The only thing that got ripped was this guy’s rep.
Washington Wizards star Trae Young’s magic seemed to fizzle Saturday, when he failed miserably while trying to tear apart a Jalen Brunson jersey during a stunt appearance in Midtown and wound up getting torn up himself on the internet.
The NBA sharpshooter was trying to re-ignite his longtime rivalry with the Knicks and their rabid fanbase at Fanatics Fest with the bid to destroy Brunson’s shirts after walking on stage and apparently reprising some antics he performed in the past while appearing in the WWE, video shows.
But “Big Body Brunson’s” shirt was also apparently too big and strong for Young, who spent close to a half-minute at the Javits Center sports gala futilely trying to rip it in half.
He eventually gave up and tossed the jersey into the crowd.
As expected, Young felt the vitriol of Knicks fans soon after his antics.
“Did he forget his ass is Trae Young?” barked DJ Zullo of the podcast Knicks Film Skool on X
Young later claimed it was all in jest.
He posted a video of himself of social media watching highlights of previous performances against the NBA champs, and said “I just be trolling sometimes.” while adding laughing face emojis.
“Happy for some of my boys over there fr!” he added, while including salute and hands-together-praying emojis.
Young briefly made himself public-enemy No. 1 at Madison Square Garden in 2021 by famously bowing to the crowd while knocking the Knicks out of the playoffs as a star for the Atlanta Hawks.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
