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At least three NBA teams have stopped staying at Donald Trump-branded hotels this season to avoid any association with the new US president, according to ESPN.

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ESPN says that the Milwaukee Bucks, the Memphis Grizzlies and the Dallas Mavericks have decided to move away from the Trump hotels in New York and Chicago. The Grizzlies and Mavericks had previously stayed at the Trump Soho in Manhattan, and the Bucks used Chicago’s Trump International Tower and Hotel, the latter of which Trump’s company owns.

Another Eastern Conference team will switch from the Trump Soho when its contract expires at the end of the season.

Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry and Mavericks owner Mark Cuban backed Hillary Clinton in the presidential race. Seven other teams told ESPN that they are still currently scheduled to stay at Trump-branded properties this season.

Since Trump’s victory last week, Detroit’s Stan Van Gundy, Golden State’s Steve Kerr and San Antonio’s Gregg Popovich have spoken of their dismay that followed Tuesday’s result. Van Gundy said Trump was “openly and brazenly racist and misogynistic and ethnocentric” while Popovich said Trump’s victory made him “sick to my stomach”.

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Some teams told ESPN that they have stopped staying at the Trump Soho this season – but didn’t say it was because of politics. Several other teams said that they’ve never stayed at Trump-branded hotels.

NBA teams generally make their travel arrangements in August, when the league releases its full 1,230-game schedule.

“We all need to give President-elect Trump a chance,” Cuban said after the election. “Support the good. Lobby against what we disagree on. No one is bigger than us all.”