ESPN reported earlier this week that three NBA teams have canceled plans to stay at hotels owned by President-elect Donald Trump and conversations continue to swirl around players' views on his election. However, New York Knicks guard Derrick Rose told the New York Post that he has no plans to sell his Trump Tower condo in downtown Chicago.
"I understand both sides,'' Rose told The Post this week. "If you're a team and you have beliefs and you stand by your beliefs, you have every right to want to stay where you want to stay. The reason why I kept my place is I felt like that's a great location. I felt no one can tell me where to sell my property and how to sell it. I felt like I can make a helluva profit down the line, if I want to sell it or don't want to."
"The location is so great, I can keep it in my family for generations,'' added Rose, who was raised on Chicago's South Side and played eight seasons for the Bulls.
"With everything that is going on around his name and the controversy going on around his name, I get it,'' Rose said. "I bought my place well before he became (a presidential) candidate. And I felt like nobody could tell me to sell my property. But I understand the teams' side as far as not wanting to associate themselves with that name. I understand, but my situation is a little bit different.''
Rose won't rule out selling if the market rises in the future, but not because of Trump.
"I stay out of the political world,'' Rose said. "His beliefs are his beliefs."
Source: Derrick Rose won't be bullied into selling his Trump property | New York Post.
LeBron James openly campaigned for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. Both Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy and Gregg Popovich had critical comments regarding the results of the election.
Meanwhile, the plaintiff in Derrick Rose's civil rape trial suit which Rose won last month has filed an appeal, and Rose is considering a countersuit.
HT: HoopsHype
