“They can watch it on television,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Friday as he flew to Wisconsin for an event with farmers, after he was asked about tickets that have climbed as high as $8,000 each when the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs square off in Manhattan for the first time in the series.
“It’s sorta semi-free to watch it on television,” the president added. “That’s the way life goes.”
Trump further noted that if the Knicks weren’t successful — as they haven’t been most seasons since last advancing to the finals in 1999 — “you could go very easily.”
Trump was complimentary of Wembanyama, saying that he “looks like he’s gonna be a great player.” But he ducked a chance to weigh in on the national anthem controversy, suggesting he’d not seen Wembanyamba’s crossed arms.
“Is that what he did? What did he mean by that?” Trump asked, before recommending that reporters seek the answer from Wembanyama himself.
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Weissert reported from Washington.
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An earlier version of this story said the Knicks were last in the NBA Finals in 1994. The last year the team competed in the Finals was 1999.
