{"id":713844,"date":"2026-04-19T10:30:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T10:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/713844\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T10:30:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T10:30:24","slug":"knicks-fans-disrespect-trae-young-with-vulgar-chants-during-playoff-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/713844\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks fans disrespect Trae Young with vulgar chants during playoff game"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trae Young<\/a> is still a hated man in Gotham.\u00a0<\/p>\n

New York Knicks<\/a> fans made sure to let Young know how they feel about him during a game he wasn\u2019t even a part of, as vulgar chants targeted at the Washington Wizards<\/a> guard reverberated late in Saturday\u2019s game between New York and the Atlanta Hawks<\/a> at Madison Square Garden in New York, N.Y.<\/p>\n

Knicks fans chant:<\/p>\n

\u201cF*ck Trae Young\u201d<\/p>\n

Absolutely un-needed stray \ud83d\ude2d pic.twitter.com\/4XtRCFGhcu<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 SM Highlights (@SMHighlights1) April 19, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n

Young was traded by the Hawks to the Wizards in January, apparently taking his villainous aura with him in the eyes of Knicks supporters. It\u2019s clear that, regardless of where Young\u2019s career takes him, he will always be the Joker to New York\u2019s Batman. He even caught a stray from New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday, who blamed him for the high cost of MSG tickets<\/a> for playoff games.<\/p>\n

In a way, this has become some sort of Knicks\u2019 version of the \u201cDennis Potvin sucks\u201d<\/a> chants by New York Rangers<\/a> fans, but it remains to be seen whether this will have the same longevity.<\/p>\n

Either way, there\u2019s a good chance it\u2019s not the last time we\u2019ll hear such chants from the New York crowd in the series, with Game 2 of the Hawks-Knicks series scheduled to take place at the Garden on Monday.<\/p>\n