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Victor Wembanyama’s reaction to Game 5 was a “little too crazy” for Jose Alvarado.
The French phenom, as has been discussed widely, did not shake hands with Knicks players after his Spurs lost a decisive Game 5 of the NBA Finals.
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And Alvarado was not a fan of Wembanyama’s behavior after the Knicks clinched their Finals win.
“I got mixed emotions. I’m a competitor too, but I also stare my enemies down. I look forward to them, and I shake their hand,” Alvarado said on 105.1 FM’s “The Breakfast Club.”
“It’s a game. You don’t like the moment. You lost probably the biggest game of your career, but you’re going to have more moments. I feel like the way he did it was a little too crazy for me.”
Jose Alvarado said that Victor Wemanyama’s reaction after Game 5 was “a little too crazy for me.” Getty Images
Alvarado continued: “I loved how he competed during the game. Obviously, people didn’t like how he was being aggressive, but we’re fighting for something. Between the lines, I feel like anything is cool. Outside the lines, shake hands and call it what it is.”
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The newly crowned Defensive Player of the Year became something of a New York villain during the series, in which he pushed the envelope with his physical play and was lucky to avoid getting a flagrant foul for a shove on Jalen Brunson.
Knicks guard Jose Alvarado on “The Breakfast Club” The Breakfast Club/YouTube
Notably, Josh Hart said after the series that another of Wembanyama’s post-game reactions – after beating the Thunder in the Western Conference finals – made him confident the Knicks would win the title.
Following that Game 7 win, Wembanyama tearfully embraced his Spurs teammates after clinching a spot in the Finals.
Hart took it as a sign they were looking past the Knicks.
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“Everyone’s talking to them about, ‘Yo, they’ve got to beat OKC. OKC’s going to repeat,’” Hart said Friday during a live “The Roommates Show” episode with Brunson at MSG. “They beat OKC. For a young team, I feel like that was the mountaintop for them.
“That’s when I looked at…
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