{"id":692300,"date":"2026-06-08T21:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T21:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/692300\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T21:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T21:32:08","slug":"stephen-a-smith-criticizes-trump-for-going-to-nba-finals-game-says-vibe-will-be-ruined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/692300\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen A. Smith criticizes Trump for going to NBA finals game, says vibe will be ruined"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (TNND) \u2014 Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith said over the weekend that President Donald Trump attending the upcoming NBA finals game will ruin the vibe.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Knicks will face the San Antonio Spurs on Monday evening at Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStephen A. Smith doesn\u2019t want President Trump to show up to the Knicks game but has no problem with Commie Mamdani taking the city over,\u201d a user on X wrote on the social media platform, X. \u201cWhat a clown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith responded by saying the user should \u201cgrow the hell up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrow the Hell up! I have a problem with any politician \u2014 any politician \u2014 that shows up, causes delays and interferes with these watch parties buzzing all over NYC,\u201d he wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>He said that New York City already has a vibe going <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationaldesk.com\/news\/americas-news-now\/amtrak-police-tackle-and-arrest-suspect-after-penn-station-stabbing-injuring-5-president-donald-trump-zohran-mamdani-new-york-knicks-san-antonio-spurs-madison-square-garden-crime-train-station-violence#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">for the upcoming game.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not political. It\u2019s about the @nyknicks and the vibe this city has going,\u201d his post continued. \u201cAnyone who messes with that needs to not show up. It\u2019s not about politics. Take that b.s. take somewhere else. Not today. Not now!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One watch party for Game 3 of the NBA finals outside of Madison Square Garden has already been canceled due to security <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationaldesk.com\/news\/americas-news-now\/president-donald-trumps-attendance-prompts-cancellation-of-msg-madison-square-garden-watch-party-ahead-of-knicks-spurs-game-3-nba-finals-game-commissioner-jessica-tisch-secret-service-penn-station-stabbing#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">increasing for Trump attending.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith tonight\u2019s presidential visit, there will be extra security measures in and around MSG that the NYPD and Secret Service have planned together,\u201d NYPD News wrote on X.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON (TNND) \u2014 Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith said over the weekend that President Donald Trump attending the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":692301,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":["post-692300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=692300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692300\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/692301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=692300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=692300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}