After winning their first NBA title in 53 years, the New York Knicks are set to hold a championship parade this Thursday.
Ahead of what will be the first parade in franchise history (since they didn’t have one in 1970 or 1973), Mikal Bridges made a specific request and it was quite wholesome.
Mikal Bridges Shares Adorable Request for New York Knicks’ Championship Parade
The Knicks will continue to celebrate their NBA title this week, with the franchise and its fans preparing for Thursday’s parade in lower Manhattan. Ahead of the celebration, Bridges has one adorable request.
Bridges appeared on “Good Morning America” alongside teammates Jalen Brunson, OG Anunoby, Karl-Anthony Towns, and Josh Hart on Monday, and host Michael Strahan asked them what they were looking forward to most on Thursday.
“I just want to bring my dog on the float, that’s it.”
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“I just want to bring my dog on the float,” Bridges said. “That’s it.”
Bridges has an 8-year-old yellow Labrador retriever named Sonny, and he often posts about his dog on his social-media accounts.
Towns said that the championship parade will be a dream come true for him.
“Seeing yourself in those historical photos… For it to finally be our time, it’s one of those things you always dream of as a kid, especially growing up in the area…” Towns said. “To be the ones doing the path and following behind some amazing legends before us in New York, I think it’s going to be something really special.”
The Knicks’ ticker-tape parade celebrating their NBA championship is set to begin at 10 a.m. ET on Thursday. Thousands of Knicks fans are expected to attend the momentous event. The parade will start in Battery Park and travel north along the Canyon of Heroes before concluding at City Hall.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani will present the Knicks with keys to the city as part of the ceremony.
New York enjoyed a historic run during the NBA playoffs, defeating the Atlanta Hawks in six games before sweeping the Philadelphia 76ers and Cleveland Cavaliers en route to the NBA Finals.
Pitted against the San Antonio Spurs in the Finals, the Knicks overcame double-digit deficits in all four of their wins to finally hoist the Larry O’Brien Trophy for the first time since 1973.
Jalen Brunson was named the Finals MVP to cap off an excellent season. The Villanova alum averaged 32.6 points, 4.6 assists, and 4.2 rebounds per game during the NBA Finals, and scored 45 points during the title-clinching Game 5.
