Jets running back Breece Hall watched the Knicks end a 53-year NBA title drought in San Antonio last weekend and admitted he’s got “positive jealousy” about the feeling his own team hasn’t yet had.
Breece Hall is in New Jersey for the Jets’ minicamp this week, but last weekend he slipped out to catch the moment that’s been burning in the back of his mind ever since. The running back took a trip to San Antonio for Game 5 of the NBA Finals, fitting it in around preparations for the 2026 season.
Hall was there when the Knicks finally snapped their long wait. With a 94-90 win in Game 5, New York sealed a 4-1 series triumph over the Spurs and ended a 53-year title drought. For Hall, it wasn’t just another championship game to watch—it was the feeling he keeps wanting for his own side.
“I congratulated them and I was just like, I can’t wait to have that feeling,” Hall said, via Dennis Waszak of the Associated Press. “So, definitely positive jealousy because it’s like, damn, I want my team to be able to do that as well. It was definitely very cool to see.”
The emotional math makes sense. The Jets have an even longer drought to go with an ongoing 15-season streak of missing the playoffs. That’s the gap Hall can’t close with talent alone—he has to see it arrive, the way he watched the Knicks celebrate in real time.
On Thursday, the Knicks will be celebrated at a parade in Lower Manhattan, and Hall’s curiosity—and envy—will still be close by. He won’t be alone among Jets players and fans who’ve been picturing what it would feel like to finally reach the same place one day.
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Positive jealousy? Bro just say he wants to win.
I mean good for him I guess but the Jets missing playoffs for 15 years is like… not even the same sport lol. Parade in Lower Manhattan should fix everything apparently.
Wait so he went to watch the Knicks beat the Spurs and that’s the reason the Jets are still trash? That seems backwards. Also 53 years title drought like, isn’t the Knicks always bad too?
This headline is kinda funny to me. Like he’s out there in minicamp “positive jealousy” meanwhile the Jets can’t even win a coin flip. Maybe if they had a parade they’d finally make the playoffs?? But then again, Knicks fans probably been waiting forever too so I get the vibe. I just hope it turns into actual Ws and not just feelings.