NYC Mayor-elect Mamdani predicts 'June banner' for Knicks after team wins NBA Cup

The New York Knicks volition bent a title banner for the archetypal clip since 1973.

It's not the 1 they desperately covet, but Madison Square Garden volition spot an "NBA Cup Champions" banner aft the Knicks' 124-113 triumph implicit the San Antonio Spurs connected Tuesday successful Las Vegas.

Star defender and NBA Cup MVP Jalen Brunson admitted that the Cup rubric was "great, and we're going to bask this. But erstwhile we permission tomorrow, we're moving on."

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Zohran Mamdani smiles astatine a assemblage portion giving a speech. (Angela Weiss /AFP via Getty Images)

It is precise wide the Knicks person further goals successful mind, and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani wants more, arsenic well.

In effect to the Knicks' X station celebrating their Cup championship, Mamdani said, "Next stop: June banner," referencing a triumph successful the NBA Finals.

The Knicks past won the NBA rubric much than 52 years agone and person not made it to the Finals since 1999. They mislaid to the Houston Rockets successful 1994 and the aforementioned Spurs successful 1999, prompting San Antonio’s dynasty.

New York Knicks defender Jalen Brunson (11) poses with the astir invaluable subordinate trophy aft triumph implicit the San Antonio Spurs during the Emirates NBA Cup Final astatine T-Mobile Arena. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)

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Mamdani won the mayoral predetermination successful November, conscionable days aft the Knicks filed a cease-and-desist against him for utilizing the Knicks logo successful a run advertisement.

In a statement, the Knicks made it wide they "do not endorse Mr. Mamdani for Mayor."

"The NY Knicks person sent NYC Mayoral campaigner Zohran Mamdani a cease-and-desist missive for utilizing the NY Knicks logo to beforehand his candidacy. The Knicks privation to marque it wide that we bash not endorse Mr. Mamdani for Mayor, and we entity to his usage of our copyrighted logo. We volition prosecute each ineligible remedies to enforce our rights."

The New York Knicks airs for a photograph aft winning the Emirates NBA Cup Final astatine T-Mobile Arena. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)

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The authoritative White House relationship connected X posted an representation of the logo, which work "Trump Is Your President," hours aft Mamdani defeated Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa to go mayor-elect of New York City, but they deleted it soon after.

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