{"id":254931,"date":"2026-06-04T06:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T06:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/254931\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T06:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T06:49:08","slug":"nyc-mayor-zohran-mamdani-makes-offer-to-spurs-star-victor-wembanyama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/254931\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani Makes Offer To Spurs Star Victor Wembanyama"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is pulling out all the stops to ensure the Knicks<\/a> defeat the Spurs in the NBA<\/a> Finals.<\/p>\n

The Spurs have made it to the NBA Finals in large part because of Victor Wembanyama<\/a>‘s production on the biggest stage. The 7-foot-4 phenom is averaging 23.2 points, 10.8 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per game this postseason.<\/p>\n

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In an effort to slow down Wembanyama in the NBA Finals, Mamdani has invited the All-Star to a government hearing on June 10. That’s the same day the Spurs and Knicks will meet for Game 4 of the Finals.<\/p>\n

“I’m pleased to invite @Wemby<\/a> to our second Commission on Government Efficiency hearing on Wednesday June 10th 5-8pm, where we’ll be asking the public for their thoughts on how government can run better,” Mamdani wrote on X. “Would love to have you there for the whole time!”<\/p>\n

\"MayMay 28, 2026; San Antonio, Texas, USA; San Antonio Spurs<\/a> forward Victor Wembanyama (1) reacts in the first half during game six of the western conference finals for the 2026 NBA playoffs at Frost Bank Center. Mandatory Credit: Dustin Safranek-Imagn Images\u00a9 Dustin Safranek-Imagn Images&period;<\/p>\n

Obviously, Wembanyama is going to be locked in on the Finals.<\/p>\n

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“The lack of experience is a strength for us,” Wembanyama told ESPN’s Malika Andrews before tipoff for Game 1. “Because we could do impossible stuff … because we don’t know it’s impossible.”<\/p>\n

How will the Knicks slow down Wembanyama?<\/p>\n

Prior to Game 1 of the NBA Finals, Golden State Warriors<\/a> star Draymond Green<\/a> offered the Knicks some advice on how to handle Wembanyama.<\/p>\n

“What\u2019s very important when trying to guard Victor Wembanyama is your point of attack defender and that\u2019ll probably be OG Anunoby<\/a>,” said Green.<\/a> “When Victor Wembanyama\u2019s in the paint, he\u2019s probably the most dangerous lob threat in NBA history, what then becomes most important is the size around the point of attack defender of Wemby\u2026 because if you don\u2019t have size, then you don\u2019t stand a chance.”<\/p>\n

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We’ll see if OG Anunoby, Karl-Anthony Towns<\/a>, Mitchell Robinson<\/a> and New York’s top defenders contain Wembanyama.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published by The Spun<\/a> on Jun 4, 2026, where it first appeared in the NBA<\/a> section. Add The Spun as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is pulling out all the stops to ensure the Knicks defeat the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254932,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[18925,9140,1555,10663,1557,37011,56784,9,56,63,65,64,6474,9138,36718,10221,82],"class_list":["post-254931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-draymond-green","tag-golden-state-warriors","tag-karl-anthony-towns","tag-knicks","tag-mitchell-robinson","tag-nba-finals","tag-nba-playoffs","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-og-anunoby","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-the-spurs","tag-victor-wembanyama","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}