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Three former Wizards win NBA title with New York Knicks

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Former Wizards players Landry Shamet, Trey Jemison III and Dillon Jones won an NBA championship with the New York Knicks on Saturday. It marked the ninth time in 10 seasons that at least one former Wizard has won the NBA title. Shamet spent the 2023-24 season in Washington before leaving in free agency and later […]

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Mayhem mars euphoria as New York City celebrates the Knicks' first championship in 53 years

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It was bedlam on Broadway as the New York Knicks won their first NBA championship in 53 years on Saturday night, with exuberant celebrations marred by mayhem and violence. Outside Madison Square Garden, a crowd watching on a big screen roared as the Knicks rallied from a 16-point deficit to beat the Spurs in San Antonio in Game 5 of the NBA Finals. Knicks owner James Dolan, speaking in San Antonio after the game, urged fans to stay calm.

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A season of success for San Antonio ends in bitter disappointment, but the future is bright

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As Devin Vassell reflected on what could have been for the San Antonio Spurs, reality loudly interrupted his thoughts. The sounds of the New York Knicks and their fans celebrating the team's first NBA championship since 1973 spilled into the recesses of the Frost Bank Center, drowning out Vassell's postgame interview. “Our goal was to win, obviously," Vassell said.

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Victor Wembanyama calls losing NBA Finals 'the biggest lesson of my life'

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The way the Spurs lost the Finals after controlling each game will require some soul-searching from the top down to figure out exactly what went wrong — and to make sure it doesn’t become embedded in this team’s DNA.

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