While this interaction might not be as bad as last year when Melo and a fan got into it, this is still a case of a fan trying to get a rise out of an NBA player.
Fittingly, then incident that happened last year was around the same time, against the same team.
While last year’s incident had Melo cursing at a fan and reportedly saying “Go F*ck Yourself” at Madison Square Garden, this time he was in Philadelphia playing against the 76ers.
Why do games against the Sixers get Melo so heated?
The video was uploaded to Facebook by Noel Banos last Thursday.
Melo was a little more reserved this time and you can hear 2 fans, 1 a little more than the other, heckle Melo during the game while seated right behind the Knicks’ bench.
One fan yells “You gotta play defense, Melo!” in the Knicks All-Star’s direction and as Melo prepares to sit down on the bench his buddy says about the other heckler ‘he’s not even a Knicks fan’.
Rather than ignore the fans, Melo yells back at them, “Don’t tell me that and then think you’re gonna cheer for me,” followed by, “I don’t want to hear that.”
It’s been one tough year for the Knicks.
