It’s no slam dunk that Donald Trump will actually attend an NBA Finals game.
The 45th and 47th President has said he may attend a 2026 NBA Finals game at Madison Square Garden, but traders on the prediction market Kalshi are less than sure it’ll actually happen.
“I think I’ll be going to one of the games,” Trump told The Post during a cabinet meeting last week.
Those comments sparked interest on the prediction market platform, as Kalshi raised its price targets from 37.7 percent to 79.2 percent after he indicated that he hoped to attend one of the games.
That number has dropped precipitously since the initial comments, though, with odds currently at 56.9 percent on Kalshi.
Trump added that he was invited by Knicks owner James Dolan to attend Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
They’re great, and Jim Dolan’s a great guy — he’s, as you know, owns and in charge of Madison Square Garden. He’s having a good year,” Trump told The Post on May 27.
“Boy, what a team! They win all their games,” the president added. “They really have some great players. I think I’ll be going to one of the games, yeah. I was invited by numerous people, and Jim, and I think it’s great. Great to see it. The Knicks have really, they’ve really suffered for years and they’re doing right now very well.”
The Knicks last made the NBA Finals in 1999 and haven’t won a championship since 1973, when Trump was 26 years old.
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The downturn in the likelihood that Trump attends a game is speculative, given the lack of reporting or comments since his initial remarks last week.
Trump has also been busy with negotiations in the Middle East as he attempts to secure peace between Israel and Iran, which forced him to miss his son, Donald Jr.’s wedding.
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