The Los Angeles Lakers announced Thursday that they will visit the White House as NBA champions after President-elect Joe Biden takes office on Jan. 20.
The visit of the NBA champions during 2019-2020 will take place during the current season, the Los Angeles entity said.
Since Republican Donald Trump became president of the United States, no NBA champion team has visited the White House.
Biden’s election victory over President Trump was confirmed early Thursday, hours after thousands of supporters of the current president invaded the Washington Capitol building.
Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president in US history.
The Lakers do not yet have an official date to visit Biden.
The NBA has just released the first half of its program, which runs through March 4.
In the 1980s, President Ronald Reagan began inviting all professional and university sports teams to the nation’s national championship to the White House.
The victory of Biden’s election attracted many reactions from around the sports world, including the ninth national team in Washington, which invited the president-elect to launch the inaugural pitch for the 2021 season.