Stephen A Smith elects not to dunk on Trump following Knicks NBA Finals victory

ESPN star Stephen A. Smith decided not to dunk on President Donald Trump after the New York Knicks secured their championship.

Stephen A. Smith had a chance to dunk on President Donald Trump after the New York Knicks won the NBA championship late Saturday night.

He passed.

Yes, really.

After the Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs, 94-90, in Game 5 of the NBA Finals at Frost Bank Center, OutKick/Fox News Digital caught up with Smith and asked whether he had any response to Trump now that New York had officially ended its 53-year NBA championship drought.

Knicks players celebrate with the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy after winning Game 5 of the 2026 NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs at Frost Bank Center. (Joe Murphy/NBAE)

Smith, who had spent several days talking about Trump’s appearance at Madison Square Garden earlier in the series, wanted no part of it.

"The Knicks just won the title. I don't give a s--- about politics or anything like that. I could care less. You could ask me tomorrow, you could ask me Tuesday. But right now, the New York Knicks just ended a 53-year drought. I've waited all my life for this moment. And I'm not going to let anything get in the way of that," Smith told OutKick/Fox News Digital.

"There's no disrespect to you or anybody else. It's just that that stuff is the furthest thing from my mind. I've been a lifelong New York Knick fan, born in the Bronx raised in Hollis, Queens. [There's been] one disappointment after another after another. It's been 53 years. And it's over," Smith concluded.

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That was Stephen A. Smith, one of the loudest and most opinionated voices in sports media, choosing