12/13/2016 4:00 PM PST BY TMZ STAFF
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The L.A. Lakers have reportedly 86′d plans to stay at the Trump SoHo hotel on road trips to NYC … citing “security concerns” as the reason they can’t lay their heads on Trump’s pillows.
According to a report by the L.A. Times, the Lakers were concerned about protests happening outside the hotel … so they opted to take their business elsewhere.
TMZ Sports spoke to the NYPD … who told us they have no “knowledge of security threats to that location” … adding it’s “all clear down there.”
FYI — 3 NBA teams have publicly ceased business relationships with Trump hotels due to politics … however, an unnamed source told the Times the Lakers’ decision is NOT “politically motivated.”
This announcement comes on what was a good day for Trump in the sports world … having hosted football gods Ray Lewis and Jim Brown at Trump Tower to talk about social issues.
