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Sources: 3 NBA teams nix staying at Trump hotels

At least three NBA teams have stopped staying at Donald Trump-branded hotels this season in part to avoid any implied association to the new President-elect, according to league sources.

Sources told ESPN.com that the Milwaukee Bucks, Memphis Grizzlies and Dallas Mavericks have moved away from Trump hotels in New York City and Chicago, which bear Donald Trump's name through a licensing agreement.

Sources say that another Eastern Conference team contracted to stay at the Trump SoHo in New York this season has likewise already decided to switch to a different property in Manhattan when its current contract expires at season's end and that the Trump association is among the factors for the switch.