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The 53-year wait is over for New York Knicks fans, as the streets of Lower Manhattan have been packed since dawn.
The Knicks’ championship parade will conclude at City Hall, where fans will be greeted with a glaring mistake.
The building is filled with banners similar to those hanging from the rafters at Madison Square Garden with numbers retired, including one for each player.
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Patrick Ewing’s number has been retired by the New York Knicks since 2003, but Dillon Jones’s beam in City Hall dawns with the famous 33. (Stephen Dunn, David Liam Kyle/Getty Images)
The starting five of Jalen Brunson, OG Anunoby, Karl-Anthony Towns, Mikal Bridges and Josh Hart hang in the main view, with other role players on the sides.
A banner was presented to Dillon Jones, who played just 39 minutes for the team this season and did not step on the court in the playoffs.
Dillon Jones of the New York Knicks celebrates after winning the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs during game five at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas, on June 13, 2026. (Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images)
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Yet despite his limited time on the court, Jones, who wore No. 1 with the Knicks, somehow had the honor of having his name above No. 33 on their banner.
ESPN lists Jones as number 33, but the number has, of course, been retired since 2003 for Patrick Ewing.
With the Oklahoma City Thunder last year, he wore No. 3, and according to @NBA_NewYork on X, Jones only wore No. 33 during the 2024 Summer League and in the preseason with the Washington Wizards.
But apparently, the two-time NBA champions are treated a little differently in New York.
New York Knicks star Patrick Ewing signals during a game against the Indiana Pacers at Madison Square Garden on May 21, 1995. (Manny Millán/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images)
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The parade will wind its way down the Canyon of Heroes to be New York’s first championship parade in all four major leagues since 2012, after the NFL’s New York Giants won Super Bowl XLVI.
