The 76ers know the storm they are strolling into.

The Knicks will be elevating their championship banners and amassing their rings during a closely anticipated pregame ceremony forward of their season-opener against the 76ers Tuesday evening at Madison Square Garden.

For a 76ers crew – now with LeBron James and Jaylen Brown as half of a core that already had Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey and VJ Edgecombe – with their own championship expectations, it will be a gauntlet of Knicks feelings and celebrations.

Knicks guard Jordan Clarkson (00), guard Jalen Brunson (11) and heart Karl-Anthony Towns (32) react off the bench late during the fourth quarter against the Toronto Raptors at MSG on Oct. 15, 2026. Jason Szenes for NY Post

“The environment is gonna be tough,” Kentavious Caldwell-Pope said Tuesday morning during 76ers shootaround at MSG. “There’s gonna be a lot of people in here, it’s their ring ceremony night. It’s gonna be a long night for us. But just gonna be competitive. I know they’re gonna come out ready but we just gotta be ready as well.”

Embiid has already said that he plans to keep in the locker room during the ceremony.

But once the recreation begins, are the 76ers relishing the alternative to spoil the festivities? To make a assertion of their own?

“We’re not looking at it that way,” Caldwell-Pope said. “But it’s always fun competition when you can. I’ve had a few ruin my [ring] nights before, it’s not fun. But my team, we want to start off great as well. So if it’s their ring night, they gotta take the first loss.”

Caldwell-Pope has won two championships – with the Lakers in 2020 and with the Nuggets in ‘23.

He knows what banner and ring evening entails.

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope #1 of the Philadelphia 76ers seems to be on during the recreation against the Boston Celtics on October 16, 2026. NBAE via Getty Images

“You have to just focus on one thing at a time,” Caldwell-Pope said.

“It’s gonna be a lot of emotions going on. They get their rings, it’s gonna be so much emotion. Their families are gonna be here. The atmosphere is gonna be crazy.”