Timothée Chalamet Goes Viral For What He Said After Knicks Won NBA Finals
Timothée Chalamet has been nominated for four Academy Awards, most recently nominated twice for his leading role in “Marty Supreme.”
The Josh Safdie-directed movie follows Chalamet’s Marty Mauser in 1950s New York City, as he pursues ping-pong greatness against all odds. Everyone and everything tells him it’s impossible, and maybe it is, but he refuses to believe his story will end in anything other than unabashed glory. He embodies the hustler’s mentality that has coursed through New Yorkers for decades.
The New York Knicks just defeated the San Antonio Spurs in the 2026 NBA Finals to bring an NBA championship back to New York for the first time since 1973 - validating all those delusional dreamers, including Chalamet.
“Way rather this than the Oscars!” Chalemet screamed after the Knicks won Game 5 at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio on Saturday night. “C’mon, baby! Knicks are champions, baby!”
Chalamet was also spotted hugging Karl-Anthony Towns and every Knick he could find on the court after the game:
Chalamet is essentially an honorary Knick at this point. He has been a die-hard Knicks fan for years - skipping the Met Gala in favor of Knicks games on more than one occasion - but he entered the Spike Lee- and Ben Stiller-level as a courtside fixture throughout this historic playoff run. The Knicks just completed one of the most dominant playoff runs in NBA history.
They won 15 of their last 16 games, including a 13-game winning streak. In the Finals against the Spurs, the Knicks overcame double-digit deficits in all five games. They will always be remembered for erasing a 29-point deficit to beat the Spurs in Game 4 at Madison Square Garden, the largest comeback in Finals history.
Chalemet, of course, and Kylie Jenner, his longtime girlfriend, were in the Garden then and will almost assuredly be front and center at the Knicks’ championship parade down the Canyon of Heroes in Manhattan on Thursday.
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This story was originally published June 14, 2026 at 12:37 PM.