Fans Rumors

The “Training Day” star appeared on The Bill Simmons Podcast this week to discuss a plethora of topics, including his basketball fandom. Hawke grew up in New York and was a longtime Knicks fan. Eventually, he was able to use his fame and clout to score free tickets from the team. But that changed a handful of years ago when the team fired coach Mike D’Antoni. Hawke was apparently not a fan of the move, and he was publicly vocal about it. Knicks owner James Dolan caught wind of Hawke’s critiques and decided that the actor was no longer worthy of free tickets.
1 week ago – via CBSSports.com

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Here’s the transcript of Hawke telling the story to Simmons: Hawke: I’ve been a Knicks fan for a long time, but I got kicked out of the Garden. They won’t give me tickets anymore. Simmons: What are you talking about? Hawke: I’m being serious. I’m being dead serious. I really was vocal on some talk shows like this that I thought it was a huge mistake to let Mike (D’Antoni) go and I would have bet on Mike (D’Antoni) before I bet on Melo. It was not over Melo, but over – there was something genuinely exciting. The first thing that had been exciting since Jeff Van Gundy left in the Garden with the Knicks was Linsanity.
1 week ago – via CBSSports.com

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Simmons: Linsanity was incredible. Hawke: It was absolutely incredible in the way that the organization didn’t fan the flames and let Mike do what he wanted to do. Let these guys run. Let them play ball. And instead, Mike’s on his way to the Western Conference Final. And, you know, the Garden’s empty. But I have been left team-less. The point is that I’m not wanted and I don’t go where I’m not wanted. It’s hard to be a fan for a place that doesn’t like you. Simmons: Well, one person doesn’t like you. Hawke: One person who owns (the team) … I called up one night and they said it would be $7,800. I was like, “Oh, um, oh, why is this the first time you guys are charging me?” They said that you should have thought of that before you went on the Jimmy Fallon Show. I was like, “Wow, this is real.” So I’ve apologized publicly many times to try and get my seats again.
1 week ago – via CBSSports.com

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During Game 2 of his Houston Rockets’ Western Conference semifinal series with the Utah Jazz, Harden was caught on video slapping away a phone that was being held by a fan who was heckling him. In a video posted on Facebook by a Jazz fan, the fan can be heard saying, “You’re still the worst flopper in the NBA” as Harden emerges from the Toyota Center tunnel. Harden then stares directly at the fan and reaches out and hits his phone before continuing to the court.
3 weeks ago – via USA Today Sports

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