Kimmel tells – In his Friday night monologue, Jimmy Kimmel mocked Donald Trump’s plan to attend Game 3 of the NBA Finals at New York’s Garden, urging the president to back the San Antonio Spurs instead of his hometown New York Knicks.
Jimmy Kimmel didn’t waste time on Friday night—he went straight at Donald Trump’s plan to be in New York for Game 3 of the NBA Finals.
Kimmel said that “a lot of celebrities are expected to be at the Garden on Monday,” including what he called “the biggest celebrity of all.” He described Trump as “a guy who draws bigger crowds than Martin Luther King and Elvis without even playing the guitar combined.”
Then Kimmel leaned into the timing and the contradictions he saw. He said it would be “the first time Trump has appeared at a court in New York since being convicted of 34 felonies.”
Kimmel also mocked Trump’s public fandom, saying Trump has made it clear he’s a Knicks fan by sharing “AI slop of himself in a Knicks jersey dunking on New York Governor Kathy Hochul.” While showing the image, he added, “Larry Turd with two hands on the ball,” before continuing the bit.
In Kimmel’s telling, the president isn’t just showing up as a fan. He said Trump wants to be there “to support his hometown team and, if necessary, to overturn the results of the game.”
The late-night host also joked he was looking forward to Trump trying to say star Spurs player Victor Wembanyama’s name.
After that, Kimmel made his case for a different choice. “You’d think Trump would be rooting for the Spurs, right? It’s what got him out of Vietnam,” he said—referencing the medical exemption Trump received from the Vietnam War draft over bone spurs in his heels.
Kimmel’s full monologue is available in the video posted alongside the segment. “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” airs weeknights at 11:35 p.m. ET on ABC.
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The Knicks thing is wild lol, dude couldn’t just pick a team and chill.
Wait so Kimmel is saying Trump would show up to “overturn the results”?? Sounds like a reach, but I guess it’s comedy so whatever. Still, MLK and Elvis comparison is kinda gross.
I’m confused, cause Game 3 isn’t always in New York right? Like they said Garden and I thought that was Knicks only. Also “bone spurs got him out of Vietnam” doesn’t even make sense to me, my uncle said it was something else.
Kimmel is basically saying Trump’s a criminal and a Knicks fan at the same time, and I’m like… okay? But I also heard from Twitter that Spurs fans are the real villains? Idk man, all these celebrities at the Garden just means traffic is gonna be insane.