How do you lock in for a run at an NBA Championship? You limit distractions, and you do whatever it takes to get an edge.Whatever it takes, like making sacrifices and asking those around you to do the same.Jalen Brunson of the New York Knicks celebrates with the Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award trophy and Knicks owner James Dolan after defeating the San Antonio Spurs in Game Five of the 2026 NBA Finals at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas, on June 13, 2026.
(Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)Before the Knicks playoff run, Dolan sat down with his team and delivered a speech that will go down in history.A speech where he asked the players to be like Spartans and deny themselves sex in order to get that edge.ZERO BS.
JUST DAKICH.TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD.
DOWNLOAD NOW!"I had this idea that maybe you should give up sex for the next 10 weeks.You don’t have to give up sex for the next 10 weeks, but like Spartans.
Do you know what Spartans are? They denied themselves to gain an edge.Get the edge," Dolan said to the team back on April 3.Jalen Brunson of the New York Knicks celebrates after winning the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs during Game Five at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas, on June 13, 2026.
(Jesse D.Garrabrant/NBAE)"Go home, talk to your wives.
Don’t tell them you’re not going to have sex, and don’t tell them it was my idea.But let them know what this is going to be like, what your commitment is going to be like."CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGEThis wasn’t a sex ban.
This was a reminder that navigating the playoffs isn’t an easy task and it was going to require incredible focus and an edge that can only come from not having enough sex.OG Anunoby of the New York Knicks celebrates after winning the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs during Game Five at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas, on June 13, 2026.(Nathaniel S.
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