Add LeBron James' name to the list of athletes and celebrities avoiding President-elect Donald Trump's namesake hotels.
According to Cleveland.com, James is one of several Cleveland Cavaliers players who will not be staying at the Trump SoHo in Manhattan when the team travels to New York to play the Knicks this season.
The Trump SoHo was booked for the team ahead of last month's presidential election. However, Cavaliers' general manager David Griffin said other arrangements will be made for players who don't want to stay there. The news comes after at least three other NBA teams, the Milwaukee Bucks, Memphis Grizzlies and Dallas Mavericks, cut ties with the hotel in an effort to avoid any association with Trump.
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It's worth noting that James publicly supported Trump's opponent Hillary Clinton ahead the Nov. 8 election and appeared alongside her at a rally in Cleveland just two days earlier, but that doesn't mean the Cavaliers players staying at the Trump SoHo this season are necessarily in favor of the President-elect.
Griffin told Cleveland.com that the team "chose to stay at Trump SoHo because it was the only NBA-caliber hotel in Manhattan in which the team could get guarantees for playoff rooms."
Interestingly, two of James' teammates, Iman Shumpert and Richard Jefferson have hinted that they may not visit the White House following another NBA championship under a Trump administration.
Trump no longer holds equity in the Trump SoHo, but is set to be sworn in as the 45th President of the U.S. on January 20, 2017.
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