2026年6月8日 / 美国东部时间下午6:51 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
前纽约尼克斯球星、前新泽西州参议员比尔·布拉德利曾是尼克斯50多年前最后一支总冠军球队的核心成员。周一晚间，特朗普总统出席了自1999年以来首次在麦迪逊广场花园举办的NBA总决赛，布拉德利表示，就赛事核心吸引力而言，特朗普“只是个配角”。
“观众到场是为了看这两支球队对决，”布拉德利在接受哥伦比亚广播公司新闻记者尼科尔·基利安采访时说道，“这些球队之所以引人入胜，在于他们展现出的无私、自律、韧性等品质——这正是我们整个世界如今更需要的东西。”
布拉德利整个10年NBA职业生涯都效力于尼克斯，分别在1969-1970赛季和1972-1973赛季斩获两座总冠军奖杯，并在1972-1973赛季入选唯一一次全明星阵容。
当被问及这支球队与当年那两支冠军队有何相似之处时，布拉德利表示：“如果你始终将队友放在首位，把自己放在第二位，这正是如今的尼克斯和昔日冠军队共同展现的特质。如果你自律严谨，不盲目蛮干，而是按战术打球，这又是另一项关键品质。其实这并非什么高深莫测的道理，但凡想成为冠军的球队都该如此。我认为这支球队具备冠军潜质。”
![1973年10月16日，在麦迪逊广场花园的一场NBA篮球赛中，比尔·布拉德利持球突破，威利斯·里德为他挡拆防守布法罗勇敢者队。罗斯·刘易斯 摄]
当被问及麦迪逊广场花园为何是如此特别的主场时，布拉德利将其归功于球迷。
“他们会为助攻再助攻最终得分的配合鼓掌，会为卡位抢篮板鼓掌，会为比赛中精妙的细节鼓掌，”曾在1964年东京奥运会斩获金牌的布拉德利说道，“他们满怀热忱、忠诚不渝，全力支持自己的球队。我相信今晚的球馆里也会看到这样的场景，就像此前所有比赛中一样。”
目前尼克斯在七战四胜的系列赛中以2-0领先，布拉德利并未将周一的比赛称为圣安东尼奥马刺队的“必须赢下的一战”，但他补充道：“如果尼克斯将大比分带到3-0，我是说，我肯定会去第四场比赛现场，期待当晚就能见证他们夺冠。届时也会有数百万人抱有同样的想法。”
但这位篮球名人堂成员补充道：“但你得一场一场来打。”
纽约市的体育迷群体向来泾渭分明，洋基队与大都会队、巨人队与喷气机队、岛人队与游骑兵队各自拥有大量拥趸。尽管篮网队2012年就迁至布鲁克林，尼克斯似乎仍牢牢掌握着纽约市大部分篮球球迷的心。
“这支球队能给球迷带来希望，让他们有所信仰，”布拉德利谈及这座城市对这支曾长期令人失望的球队的热爱时说道，“它传递出一个讯息：亘古不变的品质确实能带来成功——无论是在你的人生中，还是在尼克斯队的赛场上。”
他表示，这支球队展现出的自律与韧性等品质，“对于冠军球队而言意义重大，同时也能对人们的生活产生积极影响。”
![2000年3月9日，在新泽西州西奥兰治，前新泽西州参议员比尔·布拉德利在宣布退出总统竞选的新闻发布会尾声挥手告别。迪克·克劳斯/《新闻日报》RM通过盖蒂图片社 摄]
退役篮球生涯后，作为民主党人的布拉德利于1978年当选代表新泽西州的联邦参议员，连任三届后于1996年放弃竞选第四个任期。他还曾在2000年竞选民主党总统候选人提名，但最终失利。尽管拥有从政经历且特朗普将现场观赛，布拉德利表示，争夺NBA总冠军“与政治无关”。
“它关乎卓越，关乎那些亘古不变的品质，关乎团队协作。向来如此，未来也永远如此，”他说道，“这也是人们始终关注这项赛事的原因。因为我们都想一瞥何为可能。而相信这种可能存在于我们的生活、整个世界乃至整个国家，对我而言极具鼓舞意义。在我看来，这才是这些比赛的真谛所在。”
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/former-sen-bill-bradley-on-trump-visit-to-knicks-game-its-a-free-country-but/
Former Knicks star and Sen. Bill Bradley says Trump is “second fiddle” for fans at NBA Finals Game 3
June 8, 2026 / 6:51 PM EDT / CBS News
Former New York Knicks star and ex-New Jersey Sen. Bill Bradley was a crucial part of the Knicks’ last championship team more than 50 years ago, and with President Trump attending the first NBA Finals game at Madison Square Garden since 1999 on Monday night, Bradley said “he’s second fiddle” when it comes to the main attraction.
“The people are there to see these two teams play,” Bradley told CBS News’ Nikole Killion. “And what is compelling about the teams are the values they display like unselfishness, discipline, resilience, the kind of things that we need more of in our world at large.”
Bradley spent all 10 seasons of his NBA career with the Knicks, winning two titles in 1969-1970 and 1972-1973, also earning his single All-Star nod in the ’72-’73 season.
“If you think of your teammate first and yourself second, that’s an important thing that the Knicks today and the Knicks in the past demonstrate,” Bradley said when asked what makes this team similar to the ones that won those two championships. “If you’re disciplined, you’re not just flying off but you’re playing to plan; that’s another thing. So this is not rocket science. It’s what a team does if they want to be a champion. And I think this team has the makings of a champion.”
Bill Bradley drives toward the basket as Willis Reed sets a pick against the Buffalo Braves during an NBA basketball game in Madison Square Garden on Oct. 16, 1973. Ross Lewis
Asked what makes Madison Square Garden such a special place to play, Bradley said it’s the fans.
“They applaud the pass that leads to the pass that leads to the basket. They applaud boxing out on rebounds. They applaud the subtleties of the game,” said Bradley, who also won a gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. “And they are deeply enthusiastic and loyal and dedicated to their team, and I think you’ll see that in the arena tonight, as you have in all the other games.”
With the Knicks holding a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series, Bradley didn’t call Monday night’s game a must-win for the San Antonio Spurs, but noted: “If the Knicks go in 3-0, I mean, I know I’m gonna be there on that fourth game expecting them to be crowned champions that night. And there’ll be millions of other people who will think the same thing.”
But the Hall of Famer added: “You play one game at a time.”
New York City is famously divided in most of its sports fandom, with the Yankees and Mets, Giants and Jets, and Islanders and Rangers carving up the populace. But despite the Nets’ move to Brooklyn in 2012, the Knicks still appear to have a tight grip on most of the city’s basketball fans.
“It gives them something to hope for. It gives them something to believe in,” Bradley said of the city’s devotion to a team that has been disappointing for long stretches of time. “It gives them some message that unchanging values can actually succeed — in your life and with the Knicks.”
He said the values of the team, like their discipline and resilience, “mean something in a championship team and they really can mean something in people’s lives, too.”
Former New Jersey Sen. Bill Bradley waves farewell as he concludes his news conference announcing his withdrawal from the presidential race on March 9, 2000, in West Orange, New Jersey. Dick Kraus/Newsday RM via Getty Images
After retiring from basketball, Bradley, a Democrat, was elected to the U.S. Senate representing New Jersey in 1978. He served three terms before opting against running for a fourth in 1996. He also unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2000. Despite his political career and Mr. Trump’s presence at the game, Bradley said playing for an NBA title is “not related to politics.”
“It’s related to excellence, and to these unchanging values, and to team. It always has been and always will,” he said. “And that’s why people always come back to it. Because we want a glimpse of what is possible. And to believe that that’s possible in our lives at large and in the world and in the country is, to me, inspiring. And so, to me, that’s what these games are all about.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/former-sen-bill-bradley-on-trump-visit-to-knicks-game-its-a-free-country-but/
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