The party is just getting started for New York Knicks fans.
After the Knicks concluded an unbelievable journey in the 2026 NBA Playoffs with an NBA championship, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani immediately announced when the grand championship parade would take place.
“Parade. Thursday. Manhattan,” Mamdani shared via a social media post on X, formerly Twitter.
The Knicks staved off Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs and got the job done in just five games in the 2026 NBA Finals.
Jalen Brunson had an all-time performance in the title-clinching 94-90 win by New York in Game 5 of the series at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas, on Saturday, as he went off for 45 points on 14-for-27 shooting from the field with three rebounds, three assists and two steals in 41 minutes of floor duty. Meanwhile, the Spurs were paced by rookie Dylan Harper, who came off the bench and fired 25 points.
The Knicks got 14 points from Mikal Bridges and 13 from Josh Hart, but it was clearly Brunson who inflicted the most damage on the Spurs, who saw another big lead evaporate. After a 29-point collapse in Game 4, San Antonio squandered a 16-point lead on Saturday.
Knicks fans are surely going to have the time of their lives at the championship parade, considering how long it took for New York to end its title drought.
Until Saturday, the Knicks’ most recent championship took place in 1973.
They also had not been to the NBA Finals in over 25 years before Brunson and company dismantled Donovan Mitchell and the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Finals.
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