Max Kellerman apologizes for comparing James Harden to Donald Trump
Credit: The Ringer; The White House Max Kellerman issued an apology after feeling like he may have taken the James Harden slander too far by comparing him to Donald Trump. Kellerman went viral earlier this week for a one-liner comparing the current president of the United States to a former NBA MVP. It was a very mild joke, but it intersected sports and politics just enough to capture the public’s attention.
“Bringing in James Harden to win a championship is like electing Donald Trump to fix your country,” Kellerman said on an episode of his Game Over podcast with Rich Paul. And after seeing the rampant reaction to his one-liner, Kellerman thought better of the analogy. Max Kellerman apologizes for comparing James Harden to Donald Trump: “I shouldn’t have said that because it’s not fair to James Harden.
I did not mean to insult him publicly in a way that was going to go viral. It was too severe. I don’t think it’s as bad as all that.
I don’t… https://t. co/cooq3gCIIP pic. twitter.
com/RbNZJfldVE — NBA Courtside (@NBA__Courtside) May 22, 2026 “I shouldn’t have said that because it’s not fair to James Harden,” Kellerman said on a later episode of Game Over . “I did not mean to insult him publicly in a way that was going to go viral. It was too severe.