Jalen Brunson hedges when asked about Knicks White House visit

New York Knicks owner James Dolan accepted President Trump's invitation for the team to visit the White House after winning the NBA championship, but Finals MVP Jalen Brunson hedged on the visit, saying the team will discuss it later. No NBA champion has visited the White House during Trump's presidencies, and Brunson's teammate Josh Hart has been critical of Trump on social media.

Getting your Trinity Audio //trinityaudio.ai player ready...Knicks owner James Dolan boasted triumphantly that the Knicks will go to the White House https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/06/18/knicks-accept-invitation-to-visit-trump-at-white-house-dolan/ to celebrate their NBA championship https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/06/13/new-york-knicks-win-first-nba-championship-since-1973-in-photos/ win with Queens native President Trump https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/06/08/trump-visit-to-knicks-nba-finals-security/ . But the championship series most valuable player indicated that visit https://www.mediaite.com/media/sports/ny-knicks-star-jalen-brunson-says-white-house-visit-still-up-in-the-air-despite-team-owner-accepting-trumps-invite/ is no slam dunk. “We just did receive an invitation from the White House, which we accepted,” Dolan told WFAN New York last week after the Knicks won their first title in 53 years. Dolan called Trump a friend he’s known for 30 years and was glad to host him for the third game of the Knicks five-game series against the San Antonio Spurs. It was the only game between the teams the Knicks lost. No other president https://www.espn.com/nba/story/ /id/49004408/trump-becomes-first-sitting-president-attend-nba-finals-game has attended an NBA Finals games. Dolan said the details for a White House visit were still in the works. New York magazine reported that Knicks star Jalen Brunson hadn’t discussed that game plan with his teammates prior to Dolan’s announcement. “But as a team, we’ll discuss it and we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it,” Brunson said https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/jalen-brunson-interview-new-york-knicks-championship.html in an interview published Wednesday. No NBA champion has visited the White House during either of Trump’s presidencies. Brunson’s backcourt teammate Josh Hart has been critical of Trump on social media. The shooting guard called Trump “ a dumbass https://x.com/joshhart/status/1300791375525371904? ” in 2020 and called for him to be booted from the White House https://x.com/joshhart/status/1325112802407804931? following his re-election defeat. The Knicks organization couldn’t immediately be reached for comment.