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The Knicks clinching their first championship since 1973 on Saturday brought joy to many, but one of their most recent acquisitions might’ve been the happiest of them all. Following the Knicks’ Saturday Game 5 victory over the Spurs, 94-90, which sealed their first NBA championship win in 53 years, several clips of Jeremy Sochan celebrating went viral. One clip showed Sochan, while shirtless, nearly toppling over after trying to climb the giant Larry O’Brien trophy on the floor at the Frost Bank Center, all while his teammate Jalen Brunson was recording an interview with Craig Melvin.

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It was their night, too. Three of the Knicks’ most popular WAGs celebrated the team’s NBA championship on Saturday night at the Frost Bank Center. Ali Brunson (Jalen’s wife), Shannon Hart (Josh’s wife) and Jordyn Woods (Karl-Anthony Towns’ fiancée) took a photo with a large version of the Larry O’Brien trophy that went out on ESPN’s social media channels. “Knicks royalty,” all three captioned the video on their Instagram Stories.

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Kaysuane has put together two murals during the Knicks’ spectacular run through the playoffs. The latest is located in New York Midtown, between 30th Street and 31st Street and 8th Avenue, depicting Jalen Brunson as the “King of the East,” with NBA guards Trae Young, Tyrese Maxey and James Harden bowing to the throne. Next to the image is a Larry O’Brien championship trophy with the Knicks logo drawn over it. A Game 3 loss in the NBA Finals hasn’t taken the spirit from Kaysuane or the New York City basketball fans. Wednesday night is expected to be electric in and around Madison Square Garden, as the Knicks look to return to their winning ways against a San Antonio Spurs team that silenced the crowd on Monday.

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Tom Petrini: Adam Silver on the big Larry: "Even some of the ceremonial trappings that weren't there last year. I mean, it surprised me a bit. It seemed at the time that inserting the Larry O'Brien trophy digitally in our telecast was a good idea, because teams had complained about slipperiness of logos and other things on the floor, but we heard loud and clearly from people that that was just one indication of a lack of pomp and circumstance around the games."

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Michael Scotto: Victor Wembanyama: “Winning the Larry O'Brien is a childhood dream and having a real shot at it, having a chance, a tangible chance at winning it, realizing a dream, it's a lifetime chance. You never know what's going to happen again. The day we win it, it’s going to be an amazing day of realization of a dream. It's almost like the meaning of my life.”

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As the Oklahoma City Thunder hope to become back-to-back NBA champions, most of the league has shifted its attention to the upcoming offseason. The 2026 NBA playoffs are down to four teams. That means 26 others have their full attention on this year's draft cycle. For the Thunder, they continue to enjoy the best of both worlds — contending for a Larry O'Brien trophy and doing their homework for a lottery addition. They will enter the 2026 NBA draft with three draft picks — No. 12 via the LA Clippers; No. 17 via the Philadelphia 76ers; and No. 37 via the Dallas Mavericks. One prospect the Thunder will reportedly meet with is Alabama's Amari Allen, per Rookie Wire. He spent one collegiate season at Alabama from 2025-26. He averaged 11.4 points on 44.6% shooting, 6.9 rebounds and 3.1 assists in 32 games this past season. He shot 34.1% from 3 on 4.3 attempts.

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Last June, with the confetti still being swept off the Paycom Center floor, a blue-clad crowd gathered inside the Broadway 10 Bar & Chophouse to celebrate Oklahoma City’s NBA championship. Surrounded by friends and family (and a healthy number of their friends and their families), Thunder players, coaches and staffers partied deep into the night. Guests picked at buffet tables lined with steak medallions and crab cakes. Against a wall, the Larry O’Brien trophy rested as a prop for pictures. Champagne that went largely untouched in Oklahoma City’s locker room—what do you expect from a title winner led by a bunch of early-20-somethings who needed help figuring out how to pop the cork?—flowed liberally into glass flutes. A few freshly shotgunned beer cans littered the floor. In the middle of it all was Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the NBA’s MVP, scoring champion and Finals MVP, the fourth player ever to complete that trifecta in one season. In between hugs and high fives, Gilgeous-Alexander was overheard offering a promise: I can be so much better.

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Shams Charania: The NBA will return to painting the Larry O'Brien trophy at center court and Finals script logo on the home team's floor for the Finals starting this season, per sources. The last time the large trophy was painted on court was 2009.

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Tomer Azarly: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander held a camp in his hometown of Hamilton, Ontario in Canada this past weekend. Every camper received a solo photo with SGA and the Larry O'Brien trophy. There were also scrimmages and competitions held throughout the camp, where winners were awarded pairs of his new signature shoe with Converse, the SHAI 001's Butter. Shai got the last laugh with an alley-pop dunk to himself off the backboard. SGA and Converse are set to officially launch the SHAI 001's this Thursday.

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Kenrich Williams hosted his second annual youth summer basketball camp today at University High School. The Waco native and University alum just recently won the NBA championship with the Oklahoma City Thunder, and brought home the Larry O’Brien trophy for the kids to enjoy.

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With Klay Thompson coming in on Tuesday night as a Chase Center visitor for the first time since he was drafted in 2011, the Golden State Warriors have continued on. Despite their lifelong brother moving onto a new challenge with the Dallas Mavericks, the cornerstone duo of Stephen Curry and Draymond Green still represents the foundation of a franchise that soldiers forward in pursuit of an NBA title. Andrew Wiggins, Kevon Looney, and Gary Payton II have contributed to that championship success, and so have Jonathan Kuminga and Moses Moody from the moment they were drafted and lifted the Larry O’Brien trophy as rookies. Constantly evolving, the fourth-year swingmen have been relied on in various ways and in different moments over the years. This season, it feels like the belief is growing stronger. “It's cool to be a part of things,” Moody told RG in a pregame interview on Friday in Cleveland. “Throughout the years, everything's gonna be draining. A lot of highs of lows just come with every season. I'm sure they'll come this season at some point, too, but just never reaching the finish line. Keep going, keep working, keep trying to get better.”

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“I’m not as beat up as I was last [year],” he said. “I feel really good physically. Mentally, I feel really good, really sharp, really fresh. [The Olympics] gave me a sense that I have a lot in the tank — a lot. I can help be a big part of a team win the ultimate [prize], whether it’s a gold [medal] or the Larry O’Brien trophy. I can still get it done. ... It felt damn good, it felt great, to play meaningful basketball, to play for the highest level. ... That fire and desire was brought back to me.”

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Jayson Tatum's first NBA championship will be with him -- or on him -- forever ... 'cause it seems the Boston Celtics star just got a new tattoo ... showing the NBA superstar kissing the Larry O'Brien trophy. Photos of the piece started circulating on social media this week ... a large tattoo located on the back of the 5x NBA All-Star, next to other tats paying homage to his hometown, St. Louis.

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The Athletic: The Boston crowd goes crazy as Jayson Tatum lifts the Larry O'Brien trophy at the Celtics' championship parade. 🎥 @JeremyCGuerin

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