![]() ![]() “I have spoken to Trae about it,” McMillan said. Hawks guard Trae Young during Game 2 against the Knicks on May 26, 2021. Young was not available Thursday for comment. “We have turned the information over to the appropriate authorities.” “This was completely unacceptable and will not be tolerated in our venue,” the statement read. The Knicks’ statement only identified the fan as a non-season-ticket holder and apologized to the Hawks and to Young. I saw some other tough kids in my life who thought spitting was cool and we tussled over it because my mom raised me as a young man to not accept B.S. “I wouldn’t say I had the easiest upbringing as a child. “It’s unacceptable, to be nice,” Collins said. Hawks forward John Collins has “gotten into fights” during youth basketball games all the way through high school over spitting incidents. Knicks ban fan after video shows him spitting on Trae Young It’s not just something that’s happening in sports.” Things that people say to each other and the disrespect that people show each other. It doesn’t give you the right to do that. “I think some people feel because they paid for a ticket they have the right to say and do what they want. “We, in our society now, feel we can do and say anything we want,” Hawks coach Nate McMillan said. The MSG crowd chanted obscenities at Young throughout the first two games of the series and he seemed to relish his role as the new villain. These fans, if you take away the barriers and take away security and you are face-to-face with an NBA player and you think you are going to do something like that, I doubt it’s going to go your way. “The response by the Knicks banning him, I hope that lasts a long time, if not forever,” Hawks guard Kevin Huerter said. The 76ers ejected and banned a fan who dumped popcorn on Wizards star Russell Westbrook during their series. Why the Knicks’ front-office shuffle isn’t likely to change their offseason plans - or who’s making themĪ Knicks fan who was captured on video spitting on Hawks star Trae Young during the fourth quarter of Game 2 of their playoff series has been banned indefinitely from Madison Square Garden, according to a statement released by the Knicks. Knicks hoping things go ‘haywire’ to land star in trade coup Knicks guard explains infamous breast milk ‘taste test’ to Stephen A. Knicks star undergoes ankle surgery after multiple injuries ![]()
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