Knicks owner James Dolan plans to raise a banner at Madison Square Garden after all the talk following his team’s NBA Cup victory in Las Vegas, he revealed during an appearance on WFAN Monday night.
But it won’t be to commemorate the season tournament win.
“We’re going to raise the flag. We’re going to raise the NBA championship flag. That’s the flag we want to raise,” he said. said Monday on “The Carton Show.”confirming the organization’s focus on winning an NBA title.
“We want an NBA championship, we don’t want a consolation prize,” Dolan added.
The Knicks captured the NBA Cup championship with a 1124-113 victory over the Spurs on December 16.
The banner controversy came up amid a host of topics during a 20-plus minute interview with hosts Craig Carton and Chris McMonigle, marking the first time the owner of the Knicks, Rangers, Madison Square Garden and several other properties has interviewed a media member since January 2023.
Dolan did say he thought the organization “felt good about the Cup” and said he thought the Knicks would eventually play Oklahoma City in the NBA Cup championship game.
“I thought this was going to be great [NBA Final] sneak peek, but maybe [playing the Spurs] was the foretaste. Maybe the final is Knicks-Spurs, I don’t know,” Dolan said. “But to get the chance halfway through the season to try out what you’re going to be like at the end of the season, it was exciting.
“I was very proud of the boys. They did a great job and we are proud to have the Emirates Cup, but we are going to put up a championship banner, a real banner.”
The Knicks are currently 23-12 heading into Monday night’s game against the Pistons and are three games behind Detroit for first place in the Eastern Conference.
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