Check out the Knicks’ miniature Lego victory parade
Legoland New York celebrated the Knicks’ historic NBA Finals victory with a brick-sized recreation of the New York Parade.
James Dolan is ready to take the NBA champion New York Knicks to the White House. Finals MVP Jalen Brunson isn’t ready to say whether he’ll take part in that trip.
The Knicks owner and longtime friend of President Donald Trump said the team has accepted the invitation to the White House. Brunson told New York Magazine that the players had not even discussed the matter.
“We haven’t talked about that yet,” Brunson said. “But we will talk about it as a team and cross the bridge when we get there.”
Dolan made some pretty definitive statements on WFAN the day before the championship parade.
“We just received an invitation from the White House and we accepted,” Dolan said. “We still need to figure out the details and all that, but of course we invited the president to the game. He’s a friend. We’ve known each other for 30 years and I’m very proud to be able to bring the team to the White House.”
Trump joined Dolan for Game 3, becoming the first sitting president to attend an NBA Finals game. Trump sat in Dolan’s suite and was booed only when he appeared on the jumbotron before the game. That night, the Knicks lost 115-111 to the San Antonio Spurs, ending their winning streak at 13. They finished off the Spurs in five games, ending a 53-year title drought.
Trump then congratulated the team on Truth Social, calling out Brunson by name and calling the title perhaps the best in basketball history.
Some champions skipped the traditional White House visit during Trump’s first term, including the Golden State Warriors in 2017 and 2018 and the Toronto Raptors in 2019. The Oklahoma City Thunder also sat out last year due to timing issues. In 2017, Trump withdrew his invitation from the Warriors after Stephen Curry said he was reluctant to join the team and several Warriors players disagreed with Trump’s policies.
