew we whooped their ass already. We gotten past them.”
[MacMahon] The Utah Jazz reportedly offered Walker Kessler 5-years, $140 million but Kessler’s camp is looking for significantly more
Mike Brown gets a hero’s welcome (and a chorus of “Who Let The Dogs Out?”) at a restaurant in NYC
7 years ago, Pelicans ticket office went wild after winning the #1 lottery pick. 7 years later, Zion Williamson has yet to make a playoff debut.
Brunson is not a fan of Michael’s signature
Knicks’ Victory Caps Most Watched NBA Finals Since 1998
Shaq and Jordan Playing 1 on 1 - All Star Game 1996
Kings Owner Vivek Ranadive overrules his front office by selecting Nik Stauskas in the 2014 NBA draft with the 8th pick
The Spurs players the last time after losing the finals
Vlade Divac on why he didn’t draft Luka: “I already had Fox who I had a good relationship with so I would have to trade him. The small market was a perfect fit for Fox. Luka is a big market player, if I get him I may lose him down the road.”
Jalen Brunson gives his Bodega order to a kid from New York: “Peach Snapple. Purple Doritos. Everything bagel with egg and cheese, hash browns and spicy mayo.”
LeBron says he didn’t know what a pantry was until high school:
“I went to my high school coach’s house and I asked him, ‘Can I get a snack or some chips?’ He was like, ‘Yeah, just go in the pantry.’ I’m like, ‘What the f**k is the pantry?’ Where I grew up, everything is on top of the refrigerator…
J.R. Smith on his 2018 NBA Finals blunder: “I’m dribbling it out to get the ball to Bron… this is your job. You have to like that’s why you don’t get the big bucks. They don’t pay me enough for this shit, right?… We never talked about that. He’s still mad. He is still mad. Oh, he’s so mad”
Mayor Zohran Mamdani “Getting ready to honor our Champions.”
[Smith] Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones wants billionaire Michael Dell to help pay for new Spurs arena
[Jones] The Utah Jazz are “genuinely torn” between selecting AJ Dybantsa, Cameron Boozer or Darryn Peterson one week away from the NBA Draft.
Knicks fans are making De’Aaron Fox jerseys
SGA Officially Joins Nike: “We are thrilled to welcome Shai Gilgeous-Alexander to the Nike Basketball signature family.”
[Slater] If negotiations between James and the Los Angeles Lakers break down - and if James goes searching for a new home for his 24th NBA season - the Warriors are a willing suitor, team sources said… League sources said Ballmer has maintained a firm stance against a (Kawhi) Leonard trade
Which NBA player do you think will be remembered very differently 10 years from now?
Jay Williams: “I’ve talked to a couple of different players that could be Supermax this year or next year — they’re starting to feel a little pressure from team owners by saying, ‘Yo, Jalen Brunson left 113 million dollars on the table. What are you going to do?‘”
The 2026 NY Knicks become the sixth team in NBA history to win a championship without a former or current MVP on the roster
[Cox] Hackers Publish Knicks and Madison Square Garden Data Online
NYPD: Florida Man charged in connection with cab destruction amid Knicks post-in revelry
Sam Bowie on how he convinced the Trail Blazers to pick him over Jordan in the 1984 draft despite his injury history: “I can still remember them taking a little mallet, and when they would hit me on my left tibia, and ‘I don’t feel anything, I would tell ‘em. But deep inside, it was hurting.”
[BasketNews] When asked about what could have been if he and Brunson had stayed on the same team, Doncic acknowledged that their duo would have been very good : “We have improved a lot every year. We are not the players we were before. It would have been very good, for sure,”
(O.C.) How to pretend you know about the draft 2026
It’s that time again: Kawhi is on an expiring. Assuming he’s not convicted by a jury of my peers - which team should trade for him? Blazers? Lakers? Nuggets? Who else?
Victor Wembanyama first playoff run tape
[Hollinger] Julian Champagnie could command a 5-year, $100 million extension from the San Antonio Spurs this summer as they look to avoid him reaching unrestricted free agency in 2027.
[Spotrac] Jalen Brunson Did Not Give Up 113M – It Was Actually 37M
Jalen Brunson acknowledges the danhausen uncursing: at first I was a little skeptical, but you have to believe it now
Kobe on LeBron not shaking hands. “I think people make too much of it to be honest with you. It’s a very competitive game and we’re human just like everybody else.”
Players you’d trust in the clutch even if they’ve been inefficient all game long?
[Vorkunov] Skechers said Knicks finals star OG Anunoby has a signature shoe coming.
Updated Ringer Top 100: Wemby #2, Brunson #5, KAT #12, OG #21, Castle #26, Harper, #45
[Dwight James] Sources tell me that Tiago Splitter’s contract with Chicago is for three years, with a fourth year on a team option. It is believed to be at the league average, salary-wise. The average salary for NBA head coaches at this time is just under $7 million per year.
Whose NBA career would you have rather had… Andre Iguodala (four rings and a Finals MVP) or Steve Nash (two time league MVP with no Finals appearances)
Jalen Brunson’s 25-26 season accolades: Cup MVP - ECF MVP - Finals MVP - All Star starter - All NBA 2nd team.
[Fischer] The latest NBA Draft Intel
Chris Bosh Reflects on Spurs Losing Finals: “Second place, it sucks, you know. You don’t want to get all the way to the championship and lose, especially when everybody’s watching, when the whole world’s watching. It’s embarrassing, it’s deflating.”
Gary Washburn: “[The Boston Celtics] are not shopping Jaylen Brown. They’re not dangling him around the league.”