Former NBA star endorses RFK, Jr: 'Rare opportunity' for a 'warrior in all categories'

Former NBA player John Stockton reveals why he is standing behind the Democratic leader on 'Jesse Watters Primetime.'

Retired 10-time NBA all-star point guard John Stockton made a rare public political endorsement Tuesday, joining "Jesse Watters Primetime" to throw his support behind Democrat-turned-independent 2024 candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Stockton, who played for the Utah Jazz for nearly two decades, said Kennedy's candidacy presents a unique opportunity to support a unifying platform and message at the presidential level.

"It's a rare opportunity to have a candidate like him available in the first place, but never has it been more important," he said.

"I mean, we're more divided than ever. We've been more distrustful of government than ever. We've had more things jammed down our throats that aren't even legal than has ever happened maybe in the history of our country."

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Former Utah Jazz player John Stockton talks to the media before the New York Knicks game against the Utah Jazz on March 22, 2017. (Melissa Majchrzak/NBAE via Getty)

In contrast, Stockton said, Kennedy is a "warrior in all categories" who fights for personal freedoms, and is typically the "most intelligent person in the room."

He said every time he watches Kennedy on the stump, he appears more and more "presidential" and connected with the subjects he's discussing and people he's interacting with.

"If you ever have a chance to hear him speak, I highly recommend it, because you can be a doubter, and then you hear him speak and you say, 'Wow, there's something to that man,'" Stockton said.

Stockton noted he typically keeps his political views to himself despite his athletic celebrity, but said Kennedy is