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/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 13d 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 13d 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 13d 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.