Jeremy Sochan has a flashy new ring, but a shirt still escapes him.
The Knicks’ midseason acquisition, who spent the first of half the season with the Spurs before coming to New York as a reserve, has been partying hard since the Knicks eliminated his former team and won the NBA Finals — going shirtless throughout their celebration after Game 5.
Sochan appeared during the Knicks’ NBA Finals parade down the Canyon of Heroes and was on the podium without a shirt as he accepted the key to the city.
When introduced, Mayor Zohran Mamdani gave Sochan a big hug, laughing that Sochan was indeed still shirtless as he kept up the bit.
Multiple members of the team were shown laughing in the background, including reserve guard Tyler Kolek, as Sochan posed for a picture with the mayor of New York City.
Sochan has seemingly been shirtless since the title-clinching Game 5, after which Sochan was seen wearing goggles and partying at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio.
At one point, Finals MVP Jalen Brunson was being interviewed by “TODAY” anchor Craig Melvin when a shirtless Sochan nearly slipped and knocked over an oversized mock Larry O’Brien Trophy.
Brunson flinched and had to stop his interview to make sure their reserve center didn’t break anything.
Sochan didn’t play much for the Knicks, appearing in just 16 regular-season games, though he did get in two NBA Finals games during the historic Game 4 comeback and the series-clinching Game 5 win against the Spurs.
He also appeared earlier in the playoffs in some mop-up duty games earlier in the playoffs against the Hawks and 76ers.
