{"id":509899,"date":"2026-01-01T14:14:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T14:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/509899\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T14:14:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T14:14:21","slug":"title-chases-international-intrigue-front-office-moves-to-watch-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/509899\/","title":{"rendered":"Title chases, international intrigue, front office moves to watch in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite dismal seasons (again) from the Jets and Giants, New York City sports fans had plenty to look forward to in the fall. The Knicks won the NBA Cup after a thrilling two-game stretch in Vegas for their first title of any sort since 1973. Gotham FC secured its second NWSL title in three years behind a shocking playoff run, though don\u2019t tell that to Jaedyn Shaw, who produced the line of the postseason with her \u201cunderdog my ass\u201d quote after their upset of top-seeded Kansas City.<\/p>\n<p>The ripple effects of those titles will carry over into 2026. And here are some other things that Sports+ is looking forward to watching unfold in the next calendar year.<\/p>\n<p>Can the Knicks double-up?<\/p>\n<p>The Knicks <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/16\/sports\/knicks-win-nba-cup-final-on-back-of-dominant-fourth-quarter\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">snapped their title drought<\/a> \u2014 but not one that\u2019ll prompt a banner and parade and a forever legacy. So can they channel their experience from the NBA Cup into something that leads to an NBA Finals victory?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite dismal seasons (again) from the Jets and Giants, New York City sports fans had plenty to look&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":509900,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3768],"tags":[8250,7,4517,43425,288,304,6,1136,191,442,8251,3810,3806,3823,66,196,71434,71435],"class_list":["post-509899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-knicks","tag-aaron-judge","tag-basketball","tag-beyond-the-back-page","tag-david-stearns","tag-jalen-brunson","tag-knicks","tag-nba","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-new-york-mets","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkknicks","tag-post-sports-newsletters","tag-sports","tag-sports-plus","tag-winter-olympics","tag-world-cup-2026"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115820263571019297","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}