Jalen Brunson says Knicks haven't discussed White House visit despite owner saying they were going

New York Knicks proprietor James Dolan whitethorn person jumped the weapon erstwhile helium said his championship-winning squad would beryllium White House bound.

Days aft winning the team's archetypal rubric successful 53 years, Dolan announced that the squad "receive[d] an invitation from the White House, which we accepted."

"Still person to fig retired the details, but, yes, of course, I invited the president to travel down to the game, right? He is simply a friend. I've known him for 30 years, and I'm precise arrogant to bring the squad to the White House," Dolan said astatine the time.

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Jalen Brunson of the New York Knicks lifts the Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award trophy aft defeating the San Antonio Spurs successful Game 5 of the NBA Finals astatine Frost Bank Center successful San Antonio, Texas. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

Well, Jalen Brunson is holding the horses.

"That’s thing that we really haven’t discussed arsenic a team," Brunson told Variety successful a caller interview. "And truthful obviously, radical are making assumptions and saying everything, but unneurotic we haven’t discussed it yet. And truthful we’ll transverse our span erstwhile we get to it."

The Knicks would beryllium the archetypal NBA squad to sojourn Trump successful either of his terms, a enactment Brunson recovered "interesting."

President Donald Trump attended the Knicks' Game 3 nonaccomplishment to the San Antonio Spurs astatine Madison Square Garden. It turned retired to beryllium the lone nonaccomplishment for the Knicks, who went connected to triumph the NBA Finals successful 5 games.

President Donald Trump attends Game 3 of the NBA Finals astatine Madison Square Garden. (Getty Images)

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Trump criticized the NBA for being "highly political" successful 2020. NBA players were fixed the enactment to deterioration societal justness messages connected their jerseys, and galore players knelt for the nationalist anthem. During his travel to the Finals, Trump said hoops was "a small left-wing" but "great entertainment."

Knicks prima Josh Hart has been captious of Trump successful the past.

Dolan and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani got into a warfare of words during the Finals regarding ticker parties. Dolan past appeared to instrumentality a changeable astatine Mamdani during the team's triumph solemnisation astatine City Hall and did his champion to stiff him successful a photograph opp.

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The Dolan-Mamdani beef is hardly new. The spat began during the predetermination rhythm erstwhile Mamdani utilized the Knicks logo for his campaign, and the squad issued a cease-and-desist letter. The White House past utilized the Knicks logo successful a station soon aft past year's predetermination to say, "Trump Is Your President." The Knicks reached retired to the White House which past removed the post.

President Donald Trump attended Game 3 of the NBA Finals betwixt the San Antonio Spurs and the New York Knicks astatine Madison Square Garden connected June 8, 2026, successful New York City. Trump was joined by his granddaughter Kai Trump, Knicks proprietor James Dolan, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

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"The Knicks stay neutral connected governmental matters," the squad said successful a connection astatine the time. "We anticipation each our elected officials, whether existent oregon precocious elected, bash a large occupation successful office."

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