NBA Cup banner at MSG? Karl-Anthony Towns Just Excited About ‘Dope** T-Shirt’

As it is The New York Knicks defeated the San Antonio Spurs and won the NBA Cup on Tuesday night, 124-113, an interesting question was asked when the celebration was underway. With Knicks coach Mike Brown mentions hanging a banner at Madison Square Gardenstar Karl-Anthony Towns and Josh Hart give their thoughts on it.

While New York is the third team to win the NBA Tournament in a season, the two previous winners in the Los Angeles Lakers and Milwaukee Bucks ended up hanging their banners in their arenas.

Brown would say that “the most positive thing is to be able to hang a banner” when he talks about how winning can get a team going and Towns says he’ll let others decide, he emphasized the importance winning the NBA Cup.

“The Cup is special … they got the best out of every team,” Towns said after posting 16 points and 11 rebounds in the win. “And to be in a position to say we’ve won and we’re champions, and to wear this stupid Knicks shirt and say being a champion is a humiliation and an honor.”

“So I leave it up to them, but I know that now, in our careers and in our lives, we’re celebrating this tonight, we’re going to take this championship to heart and … it’s time to work on another one,” Towns continued.

Karl-Anthony Towns on raising the banner at MSG for the NBA Cup championship

“The cup is special. It brought out the best in all the teams. For us to say that we won and that we are champions and that we have this crazy jersey with the Knicks who say that being a champion is an honor.” pic.twitter.com/D7DiPtlNu9

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“The most positive thing is that you can hang a banner in MSG, the most famous arena in the league”

Mike Brown was asked if the Knicks’ NBA Cup championship could help them reach new heights pic.twitter.com/KTlVAi9RTo

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Hart would give his opinion on the matter, keeping his cool and saying so “someone will be made no matter what we do.”

Josh Hart was asked what he thought of the NBA Cup championship banner:

“I don’t know. You decide that. Someone’s going to be angry no matter what we do. I’ll let them figure it out.” pic.twitter.com/KLE7SgeKZ4

— Knicks Videos (@sni_knicks) December 17, 2025

It remains to be seen if the Knicks hold onto the NBA Cup banner as the team looks to build on it in their next game on Thursday against the Indiana Pacers.