Overview
- At a Thursday press conference, Mayor Zohran Mamdani joked that high Knicks playoff ticket prices are Trae Young's fault.
- He highlighted the price gap for entry seats, about $380 to $400 at Madison Square Garden versus roughly $80 in Atlanta.
- Young, now with the Washington Wizards after being traded this season, fired back on X Thursday night with "Don't blame me when it happens again."
- The exchange leans on Young's 2021 win over the Knicks and his taunts that made him a villain at Madison Square Garden.
- The No. 3 Knicks host the No. 6 Hawks in Game 1 on Saturday at MSG, as Mamdani keeps ticket affordability at the center of his message.