Stephen A Smith begs Trump not to attend NBA Finals Game 3 at MSG: 'I don't want him there'

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Stephen A. Smith would like the public to know that he does not want President Donald Trump attending Game 3 of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden.

"He's coming to Game 3 of the Finals, and I don't want him there," Smith said unprompted on his radio show while discussing the president's plans to attend Monday night's Knicks-Spurs matchup.

"It has nothing to do with politics, policy, or anything like that. It has everything to do with him disrupting and contributing at the same time to the chaos that's going to exist at Madison Square Garden. If it were Barack Obama coming to the Garden, I would say, 'Stay home.' Stay at the White House."

Stephen A. Smith attends a basketball game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the New York Knicks at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, Calif., on March 6, 2025. (Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images)

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On Wednesday, OutKick confirmed through a source familiar with the plans that Trump is expected to attend Game 3.

"I think I'll be going to one of the games," Trump said last week when asked about the Knicks' playoff run.

Trump also said he had planned to attend Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals before New York wrapped up the series early with a four-game sweep of Cleveland.

Monday night is expected to be one of the biggest nights in New York Knicks history. The franchise will host an NBA Finals game for the first time in 27 years.

Though originally underdogs against the Spurs, the