{"id":274210,"date":"2026-06-22T17:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T17:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/274210\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T17:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T17:55:09","slug":"timberland-or-air-force-1-knicks-settle-nycs-sneaker-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/274210\/","title":{"rendered":"Timberland or Air Force 1? Knicks Settle NYC’s Sneaker Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tWhat is the most iconic New York shoe, a Nike Air Force 1 sneaker<\/a> or a Timberland<\/a>?<\/p>\n

\n\tWho better to weigh in than the NBA 2026 champions, the New York Knicks<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\n\tJalen Brunson and Josh Hart, cohosts of the podcast \u201cThe Roommates Show\u201d with Matt Hillman, welcomed various guests, including teammates Karl Anthony-Towns and Miles \u201cDeuce\u201d McBride for a live taping at the Infosys Theater at Madison Square Garden on Friday following their title-winning game against the San Antonio Spurs six days prior.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Timberland<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tTimberland<\/a> boot.<\/p>\n

\n\tKicking off the conversation sponsored by Foot Locker, Hillman asked whether the Air Force 1<\/a> or the Timberland is the most iconic New York shoe.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI got to say the Timb,\u201d McBride said, to which Brunson replied, \u201cThat was a PR move right there.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHart was in agreement with McBride, sharing, \u201cI\u2019m going Timb, dog. I feel like you can\u2019t go wrong with Air Force, I wear Air Forces all the time, but like New York is just Timb \u2014\u00a0like a good pair of butters.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tHowever, some New Yorkers believe there are right and wrong Timberlands (recall the \u201cboneless\u201d Timbs<\/a> debate on social media last year). Hart asked, \u201cI\u2019ve always wondered this question, cause I\u2019m not from New York\u2026.Which Timbs can you not wear, cause the all black joints are valid, right?\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHe quickly learned that they are not valid, only the \u201cbutters.\u201d Towns stood by the classic yellow color but McBride gave him permission to wear black.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"NEW<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tJalen Brunson and Josh Hart of the New York Knicks<\/a> attend the game between the Chicago White Sox and the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on June 17, 2026 in New York.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew York Yankees\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\n\tBrunson voted for the Air Force 1<\/a> as the most iconic New York shoe, with the conversation acknowledging that the team captain isn\u2019t much of a Timberland guy.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHe\u2019s supposed to be the king of New York, he don\u2019t wear Timbs,\u201d Hart said of his former Villanova roommate. Implored to wear a pair to a game on one occasion, Brunson argued that he has in fact done so in the past (his teammates want to see the evidence).<\/p>\n

\n\tHart and Brunson have both recently shown their affinity for Air Force 1s. The two attended a Yankees game on Wednesday, a day before their championship parade<\/a>, to throw the first pitch; they respectively wore a classic all-white Air Force 1 and a Flyknit version of the famous sneaker.<\/p>\n

\n\tWatch \u201cThe Roommates Show\u201d conversation below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What is the most iconic New York shoe, a Nike Air Force 1 sneaker or a Timberland? Who…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[105532,9,1104,56,63,65,64,22791],"class_list":["post-274210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-air-force-1","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-timberland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}