Josh Hart slams ‘idiotic’ Philadelphia uproar over Villanova tweet praising Knicks stars
NY Post
Some Philly fans on social media were in an uproar after the Villanova basketball account on X posted a congratulatory tweet praising “our guys” Jalen Brunson and Donte DiVincenzo for nailing “two HUGE 3s to seal the Win in Game 2” for the Knicks.
Josh Hart, a teammate of those players on Villanova’s 2016 NCAA championship team and now with the Knicks, called anyone angered over that message — construed as a diss to the hometown 76ers — “idiotic.”
“Why? That’s so stupid. Villanova’s in our blood, bro,” Hart said after Wednesday’s Knicks practice in Tarrytown. “That’s a bond that goes deeper than where you’re from or who you’re rooting for or whatever. Like, we have a bond there that goes beyond basketball, that goes beyond any of that stuff.
“So for Philly fans to be mad about that, I think that’s idiotic. That’s who we are. We’re a family. We played for the ones that come before us there, and that’s how it is there. So I don’t care about it. I think it’s idiotic that Philly fans are mad about it. Because whether they like it or not, Villanova’s in our blood.”
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