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New world champion Bruce 'Shu Shu' Carrington is counting on New York Knicks to follow suit in NBA Finals
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Bruce ‘Shu Shu’ Carrington started the year realizing a lifetime goal by becoming a featherweight world champion at Madison Square Garden in his hometown of New York City this past January.
Now, the native New Yorker can’t help but be swept up by this wave of the city’s energy behind the New York Knicks, who tip-off their first NBA Finals tonight since 1999, playing against the San Antonio Spurs.
“I just feel like something’s in the atmosphere,” Carrington told DAZN News over Zoom this week. “I won my world title earlier this year and the Knicks are going to win their title at the end of these playoffs.”
Carrington has fully caught the fever for this Knicks’ run, with his Instagram account splashed with moments rooting for the squad over this postseason and training for his July 4 title defense against Rene Palacios.
One would have to go back to 1973 for the last time the Knicks won the NBA championship. Born in 1997, Carrington was just two the last time the Knicks went to the Finals — coincidentally against the Spurs. That Spurs team featured Tim Duncan, who won the title in his second season and went on to become a five-time NBA champion in his Hall of Fame career.
This Spurs team touts 7-foot-4 phenom Victor Wembanyama playing in his third year, trying to shatter dreams of a starving Knicks’ nation.
Carrington, like a host of Knicks’ faithful, has never seen the Knicks win an NBA title in his lifetime, hoping this is the year the franchise turns this palpable energy into a parade.
“I don’t feel like any other city is able to garner this amount of energy, this atmosphere that’s being put out,” Carrington said. “It’s so much love. You really have die-hard fans coming out of New York.
“Some places might be similar, but New York, we’re just like real rowdy, real raw and authentic,” he added. “That’s just what it is.”
While training to ensure he keeps his title wrapped around his waist, ‘Shu Shu’ is banking on the Knicks finally knocking out a championship of their own.
