Mayor's Office hangs Ewing's retired number for Knicks player who barely saw court at NBA Finals parade

The 53-year hold is complete for New York Knicks fans, arsenic Lower Manhattan streets person been filled since sunrise.

The Knicks' title parade will reason astatine City Hall, wherever fans will beryllium met pinch a glaring mistake.

The building is filled pinch banners akin to nan ones that bent from nan Madison Square Garden rafters for retired numbers, including 1 for each player.

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Patrick Ewing's number has been retired by nan New York Knicks since 2003, but Dillon Jones' rafter astatine City Hall is dawned pinch nan famed 33. (Stephen Dunn, David Liam Kyle/Getty Images)

The starting 5 of Jalen Brunson, OG Anunoby, Karl-Anthony Towns, Mikal Bridges and Josh Hart bent successful nan main view, pinch different domiciled players connected nan sides.

One banner was fixed to Dillon Jones, who played conscionable 39 minutes for nan squad this play and did not measurement connected nan tribunal successful nan playoffs.

Dillon Jones of nan New York Knicks celebrates aft winning nan NBA Finals against nan San Antonio Spurs during Game Five astatine Frost Bank Center successful San Antonio, Texas, connected June 13, 2026. (Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images)

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However, contempt his constricted clip connected nan floor, Jones, who wore No. 1 pinch nan Knicks, was someway fixed nan grant of having his sanction supra No. 33 connected his banner.

ESPN lists Jones arsenic wearing No. 33, but nan number, of course, has been retired since 2003 for Patrick Ewing.

With nan Oklahoma City Thunder past year, he wore No. 3, and according to @NBA_NewYork connected X, Jones only wore No. 33 during nan 2024 Summer League and successful preseason pinch nan Washington Wizards.

But apparently, two-time NBA champions get treated a spot otherwise successful New York.

New York Knicks prima Patrick Ewing points during a crippled against nan Indiana Pacers astatine Madison Square Garden connected May 21, 1995. (Manny Millan/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images)

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The parade will tally down nan Canyon of Heroes for nan first title parade for New York successful nan 4 awesome leagues since 2012 aft nan NFL's New York Giants won Super Bowl XLVI.

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