In June 2026, Jalen Brunson led the New York Knicks past the Spurs 4-1 to win their first championship in 53 years, earning unanimous Finals MVP at 32.6 PPG.
Real recap: 2026 Finals, Knicks def. Spurs 4-1. Brunson’s 45 (ties Jordan’s 1998 Game 6) won FMVP; 16-3 playoff run, 9 straight road wins, Mike Brown’s first title after replacing Thibodeau.
Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1987, Frazier had his No. 10 retired by the Knicks, hanging beside Reed’s in the MSG rafters.
In the 2025-26 season, Jalen Brunson guided the New York Knicks through the playoffs and won the franchise’s first championship since 1973, earning Finals MVP.
Walt "Clyde" Frazier—the fashionable floor general of the 1970s Knicks—dropped 36 points and 19 assists in the 1970 Game 7 and took the 1973 Finals MVP. The NBA’s original style icon.
A 7-time All-Star with multiple All-NBA and All-Defensive nods, Reed was the hub of New York’s famed team-defense system.
Reed and Walt Frazier formed New York’s core duo, inside and out, powering 1970s Knicks basketball.
Born in 1942 in Hico, Louisiana, Reed starred at HBCU Grambling State and was picked 2nd overall by the Knicks in 1964.
Frazier and Reed formed the Knicks’ core duo, an outside-inside pairing that anchored 1970s New York basketball—a model of 1+1>2.
After retiring Reed became a coach and executive, leading the Knicks, Nets and St. John’s; inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1982.
Brunson was never a generational prospect. Built on two NCAA titles and years of refinement, he rose from a role player in Dallas to the face of the Knicks—a textbook path of effort beating talent.
In 1973 the Knicks beat the Lakers 4-1; Frazier averaged 21.9 points, 7.3 assists and 6.0 rebounds to win Finals MVP and a second ring.