LeBron On Trump Rejecting Watching NBA: We’re Not ‘Sad About Losing His Viewership’

On Wednesday, LeBron James responded to a reporter asking him about President Donald Trump stating he turns off his television when NBA players kneel for the national anthem. James said, “I really don’t think the basketball community are sad about losing his viewership.”

“When I see people kneeling during the playing and disrespecting our flag and national anthem, what I do personally is turn off the game,” Trump said on Wednesday’s edition of “Fox & Friends.” “I think it’s disgraceful. We work with [the NBA], we worked with them very hard trying to get them open. I was pushing them to get open. Then I see everybody kneeling during the anthem. It’s not acceptable to me. When I see them kneeling, I just turn off the game. I have no interest in the game. Let me tell you this, plenty of other people out there, too … and the ratings for the basketball are way down, if you know, and I hear some others are way down, too, including baseball.”