NEW YORK — A young Knicks fan, frustrated with his team’s performance and the struggles of the franchise star, said he was ejected Wednesday from the Miami Heat’s arena and escorted away by police because Julius Randle couldn’t handle tame heckling.
Dylan Rainey, a Florida transplant from Long Island and New York sports fan, relayed his story on WFAN’s Carton & Roberts Show before expanding in an interview with the New York Daily News on Friday.
The 29-year-old real estate agent said he sat behind the team’s bench with his girlfriend and turned irritated when the game quickly got out of hand. In the second quarter, with the Knicks on their way to a blowout defeat, Rainey said he yelled at Randle from his seat, “You get a $118 million contract and the fans get a thumbs down? Are you kidding me?’ ”
