The New York Knicks are headed to the White House.
Following their historic victory in the NBA championship on Saturday, June 13, the owner of the Knicks James Dolan he confirmed that his team received an invitation from the White House, where they are expected to meet President Donald Trump.
“We just received an invitation from the White House, which we accepted,” Dolan said during an interview with WFAN Sports Radio on Wednesday, June 17.
He added, “We still have to get the details.”
Dolan, 71, noted that he invited Trump, 80, to attend Game 3 of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden in New York City earlier this month.
“He’s a friend of mine. I’ve known him for 30 years and I’m proud to bring the team to the White House,” he said.
Trump was booed during the June 8 game between the Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs, which marked the Spurs’ only victory over the Knicks in the NBA Finals. (The Knicks defeated the Spurs 94-90 in Game 5 on Saturday to win their first championship since 1973.)
“I think, it was very exciting,” Trump later told reporters. “It was loud and very energetic.”
Dolan previously defended Trump against claims that he appeared to fall asleep during the game.
“I was with him the whole time. We talked the whole time. He was awake, he was engaged,” Dolan said last week.
“That’s the first president of the United States to ever go to the NBA Finals. That’s a huge honor. And he’s a New Yorker. Whatever you think of him, he’s a Knicks fan,” Dolan added. “People don’t want to hear this … I think he’s a good man. I love him – I’ve known him for over 30 years, but I’m not going to get on this show and start supporting the president.”
“I’ll just say it was a great honor to have him there, and I enjoyed hanging out with him, he asked me a lot of questions,” Dolan said.
Earlier this week, Dolan revealed that he asked the Knicks to stop having sex during the NBA Playoffs.
“I was of the opinion that maybe you should cut out sex for the next 10 weeks,” Dolan said on the Monday, June 15, episode of the Knicks’ “Roommates Show” podcast. Jalen Brunson again Josh Hart. “You don’t have to stop sex for the next 10 weeks – but, like the Spartans, you know what the Spartans are? They denied themselves, right? To have a limit. Get a limit. “
He continued, “Go home, talk to your wives and tell them – don’t tell them you don’t have sex, don’t tell them it was my plan – but let them. [to] know what this will be like, what your commitment will be like, and how they will have to sacrifice themselves.”
