Recapping the Knicks championship parade

It’s been one hell of a week for the Knicks and their fans.

From winning their first championship in 53 years ago last Saturday, to the countless media appearances earlier this week, it’s been a multi-day celebration of the team, the players, and their incredible accomplishment. And on a very hyped up cloudy Thursday morning, all of culminated in a what may go down as the most passion-filled and memorable parade in the city’s history. But before we start turning the page on the memorable and historic season and look ahead to the offseason, let’s quickly relive the glorious parade.

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As I’m sure many of you saw, the streets were packed long before the parade even began. There were pictures and videos of fans lining up as early as 4:00am. And by 7:00am, the entirety of downtown Manhattan looked like pure pandemonium. Streets were packed to the brim as people lined up shoulder to shoulder in queues that reportedly weren’t moving at all. The NYPD, even in their great numbers, looked outnumbered and under resourced. And people were stuck underground in subway stations with nowhere to go.

At 7:28, the NYPD announced that the viewing pens were already full and that no more people would be allowed into the viewing area. So fans ended up climbing street signs, and lamp posts, and even found themselves on top of scaffolding. And when those spots quickly became occupied, supporters fled to adjacent streets just to get a taste of the insanity ready to unfold.

In true New Yorker, and Knicks fashion, the parade started late. Despite the scheduled 10:00am starting time, floats didn’t get going until a some time had passed. At around 10:10, the players finally started to arrive via busses and made their way to their respective floats. Karl-Anthony Towns made a few fans’ days by allowing them to touch the Eastern Conference Championship trophy. Rick Brunson carried the Larry O’Brien trophy. Mikal Bridges, as expected, was seen with his dog while wearing a Pacome Dadiet jersey, and Mitchell Robinson showed up in his truck as promised.

Some of the key players like Jalen Brunson, Towns, and Josh Hart had…

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