“Basically, it came down to, they were asking me to wear a mask to the games and being a public figure, someone a little bit more visible, I stuck out in the crowd a little bit,” the former Utah Jazz point guard told the outlet in an interview Saturday.

“And therefore they received complaints and felt like from whatever the higher-ups — those weren’t discussed, but from whatever it was higher up — they were going to have to either ask me to wear a mask or they were going to suspend my tickets.”

The big picture: Stockton has previously spoken out against pandemic measures including mask mandates and lockdowns.

He recently appeared in a documentary featuring commentators “known for spreading” pandemic misinformation, CNN notes.