“It doesn’t take a seasoned prosecutor to know Wemby crossed the line and is guilty of a flagrant foul,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg told The Post.
is now the most hated man – or “alien” – in the Big Apple after his dirty, ref-boosted big night spoiled the Knicks’ first NBA Finals home game in 27 years.in Monday’s Game 3 went viral on social media and was seen by seemingly everyone in the world but the referees — leaving hometown fans incensed and Manhattan’s top prosecutor joking that no jury trial was needed for a verdict.
San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama has become a villain in New York after Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Monday.
“It doesn’t take a seasoned prosecutor to know Wemby crossed the line and is guilty of a flagrant foul,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg told The Post. The Spurs bully was captured on video sitting on a park bench and sketching a photo of a statue depicting Edwin Booth, a well-regarded Shakespearean actor best known for being the brother of John Wilkes Booth.
“I absolutely hate the way he treats our players, he fouled Brunson yesterday and they didn’t call it,” longtime Knicks fan Joey Amado, 28, fumed on Tuesday as the Game 3 blues set in for hopeful Big Apple residents. The Knicks still have a 2-1 game series lead over San Antonio ahead of Wednesday night’s primetime contest at the Garden.
But disgruntled New Yorkers weren’t optimistic after Knicks Coach Mike Brown ripped the imbalanced officiating in Game 3, with the Spurs “It’s not personal but it is personal. We have a mission to accomplish,” Knicks fanatic Fidel Maldonado, 26, said.
“Get the f–k out of the way. ”Other New Yorkers called him the “villain” and “antagonist” of the Knicks-Spurs matchup.
“I think he’s the series villain for sure,” said 25-year-old Queens resident Mario Mendez, adding, “New York loves villains. The fans just need it. ”Teen Dylan Demuro even had a four-letter message for the Wicked Witch of the Western Conference in front of his father David, who brought his son from their Florida home to take in the excitement. Even a Spurs fan thought Wembanyama’s push of Brunson was downright ugly.
“It didn’t look good and I hope it doesn’t turn him into a villain,” said Sarah, 36, as she waited to ask for his autograph outside the Ritz Carlton,Wemby appeared to lean into the hate, saying at a postgame press conference Monday night he doesn’t think he’s as repudiated as other hated sports figures in New York. “I’m nowhere near Trae Young-level,” he said with a menacing smirk in reference to the guard who helped lead his former team, the Atlanta Hawks, past the Knicks in five games in 2021.
Members of the Spurs earlier Tuesday received a chorus of boos — with some of the loudest reserved for Wemby — when they left their hotel for the team bus. And New Yorkers were also ready to swat down the slender man after he was spotted relaxing and drawing in Gramercy Park, apparently clearing his head before Game 3 and having been keyed into the park by an unknown accomplice.
“That pr–k should have never come in here in the first place,” said park regular John Little, 33. “He should have never come in here in the first place. ” He said during Game 3’s postgame press conference he didn’t even know the name of the famous green space. A worker at the park speculated he might have had a pal let him into the park.
“Everybody is talking about it,” the worker said. “A lot of people who come here don’t have a key and they have a friend. They said he was taking a lot of pictures. ” A worker at the Midtown Manhattan NBA Store on Tuesday afternoon warned a customer holding a Wembanyama jersey, “I hope you don’t plan on wearing that, this is New York City.
”San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama has become a villain in New York after Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Monday. NBAE via Getty Images
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