Knicks fans have spent the last 24 hours doing what Knicks fans do best after a championship: dissecting every second of postgame footage and turning it into a meme. The latest exhibit is a now-viral clip of forward OG Anunoby at the podium, eyelids heavy, voice somewhere between calm and confused, answering questions about the Knicks' title run with the energy of a man who just walked off a 17-hour flight.
The internet, predictably, has reached a verdict — and it is not "tired."
Reddit Reactions
The r/nba thread "OG Anunoby is absolutely fried in an interview" climbed the front page within hours. Top comments range from genuinely confused ("is he okay?") to the inevitable championship-celebration jokes about what, exactly, OG had been doing in the locker room. The pinned highlight: a freeze-frame of Anunoby blinking at a reporter while Jalen Brunson, off-camera, lets out an audible laugh.
r/NYKnicks took the more loyal route. The dominant take there: OG is just OG. He has always talked like this. He talked like this in Toronto. He talked like this last week. The man is naturally low-affect, and a championship doesn't fix that. If anything, it makes the deadpan funnier.
"Fifty-three years of waiting and the man at the podium looks like he's been awake for fifty-three minutes."
The OG Anunoby Vibe
Anybody who has watched OG Anunoby play knows the vibe. He is the quietest superstar in the league. He talks like a man rationing each syllable. He answers questions in three to five words and then waits, patiently, for you to ask another one. Reporters have been adjusting to it since his Raptors days.
In a postgame interview after winning the franchise's first championship in over 50 years, with confetti still in his hair, that same energy hits differently. Fans expecting fireworks got a man who looked like he had just finished a 90-minute meditation. The contrast is the whole joke.
Was He Actually High?
Probably not. There is no evidence — no statement from Anunoby, no reporting from anyone in the room, nothing from the team — that he consumed cannabis before the interview. NBA players are subject to a league cannabis policy that has been significantly relaxed under the most recent CBA, but the league did not test him for being a low-energy speaker.
The much simpler explanation: he just played a Game 7 of an NBA Finals, then a parade, then back-to-back press obligations. He is exhausted. He talks like this when he is well rested. He really, really talks like this when he is not. But the meme is funny, the clip is viral, and Knicks Twitter is undefeated.
Frequently asked
Was OG Anunoby actually high?
There is no evidence that OG Anunoby consumed cannabis before the interview. The article covers fan reactions and social media discussion surrounding the viral clip.
Why did the interview go viral?
Fans reacted to Anunoby's facial expressions, long pauses, and the reactions of his teammates during the interview.
Where can I legally buy cannabis in Queens?
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