Cops stop Knicks' Tyler Kolek thinking he's a fan during parade

Knicks guard Tyler Kolek had a run-in with police after they seemingly mistook him for a fan during the team’s championship parade in New York on Thursday.

The 25-year-old Kolek was running along the parade route and greeting fans while holding a Michelob Ultra in one hand when he was stopped by two police officers who grabbed him.

One officer was seen shaking his head, appearing to say “no,” while another turned him around an pointed for him to leave the area.

That’s when others intervened to inform the officers that Kolek was a member of the championship team.

The officers backed down after that.

Kolek, who did not look happy, was seen saying something to them as he ran off.

“I swear I’m on the team bro,” Kolek wrote on X, responding to post that said, “security almost tackled” him.

At one point, Kolek went live on Instagram and showed himself holding the Knicks’ NBA Cup trophy that they won after defeating the Spurs 124-113 in the league’s mid-season tournament in December.

“This my real trophy right here. Y’all got that one I got this one,” Kolek told Knicks point guard Jalen Brunson, who was named MVP of the NBA Finals, referring to the Larry O’Brien championship trophy.

In the NBA Cup final, Kolek finished with 14 points, five rebounds and five assists.

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Kolek did not play in any of the 2026 NBA Finals games, in which New York won four of five against the Spurs to clinch their first championship in 53 years.

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He was a second round pick out of Marquette by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2024 NBA Draft.

Kolek spent the 2024-25 season with the Westchester Knicks, the Knicks’ G-League affiliate team.

Cops stop Knicks’ Tyler Kolek thinking he’s a fan during parade