The Budster and I are in a celebratory mood after the New York Knicks defeated the San Antonio Spurs to win the 2025 NBA Cup Championship!
The NBA Cup is a mid-season tournament, now in its second year, that serves as an early indicator of league balance, team resilience and talent, and a championship in its own right.
It’s not an NBA championship, and to be clear the team has a long road ahead with some extremely dangerous teams — including the 24-2 Oklahoma City Thunder — to contend with en route to the goal of a ring, but every contender had its eye on the NBA Cup trophy, and the Knicks came out on top. That bodes well for them.
The Knicks sit at 18-7 in the standings (19-7 total) with the best points margin in the NBA’s Eastern Conference, and are currently third in betting markets to win it all in the postseason. Not bad for a bunch of guys casually dismissed as non-factors just a year ago.
For now, it’s time to enjoy the win and hope the momentum carries forward for a team that has made basketball exciting in New York again.
All images courtesy of the NBA.
Pain In The Bud 
I don’t know anything really about the NBA but the sheer joy and excitement in the photos of the team holding the trophy are brilliant !- what a triumph this must be, made extra special by Buddy of course in his position as the planner, coach and chief strategist of this victory. They clearly used cat stealth and speed to win. Also the trophy is the real deal, the right size for a victory trophy!
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One of the Knicks’ starters, OG Anunoby, is British and originally a Londoner. He’s involved in efforts to get more kids in the UK into basketball.
As for the joy, everyone is extremely happy. The Knicks were a bad team for a long time and it’s awesome to finally have exciting basketball in NY again.
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