June 22, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\nAnd the fans who bought them happily lined up Thursday to have a photographer take their picture next to Brunson for a moment that they called priceless.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was so worth it. Every penny, every cent,\u201d said Murielle Georges of New Jersey as she wore an orange Knicks jumpsuit and held up the 8×10 photograph of her and Brunson. \u201cYou only live once, make it the best.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel Rahimi of Queens, New York, called it a once-in-a-lifetime experience \u2013 even while admitting his interaction was as brief as he expected and that the cost should have been lower.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are superfans like me that do things like that,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I mean, look, everybody knows how to handle their money. So, I obviously made that decision for myself. If anybody doesn\u2019t want to do that, take the photo, spend that much money, then I get it, and I think you gotta respect that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
For others, the cost of their photo with Brunson made up only a portion of the day\u2019s expenses. Some traveled across the country just to take the picture.<\/p>\n
\u201cListen, in my life, I\u2019ve spent a lot of money on stupid stuff,\u201d said Richie Ortiz, a lifelong Knicks fan who traveled from Tampa, Florida. \u201cAnd I would say more than anything, this is something that I got to do with my wife, and you can get these memories. It\u2019s priceless.\u201d<\/p>\n
Paul Dey —\u00a0 who flew in from San Diego, California, to join his brother Joel, who traveled from Fort Lauderdale, Florida \u2013 called it worthwhile and is already planning a return trip with his photo.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe next year [I] come back and get it signed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Added Joel: \u201cI bought it in a second. When are you gonna meet him that close?\u201d<\/p>\n
Even if only for a few seconds.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s like a god to us, a sports god,\u201d said Mark Glazman of Rumson, New Jersey \u2013 who was joined by his son and brother. \u201cIt was worth it. It\u2019s a lot of money. I understand anybody who can\u2019t swing it, but we were fortunate enough, and it was a great experience.\u201d<\/p>\n
Just as it was for younger fans.<\/p>\n
Twin boys Aiden and Noah Covrigaru, 6, said they have been waiting their entire lives to meet Brunson, and finally got the opportunity to tell him he\u2019s their hero.<\/p>\n
\u201cLook at the smiles on their face, they\u2019re so happy,\u201d said their father Matt. \u201cIt was a dream come true for them.\u201d<\/p>\n
But why didn\u2019t Matt and the twins\u2019 mom Dana get in the photo with them and Brunson?<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause our oldest son is at sleepaway camp, and it didn\u2019t feel right,\u201d Dana said with a laugh.<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Knicks championship parade took over the entire city today, with throngs of fans lining the streets of lower Manhattan in a celebration for the ages. NBC New York has team coverage.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
One Knicks fan on line was sleeping when it was his time to have his photo taken with Brunson. Understandable, since he is only 2 months old.<\/p>\n
But Brooks Thomas Cenar, who was born on May 6 and had to wait an entire five weeks before the Knicks finally won a title, came through in the clutch like Brunson.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe just woke up in time for the photo,\u201d said his father Tom. \u201cHe opened his eyes just in time to see Jalen himself.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brooks wore a No. 11 jersey onesie in the photo with his Brunson, his dad and his mom Kaitlin.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce in a lifetime experience, and grateful to be able to experience it with our son,\u201d Tom said.<\/p>\n
And the cost doesn\u2019t matter when the moment is priceless.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think you can put a price tag on memories,\u201d Kaitlin said, \u201cespecially after winning the championship this year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The $1,000 was gone in a flash. Or better yet, a flashbulb \u00a0\u2013 as New York Knicks fans…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":769121,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,361,99],"class_list":["post-769120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=769120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/769121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=769120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=769120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=769120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}