Knicks NEVER Had a Parade… and Should Tom Thibodeau Be Invited?! | The Carton Show with Chris McMonigle
WFAN Daily
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3.8 • 795 Ratings
🗓️ 16 June 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
The Knicks are NBA Champions, and Craig Carton and Chris McMonigle reveal a stunning piece of New York history: the 2026 celebration will be the FIRST ticker-tape parade in franchise history!
Craig and Big Mac debate whether former coach Tom Thibodeau deserves an invitation after helping rebuild the franchise before Mike Brown delivered the championship.
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| 0:00.0 | 2 o'clock straight up. It's the Cardin Show with Big Mac. A glorious Tuesday afternoon here in New York City. |
| 0:13.0 | Phone number to join, as always. 888, 808, 101. We got a great show for you today. Obviously, |
| 0:20.0 | still more Nick enjoyment. Not everyone |
| 0:22.6 | who got to voice their opinion. Love to the stories of fathers and sons and mothers and |
| 0:27.7 | daughters all bonding together around the Knicks. We're now 48 hours away, a little less |
| 0:32.4 | actually, from what will be the greatest and grandest parade for a sports team in New York City history. |
| 0:39.6 | All you made, I know the history of this. |
| 0:41.4 | The New York Knicks did not get a parade in 1970. |
| 0:45.1 | The New York Knicks did not get a parade in 1973. |
| 0:49.6 | So this will be the first parade the New York Knicks have ever had. |
| 0:55.6 | Good afternoon, Big Mac. How are you, kid? |
| 0:57.5 | I'm doing great, Craig. How did I not know that? |
| 0:59.6 | Yeah, true story. |
| 1:00.6 | The Knicks did not get a parade in either championship? |
| 1:03.2 | That is correct. |
| 1:04.3 | Wow. |
| 1:04.8 | And the reason-ever championship parade? |
| 1:07.2 | So just to give you a quick history lesson, the mayor back then was a guy named John Lindsay. |
| 1:12.2 | Okay. |
| 1:12.6 | John Lindsay did not believe in ticker tape parades for our sports teams. |
| 1:17.8 | So we had them prior to that. |
| 1:20.0 | We had them, I'll double check when they got reinstated. |
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