Timothée Chalamet Says He’d ‘Way Rather’ Have a Knicks Championship Than an Oscar
Yahoo • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Timothée Chalamet expressed a strong preference for the New York Knicks winning the NBA championship over winning an Oscar, celebrating courtside after the Knicks defeated the San Antonio Spurs 4-1 to claim the title.
- Chalamet joined the Knicks' locker room celebration, humorously declining protective goggles for champagne showers, citing that he is not an athlete and usually has a stunt double.
- The actor has been nominated three times for the Best Actor Oscar but has yet to win, while the Knicks ended a 53-year championship drought with their 2026 victory.
- Several other celebrities, including Spike Lee, Larry David, and Taylor Swift, were also courtside during the NBA Finals, with President Donald Trump attending Game 3, marking the first time a sitting president attended the Finals.
- The Knicks' last championship before 2026 was in 1973, when they also defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 4-1, mirroring the recent Finals outcome.
