In half of one season, it feels like this Hawks team is ahead of anything in the Young era. Maybe, he was the one ultimately holding them back.

Trae Young clapped back at NYC Mayor Mamdani, who jokingly linked him to the rising ticket prices for the 2026 Knicks-Hawks playoff series.

Trae Young is still a hated man in Gotham. New York Knicks fans made sure to let Young know how they feel about him during a game he wasn't even a

Trae Young is no longer a member of the Atlanta Hawks after being traded midseason to the Washington Wizards, but his past exploits at Madison Square Garden haven't soon been forgotten in the Big Apple.

New York Mayor and Knicks fan Zohran Mamdami comedically chastises Trae Young over the price of playoff tickets.

Speaking during a press conference on Thursday, New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani was asked about the high cost of playoff tickets for the game at Madison Square Garden in New York, N.Y. Mamdani responded by taking a swipe at former Hawks star Trae Young.

After the quip at Young, Mamdani said he sympathized with New Yorkers regarding the increased ticket prices for the playoff series. Mamdani mentioned his “political mentor,” Bernie Sanders, and the anguish when the Dodgers left Brooklyn, along with the feeling that New Yorkers are “being pushed out of the very things that give them so much joy.”

Zohran Mamdani tried to dunk over the Knicks’ longtime arch-nemesis. But Trae Young wasn’t going to sit idly by and not at least contest the jam. The New York mayor was asked on Thursday about the high ticket prices at Madison Square Garden for the Knicks’ first-round series against the Hawks compared to the get-in price at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena.