’s basketball team continued to make news in some unlikely places Sunday, including President Trump’s Twitter account and a pregame media scrum involving the coach of the defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors.
First there was a tweet from Trump, scolding the father of LiAngelo Ball for failing to acknowledge Trump’s role in the return of the freshmen guard and two teammates from China after they were ensnared in a shoplifting scandal.
“Now that the three basketball players are out of China saved from years in jail,” Trump tweeted, “LaVar Ball, the father of LiAngelo, is unaccepting of what I did for his son and that shoplifting is no big deal.