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Pablo Torre Finds Out: NEW: The DOJ could build a criminal conspiracy case against Steve Ballmer and the Clippers for securities fraud in the Kawhi Leonard scandal, former federal prosecutors tell @PabloTorre. "Even in 2026, a creative theory could map out a road to jail time." And that's before Trump gets involved.
Fullcourtpass: Donald Trump — at a speech at the Mavericks’ American Airlines Center — spoke on them trading Luka Doncic “I don’t understand the trade… It’s not going to go down as the greatest trade in the history of sports. It might go down as the worst trade in the history of sports.”
The deal is still under review by the NBA, but the fact is, it’s Kushner – the 41-year-old brother of President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared – who will be the lone controlling shareholder of the Lakers, sources close to the situation said. Under NBA rules that requires him to personally own at least 15% of the franchise, so Kushner himself will plunk down at least $1.875 billion to get the deal done.
After previously calling Rivers a friend, Steele says any recent interactions have been limited to the now-former NBA head coach sending her DMs to complain about her pivot to being an openly conservative talker. “I’m going to show you later, the DMs from this man,” Steele continued. “Pages and pages of why I’m such an idiot to be a Republican or conservative and support Donald Trump. Out of the blue, he would send me clips, and I’m like, ‘I just want to talk basketball with you’ or ‘How are your kids…?’ “Instead, it’s, ‘I’m so disappointed’ and the sellout thing with a coach. That’s what turns people off with sports. It doesn’t mean you can’t have that opinion. I did too. I just happened to not do it when I was working in sports.”
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But Steele doesn’t have to worry about Rivers calling her an idiot again, claiming he has since blocked her social media accounts despite their previous friendship. Like Kerr, Rivers has been one of the more politically outspoken NBA figures in recent seasons. During his brief tenure with the Milwaukee Bucks, Rivers spoke out against ICE, criticized a Trump rally at Madison Square Garden, and narrated a commercial supporting Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.
President Donald Trump wondered if newly minted Philadelphia 76ers star LeBron James might be a “racist” on Friday when asked to pick who he believes to be the greatest basketball player of all time. Trump said he thinks that Michael Jordan is the best player ever. His reasoning was personal. “He’s a really good guy,” Trump said in the Oval Office. “I think LeBron is — maybe he’s a racist. But maybe he doesn’t like Trump. I don’t know. I only like people that like me. So I would say Michael Jordan all the way.”
James has been a critic of Trump over the last decade and campaigned against him during each of the past three presidential elections. James endorsed and campaigned for Hillary Clinton in 2016 during Trump’s first presidential campaign and endorsed Joe Biden for president in 2020. James endorsed Kamala Harris late in the 2024 presidential race.
Jalen Brunson isn’t sure yet if his New York Knicks will visit the Trump White House after winning the NBA championship and thought it was “really cool” that Taylor Swift was cheering on the team courtside at Madison Square Garden during Game 4 of the NBA Finals. As for Swift’s star-studded wedding at MSG and the rumors that the Knicks’ starting five were invited? He found out the same way the rest of the world did (online) but feels his team’s play may have influenced her choice of wedding venue.
As for whether the Knicks will visit the Trump White House, as their owner James Dolan indicated, Brunson can’t say for now. “That’s something that we actually haven’t discussed as a team. And so obviously, people are making assumptions and saying everything, but together we haven’t discussed it yet. And so we’ll cross our bridge when we get to it.” When Brunson was informed that if they do visit, they’d be the first NBA team to visit the Trump White House, he replied, “Interesting… Interesting.”
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Ray Allen: "History will teach you things that you look back, because now you can't, like right now they're trying to say the January 6th didn't happen, it was a peaceful protest. And everybody's litigating it, but in 10 years from now you look back and be like, those people stormed the Capitol. You can't, this is what it is. We got the footage, and now the talking heads can't sit back and try to convince us that we seen something different. Because history, when we look back, it compiles everything that took place, and it says this is who Trump was. He was a racist, he was a narcissist, he was a misogynist, he was a megalomaniac, he wanted to be a dictator. All these things that he is aren't good for America, and specifically aren't good for Black people."
Former Disney CEO Bob Iger and venture capitalist Joshua Kushner—the younger brother of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared—are in talks to make a bid for a new NBA team based in Las Vegas, according to Bloomberg, just months after the league announced plans to explore an expansion.
One fan commented on Mitchell Robison's “big country” post on Instagram, asking, “How do you support Trump as a Black man in America[?]” Robinson didn't take long to respond, simply saying, “I don't,” to the fan. The fan who asked the question then said, “Cool,” while a separate fan commented, “Thanks GOAT.”
WFAN Sports Radio: James Dolan confirms the Knicks have been invited to the White House and have accepted: @craigcartonlive @CMacWFAN