By Joe Vardon, Josh Robbins and Sam Amick | The Athletic, 2026-04-15 09:00:04
唐纳德·J·特朗普 (Donald J. Trump) 总统目前正处于他的第六个任期年，而截至目前，在他执政期间还没有哪支 NBA 冠军球队造访过白宫。
根据《竞技报》(The Athletic) 2026 年匿名球员民调的结果，联盟球员在是否造访白宫的问题上存在分歧。不过，略微过半的受访者表示，如果他们的球队夺冠，他们愿意接受邀请前往宾夕法尼亚大道 1600 号。
从 2 月下旬到 4 月初，我们的记者走遍北美，向联盟球员提出了广泛的问题，涉及个人奖项、球员流动、联盟事务等话题。我们的记者共调查了 161 名球员，创下了该项目的历史新高。这一数字约占联盟球员总数的三分之一。
许多采访是在更衣室进行的，且时间紧迫，这使得每位记者无法向所有受访球员询问每一个问题。一些球员拒绝回答某些问题，就像他们在新闻发布会或其他场合所做的那样。在所有采访中，我们都给予了运动员匿名权，以便让他们能够尽可能坦率地回答问题，而无需担心遭到对手、队友、球迷或其他人的报复。
关于白宫的问题得到了 118 名球员的回应。在这些受访者中，63 人（53.4%）表示“会”，如果他们的球队赢得 NBA 总决赛，他们会造访白宫。另外 55 名球员（46.6%）表示“不会”。此外，还有 18 名球员被问及但拒绝回答该问题。
“我想去，因为我认为这是一种荣誉，无论谁在任，”一位球员说道。“我仍然认为去白宫会见国家领导人是一种特权和荣誉。”
《竞技报》并未询问球员是否支持特朗普。但在提供评论的 109 名受访者中，有 32 人表示不支持。没有人表示支持总统，也没有人主动提出支持任何特定的政治人物。
“我不参与政治，”一位球员说道，他的回答与许多表示想去白宫的球员相似。“当然要去，我肯定去。你没多少机会能踏进白宫的大门。”
另一位球员表示：“我去过（白宫）一次，我想再去一次，因为那意味着我再次夺冠了。而且，我有些话想对特朗普说。”该球员在评论结束时轻笑了一声。
许多球员提到美国总统官邸的历史意义以及对总统职位的尊重，将其作为参加的原因。
一位表示想去白宫的球员说：“如果我赢得了总冠军并去了白宫，我并不是为了支持总统而去的。我去白宫是为了庆祝一件如此艰难才成就的事，我们将在世界上最重要的建筑里接受表彰。”
在那些表示不会造访的球员中，有几位要么直接点名特朗普，要么提到了美国当前动荡的政治气候。
“我个人不会（去），”一位球员说道。“我无法认同特朗普。我不喜欢他在任期内的所作所为。我认为这对整个美国都没有好处。所以我觉得我不会去。”
另一位表示不想造访白宫的球员说：“我不跟特朗普打交道。”
《竞技报》在统计答案时没有询问球员的政治派别，也没有记录球员的国籍等其他个人信息。 NBA 大约有 550 名球员，全部为男性，年龄在 19 到 41 岁之间。此外，在 2025-26 赛季的揭幕战中，NBA 球员名单中有 135 名球员出生在美国境外，其中包括 71 名来自欧洲的球员。
几位出生在国外的球员表示他们会造访白宫，也有几位表示不会。
一位球员表示，他觉得这个问题，以及关于冠军球队是否应该在特朗普执政期间造访白宫的任何争论，都缺乏细致入微的考量。该球员建议，在目前这种他认为日益两极分化的政治气候下，进行建设性的、跨党派的讨论将会很有帮助。
“应该有一种基于共识的对话，而不仅仅是像往常那样说：‘不，我们不去，’”该球员说道。“我认为夺冠的球队应该努力弥合这种鸿沟，或者至少探索一下这种可能性。”
在《竞技报》询问 NBA 球员看法的同时，另一场关于知名运动队受邀造访白宫的争议也正在上演。在美国男子冰球队在加时赛击败加拿大队夺得奥运金牌后，球队在与特朗普的祝贺电话中，特朗普对球员们说：“我必须告诉你们，我们必须把女子队也请来。你们知道的。我相信（如果不邀请女子队的话）我可能会被弹劾。”
美国女子冰球队此前已在同一届米兰冬奥会上夺得金牌，而男队球员因对特朗普的言论报以紧张的笑声而受到批评。随着许多男队球员参加了国情咨文演讲并造访了白宫，而女队则以球员已有行程安排而非政治原因为由拒绝了邀请，批评声仍在继续。
约一个月后，卫冕冠军俄克拉荷马城雷霆队 (Oklahoma City Thunder) 在华盛顿参加比赛期间，曾与白宫讨论过造访事宜，但最终未能成行，理由是“时间安排”而非任何政治问题。
金州勇士队 (Golden State Warriors) 在 2017 年，即特朗普执政的第一年赢得了总决赛。在当年 9 月的训练营期间，斯蒂芬·库里 (Stephen Curry) 表示，如果球队收到造访邀请，他会投“反对票”。特朗普在看到库里的言论后，在社交媒体上表示“邀请已撤回”。当时效力于克利夫兰骑士队 (Cleveland Cavaliers) 且经常批评特朗普的勒布朗·詹姆斯 (LeBron James) 回应称特朗普是“无赖 (bum)”，并表示库里“已经说过他不会去了！所以根本就没有什么邀请。在（特朗普）出现之前，去白宫一直是一项巨大的荣誉！”勇士队在 2018 年再次夺冠，但并未造访白宫。
詹姆斯和骑士队在 2016 年夺冠，并于 11 月 10 日造访了白宫，当时距离新闻机构宣布特朗普赢得首次大选还不到两天。就在骑士队在椭圆形办公室会见时任总统巴拉克·奥巴马 (Barack Obama) 并在草坪仪式上与他并肩站立的同一天，特朗普在官邸前举行了新闻发布会。
尽管球员们在是否真正造访的问题上存在分歧，但 NBA 中没有哪个球员会对收到或拒绝白宫邀请的前景感到退缩。
因为那意味着他成为了冠军。
“是的，只要给我一枚冠军戒指就行，”一位球员说道。
由生成式人工智能翻译，译文内容可能不准确或不完整，以原文为准。
点击查看原文：Anonymous NBA Player Poll: Would you visit the White House if your team won the title?
Anonymous NBA Player Poll: Would you visit the White House if your team won the title?
President Donald J. Trump is in his sixth year in office, and, to date, no NBA champion has visited the White House during his administrations.
Based on the results of *The Athletic’*s 2026 anonymous player poll, the league’s players are split on visiting the White House generally, with a slight majority of respondents saying they would want to accept an offer to appear at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. if their team wins it all.
From late February through the start of April, our writers fanned out across North America and asked the league’s players a wide range of questions about subjects, including individual awards, player movement, league issues and other topics. Our writers surveyed 161 players, a record high for this project. That number represents approximately one-third of the league’s player base.
Many of the interviews were done in locker rooms and under tight time constraints, making it impossible for every reporter to ask every question of the full sampling of players. Some of the players declined to answer certain questions, just as they might at a news conference or in another setting. For all the interviews, we granted the athletes anonymity to give them the freedom to answer questions as candidly as possible, without fear of reprisals from rival players, teammates, fans or others.
The question about the White House received responses from 118 players. Of those respondents, 63 (53.4 percent) said “yes,” they would visit the White House if their team won the NBA Finals. Another 55 players (46.6 percent) said “no.” An additional 18 players were asked but declined to answer the question.
“I would want to because I think it’s an honor, regardless of who is in office,” one player said. “I still think it’s a privilege and honor to go to the White House and meet the leader of the country.”
The Athletic didn’t ask the players whether they supported Trump. But 32 of the 109 respondents who offered comments said they didn’t. None said they supported the president, and none volunteered that they supported any specific politician.
“I don’t get into politics,” said one player, whose answer was similar to many who said they would want to go to the White House. “Hell yeah, I’m going. You don’t get to step foot in the White House too many times.”
Another player said: “I’ve been (to the White House) one time and I’d like to go again because that means I’ve won again. Plus, I got some stuff I’d want to say to Trump.” That player ended his comment with a chuckle.
A number of players cited the historical significance of the American presidential residence and respect for the office of the presidency as reasons to attend.
A player who said he would want to go to the White House said: “If I win a championship and I go to the White House, I’m not going to the White House in support of the president. I’m going to the White House with an opportunity to celebrate something so tough to do, and we’re going to be celebrated in the most important building in the world.”
Among the players who said they would not visit, several either cited Trump by name or made reference to the current tumultuous political climate in the United States.
“I personally wouldn’t (visit),” one player said. “I can’t agree with Trump. I don’t like what he does in office. I don’t think it’s conducive to the whole of America. So I don’t think I’d visit.”
Said another player who stated he would not want to visit the White House: “I don’t (mess) with Trump.”
The Athletic did not ask players for their political affiliations, nor did it record other biographical information such as the players’ nations of citizenship when tabulating answers. There are roughly 550 players in the NBA, all of them male, between the ages of 19 and 41. Also, on opening night for the 2025-26 season, there were 135 players on NBA rosters who were born outside the United States, including 71 from Europe.
Several foreign-born players said they would visit the White House, and a few said they would not.
One player indicated that he felt the question, along with any debate about whether a championship team should visit the White House during Trump’s presidency, did not allow for nuance. The player suggested that constructive, bipartisan discussions would be helpful in what, from his point of view, has become a more polarized political climate.
“There should be a common ground conversation outside of just what the typical is, like, ‘No, we’re not going,’” the player said. “I think a team who wins, you should try to bridge that gap, or at least explore what that may look like.”
As The Athletic asked NBA players about their views, another controversy was playing out about White House invites and visits for prominent sports teams. After the U.S. men’s hockey team beat Canada in overtime to win Olympic gold, the team was on a congratulatory phone call with Trump, who said to the players: “I must tell you, we’re going to have to bring the women’s team. You do know that. I do believe I’d probably be impeached (if the women’s team wasn’t invited).”
The U.S. women’s hockey team had already won a gold medal at the same Milan Games and the men’s players were criticized for laughing nervously at Trump’s comments. The criticism continued as many of the men’s players attended the State of the Union address and visited the White House, while the women’s team declined their invitation, citing previous commitments for players rather than politics.
About a month later, the reigning NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder, while in Washington for a game, were in discussion with the White House for a visit but they ultimately didn’t go, citing “timing” instead of any political issues.
The Golden State Warriors won the finals during Trump’s first year, in 2017, and during training camp that September Stephen Curry said he would vote “no” if the team got an invitation to visit. Trump, on seeing Curry’s comments, said on social media that the “invitation is withdrawn.” LeBron James, at the time a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers and a frequent Trump critic, responded by calling Trump a “bum” and saying Curry “already said he ain’t going! So therefore ain’t no invite. Going to White House was a great honor until you showed up!” The Warriors won again in 2018 and did not visit the White House.
James and the Cavaliers won the title in 2016 and visited the White House on Nov. 10, less than two days after news outlets declared that Trump had won his first election. Trump gave a news conference in front of the residence on the same day the Cavs met with then-President Barack Obama in the Oval Office and stood with him in a ceremony on the lawn.
Though players were split on actually visiting, there isn’t a player in the NBA who would balk at the prospect of accepting or declining a White House invitation.
That’s because it would mean he was a champion.
“Yes, just give me a ring,” a player said.
By Joe Vardon, Josh Robbins and Sam Amick, via The Athletic