Brunson’s Shocking Parade Message Nobody Expected

A roarsome answer to fifty three years of doubt

Fifty three years is a long time to hold your breath, but on Thursday New York finally exhaled in a cloud of blue and orange confetti as Jalen Brunson used a championship parade to turn a careerlong question into a very public answer.

For decades Knicks fans filled bar stools and office group chats with the same haunted refrain: Will we ever see a title again. Residents grew up on grainy footage of Willis Reed limping onto the Garden floor, then grew older through false dawns, heartbreaking trades and lottery nights that felt l…