Knicks Show Support For Taylor Swift After Players Call Her Fakest Celeb Fan | TMZ Sports

Welcome to TMZ Sports. The New York Knicks are coming to the defense of Taylor Swift. Over two of their own basketball players. I'm Babcock with Tawanda, Dylan, and Luca. Everyone back. We're healthy. We are ready to go. And we got to talk about a good story to start here. This is crazy. This shows you the power, the influence of the almighty Taylor Swift. So let's set this thing up. Two Knicks players. They're bench players, but guys who get a couple of minutes each game. And two guys who were on the championship team last year. Tyler Kolick, Deuce McBride, two guards. They were doing a TikTok live stream for 2K when the question was posed, who is the biggest, fakest celebrity Knicks fan? Who's the fakest celeb fan you've seen sitting courtside in an NBA game? At the Knicks games, I would say it's very performative because they just want to be seen at the game. They're not necessarily fans. Maybe Taylor Swift. I would agree. I don't know if I've seen her at any of the games. Yeah, Swiftie's not going to like that answer. Yeah, no, Swiftie's going to get some hate comments. Everybody else is usually solid, like you know, like Ben Stiller, Tracy, like those are, those are. I guess she's got a lot going on. So she can't come all the time, but. Well, he trying to save his ass. It's a little performative. So, there it was. He doesn't sound like him. You wouldn't think so? No. He doesn't do many post-game interviews. No, that's for sure. He didn't really interview the guy who played two minutes. But there was no – I'll get for him. I don't mean to shade him. They're good players. And Deuce, especially, had really contributed to the Knicks last year. So, anyway. So, they both said Taylor Swift. Tyler gave the answer, but Deuce didn't object. And he said, yeah, you're absolutely right. It's Taylor Swift. Remember Taylor Swift went to... What's probably the greatest Knicks game of all time, game four, when they came back from the 29-point deficit and it ended with that OG and an OB tip. So Taylor Swift was the answer. Well, do you know that this morning after we post this story, I get a text from the New York Knicks and they said this. Pleasantries, hey, how you doing? Love you. Do you want a ring? They didn't say that. Taylor Swift has been a Knicks fan for many years, has a long history with Madison Square Garden, and we are incredibly appreciative of her support of the organization. So the Knicks siding with Taylor, Of course they are. It's Taylor Swift and her billion and her billion fans and their players. And you guys have been the two to sit here and say they. Dang near they suck. They didn't suck. And so they're going to say, you know what, we'd rather take a Taylor Swift side, the billionaire Swifty with the big fan base, than two guys who probably won't be on our team in a couple of years. Because at the end of the day, they're not wrong. They're not wrong. Taylor Swift is not a Knicks fan. It's one thing to go to a game with your friend who is a Knicks fan, but to sit there and put on the paraphernalia, be sitting front row, you got on the shirt like you're Mariska Hargitay. Stevie Nicks. Come on. Are you kidding me? Swanna, we don't usually agree on this show, but I have to. I tried to find an argument around this to try to defend it. No, no. You're completely right. This is soft, I think, on the Knicks for one. And, you know, these are your own guys. These are guys that, you know. Even though it wasn't a lot, it did contribute to a championship. All Taylor Swift did was wear a random little t-shirt and jump around for 45 minutes on the court. Creative name, though, Stevie Nicks. I like that. I don't care about Stevie Nicks. I don't care about Taylor Swift. This was all just a ploy for her wedding, too, because Stevie Nicks performed at her wedding. She didn't do any of that for the Knicks. And at the end of the day, also, I like how the Knicks say, oh, yeah, she's been a fan for a couple of years. You know, she is from Philadelphia, dude. She should be a Sixers fan. She's wearing Eagles merch. They probably said that because she's been to a few games here and there, again, with Knicks fans, Ben Stiller. Like, he is a diehard Knicks fan. I just hate that everyone just bends the knee to Taylor Swift. You know, it's like the Swifties are confirmed. They're the most toxic group of fans ever. This is not the position of TMZ Sports as a whole. Luca. No, it's not. Yes, it is. You guys definitely agree with us. You guys just don't want this. I would say you guys are just like the Knicks. I haven't said a word. Sure. No, what I was going to say is... At Dylan Barry. No, that's not it. No, these guys were in a tough position. We were just saying there's really no good answer they can give because you're going to hurt some celebrity's feelings. You know what Taylor Swift has done to the Kansas City Chiefs and boosted them? Yeah. I'm sure that she boosted the Knicks to a lot of people who have no idea what the Knicks are. Right, right. And that's one you do not want to cut ties with, Taylor. First of all, first of all. You want Taylor to know that she's a local. There's a vast difference between the Chiefs and the Knicks. He's about to get another text from the Knicks after they watch this for you to sit here and say what you just said. To compare the Chiefs to the Knicks is a crazy. The Knicks are like a, you know what the New York Knicks are, even if you don't know sports. But the Kansas City Chiefs are an irrelevant franchise. You think that people tuned in to game six, game seven. In game 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, because of Taylor Swift? I do. I will tell you, just for the record, there was no game 6 and game 7 because it was BTA for Nick Summersburg. But anyway, I have an answer, and I'm sorry because this person is close personal friends with Luka. It's DJ Khaled. Oh, yeah. DJ Khaled. DJ Khaled went to one of the games. I like DJ Khaled, too, but he went to one of the games. He's a Miami guy. He goes to one of the games. He's on his. Darn cell phone the whole time. You want to know why? Disrespectful. You want to know why? I'm about to annihilate your whole answer. The reason why he's on his cell phone the whole time is because he's not a Knicks fan. He went with that Joe, who is a Knicks fan. He went as a plus one. I am just going here to hang out with my homeboy. I want to have a little drink, have a little parlay. My homeboy is a Knicks fan. I'm just here because we got courtside tickets. I got business deals to make my way. I got it. I got it. Here. That is another good one. Look at this. Alex is off to the side here. He had a good one. Donald Trump. Donald Trump went to a game. No, Trump is way more of a Knicks fan than frickin' Taylor Swift. It was the one game they lost, too, by the way. We don't talk about Bruno. I don't talk about him. Yeah. Taylor Swift is the correct answer. I wonder if he would have. Oh, yeah. No, James Dolan would have made that one. He would have made it, yeah. If they would have said Trump, they would have cut him. They would have cut from the team. Tyler Cohen, Deuce McBride, your God. So, yeah, I don't know what this means. Remember, Monica McNutt, who was the radio announcer for the Knicks, she took a shot at Taylor during the playoffs, remember? We haven't seen Taylor Swift at a New York Knicks basketball game since 2014. Don't come sit in courtside with a Stevie Knicks shirt on and wearing the paraphernalia like you're a fan. Sorry. Bye, Knicks. Don't get it, Tawanda. Thanks, Luca. One more, Luca. Will you two kiss? The one thing we've got that can bring Tawanda and Luca together is Taylor Swift.