NBA Commissioner Adam Silver used the time before Game 3 of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden Monday night to set the record straight on the silly accusation made by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08) that President Trump, who was in attendance for the New York Knicks-San Antonio Spurs matchup, wasn't actually a Knicks fan and that his presence at the game was an unwelcome distraction.
Although he didn't mention Jeffries by name, Silver clearly had gotten wind of the fact that some on the left were floating the idea that the president, who grew up in New York City, had no business being at the game. Nothing could be further from the truth, said Silver.
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"He was a fixture at Madison Square Garden," he told the ESPN broadcast crew from the floor of the Garden; that crew included retired NBA greats Shaquille O'Neal and Charles Barkley. "You guys remember – all of you – when you played here back in the old days, he had courtside seats. He was here all the time. He was at drafts, so he's a genuine Knicks fan."
🚨 WOW! NBA Commissioner Adam Silver just went full TRUMP MODE at Madison Square Garden
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 9, 2026
"He was a FIXTURE at Madison Square Garden...he had courtside seats, here ALL the time. He was at drafts. He's a GENUINE Knicks fan." 🔥
"The arena is packed. People got through extra… pic.twitter.com/0PaP1FjTHG
🚨 WOW! NBA Commissioner Adam Silver just went full TRUMP MODE at Madison Square Garden
"He was a FIXTURE at Madison Square Garden...he had courtside seats, here ALL the time. He was at drafts. He's a GENUINE Knicks fan." 🔥
"The arena is packed. People got through extra security...we should be using sports to create MORE community, not less!"
The left did NOT want to hear that 🤣
As RedState's Sister Toldjah reported earlier Monday, Jeffries used the occasion of a Capitol Hill press conference to call into question the president's presence at Game 3.
During a congressional presser earlier in the day, Jeffries, decked out in a pale pink Knicks hat and seersucker suit, vented his frustrations, questioning whether Trump, a longtime Knicks fan, even knew enough about the team to qualify to be a fan.
The visual here is important. This guy has the nerve to call out anyone, much less the president of the United States, a guy who lived in New York City longer than Jeffries has been alive?
Hakeem Jeffries: "It also is not clear to me that Donald Trump is a big Knicks fan. I mean does this guy even know the difference between Karl Rove and Karl-Anthony Towns?!? I don't think so. He's just injecting himself into the NBA Finals because he always has to bring the MAGA… pic.twitter.com/zwcZurlflm
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) June 8, 2026
Hakeem Jeffries: "It also is not clear to me that Donald Trump is a big Knicks fan. I mean does this guy even know the difference between Karl Rove and Karl-Anthony Towns?!? I don't think so. He's just injecting himself into the NBA Finals because he always has to bring the MAGA circus into town and that's unfortunate."
Speaking of unfortunate, that pink hat isn't doing Jeffries any favors. Not to mention the fact that even a sporting event must be distilled down to politics in the bizarro world of Democrats. Jeffries would do well to ponder the wise words of Commissioner Silver, who also commented before the game, "I think we should be using sports to create more of a sense of community with people, not less."
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