NBA star hits back at NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani for blaming him over expensive playoff tickets

The New York Knicks and the Atlanta Hawks are acceptable to play successful the archetypal circular of the NBA playoffs and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was asked wherefore it is truthful overmuch much costly to be Knicks’ playoff games compared to the Hawks.

Mamdani jokingly cited Knicks’ foe Trae Young, who starred for the Hawks erstwhile they bushed the Knicks successful the archetypal circular of the 2021 playoffs, arsenic the crushed for the costly tickets.

"I would accidental that I blasted Trae Young, and I deliberation it’s ever important to blasted Trae Young," Mamdani said astatine a property conference.

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(Left) Washington Wizards defender Trae Young (3) stands connected the tribunal against the Utah Jazz successful the 2nd fractional astatine Capital One Arena successful Washington, District of Columbia, connected March 5, 2026. (Right) New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani attends a property league that discussed New York City's first-quarter transgression statistic successful New York, New York, connected April 2, 2026. (Geoff Burke/Imagn Images;Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Mamdani enactment the blasted connected Young, who was traded to the Washington Wizards successful January. Even though Young isn’t with the Hawks, helium caught upwind of Mamdani’s remarks and fired backmost astatine the mayor.

"Remember what happened the past clip the Mayor of that City has my sanction successful his rima during a clip similar this. #DontBlameMeWhenItHappensAgain," Young posted to X with a laughing crying emoji and a manus emoji.

Regardless of whether Mamdani knows Young is nary longer a subordinate of the Hawks, it is not the archetypal clip the politician of New York City has shaded Young, arsenic Bill de Blasio told Young to halt hunting for fouls during that 2021 playoff series.

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivers remarks astatine the Service Employees International Union 32BJ SEIU rally connected Park Avenue successful Manhattan connected April 15, 2026. (Selcuk Acar/Anadolu)

The Hawks defeated the Knicks 4-1 successful that series. The Knicks mislaid that bid arsenic the No. 4 seed, portion the Hawks were the No. 5 seed.

This clip around, the Knicks are the No. 3 seed, and the Hawks are the No. 6 effect successful the Eastern Conference playoffs.

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Washington Wizards defender Trae Young (3) meets with the media during his archetypal instrumentality to play the Atlanta Hawks astatine State Farm Arena connected Feb. 24, 2026. (Dale Zanine/Imagn Images)

Mamdani said helium is "still assured and hopeful" of the Knicks winning a title this season, and wishes the playoff tickets were much affordably priced.

The Knicks play the archetypal crippled of the bid against the Hawks astatine Madison Square Garden astatine 6 p.m. ET connected Saturday.

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