Folarin Balogun, the US’s leading scorer in the World Cup, was born in Brooklyn, after his Nigerian parents, who resided in London, were visiting New York and his mother was deemed too far along in her pregnancy to board her return flight.

You know the Knicks been on a magical joyride when the only real complaints/debates on Knicks Twitter the past few months have been about Starbury's legacy and the logo on NY's championship hat!! 🤣🤣

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Happy Father’s Day, dads

if you happen to have a few million lying around, Sotheby's is auctioning off the game-used "Hand of OG" game ball from Game 4... and Brunson's game-worn jersey from Game 1

Knicks art in NYC with locations

buddy just texted me “Happy one-week anniversary of Game 5!!!! ❤️❤️🤣🤣” Knicks fans gonna treat this chip like a junior high school relationship… celebrate every small step lol

“this is gonna be you” - Landry Shamet to two little boys at the parade

That first beer that Brunson had on his rooftop alone had to be the coldest most refreshing and delicious beer any man in human history ever had, right?

"For a few hours, everybody was on the same team. Everybody came from the same neighborhood. The city felt like one massive family reunion. People leaned into each other rather than away from each other. Hugs. Daps. Head nods. ​"Everybody celebrating the Knicks. ​"Just as God intended..." 🏀💙🧡

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Per the latest data released by the New York Gaming Commission, mobile sports wagering books reported a LOSS of more than $48.5 million for the week ending June 14 (the week the Knicks won the championship). That's unheard of.

The Knicks outscored their opponents by 175 points on the road this postseason. +175. Yes, that means that thier average margin of victory over all ten road games they played was 17.5 PPG. 17.5 points per game. AVERAGE margin of victory.

It's possible the Knicks will benefit from thier own success... The NBA salary cap is calculated as a percentage of Basketball Related Income. The league's tax line, and subsequently the Second Apron, are adjusted each season based on the growth of BRI.

Per the NBA, The Knicks-Spurs series was the most-watched NBA Finals in 28 years, averaging 20.6 million viewers. The Knicks’ series-clinching win in Game 5 averaged 24.5 million viewers and peaked with a whopping 33 million viewers.

this is the way one piece of advice that i always give clients and that those who need it rarely heed is "you don't have to say anything." not talking is the power position. let em yap

Brunson on the doubters: “When you prove them wrong, you don’t have to say shit to them.” That’s a 1A quote

very important BREAKING news: Mikal Bridges' dog, Sonny, will be joining him at the parade tomorrow

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In the 2026 playoffs, the Knicks outscored their opponents: 2,201 to 1,918 We prob won't ever see anything like that again in our lives.

Cumulative record of all teams in history (not including the 2026 Knicks) in games in which they trailed by 20+ points in the 4th quarter of a playoff game in the NBA’s modern era: 3-732 Record of the 2026 Knicks when trailing by 20+ points in the 4th quarter of a playoff game: 2-0

man, could you imagine trying to get mentally/psychologically prepared right now if there was a Game 6 tonight ??

FYI: For all parents unsure if they should take young kids to the parade on Thursday, The Children’s Museum of Manhattan is hosting a mini ticker-tape parade on Wednesday afternoon

“Nah see what I was sayin’ was that no small dude could win back-to-back championships in the NBA and score MORE than 45 points in a close-out game in the Finals… that’s clearly what I meant!!! I said what I said. If he proves me wrong, he proves me wrong.” Becky, probably

Final 8 minutes of the fourth quarter of Game 5 (the most important quarter in the most important game the Knicks have played in three decades): Jalen Brunson: 15 points on 6 FG attempts The entire Spurs team combined: 7 points on 16 FG attempts

I did NOT like the way Sochan sorta contested that last Wemby 3PT, when the only thing or earth that could prevent a chip was a 4-point play…. That’s gonna bother me for a while lol

The Knicks went 16- 3 this postseason. Their 3 losses: Lost by 1 point to ATL Lost by 1 point to ATL Lost by 4 points to San Antonio First team to win the Finals without losing a single playoff game by more than 4 points since… MJ’s 1998 “Last Dance” Chicago Bulls.

The Knicks went 16- 3 this postseason. Their 3 losses: Lost by 1 point to ATL Lost by 1 point to ATL Lost by 4 points to San Antonio First team to win the Finals without losing a single playoff game by more than 4 points since… MJ’s 1998 “Last Dance” Chicago Bulls

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BTW, the Knicks didn’t just win Game 5 last night. They didn't just win an NBA championship. Last night, Leon Rose's Knicks also won the KAT trade, the Mikal Bridges trade and the OG Anunoby trade.

Highest plus/minus in a single postseason in NBA history: 1. Karl-Anthony Towns: +258 (2026) 2. Steph Curry: +244 (2017) 3. Jalen Brunson: +234 (2026) 4. Draymond Green: +227 (2017) 5. Kobe Bryant: +213 (2001) 6. LeBron James: +210 (2016) 7. Kevin Durant: +206 (2018)

Karl-Anthony Towns is the first and only player in NBA history to average more than 15 PPG while shooting: above 55% from the field, above 45% from downtown and above 90% from the free-throw line across a full postseason (minimum > 5 games played)

my god, I'm soooooooooooooo happy we don't have to spend the next three days debating if Wemby deserves to get suspended or if there would be an asterisk on the Knicks title if they won Game 6 etc... Brunson made sure all of that shit is a moot point. For that, we are grateful

Stats in the fourth quarter of the final two games of the 2026 NBA Finals: Jalen Brunson: 24 points 7-of-12 from the floor (58%) 9-of-10 from the FT line (90%) +32 +/- (best among all players on either team)

Jalen Brunson scored 29 points in the second half of Game 5 last night That’s the MOST POINTS scored in the second half of any NBA Finals game played in the NBA’s modern era. Brunson did it in a Finals-clinching win on the road to break a 53-year title drought for the Knicks

Last time Jalen Brunson and Mikal Bridges played a championship game in San Antonio:

The Spurs scored 76 points in the first half of Game 4. That's the second-most points ever scored in the first half of an NBA Finals game. The Spurs scored 30 points in the second half of Game 4. That's the fewest points ever scored in the second half of an NBA Finals game.

Watch Party info for Game 5 tonight: * Outside MSG: 3,000 ticketed fans at Plaza33. Registration begins at 10 AM * Radio City Music Hall: Tickets are $10, and the proceeds will benefit the Garden of Dreams Foundation. Tickets will be made available at 10 AM

I'm not greedy: if the Knicks wanna win by only 25 tomorrow, that'd be ok by me

Worth noting that the Knicks have played 3 closeout games this postseason and the Knicks are 3-0 in those contests, having outscored thier opponents by 118 points. Yes, that's an average margin of victory of: 39.3 points per game

Game 4 of the Finals is now the most-viral NBA game ever on social media, generating over 3 billion views. For context, the entire Finals series between the Thunder and the Pacers last year generated fewer than 5 billion views on social media across all 7 games combined.

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She better hope Knicks don’t get one more win… She’ll have to go into witness protection

Not only does KAT lead all NBA players in +/- this postseason (+262) and all players in the Finals (+48), Towns has posted a positive plus/minus in every single one of the 18 games the Knicks have played in these playoffs. That’s the longest such streak in NBA postseason history

Scoring average in the fourth quarter of NBA Finals games in the modern era: Jalen Brunson: 10.3 Allen Iverson: 10.0 Michael Jordan: 8.8 LeBron James: 8.7 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 8.5 OG Anunoby: 7.8 Nikola Jokić: 7.6 Kevin Durant: 7.1 Stephen Curry: 6.9

Complete list of all players in history to hit a game-winning shot at home in the final 5 seconds while trailing in a Finals game: OG Anunoby – end of list –

Final 9:30 of the fourth quarter of Game 4 Jose Alvarado: 8 points 2 rebounds 3 assists 2 three-pointers +19 plus/minus Victor Wembanyama 2 points Zero rebounds Zero assists Zero three-pointers -21 plus/minus

Wemby stats in the fourth quarter: 2-for-9 from the floor 1-for-4 from the FT line -16 plus/minus 1 loss

The Knicks had never comeback from a 29-point deficit to win a game in the history of the franchise. Not in the regular season. Not in the playoffs And not in the NBA fucking Finals. Until tonight.