Guymon native Jeremy Sochan eligible for NBA championship ring this season

Guymon has a direct stake in the NBA Finals now, because Jeremy Sochan’s split season with San Antonio and New York leaves the Texas County native in line for a championship ring. However the title ends, the 22-year-old born here on May 20, 2003 is part of a story that reaches from the Oklahoma Panhandle to basketball’s biggest stage.

Sochan was born in Guymon to a Polish mother and American father before his family moved to Milton Keynes, England when he was three. From there, he built a route that took him to Baylor University, where he earned 2021-22 All-Big 12 Freshman Team honors and Big 12 Sixth-Man of the Year recognition, then into the 2022 NBA Draft as the No. 9 overall pick by the San Antonio Spurs.

This season has already shown how quickly an NBA career can change. Sochan played 28 games for San Antonio before New York signed him on February 13, 2026, and his production in that stretch was modest but steady, at 4.1 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 12.8 minutes per game. Basketball-Reference lists the New York Knicks as his 2025-26 team and shows career averages of 10.4 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.6 assists across 212 games, with 149 starts and 25.3 minutes per game.

The ring question is handled differently than the rest of the NBA season. There is no fixed league-wide rule for who receives championship rings, so each organization makes its own decision. Teams have also handed rings to players who spent only part of a title season with the club, which is why Sochan’s path matters now even after changing teams.

For Guymon and Texas County, the significance is bigger than memorabilia. A player born here, developed across continents and drafted in the top 10, is now close enough to the Finals that his name belongs in the same conversation as the league’s champions. For local kids who rarely see a straight line from Guymon to the NBA, Sochan’s season shows that the route can run through Baylor, San Antonio, New York and still circle back to the town where it started.