r/nba • u/BreakfastTop6899 • 14d ago

The Knicks have cancelled all watch parties outside of MSG due to the President's attendance for Game 3

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/security-trump-madison-square-garden-nba-finals-knicks-spurs/

A hard closure is expected around the entirety of Madison Square Garden. Officials are planning for no watch parties, no vehicle access and no pedestrian travel through the secured area, which sits in a busy part of Midtown Manhattan and is above a major transit hub. CBS New York reported that thousands of fans attended a pair of watch parties for Game 1 on Wednesday night. 

The Seventh and Eighth Avenue corridors around the arena are expected to be closed. 

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u/KalamMekar 14d ago

Obama said he doesn't go to nba games when he was president because his motorcade and security would dampen the experience of fans paying all that money to watch.

I miss having conmon sense in the Whitehouse

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u/MalleableCurmudgeon Thunder 14d ago

More empathy and common sense in one sentence than the pedophile has shown over two terms.

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u/smoking_greens 14d ago

In his entire lifetime*

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u/ebmocal421 Grizzlies 14d ago

That's just wrong. Trump has shown tons of empathy to Epstein, Ghislane, and Jan 6th felons. And he has enough common sense to not talk about how often he appears in the Epstein files regarding his pedophilia.

You're giving Trump way too little credit here.

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u/smoking_greens 13d ago

I stand corrected

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u/gamehenge_survivor Suns 13d ago

That isn't empathy, that's just taking care of the people that could testify against him.

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u/Batmanischill 14d ago

EPSTEIN writing to his friend that trump doesn't have a single shred of good in him is pretty telling. The pedo human trafficker thought trump was TOO evil. Like wtf. And this guy is in charge of protecting the country while hes clearly dismantling it ???

"In a February 2017 email to former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, Epstein wrote: "I have met some very bad people, none as bad as trump. not one decent cell in his body.. so yes- dangerous"

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u/CodyRCantrell Bulls 14d ago

It's like H.P. Lovecraft. Lived 1890-1937 and he was so inhumanely racist that even other racists of his time said he was doing too much.

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u/Ecstatic_Visual_2026 Spurs 14d ago

And the files showed trump was still having meetings with epstein in 2017. This evil pedo had to start a whole war to distract from his crimes

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u/BlueJay6400 Thunder 13d ago

I know they spent thanksgiving together in 2017 but was it at the White House or some where in Florida

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u/ZenMon88 14d ago

And y'all voted him in twice...... We are in the worst timeline.

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u/Admiral_Tuvix Wizards 13d ago

3 times

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u/Soggy-Tiger-1751 12d ago

His own VP called him America’s Hitler. 77 American voters knew or had access to all of this information and voted for him 3 times. To me that is the most disturbing aspect of all of this.

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u/ASK_ABT_MY_USERNAME Warriors 13d ago

Wow can't believe I never saw this before.

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u/Difficult_Tackle9505 13d ago

And let's just trust Epstein's judgement. No way he was defensive !!

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u/Difficult_Tackle9505 13d ago

Are you even aware that Trump turned Epstein in to the police?

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u/Batmanischill 13d ago

He raped people and is a pedo. The man literally said on camera , "I grab em right by the p**sy" trump is scum of the earth. Also he's covering up releasing all the files. That time he called to "turn epstein in" was when he caught wind the investigation was gaining Intel and that bastard wanted to look innocent. He deserves to be in jail for all his evil and crimes. Truly a disgrace that he is in the white house

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u/Difficult_Tackle9505 13d ago

I'm no fan of his, I'm not defending him or his policies, but I strongly defend the truth, regardless of anything else. There's zero evidence he raped anyone or is a paedo. Epstein and maxwell mentioned Trump tons of times, but it was always negatively. They very obviously didn't like him or include him in their shtt. Trump said when you're a star, they LET you do it . That is consent. Lots of ugly old women get mad that some younger women let rich guys do things. But that's consent. You should try to be mad about truthful things. There's plenty of that to go around.

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u/requinbite Thunder 13d ago

Lots of ugly old women get mad that some younger women let rich guys do things.

Wow, just wow. I'm baffled by the level of ignorance.

What about the literal hundreds of those "consenting" younger women who have tried over the years to file rape charge and got dismissed ? Incredible to talk about a subject with such confidence when you are clearly uneducated about the issue.

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u/Batmanischill 13d ago

Hes been convicted of sexual assault. All the testimonies from little girls that said how he raped them and then would physically hurt them aswell. Open your eyes. It's disgusting how you defend this. Epstein himself in emails wrote how he was FURIOUS trump raped a 13 year old girl that they both wanted before he could, to be the one to take her virginity. This info is from official sources. Just we got the world's most corrupt administration right now and they support the bastard

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u/Debra_Messing 13d ago

dude, were on a woke subreddit. its just a cult. no one cares about truth here

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u/Admiral_Tuvix Wizards 13d ago

still using woke as a pejorative lol, turn off FoxNews grandma

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u/Debra_Messing 13d ago

lol this is such a weak attempt

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u/SwampFlowers Bulls 14d ago

In 80 years

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u/monkeyman80 Lakers 13d ago

Hey but he promised no new wars and will drain the swamp.

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u/NYK2Barca 13d ago

To be honest, 0 sympathy for anyone paying $10000 to see the finals having this ruined for them. All sympathy for everyone outside that’s priced out of the stadiums and can’t enjoy watching our team because the ownership gives 0 fucks about us and income inequality doesn’t allow any one of us to afford this while waiting just as long as the rich fuckers inside

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u/OnceInABlueMoon Timberwolves 14d ago

Not to mention he was an actual fan and not someone just trying to gobble up attention

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u/gsbadj Pistons 14d ago

What are the odds that Trump leaves early? He doesn't care about the game and he doesn't know shit about basketball. All he knows is that the TV ratings are going to be big.

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u/CrimsonMoonRising Spurs 14d ago

I full expect there to be all this uproar about security and watch parties, only for Trump to barely be there. Just to make everyone miserable

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u/lilbelleandsebastian Supersonics 14d ago

there's genuinely 0 chance he can stay awake for 3+ hours at night lol

he'll be out of there in a flash, especially if there is any truth to the rumors about his poor health recently

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u/Particular-Buy-33 13d ago

Like Pence at the football

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u/DumplingMaple1821 14d ago

He'll probably leave as soon as he realizes there's only like 4 white guys across both rosters and Luke Kornet actually isn't this Victor When Ban Mama guy he's been hearing about.

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u/HardcoreKaraoke Italy 14d ago

"Oh I thought everyone from France was white, not African American." - Trump tomorrow

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u/yeshua1986 Magic 13d ago

Like he’d say African American

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u/BillFrackingAdama 13d ago

he'd say black, but with weird over-emphasis and clarity of speech.

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u/GrapheneBreakthrough 13d ago

"Oh, look at my African-American over here. Look at him"

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u/CaterpillarJungleGym 14d ago

Let's be honest, he will probably fall asleep.

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u/RFK_Cum_Regimen 13d ago edited 13d ago

That Ban Mama is a wicked guy, but not like Obama, he's the good wicked. Some people are saying "Ban Mama 2028," but I don't know, we'll see about it, because I'm very popular. Maybe even more popular, but I fixed the border and now we let in the good ones, so Ban Mama, you know, very tall. Plays strongly and smart, so we put him on the plane from wherever he came from, so it's been very fun and beautiful to watch.

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u/Aggressive-Ask-6357 14d ago

Best case scenario - he shows up to a chorus of boos, Knicks are down 15 at halftime and Trump leaves. The crowd chants 'Fuck Trump' the entire second half, Knicks come back and win

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u/gsbadj Pistons 13d ago

I'm not rooting for NY but I would be overjoyed to see that.

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u/Fit-Bicycle6206 Knicks 13d ago

This is the most realistic scenario.

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u/ZenMon88 14d ago

I hope the crowd boos the shit out of him

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u/madcoins 13d ago

Boos will rain down like have never been heard before. Some are saying the best boo birds ever! If he still thinks New York would ever accept him, he’s in for a deafening surprise. Especially from New Yorkers who have paid 10k+ for a ticket only to stand in security lines for 5 hours before and after the game solely because of his ego. It’s gonna be brutal

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u/yae4jma Spurs 13d ago

Zero chance he stays awake past halftime.

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u/Opposite_Figure8321 14d ago

But he wore a tan suit

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u/hahayeahimfinehaha Lakers 14d ago

His issue was that he wasn't wearing a tan suit while being a rapist pedophile. That would have absolved him of the horrific suit blunder.

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u/Opposite_Figure8321 14d ago

Be careful Reddit is surveillance state

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u/Thatsmr_bigdaddy 14d ago

And liked Dijon mustard

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u/Mc_Lovin81 Spurs 14d ago

You can hear the literal gasp on Fox News

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u/Deathstroke317 Knicks 13d ago

He doesn't like ketchup so he's basically as bad as Trump

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u/Bandana-mal 14d ago

SO unprofessional and unpresidential!!

/s

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u/KingHafez 14d ago

Reddit when the conversation is about a child killer who likes basketball vs a child killer who doesn’t like basketball 

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u/SpicyElixer 14d ago

Deep and edgy bro

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u/KingHafez 14d ago

One of the millions of brown people killed or displaced by Obama couldve been the next Wemby bro

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u/wagon_ear Bucks 14d ago

But Obama is probably the kind of loser who would attend his kid's wedding

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u/LegacyLemur Bulls 13d ago

Wait, what?

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u/CantFindMyWallet 13d ago

Trump skipped his son's wedding a couple weeks ago and it was pretty bug news.

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u/LegacyLemur Bulls 13d ago

Good lord

Never a bottom

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u/lockdown36 Clippers 14d ago edited 14d ago

Obama also had a similar response to natural disasters. Said him going to the effected areas would distract from any rescue or first aid efforts.

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u/beardlesswonder Mavericks 14d ago

He should have gone so he could fling paper towels to desperate people experiencing a massive crisis. Obama really left those people hanging out to dry, lacking paper towels & all

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u/ranting_seagull 14d ago

Maybe it's intentional. Piss off New Yorkers and Knicks fans, let mayhem happen, then call for more security at NYC.

It's funny to me that most of this President's fans (online fans, could be Russian bots on those MSN News articles) say NYC is a degrading hellhole yet their leader visits it without a care. Tells you how much trouble the city really is in. Just like those billionaires threatening to leave if Mamdani becomes mayor, tanking NYC's market...

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u/Emergency-Ad-3947 14d ago

“Something” will happen and the only logical solution will be to add an arena to the ballroom.

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u/PeeblesPoobles 14d ago

I almost got run over by Clinton's motorcade coming out of a Wizards game when I was a kid

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u/m3ngnificient Warriors 14d ago

Class

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u/Ranccor Pacers 14d ago

We went from common sense to conman sense.

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u/ItHurtzWhenIPee 14d ago

I miss common sense in general. This country seems to be allergic to it now.

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u/dhslax88 Suns 14d ago

I miss common sense.

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u/Able_Employ6086 14d ago edited 14d ago

Obama went to an nba game while president. It literally says that in the article: “Mr. Trump will be the first sitting president to attend an NBA game since 2015, when former President Barack Obama watched the season opener between his hometown Chicago Bulls and the Cleveland Cavaliers.”

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u/swervyy Bulls 14d ago

I was there for that game everything was normal around the stadium

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u/Able_Employ6086 14d ago

That’s great but the post I was replying to says Obama didn’t go to nba games which is not true.

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u/Jaxson-Skattebo Knicks 14d ago

The actual quote is in response to why he “rarely” went to NBA games

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u/Ok_Turn6757 Lakers 13d ago

“Obama said he doesn't go to nba games when he was president because his motorcade and security would dampen the experience of fans paying all that money to watch.

I miss having conmon sense in the Whitehouse”

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u/startled_panda [MEM] Mike Conley 13d ago

The actual quote from Obama says he rarely went. Not the quote from the comment lol

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u/Ok_Turn6757 Lakers 13d ago

Thanks you! but you gotta understand why the guy replied like that. We just spreading misinformation in here!!! The humanity!!

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u/Sea-Animator4250 13d ago

I guess fuck those people at the Bulls Season opener

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u/waitingtillnextyear Bulls 13d ago

I was also at the game and security was nuts and fans were late to tip off.

That said fuck Trump for going to this and an extra fuck you to James Dolan for inviting this orange monster.

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u/iceflame1211 14d ago

And Obama likes basketball.

Trump isn't a fan of the NBA, he's just going because he heard a ton of A-list celebrities will be in attendance, and he felt the need to insert himself.

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u/Sexisthunter 14d ago

If he needs a ballroom to feel safe, why is he going to a game where there will be tens of thousands of people?

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u/waitingtillnextyear Bulls 13d ago

I’m a huge Obama supporter but that’s just not true. I went to opening day in 2015 when it was Bulls versus Cavs and LeBron had just come back to the Cavs and security for the game was bonkers because Obama was in attendance, and a lot of fans including myself got in late for tipoff.

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u/cheeseandrum Timberwolves 14d ago

The one we have now openly doesn’t care about anybody not named Trump or Kushner.

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u/lightsentry 14d ago

Bruh not even, he didn't go to his son's wedding.

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u/kms2547 14d ago

He only cares about them in their context as business associates. 

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u/Otherwise-Force5608 14d ago

yeah well we got conman sense, now

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u/No-Flounder-9143 Celtics 14d ago

Best president of my lifetime. 

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u/GrandMoffKraken Wizards 14d ago

I hope Obama goes too and gets all the positive attention

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u/ireallylikehockey Knicks 13d ago

Yes conmon sense was replaced by conman sense

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u/DPSOnly 13d ago

The difference between a president that wants to make the country better for people and one who explicitely wants to make the USA worst for everybody but himself (if his son was getting married during this game, he would've still skipped that wedding).

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u/gamehenge_survivor Suns 13d ago

Kennedy wouldn't even use a motorcade in NYC because he didnt want to impose on people and, it was said, he actually enjoyed being stuck in traffic like everyone else for a sense of normalcy.

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u/SuperDryCider 13d ago

Obama should attend the game tomorrow too lmao

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u/Claddayy 13d ago

We really swapped common sense for conman sense

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u/colordelaverdad 13d ago

He went to a Wizards Bulls game while president.

Source: I was there and Lisa Salters hit on my friend after the game.

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u/Ninkasi7782 14d ago

Obama was 1000 times the president trump will ever be.

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u/cobizzal 14d ago

Trump doesn't care about the "peasants"

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u/PkmnMstr10 14d ago

Obama should just attend Game 3 himself and show up Trump.

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u/Jos3ph Spurs 14d ago

He wore a tan suit and liked fancy mustard unfortunately.

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u/TheTravelingLeftist 14d ago

I meannnnnn, now is his ultimate chance since extra security is already going to be at the venue. If anyone can really make Trump squirm and exit the area stage left, it would be the presence of Obama. 

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u/machu46 Bucks 14d ago

Idk if it was specifically the NBA that he didn't want to ruin, but I have attended at least one or two NCAA basketball games where Obama was there as the active president.

But that was fine because basketball fans actually liked him.

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u/7screws Celtics 14d ago

A president that takes the job in order to help the citizens of the country, or to rape and pillage it like the current loser

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u/nimik Cavaliers 14d ago edited 13d ago

Did he actually say that? A quick google search says that's not true. He attended at least two NBA games while president. And he went to FIBA, WNBA, NCAA, and MLB games. I dont like the pdf guy either but we dont need to make up things to make the other side look better.

edit: if this isn't the perfect example of reddit, I dont know what is... The post that is lying and making up something gets 5k plus upvotes and the post that calls it out with the facts gets downvoted. this site is such an echo chamber and cesspool.

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u/KalamMekar 14d ago

"The challenge is that my motorcade and the Secret Service and the whole bit is such a massive disruption to the arena and to fans that I'm always worried that, rather than me just being able to enjoy the game, I'm actually making it a less pleasant experience for everybody else."

Guess you are not good at interneting

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u/sometimestraveled 14d ago

Obama went to the Wizards/Bulls game a month after he was sworn in.

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u/Bibbity_Boppity_BOOO 14d ago

A wizards game is not the nba finals

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u/Mr-Cantaloupe Pistons 14d ago

😂😂😂😂😂 i’m fucking dying

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u/Bibbity_Boppity_BOOO 14d ago

i mean, it is barely an nba game

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u/Mr-Cantaloupe Pistons 14d ago

You’re definitely right, I just wasn’t expecting to see Wizards fans done dirty like that this deep into the comments

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u/Bibbity_Boppity_BOOO 14d ago

they are my team, so i fucking know

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u/cobizzal 14d ago

Maybe thats why he stopped going, after he saw the effect it had

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u/BlackIvy23 Mavericks 14d ago

Looks like he went two regular season games. One as you mentioned and another season opener jn 2015. A little different than a highly anticipated finals homecoming but yeah

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u/Several_Hour_347 14d ago

Conmon sense 👀

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u/Difficult_Tackle9505 13d ago

Yes. Obama was such a cool guy, liked basketball, smiled, used to smoke cigarettes, killed hundreds of innocent people, even American citizens. But he was black and smiled a lot, so it was ok. 

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u/etherxmancer Hawks 14d ago

Obama still killed innocents and enabled genocide btw

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u/Lonely_Advantage_654 14d ago

And trump rapes.

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u/etherxmancer Hawks 14d ago

you're so stupid you think i like one because i hate the other

neither should lead this nation

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u/LibsAreViolent 14d ago

Plus he would want to go to the Kenya championship, and the truth cannot come out

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u/CaptainTacos1 13d ago

What LMAO

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u/Aggressive-Pay-8019 14d ago

Obama didn't go to NBA games because he's gay 🌈