Timothée Chalamet was happier that the New York Knicks won an NBA championship than he would be about an Oscar win.
The three-time-nominated star was courtside at Frost Bank Center in Texas when his team Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs to claim the title in a 4-1 series.
Joining a host of other A-listers, including Larry David, Adam Sandler and Jerry Seinfeld, he declared: “Way rather this than the Oscars! Come on, baby!”
As the celebrations continued well after the final horn blared, Chalamet joined the players inside the locker room where champagne flowed.
Asked if he needed goggles to protect his eye from the spraying bubbly, he joked: “I don’t deserve them. I’m not an athlete. Usually, I have a stunt double do that.”
The Complete Unknown star, who is Jewish, has been a regular at Madison Square Garden where the Knicks play their home games.
The team has a deep association with New York’s Jewish community.
The last time they won an NBA championship in 1973, their coach was William “Red” Holzman, widely considered the most important and greatest coach in Knicks history.
Born to Jewish immigrant parents, he was inducted into the International Jewish Hall of Fame in 1988.
The team's success this season has been seen as a much-needed high point for New York Jews who have felt the impact of the war and have a Muslim mayor Zohran Mamdani, who has called the Palestinian cause “central to my identity”.
Chalamet has had three Best Actor Oscar nominations for Call Me by Your Name in 2018, A Complete Unknown in 2025 and his latest for Marty Supreme in 2026.
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