The New York Knicks Get Their Rings: Here’s What’s Inside
The Knicks celebrated their 2026 championship with an elaborate ring ceremony featuring legends and celebrities, despite losing their home opener to the 76ers.
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The world champion New York Knicks got their rings in a ceremony Tuesday night before facing the new-look Philadelphia 76ers, featuring LeBron James, in their home opener.
The Knicks lost 106-100, but the iced-out rings were a reminder that one loss is just a small blip in a long season. The team faces enormous competition in its title defense, including newly stacked squads like the Heat, Timberwolves and, yes, the Sixers. But for one night, the Knicks could enjoy their 2026 championship rings, which came with all kinds of nods to the franchise’s first title in 53 years.
The players received their rings from members of previous Knicks championship teams, including Walt “Clyde” Frazier, Earl “The Pearl” Monroe and Bill Bradley. The late Dave DeBusschere’s son and Gale Reed, the widow of Knicks legend Willis Reed, also participated in the ceremony.
Knicks superfans Tracy Morgan, Ben Stiller, Spike Lee, Mariska Hargitay and John Turturro were all there to see it happen.
Jason of Beverly Hills designed the rings, which feature blue sapphires set in white gold. Each ring includes nearly 800 diamonds and sapphires totaling about 22 carats. With a twist, a pop-up feature reveals a replica of the exterior of Madison Square Garden. Inside the ring is a replica of the Garden’s lower bowl.
“The ring was designed to capture the team’s identity and the defining moments of its title run,” Jason Arasheben, founder and CEO of Jason of Beverly Hills, told the New York Post’s Page Six Style. “What makes this ring unique from others I’ve created is how every detail — from the combination of round brilliant and emerald-cut diamonds with radially set blue sapphires to the individual player tributes and championship milestones — tells a story that is distinctly New York Knicks.”
Other details include each team member’s number wrapped around the circumference of the ring, a 0.16-carat diamond symbolizing the Knicks’ 16-point comeback in Game 5 and 16 emerald-cut diamonds inside the ring to mark each playoff victory during the team’s postseason run.
Naturally, “Knicks in Five” had to be in there somewhere. The phrase is etched on the championship ring’s shank, while each player’s ring features his last name and number spelled out in diamonds.
After the game and ring ceremony, which included the Knicks’ new championship banner being raised to the rafters of Madison Square Garden, center Karl-Anthony Towns reflected on the moment.
“To be able to celebrate one last time with the fans, it was really special to have that moment again here in New York after 53 years. To have a new banner up, it’s a really cool feeling to be that team that was able to do it,” Towns said.
He added, “To celebrate one last time with the fans, it means a lot. We wanted to give them a better version of ourselves tonight than we did.”
Watch the full ring ceremony below:
