No sports league has more politically active athletes and coaches than the NBA, and much of that activism is done with their wallets. But which candidate—or political action committee — did your favorite NBA player support?

ESPN The Magazine columnist Howard Bryant was doing some research for a book and started tweeting the donations reported by NBA athletes, coaches, owners, and even commissioner Adam Silver. The league appears to swing heavily toward the Democratic side of the spectrum, though that wasn’t necessarily the case with owners.

LeBron James is no stranger to political opinions, and he’s quite famously supported Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in recent presidential elections. He’s donated to Democrats multiple times over the years.



LeBron James, $20,000 Democratic WH Victory Fund, 6/30/2008. Eric Snow $4600 Obama 8/13/2008 — Full Dissident (@hbryant42) August 3, 2017

Boston Celtics general manager Danny Ainge supported Mitt Romney during the 2012 presidential election, while former Celtics coach and current LA Clippers coach Doc Rivers was an Obama donor to the tune of $25,000.

Doc Rivers, $25,000 Obama Victory Fund, 2011 — Full Dissident (@hbryant42) August 3, 2017

Not all of the donations mentioned are necessarily recent, but it’s a fascinating divide. Did you know Ron Artest supported Obama and that Charles Barkley once donated to John Edwards?

Charles Barkley, $2,000, John Edwards, 1/20/2004. Nothing since? — Full Dissident (@hbryant42) August 3, 2017

Houston Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni, however, is a Bernie Bro. He gave the candidate $2,500 for his Democratic primary run.



Mike D'Antoni $2500, Bernie Sanders 2016. — Full Dissident (@hbryant42) August 3, 2017

That made another writer wonder whether vocal San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich has supported anyone financially, and Bryant had a quick answer to that as well.

$17,900 to Obama, 2012 — Full Dissident (@hbryant42) August 3, 2017

None of this information is secret and it’s certainly not new, but it’s an interesting study in how politics impacts the sports world. Bryant even makes an excellent point about the current blacklisting of Colin Kaepernick in the NFL, where a majority of the owners like Dan Snyder have supported Republican candidates — including Donald Trump — who have been highly critical of Kaepernick’s silent protest against police brutality against people of color.

This is a journalistic fail: millions of words about @Kaepernick7 without the political positions of the owners. They aren't neutral. — Full Dissident (@hbryant42) August 3, 2017

The truth is that politics penetrates all things in America, including sports. Sticking to sports isn’t as easy is it sounds.