President Donald Trump became the first sitting president to attend an NBA Finals game on Monday night in New York. A native New Yorker, Trump attended Game 3 of the NBA Finals between his hometown Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs, sitting in a suite with members of his family, Knicks owner James Dolan, Bruce Blakeman and others, while NBA Commissioner Adam Silver joined him later.

Trump’s Comments on the NBA

Trump criticized the NBA for being ‘highly political’ in 2020. NBA players were given the option to wear social justice messages on their jerseys, and numerous players knelt for the national anthem. When asked if he felt the NBA had gone away from its ‘left-wing’ tendencies, Trump said, ‘It’s a little left-wing. I think so, tends to be a little left-wing. But it’s great entertainment,’

Trump also praised the NBA for getting ‘rougher’ in recent years, saying he did not remember as tight of defense 10 years ago. Trump received a massive reaction from the Madison Square Garden crowd on Monday, mostly in contrast with how he was received in Florida for the college football national championship.

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