The Oklahoma City Thunder will not be making the customary visit to the White House to celebrate their 2025 NBA Championship, a team spokesperson told The Athletic on Friday. In a statement to The Athletic, the team cited "timing issues" as a reason for not holding the visit.
"We have been in touch with the White House and we are appreciative and grateful for the communication we have had, but the timing just didn't work out," the team told The Athletic.
The Thunder defeated the Indiana Pacers in Game 7 of the NBA Finals last June to secure the championship. The title was the team's first since the franchise moved from Seattle in 2007.
Though visiting the White House after winning the NBA championship dates back to the 1960s, President Donald Trump's election in 2016 disrupted that tradition. The Golden State Warriors chose to decline the White House's invitation after winning the Finals in 2017, before doing the same in 2018.
Oklahoma City would have been the first team to visit the White House since President Trump took office for his second term. The Boston Celtics, who won the championship in 2024, visited the White House later that fall while President Joe Biden was still in office.
The Thunder are in the middle of a five-game road trip. Oklahoma City does play the Washington Wizards on Saturday, a trip that would have been a logical time for a White House visit, but the tight turnaround before playing the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday may have contributed to the "timing issues."
Oklahoma City is on pace for another strong postseason run this year, currently leading the NBA with 55 wins. They became the first NBA team to officially punch their ticket to the playoffs earlier this week.
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