India, June 18 -- The star of the New York Knicks victory parade in New York City Thursday was undoubtedly NYC Mayor, Zohran Mamdani. The 34-year-old New Yorker was all charged up as he first gave a speech and then joined the team on the open-air bus for the parade.

What stood out from his presence at the parade was, clearly, the speech. The rousing address to the Knicks fans included his own experience of being one growing up in New York City. Writing for USA Today, NBA Analyst Bryan Kalbrosky described the speech as Mamdani's "classiest" speech.

But the speech did not leave an impression because of Mamdani's rousing words alone. He brought up several unexpected and forgotten Knicks' history and trivia that seemed to resonate with the ...