For the second time in his NBA career, OG Anunoby is a champion.
He joins IU basketball legend Isiah Thomas as the second former Hoosier to win multiple NBA titles.
“It’s very special. It’s what we’ve been working for the whole season. This was our dream, this was our goal, and we did it,” Anunoby said during the trophy presentation after the New York Knicks beat San Antonio 94-90 in Game 5 of the NBA Finals to clinch the series 4-1.
The second title has to be much sweeter for Anunoby, who did not play in the postseason with Toronto in 2019 after having an appendectomy in April of that year.
This year, the 28-year-old averaged 21.2 points, 4.8 rebounds, 1.4 blocks, 1.4 steals and 1.0 assists while shooting 52.5% overall and 50% from three in the Finals. He hit the game-winning shot as part of a 33-point effort in Game Four.
Anunoby took a photo with his Indiana coach Tom Crean after the game.
Overall, eight former IU players have won NBA titles. Here is the full list of former IU basketball players who have won championship rings:
- Herm Schaefer (’49-50)
- Dick Farley (’54-55)
- Jon McGlocklin (’70-71)
- Steve Downing (’73-74)
- Quinn Buckner (’83-84)
- Isiah Thomas (’88-89)
- Isiah Thomas (’89-90)
- OG Anunoby (’18-19)
- Thomas Bryant (’22-23)
- OG Anunoby (’25-26)
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