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The Knicks clinching their first championship since 1973 on Saturday brought joy to many, but one of their most recent acquisitions might’ve been the happiest of them all. Following the Knicks’ Saturday Game 5 victory over the Spurs, 94-90, which sealed their first NBA championship win in 53 years, several clips of Jeremy Sochan celebrating went viral. One clip showed Sochan, while shirtless, nearly toppling over after trying to climb the giant Larry O’Brien trophy on the floor at the Frost Bank Center, all while his teammate Jalen Brunson was recording an interview with Craig Melvin.

Kurt Badenhausen: Each Knicks player will earn ~$770K from the NBA for their title. Big bump for lower salary guys, such as Sochan ($806K salary), Diawara ($1.3M) & Alvarado ($1.7M).

Jeff McDonald: Jeremy Sochan celebrating an NBA championship at the Frost Bank Center, just as everyone predicted
Jeremy Sochan celebrating an NBA championship at the Frost Bank Center, just as everyone predicted
— Jeff McDonald (@jmcdonaldsa.bsky.social) 2026-06-14T04:56:17.782Z

Jeremy Sochan signed with the Knicks after clearing waivers, and now his new team will face off against his old team in the NBA Finals. “Whether I’m playing or not, it’s important to feed all the information I have. And I think I know quite a lot,” Sochan said in an exclusive interview with Jared Schwartz of the New York Post. “Being that tall [Wembanyama] gets tired,” Sochan continued. “Give him different looks and [not beat him up but] be very physical, and make him run. And he’s gonna get tired, he’s gonna have to take some plays off in my opinion”
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The Knicks have listed Jeremy Sochan (left hamstring soreness) as probable for Monday’s Game 1 against Philadelphia.
Ian Begley: “That’s bull—-t,” Mike Brown says when he’s told OG Anunoby has made only 2nd team All Defense in his career. Brown sees Anunoby as a first team All Defense no-brainer this season. Brown also said he went with Jeremy Sochan tonight, in part, because there was an opportunity to play Sochan as backup center. Brown credited Sochan for running the floor well and pushing the ball when he got a rebound. Sochan was in rotation ahead of Jose Alvarado and Mohamed Diawara. Brown said he wanted to take a look at the combination of Landry and Deuce at the guard spot tonight

Stefan Bondy: Karl-Anthony Towns is not on the injury report for tomorrow’s game against the Warriors. He’ll play after missing last night. Josh Hart, who missed two games in a row with knee soreness, is QUESTIONABLE. Jeremy Sochan is also QUESTIONABLE w/ an illness
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Dustin Dopirak: Mike Brown says Karl-Anthony Towns, Josh Hart and Jeremy Sochan are all out. They were doubtful going into the game.

Last year the power forward missed EuroBasket due to injury, but the Polish-American has his sights set on playing in the World Cup qualifying windows this summer. “Do I plan to play with the national team in the summer? Definitely. I think if I have the opportunity and it makes sense for me, I always want to represent Poland. We just had qualifiers, so congratulations to the team for two great wins against Latvia , which was a really strong team,” Sochan told MD on Tuesday in Toronto before the Knicks’ 111-95 victory over the Raptors. “In general, I have always, always wanted to represent Poland,” added the 22-year-old forward , who won the European Under-16 Division B Championship with his national team in 2019 and participated in the qualifying phase for the 2024 Olympic Games.

Jeremy Sochan said he wanted to recruit the young Warriors star for Poland and insisted on the idea. “Do I see him playing for Poland? Yes, I mean, we haven’t really talked about it recently, but I think he would be a great addition. He’s a very talented young guy, and that would add more firepower to our team and make it stronger overall. It would be a super exciting and cool thing to do,” the Knicks’ newest addition emphasized after his departure from the Spurs. “The times we spoke, he (Podziemski) was always interested, enthusiastic about it. You never know, we’ll see,” Sochan added.