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a kennedy

(36,442 posts)
Thu May 28, 2026, 07:50 PM Thursday

Ah, Bill Bradley has something to say about the orange piece of shit going to the NBA finals......

New York Knicks legend Bill Bradley has offered a word of caution to President Donald Trump about his planned attendance at the upcoming NBA finals. "It's a free country… but to me, he's not going to be the center of attention. The center of attention will be the Knicks," Bradley, 82, who served as a Democratic New Jersey senator from 1979 to 1997, said in an interview with TMZ Sports. The 6-foot-5 Hall of Famer was a star forward for the Knicks during their 1970 and 1973 NBA title seasons, the only two championships in franchise history. The team is heading back to the finals on June 3 for the first time since the 1998-99 season, and Trump said at a Cabinet meeting Wednesday that he is planning to attend a game. "Quite frankly… I don't give a s--t what he does," Bradley said of Trump. "What I care about is what the team does."

https://l.smartnews.com/p-7OlPgKBj/eMdRht

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Ah, Bill Bradley has something to say about the orange piece of shit going to the NBA finals...... (Original Post) a kennedy Thursday OP
Senator Bradley. A Knick great... FalloutShelter Thursday #1
JFC!!! Does he have to ruin everything??? tulipsandroses Thursday #2
And Knicks fans will have to deal Ilsa Thursday #5
This could be a good time for a show of solidarity. I know it won't happen, but what if the teams flashman13 Thursday #8
This! And maybe he should be required to pass Ilsa Yesterday #9
Great idea! flashman13 20 hrs ago #11
This Celt's fan remembers Bradley, Debusherre. Reed, Frazier, and Montoe. OAITW r.2.0 Thursday #3
True story AverageOldGuy Thursday #4
nice Skittles Thursday #6
New York hates DonOLD Rump right ???? Trueblue1968 Thursday #7
Imagine if Obama showed up. One would get applause and the other boos. IcyPeas Yesterday #10
Tell him it is not safe to attend public events. After all, that's why he needs his ballroom. travelingthrulife 20 hrs ago #12
Bradley repeatedly called Al Gore a liar in 2000 SocialDemocrat61 18 hrs ago #13

tulipsandroses

(8,304 posts)
2. JFC!!! Does he have to ruin everything???
Thu May 28, 2026, 08:34 PM
Thursday

The Knicks triumphant run in the playoffs has been the best thing so many of us have experienced in such a long time. He has to insert himself and snatch what little joy we have?

Ilsa

(64,623 posts)
5. And Knicks fans will have to deal
Thu May 28, 2026, 10:27 PM
Thursday

with the security nightmare of having a guest that's been targeted four times? Five? His presence will ruin all fun.

flashman13

(2,584 posts)
8. This could be a good time for a show of solidarity. I know it won't happen, but what if the teams
Thu May 28, 2026, 10:59 PM
Thursday

issued a joint statement saying they won't play if Trump comes to the arena. They can spin the argument, which has the advantage of actually being true, that having Trump and all the BS that supports him in attendance, would be too much of a distraction to the teams. It would be unfair to the teams. And it is way unfair to the fans.

Trump doesn't want any black generals, but he is perfectly happy to exploit black athletes while they demonstrate the high art of basket ball performed at the highest level. That is serious BS at the highest level.

Ilsa

(64,623 posts)
9. This! And maybe he should be required to pass
Fri May 29, 2026, 12:46 AM
Yesterday

a test: make a 3-pointer, just to rebuff any notion he's a fine athlete himself because he can drive a golf cart.

OAITW r.2.0

(32,720 posts)
3. This Celt's fan remembers Bradley, Debusherre. Reed, Frazier, and Montoe.
Thu May 28, 2026, 09:35 PM
Thursday

They were a great frickin' team.

AverageOldGuy

(4,232 posts)
4. True story
Thu May 28, 2026, 09:57 PM
Thursday

I'm a Mississippi native, left at age 18 in 1962, go back for funerals. However, I stayed in the South, never lived north of Tennessee.

Back 25 (??) years ago I flew into NY on business -- my first trip to the land of the damnyankees.

Two guys got off the plane in front of me, from their accents they clearly were NY natives. Walked down the ramp, into the terminal, one turned to the other and said: "Something's wrong!! I've been in New York for 5 minutes and nobody has cursed at me!!"

Let's hope that does not happen to Trump -- curse at the moron the minute he shows his face and don't stop.

Skittles

(173,098 posts)
6. nice
Thu May 28, 2026, 10:30 PM
Thursday

I'm not a sports fan but a favorite neighbor of mine is a Knicks fanatic so I am happy for him

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